| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Heywardname into Heydude in an item in the paper Sometimes evenprinted retraction didnprotect the editor fromvengeful reader King co-publisher of OgdenUtah Daily Union apologized in print on November 26 1889 forstory he admitted was false untrue libelous in every particular But he addedparagraph that again in flamed Edward Exum to wit The item to the effect that Mr Exum had welcomednew arrival to his home and hearthstone is also false The result Exum met the editor ondowntown street shot him in the throat and then as King ran in the leg King later avowed that his retraction had been written by Exum and the blessed event described in the final sentence was added with intent to irritate Nevertheless King survived to continue writing Union editorials til the paperdemise two years later The editor didnalways come out second-best with irri tated readers Reporting onNephi incident in January 1891 the Manti Home Sentinel wrote The editor of the Nephi Ensign James Wallis and the postmaster Whitbeck had scrap on the 4th of this month It would seem by the account given by the Ensign that Whitbeck wasnin it at all Provo Enquirer writer evidently said the wrong thing about the wrong man in September 1892 the Manti Times Reporter revealed Mr Clove editor of the Enquirer was whipped by Councilman Barneyfew days ago for making an attack on that gentleman through the columns of the newspaper read the brief Manti report founding member of Utah Press Association paid in bruises for an editorial opinion on November 29 1893 the Park Record observed Rosenbaum editor of the Logan Nation was assaulted and roughly handled by Thatcher of that city the Record recorded It was the culmination of an ongoing verbal battle hecarried on with Thatcher once coowner of the Journal and then owner of the communityOpera House which Rosenbaum editorially urged citizens to boycott because it wouldnadvertise in the Nation Worse Thatcher wascandidate for Mayor and needless to say didnhave the endorsement of Rosenbaumpaper Thatcher 270 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
