Authors, German -- 19th century -- Biography; May, Karl Friedrich, 1842-1912
Father Pöllmann has written a series of articles against me in the
Catholic magazine "Ueber den Wassern" <Above the waters>, and I
have answered them in the magazine "Freistatt" <asylum (literally:
place of freedom)> from Vienna. This ought to have settled things
between us, and it would have been up to the readers to decide,
whether they would take his or my side. But, while I, quite
naturally, was as factual and polite in my responses as possible,
his articles consisted of almost nothing else but insults, so that
he will have to be inconvenienced to appear in court. And
furthermore, his personal relationship and the relationship of his
writings to Mr. Lebius, the lawyer Gerlach, and the Münchmeyers'
plan, to "destroy" me in the newspapers, has to be ascertained.
He has denied to be in contact with Lebius, Gerlach, etc.; but
these kinds of relationships of his are very easily proven. This
point has to be clarified. For even he cannot deny that he had
most forcefully taken part in "destroying" me. His articles in
the "Wasser"-magazine are most eagerly used against me in both
trials, the one against Lebius and the one against Pauline
Münchmeyer. He has even been named by Lebius as a witness or
"expert" and will have to testify in Berlin in this capacity.
Concerning our trial for gross insult, Father Pöllmann adheres to
a tactic, which I cannot approve of. I have to wonder, if it is
part of this tactic of his to deceive the reading audience. At
first, from time to time, certain articles were published in an
ironic and patronising tone, making fun of the fact that I had not
carried out my threat to sue him. And now, as he has to see that
I did keep this promise, certain newspapers hostile to me keep on
pretending that my complaints for gross insult had been dismissed
by this or that court and that I would have to be liable for all
expenses. This is not fair, perhaps even undignified. The
question was only which court had the jurisdiction, nothing else.
When I filed the criminal charges against Father Pöllmann, I was
under the jurisdiction of the Inferior Court of Dresden. In the
meantime, the Inferior Court of Kötzschenbroda had been founded,
which is now in charge of my district. Therefore, the question
was raised, whether the matter, as a consequence of this, had to
be tried here or there or elsewhere. Until this has been decided,
is has to be suspended. Whoever portrays it differently, can only
be either ignorant or vicious. I know nothing about any expenses.
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