The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-27
HULL TRIAL is CLOSING

Nlcnvillc, the home of the famous
fighting machine, Oscar W. Hull,
is in the throcs of a mighty rcvolu-
ton. Disscnson, dissatisfaction and
unrest have displaced the peaceful
harmony which once prevailed and
it has become necessary in order to
avoid all that comes with division,
for the Common Pleas Court of
Cape Girardcau County to exert
its soothing and calming influence
to the end that serious miSunder-
standsings and spirited threats of
uphcaval and destruction may once
more be restored to the normal state
of lazincss and quiet which has here
toforc been marked and noticeable
characteristic of our ncighboring frog
shooters paradise.
Oscar W. Hull the man who delivers
the sleep potions with either hand,
ing qualities of the mule, has been
libclcd so he says, and he and his
noble followers are in the Cape seek
ing redress through the august tri-
bunal now in session in this city.
Mr.. Withcrs, famed for the quality
of the celebrating fluid produced
in his labratory, is the party charged
with writing and doing things dis
tasteful to the sensitive, tender
hearted marshal. The fumes OF
hillside Navy, and the trail OF
store Boughtcn Tobacco" cxpcc,
torations through the corridor OF
the courthouse and up the stairway
leading to the courtroom would
satisfy the most skeptical, that no,
body in Allcnvillc except the women
folks are at home. They are all in
the Cape attending the trial. Judg,
Edward ID. Hays with his raver
trcsscs and his piercing hypnotic
eyes, and mastery manner has con
tributcd his services toward rightir
the wrongs and bringing to justic,
the man who has displayed the tcmcr,
ity and offered the alfrOnt which il
has said has caused slccplcscs night.
and days of mental suffering to that
character famed a. prcscrvcr Of
the peace and shattcrcr of the
idols OF those who have been bold
enough to give expression to the
statement that they amt no mar
in town that can arrest them.
The dcstinics of the defendant are
being guided by Attorney Wilson
Cramcr, whose vcncral appearance
and Chcstcrfcldan manner strike,
feeling of awe and brings look
of sympathy to the cold and un,
sympathetic theological countenanccs
of the contcnding forces of AllenvillC
society leaders who have been ar,
raycd in concrete force to break
down the past enviable reputation
for truth and veracity which has beer
enjoyed by the plaintiff and his col
/ leagues.
Mr.. Hull accuses Mr.. Withcrs o
writing certain false and dcfamator,
articles derogatory to his charac
ter, and seeks damages in the sun
of $4,000.
The factions are powerful anC
about equally divided. Tcstimon,
is conflicting, and taken all in al
it is badly confused muss. EacI
faction seems bitter, and stronl
in the determination to fight to tn
last ditch. Some of the 20 wit
ncsscs have been examined, and t.
an unbiased witness it would seen
that too much spleen is being dis
played by both sides, and tina
there is but little merit to the cas-
from any standpoint, and the quick
cr that they quit their foolishncs
and become friends again the bette
it will be for them and the commun
ty in which they reside,
The testimony was finished a
noon The jury has been instructc
and at this time the argument
in progress.
Latcr;-Thc jury after being out )
} minutes returned a verdict in favor {
} the plaintiff and assessed his damap