Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1915 — Libel Suit Against Shively and Editor to Be Dropped. [ARTICLE]

Libel Suit Against Shively and Editor to Be Dropped.

South Bend, Ind., April 28.—The $25,000 libel suit, against United States Senator Benjamin F. Shively and Lew O’Bannon, editor of thej Corydon (Ind.) Democrat, by Attor-; ney John W. Kitch of this city, will! be dismissed Monday when the May term of the St. Joseph circuit court convenes here.. O'Bannon was in this city this week, and an agree ment was reached. The plaintiff alleged that Senator Shively wrote a letter to Mr. O'Bannon, which was later printed in the Corydon Democrat. This letter and the publication plaintiff contended were libelous.