Show MRS PRICES RICES l DENIAL Did Not Publicly Accuse Mrs Paul of Stealing Mrs Hester Price proprietress of the Miller hotel denies the thc charges made against against her hen in the slander suit brought rought 1 by Mrs Mis 18 Jennie Paul Mrs Paul in her bill of complaint declared she suffered great damage her hez reputation be bo because cause Mrs Price Pr le publicly accused 1 her ner of theft and forcibly searched her trunk in the presence of a number of persons Said Mrs Price yesterday I missed some linen and silverware as Mrs Paul was leaving She was making trips back and forth from the linen closet I and carrying things in her apron Nat Naturally Natural Naturally ural I became suspicious I 1 spoke to her alone in a room and told her I wanted to search her he trunk She be became became became came angry but consented and opened her trunk and took the things out ier ler self in the presence of her son and a aman aman aman man who was coming frequently to see her I did not look into any an more that tha i ithe the one trunk and did not search that hat thoroughly Not finding anything that I could identify I said nothing more about it I never accused her of steal stealing stealing ing lug anything and all the reports about my m forcing her to let m me search her hoar trunk were spread ad by b herself for I lid did not tell anybody an body about it lIB |