The Red Cloud chief., 1879-04-10

A corresporden. a the Nnhvf,fs
<ucrfeas repeats the following sory
which vss told him by Georgian VIC
witnessed The scene aerrkcA
Georgia has = s.ringen; pistol lau.
, Jhc penalty r forfeitrrr o. The ph:c,
and 3 fine o. $50. and. .; he discrs,ior
Of the Court, impriseamsus fur 81 DAYS.
A shos time after ihb iaw wcpt inso a.
fec., Judge Lester wss hoiding oosr. in
one Of the mountain counties Of North
Georgia, and, right inihs mits. Of Tie
Trial Of = case. ne askci The attorneys 70
suspend q fev moments, and told lhe
Sheriff TO lock the Courthouse door and
let 40 man pass o siihoui permission
from him. Then said the Judge In has
firm, decided ~sy; "Gen;lcusen. I
saw s pistol on /. n In ,his room 3
few moments ago, and I car nc; recon
Gle it - my sense Of duty IS . peace
officer TO let such . violation Il the LAG
60 unnoticec. 10 may be ,has It 10 NV
duty 20 60 before the Grand Jury and
indict him. but il iha; IA win walk up
to this stand and lay his pistol and a
fine Of 81 down here, I vii! let him of
this time, otherwise I VIII 20 before the
Grand Jury and testify against him.
The Judge paused. and sn attorney
who was sitting down just before The
stand got mp, slipped his hand in his
hip pocket, drew out q neat ivory
handled Smith & wesson six-shooter,
and laid 81 down before the Judge.
"This is all right" remarked the
Judge, but you are no, the mxn tha,
l saw with the pistol"
At this another attorney, sitting imme.
diately in front Of the Judge, got up
and. drawing u a small Colts revolv.
er, laid it and n 81 bill upon the stand.
"This is right again. said the Judge,
:" but you are not the man | speak Of"
Thereupon . large man just outside
of the bar walked around, ran his hand
into his bosom and, drawing out a huge
old army pistol, laid il and 81 on the
stand.
81 declare" exclaimed the Judge,
I" IL this don't beat all; you have done
right, my friend, but you are not the
man that I saw with the pistol"
This process went on until 10 pistols
and sl9 were lying on the Judges stand.
Then there vas . pause, and it appear
ed rs if the crowd were pretty well dis
armed; at least, il there were any o
pistols in the house their owners did
not e disposed TO give them mp.
! "Gentlemen," resumed the Judge,
'here are 10 persons who have acted like
men in this business, but the man saw
with the pistol has lot come up yet,
and now" continued he, pulling
out his watch and looking toward the
far side of the Court house, 81 will
give him one minute TO accept my prop.
osition, and if he does not do it in that
time, l will point him out to the Sheriff
and order him to take him into Gus
tody."
Immediately two men from the back
part of the house began to move toward
the Judges stand. Once they stopped
and looked at each other, aadthen, COM
ing slowly forward, laid down their pis-
tolls and their dollars. As they turned
to leave, the Judge said: "This man
with the black whiskcrs is the one I saw
with the pistol"
Then Judge Lester gave a short lee
ture upon the cowardly, foolish and
wicked habit of carrying concealed
weapons, and assured his audience that
n the future the law would be strictly
enforced. The Court proceeded with
its regular business, and it is needless to
add that in that county the habit Of car
rying pistols was broken up.