Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-26

SAD he, lndicat NO an unpTetendinC
building; and then, with a cunning
grin. point NO TO various groups of un-
attractive creatures who exclusively oc-
cupied the approach 10 the place:
Can you see that You are ut the right
wicket? Hall OF the huDper crust ere,
sir-burg ars. garroters and their sweet
hearts. Real pure milk. There amt
one of them that don't deserve capital
oun shment."
No doubt it was bad lot of rufIians.
A lady had just alighied out of her car
rage. and as she had to pass before
Them in order to reach the court. which
has only IN 70 entran e, their looks and
sneers would have been enough to an
v q divine, VIII lie some shclled out
words that would have produced excite
ment at n canteen of marines.
1t is unco u ortab to speculate on
what might happen in such place if
policemen were not there TO keep il, as
1t were. orderly. One the regretab!e
results of this state OF things is that
MANY among the nervous portion of the
community are afraid of going to these
courts. and that the ruflian brotherhood
knows il and turns it TO &C .onnt IL
seems as if some were daily deputed to
be there for the sole purpose of making
the place unappr achable. The others
come to show sympathy with. those
Of their friends who have had the mis-
hap To be found OH and t. cheer them
up as they enter and depart in the pol ce
van. Ii is inst to add that m ch has
been done lately To render the ap-
proaches OF the London police courts
less OBJ ectionable.
One OF the policemen who had appre-
hended Jim on the last night, having
seen me, took me into court. 1t was a
large. clean, Lofty room. vet the air was
unplea ant on account of the unwashed
condition o. the greater part Ofthe pub
lie present. This public was cOmpo sed
OF the sa ne set of wanderers described
by IN friend. the cobbler. rs the upper
crus." Three or four dete tives scat
tered IN the place quietly watched all
about them, tax nc particular notice
the prisoners ut the Lar in ord r TO say
what they knew OF them or to make
their acquaintance.
Jim was introduced and placed at the
bar. bis VIGOROUSLY bad character
gained for him the dist notion or being
attended By an extra policeman. Be-
tore even noticing the mag strate, he
looked around and smiled to a few
ricnds who were the court. The first
witness called was the wife of the pris-
oner Every one looked tor her. Jim 8
fierce visage turned deadly pale. Three
times the usher cal eel the same name.
bu his summons rema ned unanswered.
uddenly u policeman entered the court
by the public trance and said few
words To the Inspector sitting by the
witness box. his Offic al arose an |
begged the magistrate 10 helr the
agent, s. he could explain the woman 5
absence.
Inc policeman was sworn, and, hav-
ing 2 ven his number, proceeded to re-
late hat accord ne to his instru { ons.
he had gone TO the lodgings occup ed
by the prison n and his wi 10 bring
the woman to court. He hal found no
one on the premises except another
ledger. a scamstresS. who had told h m
that Jims wife ha diSappeare I. He
was ina vertenily going to rereat the
seam stress conversation. when he was
stopped 10y the magistrate upon the
plea that hear~av was no ev dence. He
ont added that the woman was in
cour', his Honor wanted to put any
ore on to her The seamstresS was
put IN the box. an /, having kissed the
bic, on the conclusion of the perfect
ly unin elig words OF the oath, r
reverently mumbled as customary by
Tn usher, she was inv ted by the Clerk
t sav what had happened in the morn
ing between herSeli and the DR. soner's
a than fnI In NJ a-i,
the morninS Jim'S w had got M. al
thou h LOOK NJ very i / and har Nv abe
tn sfand and that she mad told her that
sue was gonna ny ccause she knew
that The p lice would etch her. and
take her before the court to depose
aga INST her husband. he had sub
Sc uently gone out and the witness
had not hea Il O. her since. The mar
istraie directed that inqu ries shout be
mlGe to discover what had becO re of
her. was a terward examin q in nv
tn n and toll W at l knew of the
events the la t night.
The next witness called was the po-
l;ceman who energet inter erence
hal not second too or prevented
Jim from Kill ne his wife. This wit
ness did t answer to the call O. his
name. but the inspe tor stood up and
said that on in ur.ng at the hospital
where the man hal been conveyed he
had been told that he w IS dehr on =. and
bes dies other bad in uries. suL.e. ed from
n ongestion OF the brain
The case was. there ore. remanded
10 another week. in order TO permit
the magistrate to hear the constable and
the pr soner wi e. Put ne Their on the
appointed day nor on the one fixed Tor
n Tart err remand were those w THESES
I'm court. six weeks ELAPSED be ore the
constable had efficiently recovered to
come into the court He was pale and
still yery. sickly-looking. A chair Vas
gi en- TO him.
The magistrate was Just delivering a
sentence o. eighteen months impr SON
ment with harl labor on a m serabie
and starvinS looking girl for the steal
ing of handkerchief. On the removal
OF thus sad-.ook NO Ob ect. vino on hear-
ing her sentence Iell in O hvSter G i'm
- put ut the bar. The ~ agistrate fir
asked II anything had been heard OF the
rr soner W Q. and policeman first
entered the W tness box Having been
sworn. he related that six nights since
the bod Of a NVo an had hooD taLoo