Show MERCER IS ARRESTED Wyoming Worlds Fair Commissioner Charged With Criminal Libel CHICAGO Oct 22A S Morcer Worlds fair commissioner from Cheyenne Wyo and editor of the Southwestern Live Stock Journal published in that city has been arrested on a charge of criminal libel prefer pre-fer red by J E Clay jr president of the Wyoming Stock Growors association and member of the firm of Clay Forrest of Chicago Mercer this afternoon gave bonds to appear on the 26th The suit is an echo of the rustlers war which caused such excitement in Wyoming last spring and summer Clay charges Mercer withthe publication an article bitterly reflecting on the complainant complain-ant and charging that ho was directly responsible re-sponsible for the troublo among the cattlemen cattle-men It further alleged in Mercers article ar-ticle says Clays complaint that ho Clay asd his coworkers deliberately made a list of tbe men to be killed and of the houses to be burned and plotted treason to the state with the powers that be and went forth to murder and burn What cared he for his fellow men if by murder and arson more grass could be secured se-cured and greater returns made to his foreign stockholders Suffering and blood counted for naught against the golden returns re-turns on investments made |