Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-01
HON. 5. M. TAYLOR
Made Marvelously Effective Appeal
 to Jury-Fine 0ratory.

The Mon ticellonian of a recent issue has the following to say:
 "At the recent term of the Cir cult court of Bradley county, quite and interesting case was tried, be- ing suit for damages by the ad-# minis trator of Ester Warren against the Iron Noun tain railroad for in juries received by Ester Warren, a enid, at Portland, Arkansas, on Dec. 24, 1891. The child was run over by backing train, crushing of oth of it's arms and badly in turing one of it's legs.
 About three years ago, a jury gaye a verdict in favor of the child for forty thousand dollars. On ap- peal to the Supreme court, the case was reversed, and again came be. fore jury for trial last week at Warren. The trial lasted eight days, the case being ably contested by both sides. Interesting, ingen ious and splendid arguments were made. In referring to the railway company, the plaintiffs counsel, in argument to the jury, stated that the defendant was .souless cor poration with no future and with. out conscience. In reply to this, Mir. s. M. Taylor, of the firm of Austin & Taylor of Pine Bluff, counsel for the railroad, in the course of his argument said
 a'We admit that our client, as stated, is souless corporation, having no future and without con- science; necessarily so, because it is inanimate. A statement of this character made to you by plaintiffs counsel, gentleman, is an attempt to create prejudice in your minds against my client to the end tgat your judgment of the case might be warped, resulting in an advan tage to them. Let us see what there is to such an argument, aud if it may not prove idle and of no avail
 ]" 'In this little city, Warren, is the Merchant < Planters Bank, splendid institution, of which the community is proud, and, like my client, it is souless corporation with DO future and without con science. It's owners are among the best people of your county, includ ing near relatives of one of the plaintiffs attorneys, and who is al so it's attorney. Because, gentle : men of the jury, this institution is inanimate and souless corporation, would you overlook it's rights, un- der the law, and mistreat it as a suitor in court? No, you would not. I can only ask of you the same consideration of my client. While it is, as 1 have admitted, a souless corporation because inani- mate, yet, it is owned and operated by animate persons-and who are they? One is MT. George Gould, it's, President, wEo few weeks ago, gave money to erect an insti- tutlon in our owu state at Texark- ana. for the beLeft of the young men ot that city, and in honor of the name of the man of sorrows, that humble Gallilean.
 Another of it's owners is Miss Helen Gould, the sister of it's Presi dent, who. when a foreign power assaulted our Government, came to the rescue of her country aud ours, by the gift of one hundred thousand dollars to aid in oul defense, to avenge the lives of our two hundred and sixty sailors who went down to death on the battleship Maine, and to relieve suffering humanity in Cuba. Surely, gentlemen of the jury, you have not forgotten and will never forget this splendid rep resen tative of American woman hood! While she could not bear arms and fight as man, yet, he roicly ana ungrudgingly did she open Ter purse, to arm and equip these who for us marched to death or victory! Ab, gentlemen, do you