, 1881-02-06

than TINT before be feels his ,dlrnity hurt. fig
bus too good thtng here to let trities like that
Interfere with business I've heard worse than
that right hero in tho court.
The Judge" entered the room at this juuct-
ure. and from discussion Of bis extraordinary
judiciul forbearAncs the.9utheriug turned to Il
very Lively consideration of the prcsumptlve
utter vfieness Of the coltection-agent Cottie.
Those % w6o know him only BY hearsay. and the
one brief experience which had caused their
presence In Dalton. evidently looked upon him
Us something
sUpERHuMASI.Y WICKED AND RAsE,
and as possessing an outward appearance fully
6nrmontzinE with his inner turpituda Having
what would bo the best thug to DO with him.
several suggestions were made, among which
%t or art aa hanSmg xsng % ned
e Fo,s Rsu ons ~ evo TOO md ,,;.,. p1asS;sasat
WHO had been quiet hitherto, announced that he
had II proposition to make. and that he meuur
business He remarked that there were Ainoug
the audience many men OF tine physique, md ho
proposed that, Immediately after the adjourn
tnellt OF cnurt, somc ono Ut the most muscular
Of tho garnishees should etvo Cottlo castiya-
raise q subscription to pay tho tine. The idea
was that this coarso of treatment should
wicked collector repentcd n1,d departed from bis
evil ways. The suggestion received general
praise ror its ingenuity, but no detinit action
was taken looking towards It's being carried out
While further consideration Was being had
Of tho best wuy TO get even With tho great gar
nlsheer. tho door opened and Mr. COttle
tered, Smiling ed.eerfutly npou ali IN tho room,
aud apoIoslz.ns for having kept then, So loag
waitIn: : sI,.h:. fM him: No answer w..s res,raed
umbrage ut this luck Ut courtesy and continued
smiling PLEASANTLY and chatting Ruod- naturedly
characteristic OF tho man, which stuck out Il,
every word, look. and movement was une|y de-
scribed by IN lrishn:an. who. with ii vuico that
or a:lmtration, whispered into the reporters ear:
l think lie hss Il great gall"
instead of tho oblrnsiyely vi]lainons-lookiDG
monster which the gErnishec5 had anticipated
meeting, the collector turned out to oc
mediu,n-siztd young man with, when mis- cx-
ciaei nothing to distinguish him from others in
Prise. m and 50 M I'D tue niet IN ch he
The first cAse called was one In which =. p.
Rend i Co. were the ,garnishccd victims.
The They were represented by young LAWYER
TINT rho debtor, one OF. Reud s Cos
teuustcrs. was married man. and
1T the e Of the e;e OF the
which was not exempt under tho statute The
collector examined the lawyer very closely, and
nishnens @ snouid 6e Sustained, bur the ,:' csa.t
ruled otherwise and dismissed the case, much to
the astonsshment OF Mr. Cottte and ut those
penes had Secoe % wln tSe
nethot Of doing business.
a shrewd little irisaman, WHO was present on
Company, whispered Into the ear of tha reporter:
,'' l see what's tho matter. Tm spotted for q
reporter. sure enough
TIE NEXT 1GARS1sITEE
was man named 6. Cockrcll He explained in
very few words that tho debtor in the cise
owed him money also q; the time OF the serv-
Ing Of the summons: The case was dismissed,
and the witness askcd:
:" Haven't got fec in this case. Judge?"
Il don't know, sir; Go you cia1m a witness |
fee:' |
> q AL right: I'll mark 1t so on tho record"
The next case called brought up three broth. |
ers nnmcd Huszagh, who had been gagnisheed I
to their father, who was debtor Ia the
case This vas very soou disposed
g e. Wt bis at
aud thai he did no: owe the old gentleman /
nickel. The other boys intin1a1ed that their re-
Free from, tinanciul obligation, and the case was
Then appeared. a very indignant German
named Juhn Turubold, who displayed consider
able feeling ut haying bcen brought all the way
from Chicngo for ''notin:s,' ~ and who, when be
aad satisfied the Court tlat he held no worldly
goods belonging to tho debtor, said in loud
- Mr. Shoot, claims my fees on dis gnse ride
oaf."
The Judge looked bcnignly ut tho irate Teuton
,rcr his spcctaclcs, and was about to say some
hing when Nr. Cattle interrupted With:
v v1am Il then BY oaa M manner Of means II that
This exhibition Of timely cheek caused the
German to wilt, and be sat down with tho mild
:.yeu, Shoot. 7 vonts dose fees put mid do
The case aruiust the Chicago Packing 4 Pro
we're nude. The Company wis represented By
}tticer Walsh, who hIs tho preservation of the
III !noi5 paeSng s,ray ar5ns th9 sr 4ay
Walsh has to nppear at Dalton to DEFEND
me or more cnses OF garntshment, and, ns he
trcet s station, lis attendance neeessitatcs q
ralk Of nearly three miles ACROSS opea peairie
0 catch the morning Train It took him ABOUT
40 minutes to satisfy the Justice thnr no such
IAN us the debtor in the case ever worked at I
ao packing house. THIS ended the case, and
he Court ,ben called nP half & d9zsn n ,t'es otheF
l3ytncnt wus rendered for the plaintiffs
Some local cases OF an nn.n<crcstlp2 nature ,
ne PROCESSION OF gnrnishces returned to the .
atlon. The .nrnishor was On tho train coming
j, and THE TRIBUNE reporter had i brief con-
ersation with him on the subject Of the extra
rti.nary means he employed to force lhe col
.crion ot debts placed 10 his hands. Hc suid: .
II bring the gs,r1ishced to Dalton tnsteau @ OF
lem to bring to oenr upon ne debtors heavy
rcssurc.. Ii man WON'T pay hIs debts
as s. anr stronger means 81 forcing them thnn
irnishcein9 their employers and bringing them | {
ON the city to Dalton, would apply them-"
- " hat do you think Ut the amendment to the |
n which they propose 70 pass at spf.ngheld?'
~ They won't pass it. The country members
ont aayc anything to do wtthit, md rhc Cook | 9
,unty members urc aii broken up over it."
"But II the provision becomes law recurring
ou gentlemen to pay witness fee and mileage
store beginning slit won't that diminish the
amber Of the casesy /
" NOT bit ut it, .
8 Are you sure Of that? Now, take the cases
hjch were defended and dismissed tp-day. 1t !
oyid have been IN easy matter for yA1u t. have
.comc apprtsed of the fact that they would
successfully defended. Would you, In the
ce Of this fuct, have brought suit necessitat-
e q preliminary outlay OF some SIS. which
Uul1 have been money wasted In the eudT
=. Oh, TIN always ready to abandon the bring :
z Of a garnishec suit when it is shown me that
e cnse will not hoid." 49,
:. Then why did not the Chicago Packing e :
.ovision Company. whose representative seems
be well acquainted with Jour way OF doing