Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-24
THE GRAVEL ON THE PANE,
INTERESTING "REMINISCENCES OF
BIG MINING SUITS
How Jurors Balanced the Scales OF
Justice I'm Early Days.


ting in front of the Ormsby House dis
cussing the big mining suit in Eurek:
between the Richmond and Albion
Gen. Kittrell, w. w. Bishop, Sine
Barnes, Johnny Moore and others were
interesting the crowd with recitals o.
the various suits they had seen. Bishop
and Kittrell insisted that of late years
the atmosphere of the courts had been
purer than in the early days.
"That is" said Barnes, thinner and
weaker; in other words, Jurors cost less
than in early days."
Both the lawyers agreed that coin
had potent influence. When the law
was all on their side and the jury on
the other, they could only explain
it on coin hypothesis.
THE OLD PRospEcToR.
At this point an old grizzlied bearded
man who had been listening slid up to
the group and remarked,
mining suits amt what they used
to be; there's been no real live litigation
to speak of since the Raymond and Ely
suit with the Hermes in Pioche."
"Were you in town ?"
"Well rather; / travelled four hun
dred miles on mule to get to the jury
box. I struck the town about six
O'Clock at night and walking into the
leading barroom inquired if the suit
had begun. Inside of half an hour a
man came up and asked me what my
name was. He wrote it down on his
shirt cuff, and then he said, 'Pard, if
you want to stay and see the suit let
me see you through on your expe nses,'
and he handed me five hundred dol
lars, remarking that he thought the R.
and E. had the bulge on the law /
said that l thought that myself and
then sauntered of. In about an hour
a man came to me aud told me Was
drawn on the jury. said didn't
mind and agreed to stand in. About
nine o'clock a man tapped me on the
arm and handed me five hundred, re-
that the Hermes had about all
the law and facts on their side that was
necessary. He thought l might need
a little money for expenses. OF course l
took the money; he seemed so anxious
to get rid of it, and then 1 slipped into
4 back room, put on pair of false side
thin silk buster 1 had been
carrying under my coat and 1 was a
changed man. BY ten O'Clock 1 was on
a good horse that paid three hundred
dollars for and started off on prospect
ing trip. couldn't bear the idea of
holding the scales of justice in case
ruption, you see. But on the trial 1 |
was represented by proxy. On the
road 1 met old Bill Danen, dead broke |
md discouraged. put him on the lay |
md he started double quick for Phoebe.
He struck the ledge rich, guess, for
when / next heard of him he Was |
Irwin spankin' double team and ell
Dying life.
ON THE JURY.
All hands were buried in deep
thought for q few moments, when a
title man in seedy clothes who had
,een an attentive listener, cleared his
hr oat and said that reminded him of u
imilar experience.
at was Virginia City case good
many years ago. Several hundred feet
we're involved and / was one of the
ury. was handed three hundred by
ne side and seven hundred by the
ther, and saw another.juror also pretty
veil heeled. We talked the matter over
nd told him guessed we wouldn't
ee any more money. ooh, you whip
aid he, this is only the pattering
rops Of the rain which foretells the
oming storm. tn be a drencher and
,e'll all get wet through I had to
ugh at the big lawyers tearing them
elves in two making speeches that
idn't have any more effect on US than