Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-04-29
COURT.


A Remarkable Sensation. and Pos
sibIe Coffee with Pistols.
The adjourned FEBRUARY term Of the
yesterday, His Honor Judge Rives presid-
ing. The first case that came up for hear
ing, and the taking Of testimony in which
occupied most of the day, vas the suit Of
the White Pine County Bank against r.
Sadler, to recover the sum Of 81 500,
alleged to have been wrongly transferred
to him by W. T. Leyshon, to the detri-
ment of other creditors of Mr.. Leyshon.
Baker & Wines were counsel for plaintiff,
and Lansing & Mitchell were Of counsel
for the defendant. About 8 O'Clock in the
afternoon, an objection wal raised by the
plaintiff to the admission Of certain testi-
mony Of the witness W. T. Leyshon. In
answer to this objection, Mr.. Mitchell was
addressing the Court, while Mr., Baker sat
q little way behind him, engaged in q
whispered conversation with William
Pardy, manager of the bank. Mr..
Mitchell, thinking that he overheard Mr..
Baker making d~erogatory comments on
the argument he was presenting, and cast
ing personal reflections upon himself as
an attorney, digressed from the discus
sion Of the matter in hand at this mo-
ment, and said something like this:
your Honor, / have been educated in
the school of gentlemen, and in courts
of justice, I have learned it as a rule
that members of the bar should treat
each other with courtesy and respect.
Never mind what may be any gentle
ynan5a oniniop af onokhor ha ah0n1d he
careful never to express, by word or
gesture, in this presence, any d~isrespect-
full or sighting criticism Of q fellow
member Of the bar; but this mani this
fellow! here turning about and facing
Mr.. Baker this thingl"-Mr. Baker arose
at this, and stepping forward, considera-
bly, excited, demanded: do you refer
to me?" Mr.. Mitchell answered.: Eyes.
sir, to you" Mr.. Baker disclaimed hav-
ing made any reference to Mr.. Mitchell,
or having offered any structures upon his
argument, but upon getting the reponse
quoted from Mr.. Mitchell, he drew his
arm back and planted a blow on Mr..
Mitchell's neck. Mr.. Mitchell responded
with one somewhere in the neighborhood
OF Mr.. Bakers ribs. As the latter was
about to come again q number of
attorneys and other friends jumped
in between the belligerent gentle
men and separated them. Judge Rives
Immediately fined them each $40 for their
s'mill." A friend Of Mr.. Bakers planked
up his double-eagle, and Mr.. Mitchell
went out to rustic for his. Returning
with the coin he deposited it gracefully at
the Clerks desk. His Honor then, acting
upon the precedent of Judge Sullivan Of
San Francisco, in the celebrated Sharon
Hill case, ordered the Sheriff to search the
persons of the combatants for firearms.
They were both found to be 'sunheeled, I"
in the ordinary far western sense OF this
term. Judge Rives stated that If the gen.
tlemen started in on another sparring ex-
hibition he would promptly consign them
to the "cooler." There was some talk
after the ~rencontre that the trouble was
not over. and that there might be q meet
ing for settlement with regulation pistols
on the field Of honor, the scene OF the
meeting 10 be garnished with.two collins. q
big one for Mr.. Baker and little one for
Mr.. Mitchell. but we do not believe this.
We are confident that the cup Of satisfac-
ton Is full on both sides.
+. B. Mercer, formerly editor Of the
Sutro Independent, now in the Govern
ment Printing Office at Washington. is
firing OF life in the East. and longs to get
back to the Pacific Coast and start another