Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1874-01-01
The Judges story.

With these words the Judge awoE'
| to the consciousness that he had iel
Ilov-traveler; and then, as if some ex
planation of his remark would be II
order, he went on:
1--WE had a very interesting trial il
Austin last week. Tom Carberry-
Irish Tom he is cal!ed-was tried toI
murder. | defended him, and never
struggled harder for client in my life.
For a week before, and throughout the
trial, | worked night and day to look
up testimony, and to present. the case
to the jury in the best pos ib'e light
| | consulted with all the attorneys no.
eDnrac for the prosecution. We got
hinroff with three years for the Penl-
tertiary: but he ought not to have
been punished, he should have been ac-
Quilted
The fellow passenger ..querried as to
the circumstances attending the alledGed
murder, and the Judge answered:
"Thcy were very peculiar, aud that
is the reason why the trial was so inter
esring A woman mp in Montana, who
never saw Tom Carberry, thought that
he ha done her a great wrong; and SO,
when she was asked, as the phrase is, to
take no with a new man, she named
her terms: -
Kill Tom Carberry, Of Austin, Ne
vada. '
But I never saw nor heard of the
man said tie Montana aspirant..
Nevertheless" said she, kill Tom
Carbcrry.'
at is the Gcbth of winter" was OBJ
iectcd. aud We are hundreds of miles
from Austin. The journey can not
now be made"
Kill him in the spring, SAID the un-
relenting woman. -
Yes said he, aud the compact was
sealed" =.
with e"'opcning of the, travel in
the .pring there arrived at Salt Lake
,tv. by thee Montana stage, an lndivid'
nal who freely announced. that he was
on his way 10 kill Carberry.
Tom heard of it but he took no STEPS
either to get oat Of the way or to be
specially prepared to see company. He
was then employed at Keystone Mil,
nine miles from town, and he stayed
there nearly a whole week after he
knew the Montana chap was in Austin
You sec. Tom is a praccable man,
and he diln't want any difficulty. Most
men would have come in at once and
get the affair of their hands.
The listener entertained doubts at
his point, hut saying nothing, the
Judge proceeded: ,
Saturday evening, just as usual
with him, Tom came into the city ana
after getting shaved and fixed up tor
his holiday, he went around to the Sa-
looms. where many of the people o.
min;nc towns spen, their leisure, to meet
MS friends. 1t was not long till he Gu
,.ountercd the Montana fellow, he began
# once 10 Toms hearing to make IN
.utiug remarks
Here the listener interrupted with
WHY did he make insulting re
marks? if he had made n long journey
solely for the purpose of killing Iom'
whv didn't he shoot him of-handE
"Because," said the Judge, that
would have been dangling from an
avning-beam in fifteen minutes. Kill
mr is a very different matter. " hen
two men get into fight, and all is IAN
ctwccn chem, aad one Kills the other,
community don't ordinarily seem much
concern on the subject. Under such
circumstances, the only way for Mon
tana was to provoke Tom TO a quarrel,
and lead him to fight. But Tom
wasn't disposed to CRAFTY hlm-hc
vouldn't take any notice-didn't seem
to hear; but repeatedly left one saloon
to 90 to another just to keep out OF the
waT. Montana followed him up, until,
At last, standing right before Tom' ht
Jumped mp about two feet from the
door and came down with heavy lal'
and said; I'm Chief y Even this Tom
tidn't resent, and when he got up and
went away to his room to bed, there
wasn't one Of them to say a good word
for him."
"Moatann enjoyed season OF glory
He had said. I'm chief in a public
place. and no man had dared to accep'
the ch-lIcnge.'
The next morning Tom was stand
nr on the Sidewalk. when Mo"tan'
came along, aud they met face to face
Tom spoke to him in a very quiet, 10"
tone, saving: ,
stranger you used me pretty rougl
asst night, but / don't bear malice
Jest say that you'd been drinking a"'
didn't mean It, md we'll say no NOR
about IT,"
"Moataoa answered, no apologize
in nine
"Well, said Tom you needn't apo
ogise: come into the saloon and chili.
classes with nc, aud well let the mat
ter drop"
''Then Montana said: Tom Carberr
either YOUR generous, or else you're
coward. Idun't think you're coward
l'ifI'd known YOU at the start 1t
most likely | wouldn't ha' waded IL
But the matter cant be let drop, 70
there's hundreds Of people in my secti2
an between here an there who kn1l
that | came here to Kill you; 50 ttcre
out two ways-we must fight or yo
must run. If you'll run, It'll be just a
good to me as to fight"
"Tom's almost suppliant bearlrg df
appeared on the instant, and he sa'c
stranger, amt much in the habit Z