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The Augusta Chronicle
Thursday, April 6, 1905

AUGUSTA DEFENDANT IN LARGE DAMAGE SUIT
Alleged Slander Grounds on Which Cases Were
Filed in Savannah.
   The following from the Savannah Morning News, relative to the filing of
   four damage suits for $50,000 each, one being against an Augusta lady,
   will be read with interest:
   Four suits for 350,000 each, one for alleged slander and three for
   alleged libel, were instituted in the city court yesterday against
   prominent persons most of whom are Savannahians.
   The plaintiff in all of the suits is PEYTON B. BIBB, of Cartersville.
   The defendants are:  DR. W. B. CRAWFORD, MR. BARRON CARTER and MRS.
   SARAH J. FALLIGANT, of Savannah, and MRS. ELISABETH C. KING, of Richmond
   county, Georgia, and MRS. MOLLIE J. SELDEN, of Sewannee [sic], Tenn.
   Two of the suits are against DR. CRAWFORD, one for alleged libel of the
   plaintiff’s wife, and the other for alleged slander of MR. BIBB himself.
   The third suit is against MR. CARTER and the other is against the three
   ladies named as defendants, all of whom are relatives of MRS. BIBB.
   The suits are an outgrowth of a suit instituted recently in Bartow
   county by the three relatives of MRS. BIBB against her husband, in which
   it was set forth that MR. BIBB, as received of his invalid wife’s estate
   had failed to apply the money that had gone into his hands, to its
   proper use.  It was charged in that suit that MR. BIBB failed to apply
   the money to the payment of expenses incident to his wife’s stay in the
   Roosevelt hospital in New York.  The ladies petitioned the superior
   court of Bartow county to appoint MR. BARRON CARTER co-receiver of the
   estate of MRS. BIBB, and to rule MR. BIBB to appear and show cause why
   he should not be removed as receiver, for his alleged failure to
   properly apply the funds in his hands.
   These charges MR. BIBB characterizes in his declarations as false and
   asks damages in the sum of $50,000 for the alleged defamation of his
   character.
   Judgment for $50,000 against MR. CARTER is asked upon the ground that he
   was responsible for certain affidavits being sworn to and introduced
   into the case.
   The suits against DR. CRAWFORD grew out of an affidavit made by him at
   the instance of the petitioners in the Bartow case, and the charge that
   he repeated the contents of the affidavit.
   The proceedings against MR. BIBB in the Bartow county superior court
   were instituted October __, 1904.  MR. CARTER was directed by the court
   to apply certain of the funds in his hands to the maintenance of MRS.
   BIBB in the Roosevelt hospital in New York.  The husband was further
   ordered to show cause why he should not be removed as receiver.  This
   matter has not yet been finally determined because of a change in the
   return day of the court.
   The four suits were brought by MR. JOHN J. NORRIS, of Cartersville.

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TRANSCRIBER NOTE:
All defendants, with the exception of Dr. Crawford, were closely related to
Peyton Bibb’s wife, Frances Josephine “Josie” Martin, daughter of Angus W.
Martin and Frances L. Thomas.