The Scranton Tribune

It is to be hoped that the libel suit brought by Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Leete against the Free Press will be carried to a decisive issue. If the charges made against this couple are false, no punishment of the circulators of them can be too severe. If those charges are true, their definite establishment in a court of justice would be of manifest advantage to the community, which could then take steps to protect itself. The charges in vague form had been current for some time prior to the publication in the Free Press. The plaintiffs in this suit, if they are as innocent as we must assume them to be until proof is forthcoming to the contrary, have pursued the proper course in demanding an investigation and we trust that they will push this demand to a conclusion.