The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-05-04
JUSTICE EAST AND WEST.


81 hate to live in new country" said
Jones, "where there is no law ''Yer
bet YER" chimed in Thompson. "Law
is the only thing that keeps us out of ev-
erlasting chaos" eyes, indeed" said a
legal gentleman present. cit is the bull
wark of the poor mans liberty, the shield
which the strong arm of justice throws
over the weak, the solace and the balsam
of the unfortunate and wronged, the"
''Oh, stop 'er," remarked man with
one eye. "I won't have it that way. Law
is boss invention for rascals of every
grade. Give me country where there
is no law, and I can take care of myself
every time. Now, for instance, when ]
lived in Ohio got dose of law that I'll
never forget. was in partnership with
man named Butler, and one morning
we found our cashier missing with So, 900.
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. I got him arrest
ed, and there was an examination. Well,
all the facts We're brought out and the
defence moved that the case be dismissed
as the prosecution did 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 astonishment the court
said the plea was o. K, and dismissed
the case. Before l could realize what
was up the thief had walked off Well,
1 followed him to ST. Louis and there I
tackled him again. [ sent for my part
ner and we made complete case, going
for him in the name of the Common
wealth and Smith, Butler & Co. Well,
the lawyer for the defence claimed that
the money being taken from private
drawer in the safe was my money exclus-
lively, and that my partner had nothing
to do with it; that the case should be
prosecuted by me individually. and net
by the firm. The old bloke who sat on
the bench wiped his spectacles, grunted
round a while and dismissed the case.
Away goes the man again. Then | got
another hitch ON him and tried to convict
him Of theft, but the court held that it
should be embezzlement Some years
after tackled him again, and they let
him go. Statutes of limitation, you see.
Well, [ concluded to give it up, and did
"But about four years afterward | was
down III Colorado and man pointed to
another and said: That fellow has Just
made hundred thousand in a mining
swindle.' looked, ana it was my old
cashier. l followed him to the hotel and
nailed him in his room with the money.
Now, oaJo. billy, do you recognize
your old boss?' and of course he did. /
says: Bill, want that three thousand
you stole from me, with the interest and
all legal and travelling expenses al,
you do2' says he; didn't the courts de-
eide that
"'Curse the courts, says I putting
six shooter foot long under his nose.
This is the sort of legal document that
I'm travelling on now This is the COM
plant, warrant, Indictment, judge, jury,
verdict and sentence all combined. 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 mug, you bloody larceny thief
This jury of six, of which am foreman,
is liable to be discharged at any moment.
No technicality or statutes of limitations
here, and a stay of proceedings won t last
over four seconds. I want $4,000 to
square my bill or I'll blow yonr blasted
brains ont Wen, he passed over the
money right away, and said he hoped
there'd be 40 bard feelings. Now, there
is some Colorado law for you, and it's
the kind for me. En-, boys2" Ard the
crowd, with one accord, concurre,i in the
eheapness and efficacy of the plan by
which a mau could carry his court on his
hip, instead of appealing to the blind
goddess in Chicago or ST. Louis Salt
Lake Tribune.