Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-03
LAWYER COyKuyG.

LAWYER CONKIIyC.
New York Sun, July5.
Professor Theodore w. Dviobt 4,
referee, heard further testimony vests,
Gay In the suit of Peter Marie and otl
ers against Commodore Garrison 10 :,
cover Missouri Pacific Railroad bond
g 9ths face value of 1900 600. n !
Cowdrey, one Of the plaintiffs. vas IN
witness, and ex-senator Roscoe Conk
hnR was the questioner, during III
morning session.
when II IL generally known that.M,
ConklinR Ia TO appear in a lawsuit Il
THIS city many persons not interested il
the suit usually attend the court. Thos
who have never seen him before do no
ask to have him pointed out to thsru
His striking features have been fo
many years a conspicuous mark for car
icaturists. and there is So much ia then
that Is distinctive and easily caught b,
the cartoonist's crayon, that a strange
| who had only seen the most extraya
CANT OF these burlesques in portraiture
would easily recognize him. St,II
while he has been growing older auc
handsomer, Mr.. ConklinR has almosl
lost some of the features which vere
the most distinctive, which the makers
of caricatures most delighted in, and
which they are reluctant to omit from
their later efforts,
As youth and beauty sometimes abide
in the autographs of actresses long af-
ter the originals have ripened and en-
tered upon that half of their life which
they devote to farewell appearances. 60
docs the curled lock upon his forehead
and the SNOWY Venetian beard still re
main in the caricatures of the ex-sena-
tor; but the lock has 30 far disappeared
that 1t is no longer noticeable feature,
and his beard, though extremely
becoming, has whitened and thipued.
His hair is thin and puffy on top, heavy
and wavy at the back and whittier all
over than the powdered wigs worn on
the English bench. Mr.. Conkline's
high forehead Ia very pale. The lower
part of his face is little Drowned by
the sun. His voice is mellowed some
what, but its quality in other respects ia
the same as when he first entered the
Senate, and his manner when speaking
has not changed. He seems to have
grown less fastidi0us than he used to be
in the matter of dress, the difference ap-
pearing most noticeably in the set uf
his trousers, which is not always fault
less.
Yesterday Mr.. ConkIing wore a coat
and vest of thin brown material and
business cut, light trousers and white
gaiter tops. There was silk handker-
chief in his outside coat pocket. A
light-colored neck tie was knotted in a
square bow under the ends of his cool
m ayn-A nxuv <nllur He mora
white stud in his shirt bosom. His
wstch-fob was of medium size and plain
in style. As he sat in revolving chair
facing Prof. Dwight, he seemed almost
~ cool in temperature as manner. He
held white linen handkerchief in his
hand part of time, using it only to re.
move the moisture from his hands after
handling documents and books. His
hands are small for man of his size,
and as white and handsome as a young
girls.
The report of Mr.. Conkling is one of
the compensating features in the life of
a stenOgrapher, whether he is making a
speech or putting five-iolio question
to witness in q railroad case. He
speaks deliberately, distinctly and al
ways dramatically. When returning
to the examination of a witness after
debating a contested point he very often
begins with the word Question" pro-
it with marked rising in
fiection on the first syllable, a marked
falling infection On the second, and
with the syllables distinctly separated.
When il is necessary for him to preface
his question with an explanation
Of considerable length, he separates the
interrogation from the explanation With
the words, "My question Ia this"
Sometimes he punctuates for the stem
oGrapher, as, when repeating question
yesterday, he turned TO the stenograph-
Or and said: 1.-The questton il, ibid you
dissent to the fact thata decree'-dash
IAN ordinary deoree,'" stc. While
asking question which be considers of
great Importance he leans forward to-
ward the witness, beats of the words
with the forefnger of his outstretched
hand, mods with each word. and then
raises his chin at the end of the ques-
tion and leaves his finger pointing at
the face Of the thoroughly interrogvted
man. Mr.. Conkiing's conduct of q suit
while taking testimony Is noticeable for
his quiet elaboration, his courtesy to
witnesses and opposing counsel, his
marked Difference to the Court, and the
characteristic expressions with which he
Rarnishes his remarks on the minor diff
ferences that como mp. Yesterday he
spoke of the opposing ceunsels' "breezy
affluence of DASH asa mild criticism
Of their methods, and once when the
opposition seemed to be in an objeoting
mood. and when one Of his disputed
questions had been allowed by the
Court, Mr.. Conkling said to the witness:
"Now, Mr.. C0wdrey, get in as soon az
You can." This was spoken In q way TO
convey the idea that the witness must
make the most OF the time between OBJ
jections. His expressive modulAtion
adds greatly TO the point Of much that
he says, and isx source OF entertainment
20 those who come In a. listeners.
In the beginning of the hearing yes
terday Mr.. Coukling turned 10 William
A. Beach, Who sat at his side, and asked
that gentleman whether he had cigar.
Mr.. Beach was able to accommodate
him. Taking the cigar, Mr.. ConklinR
cut Oh with his peuknife half an inch Of
the end intended to be lighted, put the
smallest piece In his mouth and said To
Mr.. Beach: "NOw that ! have what
wanted Of this cigar, / suppose ought
| TO Rive the rest back to you." Mr.. Beach
shook his head and the ex-senator pock-
| eted the mutilated cigar.
Mr.. Conkling's preference for the tip
Of cigar whom he feels the need Of q
skimulus Of tobacco doubtless grew oui
OF habit which he had for many years
The tables, window sills, and the edges
Of bookshelves in his Law ofiice in Utics
used 20 be decorated with cigars strange.
" mutilatsd. He would put . Cigar in
his mouth wrong end foremost, carry il
till in his abstraction he happened 10 re.
move L. and when he missed Il would
take another from bis vest pocket and
proceed to enjoy IL In the same manner
Il ussd to BE- aid in his ofiice that nc
one had ever sen him light q cigar there
or take q cigar In his mouth except By
the wrong end.
RESCUED FDox DnowxrNo BIT HoRsx
Mis- Mamie Lea and her sister, aged
| II ysaas. atasmpted 10 cross Buck creek
Ky., on horssback. The horss's fest BE-
came eutanelsd and he threw the Ririi
into the strsam. Mamie had sunl
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