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Show MARTIN-MOORE. THE LAST OF THE ABOVE CASE NOW REACHED. Miss jrobro Gives Her Sldo-Is Exonerated Exon-erated by tho Board A Damaco Suit Will Likely Follow. Monday ovening tho bonrd of education educa-tion mot in the Parker school building pursuant to appointment for further consideration ot Miss Dilsy Mooro's enso. M. M. Warnor, attorney for defendant, de-fendant, was somowhat tardy and had lo bo sont for. On his arrival proceedings proceed-ings commenced. As usual, tho question ques-tion of allowing roportors ndmittanco was discussed, with tho result that thoy wero rcfusod tho prlvllego of remaining, re-maining, which was n most nonsensical nonsensi-cal decision anil against the dcslro of Miss Moore. Miss Mooro related that sho and Mrs. Martin had always been tho best of friends up until the tlmo tho latter wont East; that Mrs. Martin had takon her for scvoral drives, nnd had one evening requested Mr. Murtln lo take her for a drive, which ho did; that sho did not deny tho rldo with Mr, Martin Mar-tin testified to by witnesses at tho Inst meeting, but that 6ho had only takon ono drlvo with Mr. Martin while his wife was East. Sho denlod positively of ovor 'enterlug tho bank except on business. In regard to tho 21st of Juno, tho momorablo night of tho hand-to-hand fight, sho relates as follows: fol-lows: "Mrs. Spockart and I had been the best of friends, She had beon up to our houso that night waiting for her husband. Sho would novcr remain alone, being very timid. I hud takon hor home a number of evenings, This ovening Mrs. Spcckart nnd I bad bocn out riding until 10 o'clook. Whllo down town wo met Mr. Spcckart and he said ho would bo homo that night, In n short while I went home nud wont to bed, Soou I was awakened by voices down stairs nnd when my sister camo up stairs I asked her who had beon there. Sho said that It was Mrs. Spuckarl, thut sho was huutlng Mr. Spcckart and was very much oxclted and In great distress. I said I would run down and see If I could do something some-thing fur hoc I partly dressed, wnt down and walked west across tho street to sco If I could soo her, but did not sco anyone at nil. J then heard voices up toward Mr. Whttecotton's. I turned and wont In that direction thinking Mrs. Spcckart might havo gone there. I listened a few momenta and decided sho was not thoro and went back. As I did so I saw Mrs. Martin, aud in a inomont sho saw mo and started to run for mo. She had a shawl ovor her head aud anus, and when I saw her coming I was frightened and, ran, trying to avoid hor by running up tho street towards Mr.Whltenottou's. Com'ng to Mr.Davit' gate I intended to enter but could not. Hero she (Mrs. Martin) caught up with mo. She threw up her arms and I caught hor wrists. Sho exhausted her vocabulary of names upon mo. Tho neighbors camo out, and I Informed thorn that I had a crazy woman on my hands, Sho asked mo to rcleaso hor hinds. I did so, and sho ran." Miss Jncobson was the noxt witness. She testified that on and beforo Juno 21 sho was an employee of Mrs. White-cotton's, White-cotton's, nud that on tho evening of Juno 21 she was with her fellow at Mr. Whltccolton's gate, nnd had Mr. Martin Mar-tin and Miss Mooro boen walking up and down tho sidowalk, as Mrs. Martin testified on that oveulug, sho would have seen them, hut on tho contrary, sho saw no one until Miss Mooio and Mrs, Martin mado their appearance, as Miss Mooro testified. Mrs. A V. Robinson tcstlflod that shu saw Miss Mooro at 7 o'clock on July 28, the night Mrs. Martin claims Miss Moore and hor husband wero at Sal tal r. Mrs. Phelps of Morcur testified that on July 28 6ho wont from Salt Lake City to Saltalr on the samo train that Mr. Martin did, being tho 4 o'clock p. m,; that sho saw him among tho crowd from that tlmo until tho 7 o'clock train from Salt Lake City camo in. at which time sho had an Introduction to Mr. Martin, and had Miss Mooro como lu on the 7 o'clock train, or hnd sho been at tho resort she would havo stsen and known hor, as sho Is u cousin of Mooro's; and that sho left Saltalr about 11 o'clock that night on the samo train Mr. Martin left on. Mrs. Dr. Simmons said sho camo voluntarily and out of consideration for Miss Moore, and testified that sho hoard a conversation betwoon Mrs. Martin and hor daughter Ada in which the former declared that sho would swear to a lio to got Miss Mooro out of her profusion ai chool teacher, and that sho whould drag her nauto In tho dust. Mr. Herman Martin sont in a written writ-ten Btatoment to Iho board to the effect that ho, out of justice to Miss Mooro, donlos nil improper relations with samo as nllcgod In tho complaint filed against him by his wlfo. Tho beard did not render n decision, ns Mr. Nowell, a moinbcr of tho board who Was nbscnt on account of illness, and.who they held should know tho ovl-douco ovl-douco produced beforo thoy render tholr dcctslon. It is understood tho decision of tho board will be favorable to Miss Mooro, who, howevor, has concluded to resign. Sho wilt probably suo Mrs. Martin lor damages. DEC1810N IN TUB MAKTIN-M00RK CAS It. Tho cvldeuco glvou by Miss Mooro nnd witnesses last Monday ovening effected her complcto exoneration from tho serious charges mado against hor. Such was tie doclslon ot tho school board with tho understanding that sho temporarily resign hor position. Thoro nro two reasons the board hold, for rendering the decision with such proviso, pro-viso, viz: Thoso patrons whoso sontl-mcnts sontl-mcnts aro against tho rotontlou of Miss Mooro as teacher would bo very apt to kcop their children from school, nnd ns Miss Mooro will, most likoly, cuter a libel suit against Mrs. Martin, it Is feared such proceedings would injuro tho school. i |