Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-09
A Terrific Court Room Fiobt
81. Louis Repa6Aean.

= Sc. Louis Republican.
The skirmish between the oppOsing fac
tons in the Windsor Hotel war culmina-
ted in pitched battle Yesterday after
noon in Justice Jere. Rgan's court. The
| court room was damned with witnesses in
the case to be tried and with spectators
who anticipated fun from the beginning
The case coming up for trial was one of
the state OF Missouri agt. d. C.. Thatcher.
and the charge was fOrcible entry and
detalner: The attorney for Thatcher was
chester ID. hrum, and Messrs. Bowman
and OGrady appeared for Livingston.
The opening Of the case did not augur
much for the peacefulness of the trial,
and nearly every one who was present at
the beginning of the trial sat it out in ex-
pectation of fun. Their expectations
were realized to the fullest.
Mr.. krum went into details. He said
that the Windsor Hotel was not doing
much business. The last commercial
| transaction the hotel had figured in was
the purchase Of vegetables to the value of
81 80; the farm products were returned to
the person who sold them, as the company
was unable to pay the bill.
The remarks of Mr.. Krum were very
amusing to Mr.. Thatcher and Mr.. Stiles.
A stranger would have imagined that Mr.
| Bowman enjoyed the remarks also. for he
smiled as he arose. He said: sSOf course
Mr.. Krum is familiar with the business of
the hotel company, even TO such small af-
fairs as ST so, as can be readily under
stood from the fact that Mr.. Livingston
holds receipt from j. NJ. & c. Fl. Krum
for fees for services rendered Mr.. Living
ston as attorneys.
YOU'RE liar and you know it," said
! Mr.. krum, rising from his chair with his
right thumb seeking it's way to his right
vest pocket. Mr.. Bowman put the index
finger of his left hand to his mouth, wet
| it, and turning to Mr.. Livingston.
snapped his fingers, beckOned, and said
with a suayity that was almost parlyZing
in its cOld-blOOdedness: Hand me the
certificate, please"
Mr.. Livingston handed Mr.. Bowman the
| paper, which was folded up. Mr.. Bowman
| opened it slowly, shook it out, turned it
round, and remarked that there was the
| certificate bearing the signatures of Krum
& Krum. He held ii up before the Judge,
shook it little bit, and said: There's the
| certificate" Then, turning to Mr.. Krum,
with a smile, be said: "The gentleman is
a liar and he knows it,"
Excitement among the spectators was
at its highest pitch. Mr.. Bowman turned
| to Livingston, and at the same moment
| Mr.. hrum picked up cane from the
| table. When Mr.. Bowman turned, Mr.
krum raised his arm and struck Mr.
Bowman on the back. Mr.. Bowman
| faced Mr.. krum, and held up his left arm
| to guard his face, while the blows came
down heavily upon him. Suddenly he made
| a spring, struck Mr.. Krum with his left
hand under the chin, and then they clinched
Inc jury arose and shouted. The specta-
| tors shouted, "Giye il to him, Krumv'
Give it to him, BOwmanlv The COnsta-
bic pranced around like mad and yelled:
''OrderH' Some of the crowd rushed for
ward, but others held back. Judge
krum was knocked up against Justice
Ryan's desk by the force of Mr.. Bowman's
onslaught. The desk was showed back,
| and between the desk and the wall, rather
tightly squeezed, stood the Justice, YELL
ing, "Order! Orderl order! Gentlemen.
| preserve orderv Order was out of the
| question. Down went Judge Krum, with
MIR. Bowman on top. Mr.. Bowman had
his two hands full of those mutton chops,
without which Judge Krum would be
sadly disguised. Mr.. Krum had his hands
| full of Mr.. BOwman's hair. Mr.. Bow
man bumped Mr.. Krum's head against
the floor several times, and continued
to do so until detective Stiles
grabbed them by the legs, and Mr..
Thatcher grabbed them by the collar.
"DOn't let them bite!" yelled a jury
man.
Hes chawin' BOwman's earr'
"No; BOwman's chawin' his'n"
"These were the EXPLANATIONS that were
heard while the Justice and the COnsta-
bic caught breath after yelling ''Orderr'
At last the battling barristers were
dragged apart, a few of the black hairs of
Mr.. Krum's mutton chops hanging in Mr..
BoWman's clutches, while some of Mr..
BOWmans brown curls were wound
around the digits of Mr.. krum. Mr.. Krum
picked himself up and smOothed out his
mutton chops, drew his penknife and pro-
ceeded TO pare his finger nails, putting and
painting just little. Mr.. Bowman was
smiling, and had scarcely run his hand
through his hair when he remarked, MAY
it please the court, let the case proceed"
The court was not ready to proceed,
however, until the excitement was over
Mr.. Stiles lost his necktie in the fracas,
and nearly everybody else seemed to have
lost their senses.
The Judge remarked that he would like
to hear from the gentlemen. When Mr..
krum was composed and an obstreperous
partisan was elected by the constable, he
explained. He said he desired to apollo
giZe to the court for the part he had taken
for yielding to his impulses. His anger
had been the result of deliberate efforts
on the part of the counsel, Bowman, to
insult him. Assertions had been made
against him which he at once repealed in
manner improper in view of the place
where the assertions were made.
Mr.. Bowman said he had no apology to
offer to any one. He was the assaulted
party. His opponent had begun the trou-
bic by referring to outside matters Mr.
krum had given him the lie direct, and he
had returned it, having the facts to prove
his assertions. He had given that degree
of punishment which Providence had
enabled him. Mr.. Krum was sufficiently
punished. He then reviewed the case,
and said that he gave Mr.. Krum credit for
one manly action, namely, apolOgiZing.
As for himself, Mr.. Bowman said: II
have no apology to Offer"
Mr., Krum asked to see the certificate
MIR, Livingston would not let him have it,
He turned it over to the Judge, who let
Mr.. kpum see it. Mr.. .Krlm stated it
was not what it was said to be, and that
1t was merely a recognition Of his attOr-
neyship for Mr.. and Mrs. Livingston in
suits against the Windsor Company.
Justice Ryan said the events were scan
dalOus and ridiculous in the extreme.
1.-The court roOm," continued he, ''was
not the place to settle private difficulties.
The court expects that attorneys, as well
as any one else, will behave themselves in
gentlemanly manner. AS citizen, as
a gentleman, and as Judge, / am COM
PEELED to fine Judge Krum $25 and Mr..
Bowman $40, and / adjourn this court
until tomorrow morning"
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