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Show LAWYER BOOTH'S QUEER ARCUMENT An Ohio Attorned Take Pnlanuou I'lll to ( , Disprove Opposition Ttimony, Coi.t mbi s, O., March' 8. H. J. Bdoth,'onf -of the attorneys iu h suit Hrhnght to 'iircak 'the wi xf vthe late "tfr" Sm S. J?oUer -dapteC. k. ftr-nfe btlf 'convincing style of argument in making his closing speech to tho jury. Testimony was offered to the effect that when Seltzer was dying pills of poison were given him to hasten his death. It was desired by tho party represented by Booth and others to refute this. A druggist prepared five pills by the same formula as those taken by Dr. Seltzer, and these Mr. Booth took in the presence pres-ence of the jury while making his argument. ar-gument. He afterward spoke for three hours, remarking as he did so that if tho evidence on the other sitle were true he ought to he a dead man. |