Butler v. Barret & Jordan

ARCHBALD, District Judge.

This is an action for the publication in the Scranton Truth, of which the defendants in August last were the proprietors, of an article which related to the plaintiff — as it is claimed — and was a libel upon her. Until within a year or two past, under the stage name of “Annie Oakley,” she was connected with the “Wild West Show” conducted by W. F. Cody, familiarly known as “Buffalo Bill,” and gave exhibitions of her skill with the rifle in almost daily performances all over the United States and in several countries of Europe, and particularly at the World’s Fair at…