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THEIR FATE THURSDAY
Final Arguments in Trial Open.
Conviction Certain, Thinks
Woman in Case
fRx Associated Press.

(By Associated Press,)
Es~EINc0EN CENTER. Kan, Nov. "a
Before tonight the three defendants in
the Shady Bend ''tar party" case may
know whether the jury believes them Gull
pable or blameless in connection with
the assault on Mary Chamberlain. Only
two more closing arguments were seized
uled at the. opening of the days ses-
sion.
At the opening of courts Col. Dave
Richie. of Salina, Kan, spoke in behalf
of the defendants. he was followed by
s. N. Hawkes.. assistant attorney gem
eral of Kansas for the state. Both
speeches were scheduled to end before II
o'clock
The jury was instructed Fast night so
they were ready to begin deliberations
when the arguments closed. No one con-
nected with the state is more certain
that the men will be convicted than is
Following the close Of Attorney Nc
Curdy's address last night, A. N. Sirnms.
one of the defendants. embraced the at
torney and expressed q favorable opin-
ion of the outlook. ~
Now that the cases of the three de-
PENDANTS, Sheriff. Clark, A. N. Simms
and John Schmidt are virtually ended,
speculation is rife regarding what SEN
tence viii be passed on Everett G..
Clark. Jay Fitzwater and Watson Scran-
ton, who pleaded guilty to assault and
battery in connection with the tarring
on November 10.
Sentence was deferred on them until
after the present trial.
ATTACKS DIRTY DOZEN"
Ritchie made a bitter attack on the
dirty dozen" of Beverly in general
and Chester Anderson. in particular
at was with this crowd that the plan
had its inception" he said. These de-
PENDANTS did not originate II or take any
part in the execution of it,
The case went to the jury after a two
and a half hour session OF the court.
No attempt was made by any of the
attorneys for the defense to defend the
tarring. Every effort was directed to-
ward proving that the three accused men
had no hand in the planning or carrying
out of the assault.
TO GET RID OF GIRIs
'"The motive in this case, according to
the defense" Attorney Hawkes. said,
was to get Mary Chamberlain out of
Shady Bend.
.'Does it stand to reason that the boys
her out of there? No. 1t was these
men who desired to rid the tOwn Of her.
There is an old adage that it takes
old men for counsel and young men for
war. Compare the ages of these boys
and these men,
BORROWS CLARK'S PENCIL.
While Mr.. Hawkes. was speaking a
bailiff brought a telegram into the room
for Mary Chamberlain. She had no pen
ell to sign the receipt, and the bailiff
seeing Sheriff. Clark holding a pencil.
borrowed it.
Mary moved over within a few feet
of Clark and signed the blank. Then
she handed the pencil back to the bailiff
and he passed it to Clark But no thanks
was rendered Clark by the girl
SIX FORMS OF VERDICTS.
six forms OF verdicts. two for each OF
the defendants were given the jury. The
jury may be able to find any one or all
three guilty or innocent. When the Judge
began iIistructing the jury regarding YER
diets. Simms' wife, who faced the u men.
leaned over and buried her face in her
hands. Simms also bent over and did
not look at the jurymen. Clark and
Schmidt, however. gazed straight into the
faces of the jurors as they have ever
since the arguments started.