Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-10-31

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gom.. Th. -.!,rce of the crowd that
waited was painful broken only by
the -zale of the tobacco juice on the
small stove and the moo of the COWS
outside.
William II Abel Of Montesano and
4. w. Tyler of Olympia were the at
tornevs for the defendant, while Pros
ecuting Attorney Thomas l.. O'Leary
handled the case for the state. The
Jury was composed of John Jones.
Whitemarsh, =. ]. Meeks, Oke Null
ton, d. Il. Turner and.F. Dunn.
Abel and O'Leary nearly mixed in
fstic combat when Abel made some
insinuations concerning Mr. Mott
mans pro-German tendencies.
"You can act like a gentleman in
this court or you can get OUT shout
ed O'Leary as he shook his fist in
Abel's face. 81 don't care if you are
a bigger man than | am. ! will put
| you OUT"
Now take that first away - it
makes me nervous" laughed Abel as
he continued in the trial
O'Leary and Abel again clashed
when Abel made statement that he
had been requested by member OF
! the American Legion to appear at the
trial and see that Hays got square
deal.
'I'll be willing to bet anything that
you do not represent the American
Legion in this case" retorted O'Leary
"All right" laughed Abel, here
goes" and he threw couple of dol
lars on the table.
At one point in the proceedings
Abel inquired:
Are you the George A. Mottmar
who refused to close his store or
Armistice Day last year,"
''This here is politics and it mus
cease" Numbered Justice Turner a.
he called the court to order.
Later on hoffman and Mr.. Abe
clashed when hoffman was givint
some testimony and Mottmar
clenched his first and pounded thu
table.
There, there, Mr.. hoffman, bt
careful of that fist" again admon
ished Attorney Abel.
The witnesses for the state in
cluded Mrs. Irene Anderson and Mis-!
Oral Stussey, employees in the Mott
man Mercantile company; Chief O.
Police Harry Cusack; Assistant Chic
of Police James Endicott; Charles
Brown; John Otis, prominent real es
tate man; Deputy Sheriff Roy Hoage
and George A. hoffman.
The defendants witness was Thos
Ismay Hays told his own story OF
the stand in a nervous, excitable man
ner as he suffered from being gasset
and from shell shock that he received
in service overseas. When he spoke
of his brother who was killed over
seas he nearly broke down.
| Abel and Tyler in their arguments
to the jury emphasized the fact thai
Hays is still suffering from shell
shock and being gassed, that he IL
naturally easily excited about any
thing that appears un-American tc
him and he considered that Mottmar
was not as patriotic as he might be
Mr.. Abel's argument was punctu
ated by remarks made by Mr.. Mott
man. Mr.. Abel charged that hi
thought hoffman was a man who
loved law suits more than anything ir
the world.
II do not" shouted the merchant
The argument was all a repetition
of this sort of correction on the par
of hoffman.
1T seems to me that the war il
over for every one but the prescott
ing attorneys" said Mr.. O'Leary al
he pointed out to the jury that the
opposing attorneys had tried to work
on their sympathies and prejudice
them in favor of Hays and against
hoffman
II suppose that every time Grim
inal action from now on is brought
up some one will drag in the war
That's what we have been doing this
demonstrating more or less thar
fighting the war over"
Another chapter of the case was