Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-28

aharcn9 ana Old Night come again
lie conceives himself TO be the incar
nation of outraged justice. and. there:
Iore' the representative head and adj
v0cate-general Of the human race. He
Is nrmly convinced that the future his
tory OF the world is closely bound up
with the issues of his controversy.
Every passing event has some occult
bearing upon IL, and every public Gu
lamity or crime is necessary corollary
TO IT. Accordingly, stray references "a
contemporaneous occurrences are to be
found scattered through his volumi-
nous papers. Nothing comes amiss TO
MIN. The Electoral Commission, the
centennial Exposition, the assassina-
lions OF the late Gar of Russia and of
President Garfield. the war between Pc
ru and Chill, the Star-Route trials. the
building of the BROOKLYN bridge and the
erection Of the Barthoidi statue are all
In some way or other connected with his
case, and all find mention in his docu-
ments.
Nothing pleases him so much as to
gain the ear of q Judge to whom he
may be unknown. II he be so fortunate
as to elude the vigilance of the court
ohcer, he Immediately pours forth a
torrent of unmeaning broken English,
freely interlarded with scraps of Latin
anu other foreign tongues, fully per-
suaded that az last he is making head
way, and tardy restitution is about To- be
| granted. When the Oilit or quietly
checks him, he makes no objection,
but instantly leaves the court with his
customary rapid stride. contented TO
postpone the presentation of his case
until more favorable opportunity shall
occur.
Has the reader any curiosity to see
specimen of Mr.. Heintzlcmann' ''docu-
mentsF' let him run his eve over the
subjoined extract and then pronounce
upon its value as a legal pleading:
TAXI NOrICE.-Upon these roce,dinvs. as
q UNDERSIGNED with the Referees report
ncrctOture presented e. the Courts AMI the
,oIporatlOn tOunscl and To the District At
.orncy so faras it goes and trcin alter re-
Terrell % as pubic reply and this legal cduca-
uon ~ closure. For tho redress of this rob
or pub ic murder and this incurable public
tahmi and curse OF this public Offensc, of
The legal professions failure and chaos stare
occi>ls urOi 90 Orhi vON pOpuli justiciP SUM
iuslue icy nervus rerum ab initio in fnem
Icln Neri as prevac chit. For our Standard of
sound mtud-nOw legal settlcd-urbi at orbi,
orols terrarum sub hoe lex pro patria liber-
tatis. in rom reg stored .tizcn Titles Subject
Later on in the same lucid statement
oil grievances he modestly applies
For an order of $500 aud sI5OO for dis
bursements on account and he held IN dcIi,--
or the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty aud afore-
.atl funi and Trust. etc, etc, To the Hrst par
" ioroperutton, aud this Declaration of hide
pendence tendency ITO bono pubit.o
lie does not coniine himself 10 the
higher courts in his efforts To obtain re-
dress. District courts, police courts. or
even an Assembly Investigating Com
mittee are alike acceptable. Here is
an order presented by him to one of the
lower courts, and probably signed by
the Judge with view of giving him n
transient taste OF the pleasures of inn
pending victory: corr.
y appc9ring TO my satisfaction that Mr..
Adolphus Ilelntzlemann j. the Chief of the
iiar, and = clothed with all rights privilege
honor and Justice.
Ordered that the Justice OF said Court IL i'm
tull sympathy with the said Hcintzlemann
and tnat he has sworn that his obligation is in
all respects toward the said intIiemaun 10
20 eNcrI mug To bis aid and advantage for
thc modihcatiOn OF 81 Barb. D. b73 even unto
death ~ our inviOable rights aud only Legal
settled citizen title. a. registered IN rem.
This last paper, however, bears the
Imprint of another hand than Mr..
Heintzlcmann' =. Ii is too coherent to
be his production. IL contains SEN
fences. His papers never do.
IL Is pathetic To- note his reference TO
the book in which his case is reported
Like King Charles's head i'm Mr.. Dicks
Memorials, this allusion TO 81 Barb.
5I3, IS sure To crop up sooner or later
IN all his documents. His Door be-
logged intellect has chung To this one
fact. or penumbral shadow of n fact.
when all else has gone by the board.
He has, years ago, forgotten what his
ease was about. And yet he knows.
and is careful To mention where the re.
port OF 1t is To bc found. Vigorous rs
are the vltuperative epithets (whatever
they may mean) which are so thicklv
besprinkled over his documents, Mr..
heintzlemann takes pains to explain
That he.is actuated by no motives of
resentment or ill-will. nthe contrary.
his arduous labors are prompted by
charity towards his fellows and intense
anxiety for their welfare.
IL haf no bad feeling for the Court
says he. II spend my time in working
for their goOt do this not only for
me aud mine children, but for the
Chudges and the citizens and the coun-
try. and for the whole world"
II Is impossible to describe the comic
sweep of the hands with which he illus
trates the all-embracing character of
his advocacy. Atlas is nothing TO him.
lie does not condescend To reason or
arguments. He states axioms-self
evident truths -conclusions. which from
Their weight and cogency amount 70
| 4 hnrn nj col Il.
" You see dot" he says, emphatical-
", pointing out some phrases i'm his last
document. You sec say dere Stare
deeisis Ter nerrUS rerUDl, ia Iornla pau
peris.' "
/" How can tsey get Offer dot?" he
asks, with a confident smile, and his
listeners are bound to admit that il is
unanswerable.
lie Is no paupcr. He begs or bor-
rows from no one. The shock that laid
his mind in ruins left unframed the
skill and cunning Of his hands. So he
labors ut engraving or some other skilled
mechanical work, and is chargeable to
no man.
Mr. Heintzlemann is not the only one
of his kind To whom the Halls of JUS
tice present irresistible attractions.
Other eccentric characters from time to
time gravitate.t toward the same center.
For instance; there is. or rather was,
Mrs Mayheld. owner in fee simple of
the Courthouse, with all the appur-
tenances thereto belonging" She was
a spare old lady. neatly dressed in
black, carrying always an old-fashioned
reticulc. She used at intervals to visit
the courthouse for the purpose of col
lccting her rents. Marching with slow
and stately STEPS into one of the rooms
she would approach the railing in front
of the bench. II her advent passed un-
noticed. she dived into the depths of her
reticulc, and, producing therefrom an
enormous brass key. presumably the in
sigma Of ownership. raped with great
solemnity upon the railing until the at
| tentiOn of some official was attracted