| Show SHORTRIDGES PLEA San Franciaco Lawyer Closes for Defendant De-fendant in TingloyTimes Suit Sun Diego Cnl Jan i0tVthi the courtroom court-room packed to the very limit of its stand ingroom capacltj with I peoplo pcichcd In window Hills and an Immense throng struggling to retain a position In the remote re-mote parts of time corridor Samuel M Shorlrldgu of SlUt Francisco began the closing address to the Jury In behalf of thin defendant in tho TlnglcyTlmcs libel suit this mornIng At 1 the 1 opening of court Judge Torrance announced that It would bo Impossible to submit the case to the Jury today While Mr Shortrldge was closing the argument for the defendant a Sheriffs deputy stepped Into the courtroom and served upon Gen Harrison Gray Otis president of tho TimesMirror company n summons In an action for STfiOCO brought by Mrs Katherine A Tlngley alleging that he In a party to a oonsplrncv with his city editor Harry A Andrews a Times reporter nnnuil LanIer Uartlelt Mr M I Leavltt the woman who gave the Interview upon which the pending libel suit Is based all ID W Sehmltt to blackmail black-mail and extort money torn the plaintiff Tho complaint Is predicated upon the following fol-lowing Jotter which Mrs Tingcy allege that Shun icecivcd I through the mal Los Aiiifles Cal March 2 9 1001 Confidential Con-fidential Mrs KuUitfrlne A Tlngley If r IT 1 1 B Point Loirm Diiir Madame 1 You once on the festival of laying the foundation founda-tion utone of your temple just na you r stirtlng East divided your bouquet iiml gave me some I have these Ilovcrs pressed hi sweet rrmcmbrnnc of that In torvlew I now wish to Inform you that UI your back l past Is In hand from Limo Imo t IH Kitty Wcscott yon lived In New bury MIHH till now ready to publish to tho public How much Is it worth to you to slop same LH me know vour views tlioreon nt onco ore too Into Very respectfully E W SCUM ITT Special Agent Tho plaintiff allege that no money was paid unit that upon the ith of October 1S01 I I article vas published upon which the libel hull now on trial la bused l Tho words special agent which follows SchmlttM signature 1 arc repudiated by Gen Olla as having any possible reference to the mucH by which he say Suhmltt wan never employed or connected In anyWay any-Way whatsoever Gon Otis saya that he has no knowledge of SchmltU |
