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Schneider Pulls His Revolver.[From Wednesday's •aily.]Mr. R J Boy lan. Jr^againBt whom the I AJem has contained serious ^flections for several days, went to that office this| morning and asked for a retraction, Btat-ine that their reflections were untrue and unfounded, and that he would bo prove.He also stated that Mr. Schneider had a spite against him, and that the News was lending itself as a vent for his spite. He J told them that he expected them to set him right in the matter, which they re-fused t o do. Mr. Boy lan resented this, and made a pass at Schneider to strike j him, whereupon Schneider jumped back into the corner and drew a revolver. Hot words followed and Mr. Baldwin, who iB conducting the paper while Mr. *««•-1 , is camps out, j unified between them, and I 8p Mr. Boylan, who was unarmed, witndrew. I po Mr Schneider t hen went and swore out a I m, warrant for Mr. Boylan to have him bound over to keep the peace. JkThe trouble all grew out of a llltlipieee I ^ of talk Mr. Boylan related in an amne- ,ni ing way and citing Mr. Flanders and Cle- -ment as proof that Mr. Schneider went to their camp at the feeder one Sunday. I w, took three drinks of whisky from their L,. bottle, fell into the river, and ran about IO0 shooikjg turtles while his clothes were I y? drying. 'An idle little scandal, which Mr. Boy-lHn denies, was told by Pete Oblbues the | other day and was published next day in i the News. Mr. Boy lan instituted suit for I criminal libel against Mr. Qhlhues, and alleging that Mr.^chneider had published it for spite, went to the Neiat office to get them to correct it. , The result was toe encounter narrated above. Mr. Boylan should not hftT^^gpne near them but I should have included them ini his suit, which is h*s tmly ]\ “gal and satisfaclory so urce of defense. Vhe gossip against Mr- Schneider for dunking and Sabbath dee “oration was a trl vial matter, and nobody cares about it.XI ,a matter which people gve little at- | tentuv to, whether he is sin oting turtles between drinks on a Sunday on ,kakee river, or whether he U *J1Bprayers, it is hardly tbe sam e w Boylan. The charges were irn lt;re serious, tbut it is afJegc*d they are wholly u,nt™t An idle joke is of no consequence • ...published scandal against a privt tB VU1' zen becomes a serious matter, ant Mr Boylan offered to prove it nntr a** llje Netcx should make honorable amen *7. him. At any rate it, should carefully ' ' 1termme whether Mr. Schneider was a '*“*lrPrUllll“ w UCIUC1 U*I, Vjuuucmci TW * 1 1 Iated by sxite in circulating the scan* ’and whether he has made the paper \ “® conveyance of a false accnsation again H Mr. Boylan. Even if it was true It waa small piece of business, since it could ii no way serve the jiublic good. If Mr. Boylan was a newsx*aper man, and had the same medium of delense, it would not seem so bad, though its publication is bad, to make the best of it. We hope, however, that the iwys will not Bhoot each other.Mr. Schneider also had Mr. Boylan arrested for carrying concealed weapons and threatening his life. Boylan did not have a revolver when Schneider drew his, but subsequently got one to protect himself.Schneider says he has permission to carry the weapon from the Mayor. They evidently believe that the Net0* folks are permitted to carry weapons and stick them under people's noses the way Ferries end Schneider do, and that anybody who arms himself against their weapons should be, summarily arrested for carry ing concealed weapons. Queer lot.
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The Daily Press
Joliet, Illinois, US
Fri, Jul 24, 1885
Page 5
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