Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-17
CAREERS SUIT
 AGAINST ALLEN
 10 JURY TO-DAY Number of Prominent Pine Bluff Citizens and Off
 clals Attend Trial.
WITNESSES ASSERT
 CARTER USED GUN
PlaiDtiif in $30,GO0 Suit for Damages Because of Wounds Received Here
 Several Months Ago Testifies He
 Was Attacked Without Warning.

Little Rock, April 16-Arguments of counsel in the s20,00O damage suit of Earl Carter vs. James w. Allen, as the result of the shooting and wounding of plaintiff at Pine Bluff, several months ago, were concluded in the federal court this afternoon at 4:9O, and a recess was taken unti! Tuesday morning when Judge Tria- Der will charge the jury.
 About 30 prominent men of Pine Bluff and Jefferson county attended the trial, among them being Dr. Junius Jordan, former state superin- tendent of education, who appeared as q character witness for the de- fendant. He testified that Mir. Aliens reputation as law-ahiding citizen was good, as did Dr. J. L. Norris, Presbyterian minister; Sheriff R. H. Williams of Jefferson county; former Sheriff Edgar Brewster, former County Judge c. M. Philpot, Chief of Police Frank Stewart of Pine Bluff and others equally as we'll known.
 The plaintiff introduced five wit nesses, M. Levy, Thomas Smith, a justice of the peace of Pine Bluff, James McNulty and two others, who testified that on the evening of the shooting they were near the scene at the time, heard shots and when they looked up they saw Allen shooting Carter; that Carter fell near the sidewalk, and that Allen threw his pistol at the prostrate man. Levy testified that Smith picked up pistol from the sidewalk. McNulty said he saw Aliens pistol when it struck the ground; that he picked it up and later delivered it to Chief of Police Stewart
 Carter, the plaintiff, who said ne now resides in Louisiana, testified that he was walking north on Main street, when at the corner of Second avenue, Allen, without warning, opened fire upon him, and that after he had fallen, wounded, Allen pitched pistol to the street near where plaintiff was laying. Carter testi- fled he did not threaten or make any hostile move toward Allen.
 pr. H, E. Williams testified he had attended Carter immediately after the shooting, and gave evidence con- corning the nature of the wounds.
 Tells of Former Assault.
 Allen, taking the stand in his own behalf. testified that some years ago he was sitting in front of his place of business talking to Stuart Wiley and other friends, when Carter ap- preached and without warning nr cause attacked him with "brass knucks," fracturing Aliens nose. Witness asserted the conviction that but for the interference of friends he would have been "assassinated." He testified that after Carter had been escorted away from the place, he re- turned with a pistol, declaring he would kill witness "on sight" Allen testified that he offered a reward to ascertain why Carter had assaulted him. but was unable to discover the cause.
 About this time, Judge Trieber dis covered that the assault concerning which MT. Allen was testifying oc- cured in 1914, and ruled the evidence inadmissiable because "that is too long ago.
 Allen testified that o. several later occasions Carter attempted to assault him. and that he (Allell retreated 70 avoid a difficulty; that on account of his conviction that Carter was "de- termined to assassinate" him, he sold his property and left Pine Bluff.
 Concerning the shooting in which corter was wounded, Allen testified Carter was lying in wait for him at the corner where the shooting. oc- cured; that Carter pulled his pistol, and fired twice at witness before he used his own pistol. He expressed the belief that his first shot must have struck Carter's right hand ani knocked the pistol from 1t. Allen