Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1910 — BRING SEVERAL “BLUFF” SUITS. [ARTICLE]

BRING SEVERAL “BLUFF” SUITS.

Publishers of Republican Say They Have Been Libeled In Replies of The Democrat. 1 Through their attorney, Abraham Halleck, 6eo. Healey and Leslie Clark, publishers- of the Rensselaer Republican, have this week filed three damage suits against the editor of The Democrat, asking in all $17,000 damages for libel. The alleged libels are in the mild replies made by The Democrat to the repeated scurrilous and libelous articles m the Republican at different times recently, and the reference once to “soiled dove” editor, which was contained i».a reply to one of their tnoet scurrilous and defamatory personalities. Leslie Clark, individually, also files one of a like nature regarding the “soiled dove” reply. Strange as it may appear to the older residents of Rensselaer anfl vicinity, in this latter case they ask for SIO,OOO damages, and 0n1y.52,000 to $5,000 each In the others. An editor who himself begins such atacks against a brother can not later come into court and complain because he may have gotten the worst of the argument, and-we hardly think this SIO,OOO case at least will ever be allowed to come to trial. * The cases are returnable one week from to-day.