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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1927)
US H ESS IT TElA&p.2W7Tina TTTEY SIlbUWXT KNOTT At a resoTfof an innocent' and Irell meaning reference made in a Salem evening ewspaper,; Mrs. Lyda'Kis'a suit to recover $1, )00 from DfGecrge R- Velirs, claiming thAt he iftierf ormed pan naathoriea -operation, vu non mlted. i Tift rase iiaa been reset tor trial November 15. . , It is a rufe of law well estab lished in this rtatei that, where an Insurance , company la defend ing one of its clients In a local proceeding, all knowledge of the company's-pajt mast.be kept from the jary. - Thi'sfi jpn the theory that the , Jnry If Kit know that damages assessed against the de fendant will " actually be paid by the insurance company, will be considerably more wining to ire torn a) verdjot. against the de fendant. A iury might: easily be wilUngf to r'Ssdek'a large and reputedly wealthy. . corporation where' it would he an willing to assess damages" atalnst an ordi nary citizen. , ;f i . . ' ' On Friday eVeiing.of , this weei a local newspapf Tarried an ac count of the" firt few hours of the King-Vehrs .trial, which op ened in circuitourt Friday morn ing. Among other things it men tioned that Frank Senn. Portland attorney defend is Dr. Vehrs, rep- reseted -the Insurance. j which Is protecting him. eonrt at that .iwint.' ,r A It was, however, she; wag1 the defendant's own - witness ' mad her . admission had .not been, brought oat by anr patent attempt on the part of plain u:rs counselj-j. All mention -"of ni testimony, as well as any others reference to the insurance company, was care fully excluded from the; account as published fn the Oregon Statesman- Saturday morning. mmm m TO LIVE IFJ SiLEfii Rev. TJ.: S- Crowder arrived In Salem on Friday morning from El Paso, Texas, where he has been pastor ' of the. First ' Methodist . Some possibility Js foreseen that church for two years. Ie has re- this woman's testlmonyisasy be an (signed, and wUl make Salem his! important factor la: event the case home in the fnturethe city of his - 1 J 1 , . ' ' ' ' wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm J Is appealed, f 2ix. : King's counsel might he able to show that under the circumstances the jury knew of the sitaat'on anyway through th's witness tec.tlmony, and the fact that it was later verified by choice, where he has owned ; prop-j terty : for seTefal years., ' f Mrs, Crowder and t fcelr daughter, Da kota, did .not go to Texas except ing on Tiafts. Their home-ts at 1030 Shipping street"' and , Miss I ""r.7i. 1 wouia maaeiCrowder w,n entgr wnlamette uni. w v.- .vC. ; y3 - Irersity when she completes High ; At the same; time; the supreme court raiirfctf he unwilling to es tablish ' a precedent that would make it possible f pr persons who were interested In having the case th's result by securing the desired thrown out of court accomplish newspaper publicity. - SEARCH FOR LOST PLANE ilail Pilrit illmmlonsv ?lachine Mkl Air Xear Castiae in - Saturday 'morning tt developed that a few of the Jarcra, Beeklng out of natural earjosity to -read evory newspaper account of the trial, had pought out and perused tbe article jn.tqsestj pa, The up shot of the matter was that npnn motion of ?.Ir. Ser.n who . led the trial for Dr. Vehrs, the whole case was thrown out of court by Percy R. Kelly, circuit judge who was presiding. . - , : The situation !?, considered a enlque one In the history of Ore gon legal procedijrejr-j ? To compllcat.e the. matter still more. In this partlcTar instance the jury learned from one of the defendant's own witnesses that an Insurance company was the real party in invreet,- before the of fending newspaper account " was. published. " " ; j It was Ml3s - Evan feline Clnt ton who had heen placed -oh the sfand In behalf of the." defendant, 8nd was fceiag croots examined by Oscar Hayter. T)atla-;; attorney rep resenting the plaintiff. Miss Clut ton had testified that she wns principal of nurses at the Salem hosnital ".t th.tlme, Mrs. Kins had her operation performed there, but that sine then she had gone to Spokane, , f "And how did you happen to come' waydown here from, Spor kane? 