The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-04-30
AnecdOtes Of James 4. BrndY.

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Colonel l. 4. Clarke contributes 10 the May
number Of the Galaxy n pleasant sketch of
the late James Il. Brady, in which the fol-
lowing anecdotes appear:
''rhe trial of Baker for the murder of
Poole furnished q notable instance of Mr..
Brady's intrepidity in behalf of q client
II was at the height Of the Acknowledging
excitement, and Poole, after receiving the
fatal bullet, having exclaimed, 4 die an
American succeeded In causing himself to
be regarded as a martyr TO the cause
Lingering for days with-as the post
morten proved-a bullet deeply imbedded
in HIS heart, the interest and excite
ment became intense; and on the
day Of his funeral twenty thousand
men walked In solemn procession behind
tho coffin OF the martyred trough" In
such n state Of public feeling Baker was
put ON trial for his life. At the opening Of
the charge by the judge, aroused by its
tenor, Mr.. Brady seized a pen and COM
menced writing rapidly, Indignation show
ing itself in his set lips and frownin0
brow. The moment the judge had ceased
he was on his feet and began: You have
charged the Jury thus and thus. / protest
against your so stating IT, The Judge said
he would listen to the objections after the
Jury had retired. No. exclaimed the in
dignant orator, u choose TINT the Jury
shall hear those objections, and, defying
interference, he poured forth ~impetuously
forty-five separate and formal objections,
COUGHING them all e%mphatically in words
Of personal protest 10 the Judge. Tho
force Of the judges charge on that Jury
was pretty efiectually broken. Tho indig-
nation of the advocate at this TINA was
real, not simulated; and he, at least, Of the
New York bar, dared 10 defy and 10 de-
nounce injustice, even when clad in ormine.
OF such were those brave, elder members
Of the legal profession, who in former DAYS
and other lands kept alive the fires Of civil
liberty.
After two trials herehe obtained a change
of venue, and the trial was transferred TO
Newburgh. This gave rise to another Incl
dent, which Brady was fond Of telling, es-
peoially when lac wished 10 disarm preju-
dice against the looks Of n witness or
client The trial was 10 be held before
Judge Charles A. Peabody, In the Supreme
Court. The judge, lawyers, high sheriff,
deputies and prisoner all went up In the
cars to Fishkill. The streets were crowded
by thousands eager to see tho prisoner. As
they pass to the boat TO cross over to New
burgh, the judge happened to take the
arm Of High Sheriff Willetts. Some n
recognizing the sheriff, pointed ont his
companion as the accused murderer, with
Don't You see his id bloodthirsty FACET
fsncying. as Brady would say, they saw all
the lineaments of a brutal murderer in the
calm, bland features Of his Honor.
The case ola young man who was charg
ed with murder in what was claimed an
accidental fmcas, attracted a good deal Of
interest lie was a Mason, and that socie-
~ applied to Mr., Brady 10 defend him,
rendering twenty-five hundred dollars as a
fee but, for some cause, he declined the
case. Not long after, one afternoon, a
neatly dressed. modest young girl came 10
he office and asked for Mr.. Brady. Told
TO walk into his private office, she timidly
approached his desk and saying: 'Mr.
Brady, they are going 10 hang my brother,
and you can save him I've brought YOU
this money; please don't let my brother
die !" she burst into tears. II was q roll of
$3.50 which the poor girl had begged in
sums Of five aud ten dollars. The kind
hearted man heard her story. They
shan't hang your brother, my child" said
he; aud, putting the roll Of bills in an en-
velope, told her 10 take il TO her mother.
and he would ask for it when he wanted il.
The boy was cleared. In Mr.. Brady's par
lor hangs an exquisite picture, by burant
with a letter on the back asking him 10 &C.
cept II az a mark Of appreciation for his
generous kindness in defending this poor
boy. Mr., Brady priced that picture.
THE PooR FARMER.-A writer who has
no sort of respect for shiftless farmers.
says; ''Ihe poor falmer, whose hens roosi
in trees during the storms of winter, corr.
plain that they lay 40 eggs. His COWS
SILVER by the side Of the fence, and no com
plains that the children eat too much but
ter. He goes TO the grocery with q lug In
one end of the sack aud a stone in the 9TH
er, and he wipes his nose with his coat
sleeve, He thinks those farmers who take
agricultural papers, and who read works
on farming, are stuck-up farmers. He ID
down on all book learning. He never has
a paper in his house that is of value.
Those that arc found there belong TO the
trashy school. In the spring his sheep
flock is seen in pelts hanging on the fence.
Reader, have you any farmers Of this char.
acter in your vioinity2 II 80, try and buy
them out, and send them away, as they are
a drawback and disgrace in any neighbor-
hood" - .II
Medicines like everythi, 9 else nave 70 DO tested DO
fore they can claim tho condepco Of the public, FoH
snRAis SomPonad iodinissd COP LAYER or ma bssI