| Show ii HAS NO FEAS R OF GOOBT tiiII I Mrs Nation Treats Joints l and Jurists J With1 i Contempt I SMASHER PLEADS HER CASE c She Addresses the Court When Called I for Trial as lI Your Dishonor Dei I clnrcd Sho Vns fncapaole of Tryjng Eel Own Case Now as She Had Been Poisoned by Cigarette Smoke r In tho County Jafl Jlics Southard and Crist pleased Prom the I Topcka Prison J Ii 1 Topeka Kan Feb 20 Judge Harcn i of the District court today continued t tho case of rs Carrie Nation charged jl I with smashing Slurphys Joint until I the I April term of court The case against Dr Eva Harding l1rs Rose Crist Miss Madeline Southard Mrs Chadwlck and C R McDowell were alfio continued The feature of the hear Ing this afternoon after-noon was the way In which Mrs Nation enlivened the proceedings The dignity I nity hedging around the judicial bench I has no more terror for her than the II commonest joint She seems to treat I boUt Joints and courts with utter contempt con-tempt NOT READY FOR TRIAL J c Mrs Nation arose several times to I ti address tho court and each time called i y him Your dishonor When asked 1C 4 sue were ready for trial Mrs Nation I 9 who acts n her own attorney said I r Your Dishonor I am Incapable of tryIng try-Ing my case thfs afternoon a I have L been poisoned by cigarette smoke In the county jail I want to see how the other cases are tried anyway ASKED A POSTPONEMENT Capt J G Waters one of the attorneys attor-neys for the defense asked that tho cases all be postponed until the next I i term of court I I t Judge Hazen said I see that If I the l canes go over until the next term of I court that It will bo difficultto get a jury It will be better to settle the 1 point of law now I shall call the case 1 against Stark on Monday morning i CHARGE AGAINST STARK Stark Is charged with participating in I I the raid on Murphys joint Sunday t I morning He Is employed In a hardware hard-ware store here Mr Starks lawyer I requested that his clients case also go c over for this term tt IL would prefer to tryn man on this charge rather than n woman said 1 Judge Hazen You may call a special c venire If I you wish arid I think II I will I be necessary I expect to try only this i one case TWO WOMEN RELEASED Miss Madeline Southard and Mrs ld b Crlst who have been with Mrs Nato Na-to In the county jail gave bond for I 500 each and were released One of b il I the signers of the bonds was Edward J Wilder treasurer of the Atchison railway tfl rail-way wayThe r The indications arc that there will 1 be n bitter legal battle over the trials t The attorneys for he defendants will I f Inslqt that they be granted a change I venue on account of the alleged preju I dice of Judge Hazen STILL I JAIL I Mrs Nation Is yet In the county jail She refused an offer of bond from her brother J V Moore of Kansas City I o CI Miss Southard Is released and will go at once to her home in and wl All the other crusaders l are Vlnteld bond I and will remain In Topeka |
