Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-24

i IKE LnlS, SdlO the FOREMAN, we NUS
pause and reflect Then all hand!
laughed and we sat about fifteen min
| utes rejecting. Presently some gravel
struck the back window and the fore.
| man leaned out and said What dc
you wanrT
Throw down rope,' said voice,
and the foreman who seemed to have a
rope all ready, lowered it down. Up
came basket of champagne, and as he
looked at the tag he said: This is from
the defendants.' So we drank their
health, and in about an hour he got an
other bite on the line, and pulled up an
old gum boot with fifteen hundred dol
lars in it. This, he said, was plaintiffs
contribution. We divided the money
and played poker for it. BY midnight
three us had all the swag, and then a
sack with four thousand dollars in it
came up, and we divided and started a
fresh game. Whenever the gravel
struck the window we pulled up some
thing. 1t was a very Interesting case,
and by O'Clock in the morning the
gravel and coin gave out, and we
figured on the verdict. The defen-
ants evidence, as it lay there or the
table, preponderated by about thou
sand dollars, apparently, and we were
about to find when We saw that there
was fifteen hundred more that had to
be counted. All hands were so full that
we couldn't tell to save us which side
of the column to put that money on,
and things got go mixed up that we
concluded to do the fair thing all round
and say that we couldn't agree. Finally
it was suggested to stay out another
day, which we did, and some more evil
dence coming up the rope settled the
business, and we found for the defend
ants. Some of the legal points sprung
on us were very complicated things to
wrestle with, and three dollars day
didn't begin to pay US, you see."
DRAWING THE JURY.
Drawing the jury is the main
thing" said a man in striped pants,
. lying up. ain the famous case Of
- versus -, it cost 'em twenty
to fix the county officers. The
County Clerk got fat figure for draw
ng the jury. Oh, he Was cunning as a
monkey, and could get any twelve
names out of fifty you wanted, and he'd
,e lookin' all over the Courtroom all
he time. He could nail the right
names just as certain as DEATH"
The listeners expressed some desire
o understand the nlodus Operandi,
which the communicative gentleman
proceeded to explain:
"You see, he took twelve ballots and
oiled 'em up in a piece of paper with
he ends slightly pasted together. He
lad them up his sleeve, and when he
vent into the box he made a big show
# stirring up things and held the pack
ge in his hand all the while. Then he
ore open the package and proceeded to
RAW, always picking from the little
follow paper, and never failing to hit
he right ones. Oh, he was slick, and
ou could always count on him. The
lnniest part Of the suit was that the
oys who got the companies into a
vrangle also manipulated the jury and
n order to make things harmonious
hey picked the same jury for both
ides. You never saw people SO pleased
$ all hands were when that jury Was
ccepted. Each side counted on a dead
hing. The Judge, jurors, lawyers,
ounty officials, agents, spoilers and
ack bearers divided about equal all
ound. But these are things of the
asst and now Us mining men have to
astle for our money just like other
eople."
THE ROTTENNEss OF THE TIMES.
otis pretty hard to get fair deal
ow," said Sine Barnes. 81 knew a
IAN once who was given ten thousand
Ollars to fix a Jury, and blame me if