Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-15
Five Addresses Made Before Two
Sides Rest Case.
ORAToRY DRAWS BIG CROWD
Louisville People Flock in on Eighth
Day of Trial.
=. ]. MARONEY IS CIOsER
Last Word TO Jury spoken by OmahRn
for Mrs. Rustin-wOndeF Why
Case Was Taken TO
Kansas city.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov. 1A--(special Tel
egram. AFTER eight days consumed in the
trial Of the case Of Grace Fl. Rustin Of
Omaha against five accident insurance
companies for policies aggregsting nearly
SSs 900 on her husbands life, the arguments
were closed at $50 o'clock this evening and
the case was given to the jury by Judge
William Field. The Jury will deliberate on
the case tomorrow.
As five companies are interested in the
case and so many points have to be dehb-
Grated on, Judge Field did not want 20
burden the jury tonight, the members hsv-
ing been together listening to the reading
Of testimony for over a week.
The testimony was ended today and the
arguments began at once. Edmund II. I.
Trabue was the first to speak for the de-
Tense He was followed by w. Marshall
an argument for the defense. He was fol-
Bulntt for the plaintiff. On the assembling
of court IN the afternoon David Baird made
lowed by Colonel Bennett II. Young for
the defense. The closing argument in the
case was made by T. j. Mahoney OF Omahs
for the plaintiff Mr.. Mahoney spoke for
about two hours. He made a plea In re-
gard to the business methods OF Insurance
companies.
Many people we're attracted today to the
court room to hear the arguments. Ordi-
narily speeches in the common pleas court
do not attrsct the public Mrs. Rustin
who sat through the trial. showed great
fortltude. She is still wearing the costume
of widow. During the arguments today
she smiled when Colonel Young, an attor-
ney for the defense, was touching up T, j
Mahoney.
Suits in the cases were originally brought
separately. but after all had been filed
they were consolidated. Now the actual
amounts asked for are 200 from the
Aetna LAfe insurance company; 5000 from
the Employers Liability company; 5000
from the Fidelity a Casualty company
5000 from the Travellers Insurance com.
psny; $500 from the Casualty Cornpsny
OF America
DR.. Frederick Rustin was a surgeon n
Omaha Neb., for number OF years prior
to hts death on September 2, 1905 He was
shot on his front porch on the morning Of
September 1. 1905. The insurance compan,
les alleged conspiracy, claiming that ht
was down and out financially and morally
They alleged and attempted to bring out
in the testimony that he once took typhoit
fever germs with the intention OF commit
ting suicide. Mrs. Rustin admitted on tn,
stand that he had such germs in his pos
session and that she once told physician
that he might have taken the germs.
Mrs. Riistln was the principal witness
that was placed on the stand In the else
She admitted many things on cross exam
! ination as to domestic unhappiness. She
admitted that she upbraided DR.. Rustir
for not paying the note due his mother
for borrowed money. She also admitted
that she told her husband that IT was bes
that they leave Omaha.
People Of Louisville have not been 81
much interested in the evidence in tn,
case as TO why II was brought to Louis
Vile for trial.