The Red Cloud chief., 1883-10-19


menf 10 usurpaiion-f .hort, that 1, a
ANARCHY and Old Nigh. como aesis :
He conccives himself 10 be the jncsr.
nation d outraged Justice. and. there
fore, the representative head and adj
socatc1gcnesal Of the human race. He
Is firmly convinced thar the future his
tory OF the world is closely bound I'm
with the issues Of hs ,csnfrovcrs
EAery passing event has some occult
bearing upon il, and every public Ca
lamity or crime is q Necessary corollAry
to IL Accordingly. stsss refaences %
connfnporaneous occurrences are TO be
found scattered through his. roluui.
na'ss papers. Nothing comes apiss ia
hia.% The Electoral Commission. the
Centennial Exposition. the a.sassina-
tons Of tho late Gar Of Russia and IL
President Garfield. the war between Pc
rn n Chill. the Star-Route trials. the
building Of the Brooklyn bridge and ts
erection of the Barthoidi statue arc
IN some way or other connected with h.
case. and all find mention in his docu
ments.
Nothing pleases him so much a. to
49," Wv ~ VI ~ 1liEt w nbDlt4 lR
may be unknown. II he be 80 fortunate
as TO eludc the vigilance of the court
officer, he Immediately poHrs forth 4
torrent OF unmeanHg broken English.
freely iDterlarded with scraps of Latin
and other foreign tongues, fslly per
suaded that n last he l. making head
way, and tardy restitution is about 10 be
granted. When the officer quietly
checks him, be makes no objection,
but instantly leaves the court with his
customary rapid stride. contented To
postpone the presentation Of his case
until a more favorable opportunity shall
occur.
Has the reader any curiosity To see a
spccimeno Of Mr. IIeintzlcmann's ''docu-
ments!' Let bim'run his eye ove the
s~ubjoined extract and then pronounce
upon its value as a legal pleading:
TAKH N"TTcg.-rpon these proce -iings. n
g undrrsiane1 with the Referees report
heretofore presented 10 the Courts AMI the
torpDraiion Council and To the District Al
torncy- 40 Ear as IL goes and b rein ait"r re-
TERED u ne public rcpy ana this legal ehuca-
or pubic murder and this iucurahic public
Gallant ) and curse OF this public oncnse. of
the legal profession failure and chaos stare
decfd- urbi q orb yoN popuii tu-ftrL' slum
quique lex neryus rUrum ab iDitio'In nncfn
TEN yeri'as prcvar'cbit For our standard Of
sound mind now legal seitlcd-urb ct orbL
orhi- tcrrsrum sub hoe lex pro patrta liber-
fati-. IN rem registered CITIZEN Title 3 Subject
to this modification. "a set forth.
Later on in the same lucid statement
of grievances lie modcsi!y applies
For an order of $500 and sl,sU for III.
burscincnts ON account. and hr held to dcliy'
or the Barthoidi statue of Liberty and aforc
said Fund and Trust. etc. etc. to the first par
- for operation, and this Declaration Of lndc
Pcni"nce tendency Iro homo public.
lie does not coniine himself TO the
higher courts in his efforts 10 obtain r..
dress. District courts. police courts, al
even an Assembly investigating Com.
mittcc are alike acceptable. Here i.
an order presented by him to one If the
lower courts. and probably signed by
the Judge with a view Of giving him a
transient taste Of the pleasures Of i'm.
pending victory:
IL appearing tn my satisfaction that Mr.
Adolphu- Hcintkcmann l. the Chief of the
bar. and l. clothed with all rights, privilege
honor and Justice.
Ordered. that the Justice Of said Court IL ~
full sympathy with the said Hcintzlemann
aud tnat he has sworn that his obligation i Ia
NIL respects toward the said lieintzlcnann %
do everything 10 his aid and advantage ia,
the modification of 81 Barb. p. 513. even unto
death. "a our invioiabic rights and only lcga
settled citizen title. a. registered in rem.
This last paper. however, bears tn,
imprint of another hand than Mr.
lleintzlcmann's. Ii is too coherent {.
he his production. IL contains sen
fences. His papers never dc.
-. IL is pathetic Ia note his reference &,
the book in which his case is reported
Like King Charlcs's head in Mr.. Dick:
Memorials, this allusion Ia oil Barb,
JI3, is. surc.to crop up sooner or later
I'm all his documents. His poor be
logged intellect has cling to this one
fact, or ~,pcnumbral shadow of n fact,
when all else has gone by the board.
lie has. years ago. forgotten what hi,
case was about. And vet he knows,
and is careful 10 mention where the re-
port of il is TO bc found. Vigorous as
are the yitupcrative epithcts (whatevei
they may mean) which are so thickly
bcsprinkled over his documents. Mr..
Heintzlcmann takes pains To explain
that he is actuated by no motives oil
resentment or ill-will. Onthe contrary,
his arduous labors are prompted by
charity towards his fellows and intens,
anxiety for their welfare.
81 hat no bad feeling for the Court
SAYS he. Il spend my time in working
for their goot. | do this not only foi
me and mine children, but for the
Chudges and the citizens and the coun.
try. and for The whole world"
Ii is impossible to describe the conf,
sweep of the hands with which he illus
trates the all-embracing character o
his advocacy. Atlas is nothing to him
He does not condesccnd to reason ol
arguments. He states axioms-self
evident ruths-conclusions, which from
their weight and cogency amount :,
mathematical demonstrations.
You see dot" he says. emphatical
". pointing out some phrases in his las
dccisis Ter nerrus rorum, in .forma paw
peris.'"
How can they get ofer dot?" h,
asks, with u confident smile, and hi
listeners arc bound to admit that il il
unanswerable.
He is no pauper. He bcgs or Dor
rows from no one. The shock that lait
his mind in ruins left unframed tn,
skill and cunning of his hands. So h,
labors nj engraving or some other skille,
mechanical work, and is chargcable {,
no man.
Mr.. Heintzlemann is not the only on,
of his kind Ia whom the Halls Of jus
tice present irresistible attractions
Otker eccentric characters from time .,
time gravitate..toward the same center
For instance. there is, or rather WAS
Mrs. Mayfield, owner in fee simple q
the courthouse, with all the appur
tenances thereto belonging" She Wa
a spare old lady. neatly dressed il
black. carrying always an old-fashione,
~reticule. She used nj intervals to visi
the courthouse for the purpose of col
lecting her rents. Marching with slow
and stately steps into one of the room.
she would approach the railing in from
of the bench. If her advent passed un
noticed, she divcd into the depths of he
~re.icule and nrpducinp therpfrom Al