'Hayter alVed. ' :' - "1 ,crme at the request of the Insurance eom"pany, she replifd, Senn rooked surprised, but said nothing, as Hayter paused in his cross examination long enough to let the jury get the benefit of the statement. ;jTndge ; ., Kelly glanced from one attorney, to the other, half anticipating that an attempt would be; made to do something about the woman's adTmlssion. ' - Nothing was done,5 however. If M'ss Clutton had been a witness for the plaintiff instead of the defendant and had made the same statement, the case would have been ummarily thrown out of SAN, FRANCISCO. Oct. 29. (AP). Airplanes from San Fran cisco and Riverside" and searchers from national guard, fire patrol and postal department units of Los Angeles were scouring moun- companyitains and canyons in the -vicinity of Castiae, Los Angeles 'county to day' for the plane that Charles R. Bowman, ; air mail pUot, aban doned in mid-air Wednesday when he - feared the ship would crash. Advices received y here today from Verne Gorst, " pr' 'dent of the; Pacific f Air Transport " com pany, air mail lessee, Stated that a reward of $200 had peen-iOffered for the recovery of the missing plane and its mall.: Gorst wai In Bakersfield; taking part in the hunt, ; . 2 HANGINGS NECESSARY HAVANA, Oct. 29--(AP) Eal-l domere Rodrignes. convicted for murder was legally executed twice today in the pinar Del Rio prison. Because of, a defect "In "the gar roter due to careless adjustment of the metal band which fits about the victim's neck to cause strang ulation, the supposed dead body of ' Rodrigues was laid on a stretcher and suddenly showed symptoms of life as. spectators were leaving the "death chamber. The man put up a furious strug gle but was overpowered .. hy guards and prison officials. ' He was then replaced in the death machine and again the strangula tion band was adjusted, the body remaining on the garrote for 22 miutes . before he was officially pronounced dead. school at the mid-year term. "- j Rev. 'Crowder being oh the in-1 ternational line saw a good deal! of Mexico, and in Xact he visited ! that troubled country as far south' as the capital. He saw pome ex-! citing and interestirig things down' there, and could tell a lot of tales; to make one's blood run cold. But he believes - Mexico, with; all ; her troubles, is on, the wayr towards better things in the realm of mod ern civilization. : . i ! ; Ebner Loses Suit.Seeking ; Recover On Alleged Note The case of J. W. Ebner against Albert Wels, et ,al, was decided in favor of the defendants In cir cuit court here late yesterday, the jury bringing in its verdict .: at about six o'clock. . The action was first brought by Ebner on an alleged promissory note. He demanded sosoe S1S00 from the defendants, who set up a counterclaim demanding about ?800 from Ebner. Work done by various parties, ' and transfer of land, featured in the case. By bringing In a verdict for the defendants the jury refused both money demands, but threw costs upon the defendant. MARSHFIELD TOT) DIES MARSH FIELD, Ore.. Oct. 29- (AP Helen Landrith,! 7 daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Lan drith of Coos River, is the first victim of infantile paralysis to die in Coos county. ' The child was 111 but two days. ' ' BHly Levens Lot-ates W. S. ( "Billy") Levens has re moved with his1 family! to Salem, locating at 1C05 South Church street,, and Mr, Levens has opened a law office in the Bank of Com merce building. 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'f "''1;:OdD LOT ; r; I Stamped Goods SifllfChoiceHlCc ' ; Odd stamped pieces, Yalue to 49e Boudoir pillows, vaslty sets, kitchen cnrtalns, infant bonnets, bib sets. f Z W r ; -, f ;yv (SECOND FLOOR) ! : VOILE KOUSZ Voile fcoflse dTesses of nove'ty weaves, hemstitch?.!. $2.25: TSTae, .790, . .. (st:coxd rLooR)