, 1888-10-19
THE MANNER OF MAN.
Something About the Republican
Candidate for Prosecutor.
A Concise Narrative of An Old
Lady's Experience.
How the Last Penny Was Wrung
From a Poor Client.

prosecuting attorney he has been a grave
senior. While nearly everyone else looked
upon his candidacy as a joke Donzelman
accepted the place in all seriousness and is
really making an active canvass. 1t is
about time that a halt was called. 1t is
true that the smiles with which his nom
nation was received in the conven-
ton were contagious and that even the
Republican organ has not the temer.
ity to claim for him any fitness for the
place, but nevertheless he is still laboring
under the delusion that he is in the race.
Now in the first place Councilman is not
an attorney within the proper meaning of
the term. OF course he is a member of
the bar, has an Office and stationery, has
been associated in business with legal gen.
tlemen and by SOME political legerdemain
secured a territorial appointment.
Look TO a truthful narrative of one of
Mr.. Donzelman's transactions as an at
torney.
A LEADER reporter learning that a vic
tim OF the generals early career was an
elderly lady who now resides Just across
Grow creek at the foot of Eddy street
called upon her yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. e. E. Daley is the name of the IN
fortunate woman who came in contact
with Donzelman, at that stage of his
law life when, as is still the case, every
thing was fish that came to his net.
Like somebody's mother" Mrs. Daley
is aged and gray. Although the owner of
her humble home, it is heavily encum-
bered and she lives in extreme poverty.
Her husband has been dead many years
and an only child, her daughter, is en-
ployed as a servant up town. Last De-
cember Mrs. Daley fell from the Eddy
street bridge, sustaining severe injuries.
At the termination of a seige in the hos
pital she returned to her home only to be
almost Frustrated by learning that her
place had been ~plundered during her en-.
forced absence. Her heaviest loss was in
chickens, ducks and pigeons. Large hocks
of each had been stolen. She has been
able to work but little since leaving the
doctors care and is practically a ward of
charity. All her misfortunes are attribu-
table to the evil doings OF this man Don
zelman. Let the story be given in her
own words:
in 1888" she said, II was keeping a
restaurant in Hartvllle and was doing
well. One dav my groceryman presented
me with a bill for $3.50. 1 held that there
must be a mistake. 1t was impossible for
me to owe that much. He reduced the
account to $145 and again presented it,
when | asked for an Itemlzed bill. Instead
of complying with my request the man
sued me for $95, swearing that this sum
was the amount of my Indebtedness. Of
course | wanted an attorney, and, coming
to Cheyenne, stumbled on this man
Donzleman. l gave him $40 for
a retainer and he assured me
that the case would receive proper atten
ton. l had scarcely reached home when
Donzelman wrote for more money. l
sent 1t, and kept on remitting until l had
given him sos altogether. For some
reason he regularly continued the case
and neglected to summon witnesses who
promised to attend court on my behalf if
regularly ~subponaed. Finally judgment
was rendered against me by default, but [
still had hopes.
After a time l was notified that my
effects were to be sold to satisfy the iudg-
ment. l was sick abed in the middle of
winter, but managed to tell Donzelman of
the doleful prospects. He wrote me that
they dare not sell my furniture, but they
did, leaving me with nothing but the bed
on which [ lay helpless. [ wrote Don
zelman about it, and he penned a very
cheerful answer. He would, he said, at
once institute a suit for damages in the
sum of $500. He told me to get
a physicians certificate as to my illness,
and to send him more money. l had
nc more money, but came to Cheyenne so
soon as | was able to be about. l had a
long talk with Councilman, but conld get
no satisfaction out of him. He always
wanted more money. The last time l
talked to him he said more money must
be forthcoming. l told him I only had
81. so and wanted to buy -four with it.
You lay not believe it, but he took the
last penny l had. That made a total of
$67. so l gave him for defending a $95
suit, and my incidental expenses amount
ed to $50 at least. After accepting the
blood money he sent a clerk to sec me
once and that was the last l ever
heard of the case. l don't know
much about politics, but my hus-
band was a Republican and l always
leaned toward that party. l think they