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Libel charges against Woodhull & Claflin...
Libel charges against Woodhull & Claflin...
Item # 676367
January 23, 1873
ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, New York, Jan. 23, 1873
* Victoria Woodhull
* Tennessee Celeste Claflin
* Indictments for libel
The very bottom of the front page has a brief yet notable report headed: "Woodhull and Claflin Again Arrested" noting: "...were again arrested yesterday and locked up over night on not giving bail for fresh charges of libel. They were to-day held in $1,000 bail for trial on another charge of libel on Mr. Challis. Colonel Blood was also held in $2,000 bail."
This cased involved a libel suit brought by famed clergyman Henry Ward Beecher, and wealthy broker Luther Challis.
Four pages, large folio size, old tape mends to page 3, otherwise good condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Category: Post-Civil War
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