Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-06-21
Justice East and Wes(.

| L HaIS 10 i've IN new country
said Jones, where there is no law
Yer be YER chimed in Thompson
Daw is the only thing that keeps u
out of everlasting chaos Yes, indeed
said legal gentleman present 1T is
the bulkwark of the poor mans liberty,
the shield which the strong arm o.
justice throws over the weak, the
solace of the balsam of the unfortunate
and wronged, the
'Oh, stop, 'er, remarked a man with
one. 4 won't have it that way. Law
is boss invention for rascals of all
grades. Give me country where
there is no law, and l can take care Of
myself every time. Now, for instance,
when lived in Ohio l got a dose of
law that | will never forget. was in
partnership with man named Butler,
and one morning we found our cashier
missing with $4,000. He had dragged
the safe and put out. Well, L started
after him and caught him in Chicago,
where he was splurging around on the
money. l got him arrested, and there
was an examination. Well, all the
facts were brought out and the defense
moved that the case be dismissed, as
the prosecution dia not make out case
in the name of the firm, and that if
there was firm the copartnership had
not been shown by any evidence before
the court. To my establishment the
court said the plea was 0. K. and dis
missed The case. Before l could realize
what was up the thief had walked off,
Well, l followed him to ST. Louis and
there l tackled him again. / sent for
my partner and we made a complete
case, going for him in the name of the
Comm and Smith, Butler & Co
Well, the lawyer for the defense claim
ed that the money being taken from
private drawer 10 the safe was my
money exclusively, and that my partner
had nothing to do with it; that the
case should be prosecuted by me in
dividually and by the firm. The old
'bloke' who sat on the bench wiped
his spectacles, grunted round while
and dismissed the case. Away goes
the man again. TheL | got another
hitch on him and tried to convict him
of theft, but the court held that he |
should be charged With embezzlement
Some years after | tackled him again |
and they let bin go. Statutes of limi
tation, you see. Well, l concluded to
give it up, and did.
But about four years afterward l
was down in Colorado and man
pointed to another and said: That
fellow has just made hundred thous-
and in mining swindle.' | looked,
and it was my old cashier. | followed
him to the hotel and nailed him in his
room with the money. Now, l says
Billy, do you recognize your old boss y
and of course lie did, Says /: Bill,
want that three thousand you stole
from me, with the interest, and all
legal and travelling expenses 'Ah,
you do p says he; didn't the courts
decide that
Curse the courts, says I, putting
six-shooter foot long under his nose.
This is the sort of legal document
that Pm travelin' on now. This is
the COMPLAINT, warrant, Indictment,
Judge, jury, verdict and sentence all
and the firm of Colt & Co.,
New Haven, are my attorneys in this
case. When they speak they talk
straight to the point of your murg, you
bloody larceny thief This jury of six
Of which | am foreman, is liable to be
at any moment No tech
nicality or statuates of limitation here,
aud a stay of proceedings won't last
over four seconds. | want $40, 600 to
square my bill or I'll blow your blasted
brains oui.' Well, he passed over the
money right away, and said he hoped
there'd be no hard feelings. Now,
there's some Colorado law for you, and
it's the kind for me Eh, boys? and
the crowd, with one accord, coDcurred
in the cheapness and efficacy of the
plan by which a man could carry his
court ON his hip, instead of appealing
to the blind goddess in Chicago and st.
T o,,;o C1It ToIo Ti,,;bno1o