Tryon v. Evening News Ass'n

Tryon sued the defendants in the Superior Court of Detroit for a libel published in the *637Detroit Evening News in the following terms, connected in some of the counts in .the declaration with various colloquies and innuendoes:

“ When Oapt. W. H. Myler of the Police force cautioned his men against giving news to the reporters, it had no effect whatever: the papers got the news just as promptly and just as correctly as before, and Mr. Myler was taught how useless it was for him to try and smother up the misdoings of favorites. Now, however, a real blow has been struck at local journalism in…