Frostburg mining journal., 1883-05-19

affects to disregard all precedent and
authority human and divine, can bt
an eminent lawyer, cant conceive.
He tri g 10 turn everything into ridi-
cule. iDteriectiag his witty remarks
into the case at all times, and is IRE
pressible in his endeavors to laugh il
out OF court, a policy of very doubt
full wisdom if the narrow escape Of
| his clients ia the first trial is any evil
dence Of it's serious character.
Judge Wylie is inclined to be face
| tious at times, doubtless for the pur
pose of changing the monotony of hi'
existence during this prolonged trial.
He has been tall and gaunt. but If
getting into flesh; has smooth. shavsn
face, clear and luddy complexion.
As a speaker he is exceedingly tire
some because Of his peculiarly Of
giving short, grunting cough after
every two OF three words he utters,
and which style is never changed IN.
less he happens to quote, when the
impediment seems to vanish, but only
to return as soon as his sxtempore
remarks are resumed. He is a judge
of infexible integrity and high cour-
age, and did not hesitate to get out of
bed after midnight to sign writ Of
habsas corpus for Mrs. Surratt, al
though he had reason to believe that
act would consign him to prison and
probably to worse fate in the then
mad, crazed state of the public mind
at Washington.
OF the defendants Rerdell is
young man OF good appearance, who
is fond of billiards and sports a NOUS
tsche and long goates. Miner and
John W. Dorsey are Of the lean and
hungry Cassius type of men. Vale is
a large. tall man, with sort Of cleri-
cal look about him which his close
cropped, dyed whiskers do not alto
gsther dissipate.
Ex-senator Dorsey and General
Brady, the two principal defendants,
are somewhat alike in appearance,
being large and heavy men. Brady
especially is very stout and thick
necked, and, if it were proper to COM
pare man with the brute creation,
might be likened to a very sumptu-
ously fed hog, his appearance and
characteristics as developed in this
trial justifying the comparison. Dor.
sey is the better looking and wears
goggles, but in my opinion more for
effect than use, as l noticed that on
occasions he fergets himself and peers
over instead CT through his glasses.
Mrs. Dorsey, very beautiful lady,
who would be oftener taken for the
daughter than the wife of the ex-Sen-
ator, is frequent auditor in the court
room. She is usually accompanied
by lady friend, aud they drive home
at the noon recess, when, after seeing
her to a carriage, her husband joins
Brady, the other defendant and their
counsel, at the elaborate daily lunch
provided for all at Walsh's restsur-
ant, opposite the Court House. The
rooms in the second story have lately
been rented by these people who now
keep open house for all their friends
and sympathizers, some of the most
notorious OF the late dismissed detec-
tives acting as ushers. Here are dis
penssd with prodigal liberality choice
viandg and cigars. At the daily
luncheons the menu is of the best the
market affords. 1t is feast all
around for the lawyers on both sides,
those for the government particularly,
receiving fees out Of all proportion,
if not to the Importance of the case,
at least to the abilities they bring to
bear and the services they are able to
render in the cause. ANON.