Special to The Light
St. Louis, Dec. 21.-
The suit of Ernest Morgan, a boy who was wounded by a revolver bullet fired into a crowd of people on June 18, 1904, during a fight between Zach Mulhall and others at the Cummins' wild beast show on the Pike, at the world's fair, in which Mulhall is asked to pay $20,000 damages, was partially heard in Judge Ryan's court yesterday. The testimony will be finished and the arguments made today. Mulhall is represented by Attorney T.J. Rowe. He was accompanied to the court house by his daughters Mildred, Georgia and Lucille Mulhall, and his son, Charles Mulhall, all of whom occupied seats in the courtroom. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop of Memphis, Tenn, friends of the Mulhalls, were also present, having volunteered to come to St. Louis to testify for the defendant.

Mulhall was convicted of felonous assault and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary when tried in the criminal court. His appeal is still pending.

Morgan's testimony wsa to the effect that only three shots were fired, one of which struck him in the stomach, breaking his hip socket and destroying his thigh bone. His testimony as to the number of shots fired was supported by other witnesses.

Mulhall and his witnesses insisted that from eight to a dozen shots were fired; that Mulhall's back was turned to Morgan, and consequently the boy could not have been struck by a bullet from Mulhall's revolver. A 38-calibre revolver was in court in evidence as the one which Mulhall had on the night of the shooting.