Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05

Aoiice lead quarters the prisoner made
nm assignment of them to me. together
with some furniture he owned. Nc
Donald was ar aligned before Judge
Dowiln-, in the TOmts. and dis
charged"
"How?"
Oh. in consequence of his ihnoc~uce.
Uood heavens, what quest on!'
What did you do with the UNI
brellas?"
when 1 went to get them found
that Spencer H. Smiths lawyer had put
an attachment upon them. 1 offered to
compromise and take half of the UNI
Orellas, but the other fellow wouldn't
give up one. The result was that they
rOtted In Police Headquarters. and, for
all l know. the frames are there now.
THE STORY OF AN ALIBI.
"Some criminals are well versed in
law. remember case in point A
man named Page and pal broke into
a house in Surrey, England. and got
away with mass of valuable plate.
They were arrested, and l had them
balled out Now alibis cOncOcted by
burglars are generally very weak. but
Page was an extraordinary fellow, and
he executed very shrewd trick. He
took two friends out in buggy. drove
them across London Bridge AID stopped
at hotel called the Elephant and
Castle. The three drank wine, and
Page swept the empty glasses from the
table. When the waiter returned he
asked who broke the glasses. L did
with my cane, said Page. Why"
| said the waitar. Because wanted to-
rOared Page. The result was that Page
paid for the glasses. He next took his
friends to Merton, where they mad din
ner Page gave the waiter a bad
guinea, and, after a dispute. substi-
tuted good coin. Then they went to
Epson, where they entered gypsy's
tent and cut the tert strings. l would
here observe tina. they Cos beating
which they didn'. bargain for. On the
day of the trial Page swore that when
the burglary was p rpe rated he was at
Epson. He tn il called f,is two Wit
nessss. who told the story Of the trip l
have described. s;mp'y substituting the
date Of the burglary for the real date.
The subtlest cross examination failed
to shake their testimony. for they only
had to tell one little lie and all the rest
was the truth. -
Haven t criminals often suggested
false alibis?"
''YeS, but they are very unsafe. Be-
sides that, they are immoral. John
Flood. the celebrated murderer. once
! asked me to take poison into the TOm5S
so that he could commit suicide"
''You refused, of course?'
what! in the middle of my case? l
should say So"
Homicide cases pay well, don't
they?"
mot as a rule. | was assigned by
the Court to defend murderer free of
charge, and it cost my firm $1,000 in
cash to foot the expenses. l Dever got
cent back
do criminals. as rule, try to de-
ceive lawyers rs to their guilt?'
can old one doesn't bu. new one
does. It's always best to tell your
lawyer the truth"
do they try to cheat lawyers out of
their pay?'
almost every man who is arrested
for the first or second time tries to skin
his lawyer. He thinks it's clever
thing. Old criminals are sure pay.
They know that if they cheat their
lawyer he II make it hot the next time
they are caught I've dealt with all
kinds of criminals. Why, in the very
chair you sit on. I've seen Reddy the
Blacksmith, Bill Tweed. Chauncey
Johnston, Dutch Heinrich, Johnny tho
Mick. Billy Porter, Sheeney Mike, Nc
Donald, Sharkey, the murderer; Dan
Noble. Spence Pettus, the king of gen
teel malefactors; George Howard, the
murdered burglar; George Ellis, Mother
Mandelbaum-bu hold on, where are
you going, young man? Hold on, you
are safe here-''-N y. Herald