Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1913 — GIVES UP FIGHT IN ONE-MAN TOWN [ARTICLE]

GIVES UP FIGHT IN ONE-MAN TOWN

Dr. Bernard Maloy Quits Steger, 111., and Will Locate on Farm at Melbourne, Florida. ? Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Maloy and their three children came from Steger, 111., Friday evening and remained until today, guests of his mother, Mrs. James Malow, and other relatives and friends. They left on the 10:12 train for Chicago and will go from there to Melbourne, Fla., a small new town, near which place he has 200 acres of land, secured in a trade, and to the development of which he will devote much of his time. He also has a number of lots in a new town site. He will practice medicine only to the extent he finds necesasry, as he plans to devote most of his time to agricultural pursuits. Dr. Maloy had no regret in leaving Steger, HL, where he had been engaged In a losing fight against the head of the Steger Piano Co., after whom the town was named and whose power in the community Maloy says caused most of the people to fear him. “Bernie,” as he was always called here, was always a fearless young man and he decided not to accept the unquestioned authority of Steger, but to contest him at every point. The consequence was a long drawn-out war, during which Dr. Maloy was arrested and thrown into jail and later made defendant in a criminal libel suit, from which he escaped after repeatedly demanding trial. Steger was unrelenting and many who favored Dr. Maloy were too cowardly to assist him and after pledging him support either absented themselves from Steger, feigned illness or moved axyay when called upon to testify in court as they had talked. Dr. Maloy was unable with his limited means to pursue Steger with his almost unlimited capital and finally gave up the fight and decided to “shake the dust of Steger off his feet.'” Both he and his wife stated that it was a happy day for them when they left the old town behind and they were looking with pleasurable anticipation to their residence in Florida. Dr. Maloy, however, fears that Steger’s enmity will lead him to methods of pursuit and that he will try to misrepresent him in his new home. Since he will be largely In the farming business, however, he believes he will be much more independent than he would be In the practice of medicine. This thing he is decided upon: He will never again locate in a one-man town. Equal rights and equal opportunities appeal to him.