Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-04-01
A TOMBSTONE JUSTICE.
How He PsraIyzed the Distinguished Bar of That City.
 Eroektnu H-raII

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 "When 1 was practising down at Tombstone" sad the lawyer, "a tlsId of mine had nIs ear cheWed of one even ing ID dispute wIIh prominent cil- Zen who dealt faro. Alter seeing tue doctor ne came tO me, and under m! ad vice he Ead the prominent cItlZeu ar- rested on d charge of maynem- Next day we had the man up for hls prelmIu- ary examina ion. My friend vas thrre with hls head handaged, and so were the prominent citizen Hnd hls counsel and the friends of both parties. The general public-aud its a pretty tough general public iu IOmbsiOue-crOwded the c urtroUm. The hour went by, but the Justice didn't turn up. The cOnsta- ble went out to look for him, but couldn't find him in any of the saloons. We secuted round for half an hour, but nary a sign Of the court turned up. FL nally General O'biieu, leader of tEe Tombstone bar, stuck hls head uI through a trapdjOr in the floor and sad in his solemn way:
 "Gentlemen. remove So1TT TTa%G.,d hStsd the h'a court up by the collar. He Was Timber drunk, and had been sleeping i5 of ID tue cellar. You never saw such long adjournment from deceucy as that Orua- meut Uf the bench vas. He was covered with Girt, and even his haIr and beard were chOck full of sHwJust. There wa>, l remember, hattened quid of tobacco on his cheek0Oue. We had tO hold hls Honor under each arm as We led him Co the nearest barber shOp. 4 bath and n shampoo brought back some life to him, and be was able to walk without help tu the courtroom. Once in the chair be hind his higl desk he looked all right, and We went on with the case. We had taken the testimony of three witnesses to the TOW and subsequent chewing of my friends ear Iu the Exc lsiOr faro tables, when General U'BIvn and Col 0nei Stephens, b t' Ou the other side, jumped up and objected to one of m, questions. It was law point and We argued and quoted authorities for about half an hour. It was a pte ty hot set tO, and We were all on our feet when We fin ishei and turned round Co the court for @ ruling. He was looking straight be- fore hlm mp above Us, as If he was sleep Ing with his eyes open.
 "'HOur HOEOr,' sad the general, after a bong pause we are waiting for your sulIng.
 There was GO answer. Then I chipped in with:
 Your Honor. will you be good enough tO glv- us your fulIngs'
 "'Wash thai he sad, trying e. bring his eyes bear upon me.
 "'We want your ruling
 Courts ajoGrned,' -e said. trying to rise.
 I've all protested, but his only answer was tn strike his de-k with his fist and cry out again that the court was ad- journsl
 ".Won't you fix the bail of this de- tendaut| demaudrd the 2, neral
 "'Now, shir.' said the court, who had z { on his feet by this tune. and was frowninc heavily. Turn i'm loose. He'd ouchter chawed the head of that tenderfoOt, that's what he'd oughter done
 "Wrll, gentlemen, what do you think the court did next? He inst deliberately over to the traD-door, lifted it, stepped down the stairs until only his head shoulders were above The fl DOT, and then pansipg to gl1re at tEs para lyzed crowd of u~, grJVlel out:
 "'Yeh can all go to--." With that be ducked and let the . door fall, and I suppose hat his sleep . ont on fine dirty floor of the cellar"