The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-18

cloth overcoat, and was then peremptOril,
ordered to remove his vest, necktie, sus
penders, boots and stockings. The orders
were all obeyed at the pistols muzzle, helo
by the trier of the court--a convalescen
invalid, SIX feet two inches in his stock
ings, and weighed about two hundred and
sixty pounds.
At this stage of proceedings, two of the
Jury-who had been playing cards for a
gallon of whiskey-got into a quarrel, and
one drove his bowie knife, apparently, up
to the hiltin the others body The corpse
was conveyed from the room as unconcern
edly as if it had been the body of defunct
oog, and the crier screamed at the top oi
his voice, I" Go on nth Mecourt r
| Our college bred lawyer now became so
| sickened, Gisgusted and frightened, that
| he made up his mind to break for the
| door, and save his own life by fight =
With bound that would have done cred
| it to the Ravels in their palmiest days, he
ieaped over a tanning mill, eluded the
grasp of his client, who had now broken
from the wheelbarrow, and by the aid OF
the almost impenetrabie darkness succeed
ed in hiding himself in lumber yard till
near morning when, stealing down to the
levee in his almost nude state, he ran on
beard OF small steamer and begged the
clerk IN the name of pity, God and hu-
maniiy, to give him passage down the
river to some town five hundred miles
from st. Paul. He would give no expfa
nation OF his half dressed condition, but
only begged to be secretcd until the boat
was al least a hundred miles down the
river On coming out of his state room
the next morning-when the boat was
near La Crosse-he was informed by the
smiling clerk that there vas bundle of
clothing and a trunk in the Office for him,
placed OH the boat 1T 81. Paul, with his
address, by lawyer SPoiiess, & man OF fine
character, but no edac4ti2a
s. thank him for my baggage! gasped
the student, turning pale at the recollection
of the midnight scene in the barn; but
these Minnesota lawyers are worse than
savages. They II gamble, smoke, drink
rum, and murder in the court room, and
cut the throat Of an educated man with
as little coEnpunction of conscience as
they d stab q toad I've heard it said that
St Paul is a beautiful place 1t may be
in the daytime, bat it is an awful place in
the night And if il is healthy place,
for iHgaA9s, it is an unhealthy place for
ia,cy,rS N an educated lawyer myself
I've had my .trst case in Minnesota, and
thank GPd its my last
pn aFFi FiNiH9 III La crosse ne went 10
Brick Homegy Of the D.mocrat, aud tried
to get him to publish the story of his 81,
Paul experience, but Brick Indignantly
replied
q Can do il. my boy Fra;d taint truei
It's too linny for reality, and the Dsnoerat
never do sls in fiction 7
Being determined to relate his expert
ence, however, he then hired hall, and
advertised a Leef,rrs o,, l..raiio", and after
he had iteceyed at the door nearly enough
to eovet expenses, the deputy Mayor
stepped lp ~Iti exclaimed
. Iay4 yoE got licence, sir for this ere
sl,o,5 =
This is not show, and have no
licence
Well / want ten dollars, and don't
care re d whether you call It a .ho,0 or an
srtiJi,9al
Bat my daar friend-"
Dont bEf me. sir | know what the
iasg IS, hold Office and you must pay
DIP or III 9fsf
And be n,izzled, and the last seen of
the Jersey lawyer, he vas trying 20 get
situst.od IS clerk ~ millinery store in
Chicago.