The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-28

| FlOle weapon ueScenueu upon the SHOf
and corpulent b. m, who cried out to thu
court for protection, and squirm &c
around until he succeeded in remember
/ ing his boyhoOd ffghtss-and closing his
eyes. let out with his right hand, which
struck the lady on the cheek. Lawyer
Hatch rushed to the assistance of
HIS FAT PARTNER
and gave the lady Il left hand blow, fol
which he, too, received a smart rap oil
the cowhide. At that moment a bystand
er interfered and caught Lawyer Hatch
by the throat, squeezing it until the legal
tongue protruded an inch or two and took
up the dust raised by the shuffiing of his
partners feet, who was then circumnavi-
eating a table in the temple of justice.
Mr.. Sect is short man and very fat,
but he scurried around the table, collid-
ing against cuspidores, with wonderful
vim and alacrity. He did not have the
combination down very fine, and oc-
caSionally had his wind disturbed by con
tact with the abrupt corners of the table.
He never looked before him, but kept his
head thrown over his shoulder after the
most approved style in chromatic repre-
sensations of scared deer, with his dis
tended eyes riveted upon the uplifted
cowhidc in the hands of his irate feminine
pursuer.
TIE KNEES OF LAWYER HATCH
Knocked together as he gasped for breath
and 9azed upon the blood trickliDg down
the cheeks OF his business manager
Il am only thelawyer," he gurgled; Il
have nothing to do with what is publish
ed p
i ID only The business managerl" came
from between the legs of the table Il
don't write what appears in that paper. -
But the fun continued all the same
Justice Prindiylle forgot his judicial
dignity and leaped over the railing TO
SEIZE Herbert Green, Mrs Green's son,
who he was afraid would scalp somebody
A. s. Trude attorney for Mrs Green,
stood by. an interested spectator at this
courtroom travesty upon "Muldoon's
Picnic. trying to get side bet with
j ohnny Graham as to who would win the
first heat.
Don't get excited, Mrs Green; be
careful, don't hurt him. I'm so sorry.
and numerous other such consolatory re
marks were made by the attorney for Mrs.
Green and the cowhide. After while,
when Mr.. Scott had completed his fourth
lap and MIR. Hatch's tongue had been re
stored to its proper receptacle, something
like order was restored Mr. Hatch
bEidled up in all his cowhided dignity, |
and injuredly murmured:
This was predetermined It's col |
usionr'
You are Iiarr' retorted Mr. Trude, |
md silence reigned.
By consent of MIR, Trude, the two pris |
1ners signed their own bonds in the sum
$500, to appear for trial April 81. and |
'orrowfully descended the justice-shop
stairs. Mrs. Green was at the bottom
tbout the same time they were, and in
Heated desire TO
RENEW THE cowHIDINa
rhis was not very agreeable prospect, |
ind the lawyer and business manager |
accelerated their speed. So did Mrs |
Green and the cOwhide. Mrs. Green was /
gaining on the fugitives, and crowd |
began to gather. Mr.. SCOTS wind was
almost gone, but he whipped up his
and took reef in his paunch
ind began to step out at a livelier gait.
Lawyer Hatch took the cue, and he be-
gan to trot. They went down Clark and
Monroe at an O'Leary pace, and thence
.ast' It was nip and tuck between the
principal 1yicari0us~ owner of 2-eent paperst
took and business manager for some
lime. At one moment the vicarIous
would be ahead, and then the
BUSINESS manager You'd make squirt and
;atch up. 1t was sveritable go as-you
please, sort of sauue Qn5 pant. a 2 cent
md q red saecktie contest Incumbered
" her feminine apparel, Mrs. Green and
he cowhide ere being distanced, but
the sad fact that they had
Neglected to train, and were not IN good
orm the castigated well known individ
lals
sCAMPERED UP
D convenient stairway in the MOntauk
building. There a haven was found for
rest and repairs Mortified at her failure
TO finish her work of cowhiding. Mrs
dreen returned to the courtroom to re-
celye the ineomiums of her friends and /
the imposition of a fine of So for ICON
tempt OF court" Her son was also fined
for disturbing the judicial equanimity
When the fracas was over a reporter
Tor The Times examined the papers in the
case against Scott and Hatch and inter
viewed several persons who We're present.
ne result of these interviews is included |
IN the story as told above Mrs Green
saio that after the first article was pub
lished against her, she went to Mr.. SCOTS
offlee to protest against the villainons |
attack upon her reputation. hnt
instead of getting satisfaction Scott
treated her in an insulting manner, and
allowed another grossly false publication |
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