Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-09
ROYAL ROSCOE.
An Interesting and Exciting Court
Scene in Which Roscoe Conk-
ling Figures.
Trenton IN. j. Herald.

Trenton IN. j. Herald.
Seldom has there been heard a more
interesting examination of witnesses than
that made to-day in the case of VIM. D.
Dinsmore, asking for a preliminary in
junction against the Central railroad of
New Jersey, to restrain the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad from obtaining con
troll of the franchises of the for
mer corporation. Mr.. Roscoe Conk-
ling displayed all the cutting sa-
tire and exasperating manner of in
quiry in his examination of the principal
witness of which he is capable. Edwin
H.. Faulkner, whose examination in New
York was interrupted yesterday, waslfrst
placed upon the stand MIR. Conkling
began the attack at once. The witness
insisting upon adding an explanation to
his answer, which brought forth from
the great lawyer the remark:
"Will you be good enough not to start
off again unless you can hold your
self INF"
81 want to tell you all; you can have
the whole truth if you want it,"
"From youl"
"Yes."f
'From you?"
eyes; l want to tell the whole truth
Mr.. Gowen asked that the teasing of
witnesses be stopped, and Judge Dixon
was sent for to protect the witnesses from
the insults of the counsel.
Conkling blandly begged the clerk to
overlook these outbursts on the part of
the counsel on the other side. "They
are paroSysms due to internal disorders
over which he has no control"
Gowen insisted on his motion; he had
never heard such o~pprobrious epithets
applied to a witness in any court as the
counsel delighted to heap upon the wit
nesses in this case.
"Did you say opprobrious, or appro-
priatel" interrupted Conkling.
Judge Dixon was in the room, and
Gowen ~passionately appealed to him, in
the name of the profession and the law,
TO protect the witness from the violent,
brutal and outrageous abuse of the coun.
sci on the other side.
Judge Dixon was called from the room
for a few minutes, and while he was gone
the men glared at one another in silence.
When he retusned he said: 'bIr. Elk.
| dlIlLoT, NlldI In tlt tIOuDlc uONs
After the clerk had stated the case,
Conkling declared that the foul-mouthed
assertions of the counsel on the Othersids
were entirely unsustained by anything
| which himself or his associates had sale
to the witness. He outlined Faulkner's
testimony on direct examination, and he
declared that he proposed on the cross,
examination, out of his W mouth, Il
convict him of either being a blackmailel
or a lunatic. ''This may be brutal, but il
is the purpose of my question, and / pro.
pose TO state it fully to your Honor. ]
shall deem myself most fortunate if YOU
Honor will remain and listen TO the
questions and answers"
After torturing Faulkner for nearly
three hours and until the man was in 1
state bordering on frenzy, Conkling said
"Well, Mr.. Witness. / think III lei
you 60, by a large majority"
Gowen then began a redirect eXami
nation. As he was asking a question,
Conkling, who sat some distance from
Faulkner, said in a low tone, referring &c
the witness, ''That man is a scoundrel.'
Gowen overheard the remark, and
turning quickly 10 the stenographer, ex'
claimed, Put that down-he called the
witness a damned scoundrel."
Conkling ooolly replied, "No n would