Morris tribune., 1880-04-29
ANOTHER BIFF.
The Way California Judge Decided

"Gluckerson VS.. Van Snyder" read off |
Judge Rix, the other morning. 81 be-
lieve this is an assault and battery case,
isn't it2 Well, gentlemen, what have you
to say for yourselvesG"
Mr.. Van Snyder, the defendant, stood
up and said, MAY it please the court, I
have only administered to this reptile,
the plaintiff, the punishment due to a
swindler and a traitor"
"Swindler YOURSELF" roared Glucker-
son, who had his arm in sling, and was
very much pasted up about the Uranium.
He's a cold-blooded assassin, Judge;
that's what he isl
do you take this fol- the capitol at
Sacramento7" inquired his Honor, Sc
verely. "Confne yourselves to state
ment Of the facts, or I'll know the reason
why"
''lf it please your Honor" said Van
Snyder, "the facts are these: In the first
place, the plaintiff there is sort of cap
per--outside man-for stock broker"
"Ah he is, is he's" said the court, omin-
ously, while the spectators began to hiss
and groan.
ats lie, your Honorr' put In Gluck-
erson, eagerly. "I'm respectable man,
your honoI."
"And although he has been a neighbor
of mine for years. continued Van Sny-
der, ''he came TO me one evening last fall
and said he'd let me into a new find up
in Lake county. Something dead sure
bang up"
"The cold blooded wretch" cried the
court.
"Said he hoped he might never stir.
your Honor, if 1t wouldn't run twenty
thousand dollars to the ton. He said l
could buy the property for twenty-five
thousand dollars from company, divide
the stock with him and salt away trade
dollars by the barrel"
81 didn't say barrel-I said keg," mur-
INJURED the paste-up man.
"Well, believed what he said, your
Honor, and went IN. ought to have
known better, It's true, but got kind of
carried away with the report of the ex-
pert who examined the property
zone of the contingent commission
kind, " said the court, IN mournful tone
of voice, while the bailiff sighed, and the
clerk shook his head retrospectively.
Exactly; l see your Honor has been
there. Well, the upshOt of it all was
that mortgaged my home and raised the
money. He didn't put in cent, the
court will please recollect, and"
II put in my experience" remarked
the plaintiff, behind his bandages.
"Well, the property was purchased
tule ranch, your Honor-and decided Il
me, and we started the Dick Turpi,
Mining and Milling Company
''Just the right name, too" said tn
magistrate, refectively.
Precisely; and after / had sguaran
teed in all my best friends and relation
1 found tha1the shaft had been sailed,
and that there wasn't five dollars wort
of ore within ten miles of tn
place."
Groupings must have given out,
murmured Gluckerson.
"In fact the whole thing was q put-ul
job-the most cold blooded swindle-th
the"
"The regular thing" suggested tn
judge.
Exactly, and when I tried to hunt vi
this wretch Gluckerson, whom it seem!
had stood in with the seller for eight,
per cent. of the purchase money-m,
twenty-five thousand, the court will pleas
remember he was non est Snuentu
; couldn't be found-and vanished lik
like"
1.-THE snowflake on the river" sug
: geste1 one of the spectators, who wa
very promptly fired out by the door
keeper.
"Any way, he couldn't be found, an
when advertised for information of him
got postal card from New Orleanl
He was travelling in style, your Honor
saying that he had forgotten to ment1o
there was big pond on the property
and that if cared anything for duck
shooting"
"I'll bet fifty dollars can kill NOR
!, ducks from sun up to sun down than an
t man in the state, said the Judge, wax
1 ing up Just then. "Got fifty-fve dow
g at the drawbridge last Sunday, and how
ever, go on with the CASE
: "Well, your Homer, to be brief, wa
: cleaned out-f1at broke, with nothing LEI
8 but this internal wild cat proposition
q show for my money. OF course, then,
q had but one chance lett"
1 "New York2' said the court, with a
: indescribable wink, while the audienC
l. smiled and nudged each other.
g "Precisely; New York, your Homo
n So bought -brimmed felt ha
It velvet vest, red tie, half-pound quart
q and gold watch chain, stuck on half
e dozen of these big, dollar. store diamond
lin fact, the regular New York min
holders outft-and I started, setting I
champaign for the conductor all the ws
.e over-ln fact, I did, as they say, I'll
9 usual thing" ~
d., "Dlsagreeable business" remarked Il
is judge.
k Extremely, your Honor; but I s'po
t. we've all got to do 1t, sometime or othe
a Well, l put up at the Gllsey, called {
rs Jim Keene, dined with lot of We
d Street fellows at Delmonico's, and ga
r the waiter twenty every time. Com
n high, you know, but 1t must-must
Y DONE"
le 'Of course" said the court; 'but SIX
q the O6Ialls, aS lGS HILL past tWcIVc, al
l. Franks chowder never. keeps hot mo
4 than halt an hour. We're the boys deil
d. we'll over there?"
e "First-rate, your Honor. Iclosed o
Y the Dick Turpin in less than a mont
e. for three hundred and fifty thousand d,
e. lars, and here comes the kernal of the o
q matter. This man Gluckerson had hea
re of the sale, and when / reached Frs
il, again, yesterday afternoon, he actual
o, met me at the train and said that
le ought TO be willing to 'divy' with him
~ him, mind you. Now how was that 1
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