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Atass sascksag sos n,ne hoarS. the
JSry IN tks ht.el s~st ea e. 7. >.lis.
-. Ckss T. Adams wa. discharged
BY Jsdae >sackleissd At e,ghi o.
clHk Saturday n,xh,. from the
kEss tbs ballot stood ele.ea fss
AdSsHs aud me for S,ll- The Isr-
oss sew: & l.. S,pne. Jo- Rannas.
A. j. Chlaerv. Bearv Hsu-,.. n :.
MARTA. Arthsr Flick. ssr-n Ssrea-
SO. Wstisce Ncore. i,o.,. Lam, J.
4. fvVektt, HERMAN E,l-,.s~,.h, asd
to~ss ksc~ fszzIe pick the eleves
0hsasaste men
feW csvsI cases IN u.r district
co~st have exc,ted the in,~r~~, thsa
this esb.ps,o0 lItel ss,t did Per
AaIs Roae siRcs the E.r-k Nest
k11g coutrover-y The co.rt r,sa
- eIoXded 81 day friday aud siso
Sssssdsy nosSMS Mr,ax arxsmea,s
Il sssorney. lkx,~r T sapp r~oss-
ssased the desssdsat. Adams. and
Brown a Nosrsr the plaintiff.
The cause of the suit WAS IN srti-
cle which &. r.. Adams published
in the Aontro-e Press of July, 1906.
shortly after the last lire in the Pail
ssdes hotel, and which headed, In
snrsnce the Incentive Mr.. S.lls
alleged that the article reflected on
him On the witness stand lie
stated that IT had injured his inssr-
ance, loan aud other business $500
a month Mr.. Adams, on the other
hand, denied that he was influenced
by ill-will toward the plaintiff or
that the article was aimed at him.
claimed that he published it merely
~ an article Of news and brought in
evidence 10 Justify the facts alleged
Evidence ON both sides was spirit
cd. but the principal interest for
Ne~sC Champion readers lies in tes-
timony offered concerning the two
hotel fires.
The first fire occurred in March,
1905. The second in July of that
year. Vim. Strnnk testified that he
attended both fires, that he was
early ON the grounds and in both
csses examined the building alter
wards. His evidence ran 10 the sf-
feet that in each case the hotel sesa-
ei sst on fire in At least two different
places. At the July fre the hose
nozzle was discovered TO be plugged
with a rock and had 10 be uncoupled
and rock taken out before water
would flow. :. j. Miller testified TO
the same facts After the first fro
he had detected evidence of coal oil
being used. Chas Gaiser had taken
the rock out OF the one nozzle lie
thought the fire was incendiary. l..
Weinbereer exhibited the rock itself
1t then developed, by Jud Rileys
testimony that two different nozzles
had been plugged. Indeed it is
generally reported as fact that oil
three were plugged. B. II. Wegen-
er testified that he wss first at the
July fire. Saw blaze among car
penter's leavings ON the kitchen
floor Ran to the front Of the build
ing to get in and kick out the fire,
but then found front ablaze Insur-
ance on the building was shown to
be : 10000 although the evidence
showed that Sills paid $4,000 for
it and on the day deeds were filed.
borrowed 50, 800 in Denver. lnsur-
ance on furniture was $1,000 90, on
printing Office 100000 and on
books, $4,000 None Of this in
surance has been paid, but about
81, 200 was paid ON certain lnsur-
ance after the first fire. The hotel
was sold in March 1905. before the
first fire to j. f. Adams but no mon
ey ever passed, Mr. Adams giving a
trust deed to Mr. Slls for the sum
of s. 800, and assuming the
$500 due in Denver. Shortly be-
fore the second fire the hotel and
furniture was sold by Adams to
Chas. Kyle of Salida who paid moth
ing, but gave an additional trust
deed to Adams for S3,~oU. Mr.
Sllls held all the insurance and the
deed papers.
The case will probably come up
for trial again at the September
term of court