Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-06
A SUIT OF BIG FIGURES.
Proceedings Of the Big Damage Suit
Against the bot Springs Commit.
tee Of Fourteen.
The Belief Prevalent that Harris Will Get
Only Actual DAmagss,,whioh
Will be Small.
Special.

Hot SPRINGS, ARK, May 5.--The
100000 damage suit OF Nose Harris
against the committee of fourteen of
this city Is the all-absorbing topic both
here and at Little Rock, where the
trial is in progress.
The plaintiff alleges In his complaint
that he was the owner OF q newspaper
here worth 100000; that he was vio-
lently assaulted and dragged to the de.
pot by mob and forced to leave, In
consequence Of which his paper be-
came total loss. For this and for the
great humiliation of mind and body
he asks the modest sum above named.
His testimony has shown that he
was invited to quit the city by the
committee or desist in publishing GER
tain incendjary articles and transmit
ting the same to the Associated Press,
that he was arrested by the chief OF
police and escorted to the depot, at
tended by agreat crowd of people, and
was made to leave, and that he had
family here which he was compelled
to leave In dependent circumstances.
The defense are now offering
their testimony and have shown that
Harris did not own a paper here, but
ran one owned by Flynn, one of the
principals in the notorious gamblers
feud, that he espoused Flynn's cause
and made his paper extremely obnox-
ious to the citizens of this city; that
he continued against earnest and
friendly protest daily to publish the
most infiammatory and false articles
pretending 10 represent the state of az
fairs In Hot Springs, and daily to send
like article to the Associated
Press as its agent here. These articles
proclaimed that the city was In state
of wild lawlessness, that no mans life
was safe who was known to sympa.
thi2e with Flynn, that many citizens
and visitors were being driven from
the city at the point of the bayonet al
the will of the mob, that the law was
psralyzed, that both the citizens and
officers were under the influence
of and were participators in
mob violence, that the citizens were
in league with assassins and were
guilty Of murder, that riot reigned
and that the lives Of visitors were ii
constant peril. 1t has been shown
that Harris was deaf to all conciliato
ry propositions, that the people be
came 30 enrsged at the vast damage
his publications were doing the cit,
that petition signed by 147 promi
nent men asking that Harris be mad
to leave town was presented to tn,
committee; that the committee 3
such did not act, but that the city at
torney swore out warrant for Har
ris' arrest as a nuisance based oil
this petition and that he was ar
rested :and by the police mad
TO quit the city. Proof showed tina
he was offered the value of his bust
ness before being expelled but refused
that after he was sent away his famll
WAS cared for and that no violence o
lawlessness was used in his expulsion
The testimony has been quite dam
aging to the reputation Of the de
PENDANT. Nearly every witness fo
the defense has testified that he woul
not believe Harris on oath. The cas-
is still progressing. It is thought b
many that Harris will get nothin
more than actual damages, which wi
he hut small