St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-13
Manitoba Railway Trains Will
Hereafter Be Heated
With Steam.
Assaulted and Robbed in a
Strange City by His
Companions.
Witness Fees Cannot Be Taxed
Until the Oath Is
Taken.


rison's court yesterday which created
present. The court and spectators were
treated to an exhibition of sparring be-
tween two prominent attorneys, j. w.
Willis and J. ID. OBrien. j. w. Willis
is attorney for the creditors Of the es-
tate of the late jeremiah c. Mccarthy,
who died some time ago, leaving
Mrs. Mccarthy administrators of the es-
tate. Prior to his death, Mr.. Nc
Carthy decided piece of property III
West ST. Paul, valued at $4,000, to
Richard w. Bell, who has since decided
it back to Mrs. Mccarthy. The prin-
cipaf creditor, who is anXieusly hoping
for $1,000 out of the estate, thought
that this proceeding was Improper, and
that the property ought to have been
taken by the administrative as part OF
the estate, and not as private property.
He therefore instituted an action for
the removal of the administrators and
the appointment of new one.
The case came up before Judge MOI
rison in tine probate court yesterday
d. toiHOoit. AHS dI VI dfSAibJ oiio
peaceful calm which usually reigns in
tho court was startled by the use OF Sc
we're language on the part OF the at
torneys. j. d. OfBrpen poured forth
the phals of his wrath on the head of j..
W. Willis, as he uttered the following:
''fha course of the counsel for the
creditors has been very dishonest. 1t
has been fnlI of all kinds of rascality.
LII the good old times now prevailed he
would he Sent to the penitentiary."
Mr. Willis leaned back in his chair,
and his face Widened into a smile,
which further developed into hearty
guffaw.
This only served to arouse Mr..
O'Brien, who continued:
"ThiS rascality will be unmasked
when the time comes"
NOW is good time, you had better
go ahead and unmaSk It," replied the
unsecured Willis.
Further colloquy was prevented by
the Inference of the court, and the ease
proceeded in the even tenor OF its way
until the court took a recess.
Mi. Willis lett the sacred precincts of
the bar, and advancing, said to MIR.
0Brien: ~
IL have never before been accused of
personal dishonesty, and / harf back
the charge to the vile source from which
it came with all the contempt it de-
serves -
"You go to hell.m was the remark
which exploded like a charge of dyna-
mite upon the rosy lips OF Mr.. O'Brien.
hit. Willis didn't havesto, and told
his assailant SID, fetnarkiDg in a casual
way:
IF you were not SO small and con-
temptible / should feel tempted to give
! you a thrashiag.'
Mr.. O'Brlen sprang to his feet with
blood i'm his eve. Drawing back his
right arm, he directed his. fist straight
for Mr.. Willis left eye. But some one
had deposited the juice of the nicotine
weed on that square inch of the floor
upon which Mr.. O'Brien deposited the
heel of his No. 10 boot. In consequence
he slipped, and the blow which was In
tended to knock Mr.. Willis into the
nethermoSt parts of the fiery furnace
fell short and the bosom of Mr.. OBrien'S
trousers struck the floor with blow
that made it trembIe. He was not long
down, but sprang to his feetwith forked
lightning flashing from behind his eye
glasses. He seized the lapelS of Mr..
Willis Prince Albert coat and tried to
choke him to death. But his smooth
faced opponent swung his right hand
round and struck Mr.. O'Brien squarely
on his left ear, making him release his
hold and Stagger back.
At this juncture reinforcements ar
rived in the form of j. G.. Mccarthy, son
of the defendant IN the suit. 1t
locked for moment as though Blucher
aud Wellington might engage in another
Waterloo with Napoleon. but the court
officers and spectators, with a sense of
fairness characteristic Of the Anglo
Saxon race, desired to see fair play, and
when it became case of two to one,
rustled J. ID. O'Brien back to the other
side of the court room. and hustled j.
c. Mccarthy into safe corner.