Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-18 | Page 4 | Gore Case Will Go to the Jury Today

GORE CASE WILL GO TO THEJURY TODAY Judge Gives His Instructions and the Arguments Are Partly Made. AL JENNINGS IS SCORED Former Outlaw, Now Prominent Promi-nent Attorney, One of the , tenters or utacK. By International News Service. OKLAHOMA CITY, OWa,, Feb. 17. The $50,000 damage suit brought against Senator Thomas P. G-ore by Mrs. Minnie E. Bond will reach tho jury some time tomorrow. Attorneys for Mrs. Bond announced at tho opening ot today's session that they had no more evidoncc to prosout and, following a conference between attorneys of both sides nnd Judge Clark, the latter read his instructions to tho jury. Asido from the usual legal form of court instructions touching upon causes of action in conspiracy, the principal word from tho jurist was the following: This is an action whereby the plaintiff claims she was assaulted in a room and by reason oC the alleged al-leged assault she has suffered shaino and humiliation, hor nervous ner-vous system if wrecked and her reputation destroyed. Tho defendant denies all the material allegations and says this suit is a stop in an alleged conspiracy con-spiracy to compel him to indorse certain persons for political preferment pre-ferment or to accomplish his defeat de-feat for re-election to office. Burden is upon the plaintiff to prove tho truth of her assertions by the character of the evidence piesented instead of the preponderance preponder-ance of it. Arguments Are Begun. Judge Clark said he would give counsol as much time for arguments as they wanted. TJic opposing attorneys got in six hours ot argumentation today. T. .7. Giddins opened for the plaintiff. He was followed by Moman Pruitt for Senator Goru. Tioss Lillard, for Mrs. Bond, spoke last. The efforts of Mrs. Bond's attorneys wero spent in attempting at-tempting to tear to pieces Senator Gore's defense. Both also dwelt on the strength ot the evidence- presented pre-sented by their side showing that Mrs. Bond was an innocent victim of tho senator's attacks. A dramatic moment occurred during tho closinjT part of ' Gigging's speech, lie referred to A I .lcnnhigs, ex-outlaw, who contradicted tho testimony of V. M. Bonner that he. Jennings, was' present pres-ent when .rim Jacobs made an offer to settle the case. Throws Down Gauntlet. "They don't dare tell Al Jennings ho lied," shouted Giddings. When Pruitt arose to speak for Gore, one of the lirst; things he snid was: ' ' Merc is where I get killed because L am goin to devote a few remarks to Al Jenuings, ex-convict," he began. "Any man who commits crime after matu'ro manhood and then capitalizes his misdeeds ns his chief asset, deserves de-serves the scorn of all right-thinking persons. " Pruitt also called attention to the fact that Kirby Fitzpatrick, one of the witnesses to the alleged assault, had testified that he was a soldier and had followed his country's flag ten thousand miles. "Vitz would follow a petticoat 10,000 miles more," said Pruitt. "What du you think of a brave soldier who will lay low in a dark room and watch a big "'" try to attack an Oklahoma woman?" , The arguments will continue lo-morrow.