The first hearing in connection with a number of suits which have been for damages caused by the "Hell ers" occurred yesterday afternoon in the U. S. Court for China before Judge Milton J. Helmick.
This preliminary hearing, which will continue this morning at 10 a.m, is simply for the taking of depositions. As the ce-plaintiffs, Mr. Carl William Schooss and Mrs. Helen Roberts Schooss, are to leave Shanghai soon, their testimony in their suit against the Chrysler Motor Corporation, which staged the "Hell Drivers" show last spring, is being taken before the trial The ce-plaintiffs in this hearing are being represented by Mr. H, G. Nelson, while Mr. C. S. Franklin is seting for the Chrysler Corporation.
Yesterday's hearing was confined to a direct examination of Mr. Schooss by Mr. Nelson. To-day he will be cross-examined Mr, Franklin, and then Mrs, Schooss will be placed in the witness box,
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