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- VE WN POV OSD mW Oo errr Oras Menr 7 Casper _ Callahan — By “DONOVAN. BESS and. WORTH G&REWOOD Ye laivyer: wwith ‘th 1@ unshakeable. ego of Mél¥rrBelli would’ expect te’ x win acquittat: for. a-man who committed murder peters 50: ‘million: wit-: “But in Belli’s serene ‘view, the: “prosecution has anvthing but’an’. air: only live & RIS | ght:case against his client, Jack Ruby, who starved TF V's pe. elli: shas “already won a ore: -trial psychia tric examina- < = a of Kenn tion.:for-- Ruby, self-appointed, executioner of President ys be tempor ary-insanity. - defense “prestimed, assassin, thus Setting the siage for a This in: itself. is a victory, “since there was no precedent in Texas law for court-ap- ointed “psychiatrists... oy So “The lawyer's confidence i in; suit for’ damages” bused’ on- ay sae wrongful or: negligent act. a ‘Belli estimates’ thet he wits at! vast $f) million . a ycar for. his 4 to. save .. Ruby. x genuine e endigh—and ‘it is also a “<earefully-: ‘polished and theairis- hiss ly. exploited: facet of the Tels O-odd. years. :.You. must - ‘believe jin your be. . ents,” he says Giandly, “heen. i,when you face a jury yout ar ‘completely Jalons. i? you are: ? neryous and. afraid, the jury will j In Court I] Must Feel f'm [is Better Than My Opponent" Call? ‘it: ego if you “wish, " he “concedes. “AL I know ia? tat ‘when: I-am in court I must feel 46 that-I am: better than, my oppo- 1 ‘nent: There ‘may ‘ba, better law- “gc yers than J, but so far I haven't '{ cCome-upon any of them in court.” :The author of this. refreshingly utspoken:.appraisal of himself Leds. ,on «the record, perhaps: the ‘most’ “successful nergonal injury lawyer ” inthe: loug history <f tortsy-which ..is s legaless for.: a! iironaroN CONTAT NED -. 5. Uk ASS ' streetca "8, Wd doin mage that: has. swayed jurars for a 3 nr mgled %, 13, most ‘of ‘whoi come to afler getting ri2 ever by factory machinery or vittimized in “sone | fasion, by allegedly cercless or fers. % Weeks. ago, his habit aking biz. paid off in a- 396 jed dgment for the widow. i and Wehildeen of 31-year-old pianist Villiaca. Kapell, who was killed in an air crash in 1953. Belli had Fasked a cool million, basing his démands on Kapell’ 3 high earning’ potential, Though million-dollar - awards’ are rare even for him, a hundred. ‘or so of his clients have been the” ‘ grateful recipients of $100 ,000 - judgments in negligence suits, He takes a third ig he ‘wins “and nothing if he loses, which’ isn’t, often. : . Belli’s i impressive ‘patting aver-. age against insurances companics hasn't exactly endearei him to ths lostug underwriters, who . SO in, The Washington Post ane J Times Herald. The Washington Daily Ww -- The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New Yo ¢ Journal-American New York Mirror _ New York Daily News GH New York Post Tne New York Times . The Worker The New Leader Oiirne Wal! Street Journal The National Observer People’s Wo:ld Date