Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-06-21
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TIE ATTORNEY A BLA0KaUARD.--
Touching fictitious endings, Western cor
respondent supplies legal incident that
will be appreciated We know:
Several years ago, when one Of our pres
ent Justices of the Supreme Court was Dis
trict Attorney of neighboring county,
rather iaughable incident occurred as re-
lated by himself Court week he used to
occupy bed room st Lewis Hotel, the
principal hotel at the county seat. He had
his books and papers in this room, Here
he drew his indictments, and in important
cases, he used to direct the sheriff to bring
the peoples witnesses for preliminary ex'
animation.
It happened at one session that he had an
important murder case coming on. The
celebrated General (now Judge) Nye was
counsel for the defendant. He examined
the witnesses as usual, and took careful min.
utes of what they would state on the stand
He found that a lady was the most impor-
tant witness for the people, and he also dis
covered that she was rather excited and
high-strung, and q fast talker.
Apprehsnsive of trouble, he thought he'd
caution her little. So he told her when
she came on the stand not to talk. "Pay
attention." says the District Attorney, "to
my questions, and answer them, but don't
talk and when Nye comes to examine you,
you must be very careful and don't get ex-
cited, for he is great blackguard, and will
try to get you mad. just pay attention to
his questions and answer them, no matter
how often repeated or how apparently silly,
but don't allow him to get you off your bal
ance." s4as
The District Attorney and witness parted
for the night. The next day the case came
on. The District Attorney called his wit
ness, and she went through her evidence on
the part of the people to his perfect admira-
ton, and he handed her over to Nye.
He went along awhile very smoothly
Pretty soon he began to crowd her and she
began to aAare ups" he crowded the more
and she resented the more, and soon they
had o regular breeze. Finally, having lest
self control, .she broke out on him as fol.
lows: :.-.-,.. .- ..
81 won't answer any more of yoqr CON-
tsmptible questions you're a nasty, dirty
blackgusrd, and the District Attorney told
me So"
After the laugh had partly subsided, Nye
said: ...
.What the District Attorney told you
90? When and where did he tell You 80 p
aHe told me 80 last night in his bed
room"
The scene that followed this answer may
be readily imagined. In the midst of the
shout, Nye told the witness she might pass.
CLERICAL HUMoR.-Emmigration to the
State of Michigan was 50 great during the
years of 1885 and 1886, that every house
was filed every night with travellers wait.
ing. Every traveller there at that time will
remember the difficulty of obtaining bed
at the hotels, even if he had two or three
sstrange bed fellows" The Rev. Hosea
Brown, an, eccentric Methodist minister,
stopped one night at one of the hotels in
Ann Arbsr, aud inquired if he could have
q room and bed to himself The bar keep
sr told him he could unless they should be.
come 30 full as to render it necessary to put
in another with him. At an early hour the
revsrned gentleman went to his room, lock-
ed the door, retired to bis bed, and soon
sunk into comfortable sleep Along to.
wards midnight he was reused from his
alumbsrs by loud knocking at his door.
sHallo you there he exclaimed, what
do you want now = putting particular stress
on the last word
you must take in another lodger, sir, in
with you,' said the landlord.
what another YETI
why, yes, sir, there is only one in here,
is there?'
sOne why here is Mr.. Brown, and a
Methodist minister and myself, already,
and I should think that enough for one bed,
even in Michigan
The landlord seemed to think SO too,
and left the trio to their repose.