Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-03-20
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Yesterday afternoon Thomas Madison was
arragned in Justice Cary's Court Tor ali
assault Oh Henry Mckinley. The complain
ing witness stated that without the slightest
provocatlon the defendant had assaulted MIN
in his own house Madison had called to
spend the evening, and after few hours
wiled away in desultory conversation anu
state politics. ne brought out the Gem fnZ-
z,e and endeavored to explain its intrlcacies
| to his guest
| THE COURT AROUSED.
The Court is this case founded Oh the
Gem Puzzle2
Complaining Witness.-Ies sir.
! The Court-Who owns the puzzle
Witness-I do.
The Court.-One hundred dollars or fifty
days III the coun--
District Attorney. hope your hohol
YOU will give this case a patient hearing.
The Court.-Patient hearing De blamed,
wont have a Gem Puzzle case Ia my court. l
allowed Pihafore case here once and 1t made
ma SORRY that | was ever elected. l wont try
the rubbish, call jury right away, let them
stand it. The constable was immediately
sent to seour the town for jury, and IN half
an hour had captured and Imprisoned twelve
men.
THE CASE PROCEEDS.
The witness then proceeded to state that
after Madison had worked on the puzzle some
three hours, he got excited and began to
abuse him. .'He had No II on the fourth row
instead of the third, and tod him co shove
the over against the II and get the II back
at the end"
Harrisfor the defense j object to that
testimony, the witness lies. How could he
shove the over against the II if the 10 was
next to it
Driesbach Easy enough, the 10 is on the
left side and the drops in place. hope the
jury understand
The Court-Do the jury understand
Here all the jurors nodded simultaneously
and the Court, getting down off the bench,
shook hands with them all the way down
the line.
The witness continued: Il told him the Is
would come in wrong and he got mad and
throwing the puzzle into the corner Of the
room, came for me with a chair.
The Court Good for Madison.
The remark was greeted by a tulnut of ap-
plause, in which even the Constable joined.
THE DEFENDANTS STORY.
The defendant. a careworn looking wretch,
took the stand and testified as follows Il
belted Mckinley with chair and wish d
beat his head off | was up at his house the
other night, and we were as friendly as could
be, when he trotted out this new tangled -
Gem puzzle with fifteen blocks IN box, that
YOU get i'm three rows and che fourth you can t.
He mixed up the blocks and | pushed EN-
round til after midnight, and the more |
pushed the worse they got After while
got all but the last row and then the blasted
10 block was in the IA space, and the IL was
lust as bad. | was just getting the cussed
thing Strengthened cut when he began to way
his law, and every time he chipped IN he
made me hot in the collar"
Driesbach-Why didn't you reverse the
third row and get the down where the 10
was
Witness-Because the Is wasn't there, You
: internal lunatlc.
Harris-You intended to substitute the II
| for the II did ysu not 7
Witness-No, didn't propose to do any
thing of the kind. Here the witness pulled
, a formidable six shooter from his pocket and
, intimated that he desired no more quizzin9 on
the subject.)
The Court-Is that weapon loaded
Witness-Every chamber.
The Court am glad to hear it. If a
lawyer attempts to cross examine yen shoot
him on the spot Applause.
The witness then proceeded to say that at
. last losing all patience he rose ana belabored
Mckinley with chair.
THE JURY GO OUT
The Court then shut off debate and the case
went to the jury The foreman insisted on
taking the puzzle with him. The request was
granted, and they fled into the adjoining
, room where for the next hour all was still.
Then the sound of discussion which gradually
grew louder and the excited spectators list
, ened at the door. They heard the foreman
-, shout, "Throw the fourteen up against the
, 'Ieyen," and voice responded, 1.-The nine