The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-14
HUMPING VERDICT
 IS AGAINST STEER
JURY FOUND THE ARKANSAS MA. TioNAL BANK NOT RESPONSE
 RlE IN THE CASE.
Verdict Carries With it a Judgment Against Ed Spear for the Sum of $3,soo Lost by Humping in swindie Game.

After hanging for many hours the jury in the case of John F. Humping against Ed Spear and the Arkansas National Bank yesterday just before noon brought in verdict for the sum of s3,S00 against Ed Spear. and ex- onerated the Arkansas National Bank from responsibility ia the charge.
 Humping had been one of the swim de victims of year ago, and had dropped the sum of S3,S00 in the swim de operations. The drafts had been deposited in the Arkansas National Bank by Ed Spear, and i'll the suit to recover the sum, both Spear and the band had been named as defend ants.
 The court had instructed the jury that il could find for the plaintiff as against either one or both of the de fendants or for the defendants, which left nothing in doubt as to whether the bank or Spear might be held re- sponsible individually, or collective ly. if there was judgment to be re1- dered for the plaintiff, or in the event the jury so desired, it would find for sthe defendants altogether.
 The verdict carries with it a iudg. ment for the entire sum which Bump ing claims he lost in swindle opera tions, and the drafts of which were made exhibits in the case.
 The bank in its defense had dis claimed any responsibility whatever from the fact that Spear was a regu- lar depositor of the bank. and that the drafts had been deposited by him for collection just as they might have been deposited by others. and that the bank had no reason to believe the ownership of the drafts was in ques- ton.
 Spear had set up the defense that the drafts came to him by others to be presented for collection, and that the only interest he had in them was to deposit them for collection, and to receive for this act 10 per cent of the face Of the drafts, for making the de- posit for collection.
 There are two other suits of like nature scheduled for trial at this term of court, one by Matt Johnson, who was the last of the swindle vic tims to appear here, and the other by Frank P. Fox, the millionaire of In diana, who dropped s20.000 in the swindle operations. and whose ex- posture of the swindles was the first to attract public notice.
 There was a move made yesterday afternoon by Attorneys Martin and Wooten to have the Matt Johnson case taken up for immediate trial. This effort was resisted strongly by At torneys Rector and Sawyer for the Arkansas National Bank, urging as reason therefor that the Frank F. Fox case against Spear and the bank was set for Monday and they would insist that the Fox case be tried, and thai to start in the Johnson case late yes terday afternoon would mean a dis placement of the Fox case.
 But the Fox case will not be triet hOUudy. dSNAitu AANVAANS -'ANNA '''' Colonel Rector stated that while Mir Martins statement was assuring ye it would not be a finality inasmuch a they would resist any motion for continuance of the Fox case.
 MT Martin then explained why h spoke with such assurance, in effee that if he could not offer satisfactor reason why the Fox case should b continued Monday. he would take noa-suit in the case and at some othe time re-enter the suit.
 Judge Gotham held that inasmuc as the Johnson case had been dis placed on the calendar. he would SC it at the foot of the docket Monday and that if it were reached then would be taken up