The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-07-25
SUED FOR LIBEL.

BULLETIN office and having found the pub
Usher and editor of the paper, proceeded,
in his usual distinct and happy manner, to
read summons which authorized him to
bring the bodies of both before the county
court, to answer to charge Of libel, pre-
ferred by Squire Comings. In obedience
to this summons, Mr.. Il. A. Burnett and our
self put in an appearance at the court
house at $3.50 o'clock, p. m, and upon ar
irving there found the radiant countenance
and shapely form ofSquire Comings present.
he having apparently anxiously awaited
the arrival Of the two criminals for some
time. But the Squire's attorneys had not
yet arrived and on that account court did
not immediately convene.
After waiting half an hour, however, and
his attorney not yet having put in an APP
pearance, the proper officer announced that
the court was ready to hear the case,
and the prisoners (Mr. Burnett and
poor "weO were asked to step into the
court room to answer to criminal ofiense
which, if found guilty Of, will compel both
to pay respectable fine and at the
same time cause us to accept q lucrative
position in the pcnitentiary from one to
five years.
Mr.. Burnett insisted on being handcuffed
before entering the court room, but was
persuaded, by the melodlous and winning
voice of Officer Schutter and Richard
Fitzgerald to enter without demonstrations.
Feeling our guilt in its full degree, we
were more doclle than Mr.. B. and entered
the presence of Judge Yocum without per-
suasive speech; with heavy heart and
mind that pictured the awful presence of
prison walls and an empty purse.
Upon entering the county court room We
found the Judge occupying the bench with
his usual becoming dignity, while County
Clerk Humm graced it in his shirt sleeves
wearing the usual bland smile on his ex-
pressive countenance Mr. Richard Fitz-
gerald's manly form was visible at the
left OF the Judges bench; Squire Comings
comfortably filled chair at the
right Mr.. Burnett and ourself occupied
seats at the left and Lawyer Gillian consti
tuted sthe all-attentive audience. After a
few moments of supreme silence" had
elapsed the judge appraised the prisoners at
the bar Of their otfense and placing them
under two hundred dollars bond EACH for
their appearance at the next term Of the
county court, enquired who was their Sc
curity, to which Mr.. Fitzgerald replied
that he was the bondsman.
Both, the prisoners and Mr.. Fitzgerald were
then sworn and informed that they were at
liberty to breath the free air Of heaven UNI
I'll the next term Of court, when their pres
ence in person would be acceptable. AT
this juncture the great criminal lawyer, the
Hon. Justus Cunningham, made his appear
ance inthe court room, and wlping great
drops of Precipitation from his
intellectual brow with red
handkerchief, informed those present that
he had heard it on the streets that his
presence, in legal capacity, was desired
by Mr. Burnett and that he had, without
losing any time and Immediately upon
hearing of it, repaired to the court house.
At this juncture States Attorney w. c.
Mulkey, attorney tor Squire Comings, put
in an appearance and requested to be inform
ed how tar the case had proceeded. Beng
Informed, he expressed himself satisfied
with the action OF the court, but APP
peared greatly depressed in spirits upon
learning of the legal talent he had to buck
against, and upon his advice Squire Com
ings Immediately engaged additional legal
assistance in the person OF Mr.. Walter War
der.
Mr.. Cunningham will conduct the de-
fence for Mr.. Burnett and we have decided
to engage the services of City Attorney
Hendricks, with whose able assistance, and
the help Of God, we expec. to thwart the
heartless dc signs Of the cruel Squire to
crush our blooming youth which is Just
budding into manhood.
But it is argued that the Squire will
Withdraw his suit before the next session Of
the court; that he Is in the condition of the
boy who, while on the way to see his sweet
heart stubbed his toe and thought himself
too big to cry and too badly hurt to laugh
1t is asserted by others Of his enemies that
he is like brook, noisy and shallow, and
that by the time court again convenes he
will be as still as a
cat in milk house. But
these are the utterances of fools of twenty.
four caratswthout alloy-to whose Sian.
ders our good citizens will turn deaf ear.
We are perfcrctiy satisfied that the Squire
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