The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-04-27
LOW DOWN.
A Brother of Stanley Matthews
Begging for Money for a Drink
and Bed.


at Jefferson Market Court, low f
sized, shabbily dressed man, holding
a faded soft felt hat in his hands,
was brought to the bar by one Of
the court officers. Instead of ad-
dressing the Judge, the man took q
slip Of paper from his pocket, and,
writing few lines upon it, gave II
to the officer to pass to the Justice
The magistrate who saton the bench
and received the communication
was Justice Kilbreth. and, as he
looked at the paper, he audibly read: |
Il would like to speak to you
Judge privately Your old associate,
Joseph Matthews, Cincinnati, O."
JOSEPH MATTHEW'S
repeated the Judge, as he lifted his
eyes from the paper and began to
sean the shabby mans face careful
~. Then the writer, stepping closer
to the Judges desk, said, Judge, do
you not recognize me? | knew and
played with you when | was a boy
in Cincinnati about twenty years
ago. | am one of the Matthews
boys, who lived just within a block
of your house Judge Kilbreth,
leaning over and looking straight
into the mans eye, exclaimed: 'Do
you mean to say you are Joe Mat
thews, of Langworth street, Cincin-
nati?"
II am. brother Of Judge Stanley
Matthews, of the United States Su-
preme Court" replied the man.
! After recess Justice Kilbreth in
| vited Matthews into his .private
room. Matthews said that he had
been run down from the effects Of a
spree, and all he desired was some
thing to eat and q bed, until he
could obtain work. Further ques-
tionining established beyond a doubt
that Judge Kilbreth's applicant was
in reality the brother ofJudge Stan
ley Matthews. When asked why
he did not apply to his brother for
help, Joseph replied that he had
done so too frequently, and had re
ceived SO much from Stanley as q
| brother that he felt he could ask nc
more. Matthews was taken to /
. neighboring restaurant and given
j hearty dinner. Judge Kilbreth ex
, tracted a promise from him that h'
9 WOULD NOT TOUCH LIQUOR AGAIN
but, as soon as he got a situation
would strike out and try to redeem
himself Upon this agreement
q was decided that Joseph shoul
Q write a letter to Stanley, telling hlr
e of all that had happened, This wa
h done. and then Justice Kilbreth OF
7 dered Court Messenger McAvoy t
e place the man in comfortable lode
: ings and look to his welfare unit
, things altered for the better. Th
man says: Il wish it distinctly I'll
/, derstood that my brother Stanle
s has nothing whatever to do wit
a my present condition. He has a
4, ways extended his hand to me, an
IS | know would do so now; but | al
a alone to blame, and although it
a. pretty hard to do it, | must say
is acknowledge all my faults to my
IT self" When spoken to on the sui
q iect. Justice Kilbreth said; Il al
d, certain the man is a brother I
Judge Matthews. | questioned hin
e. and found that he was one of tt
,e number of brothers with whom
y used to play with when boy. ID
is certainly run down some, but wit
u a little rest and proper care, will
Ve built up again. Judge Stanle
ve Matthews has been communicate
ID with, and says the man is his brotl
Ii, err, and that he need never wal
~ while he could help it.-Chicae