New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-17

have his own way, and very consideraDie 500 ~
IN getting IL which may be held TO 1ust'S '"'
attempt - difFicult
Sir Charles Russell is much more oilncu"
tonic than the Attorney General. Inc m N1,
preiudiced opponent would never MINK ~ 49,
inc him commonplace What he does, nc uooo
in a wsy Of his own; whether IL DC eA"nu ".S
a witness. or taking snuff, or trying the s.rens.a
N his will against Sir James HannenS ne n'
rl,,,ed into this cause with his whole hearU anu
.I IT, A. a convinced Home Ruler, ana he
,oas+ az mueh for the political side oil
n al for the professional That is one seoioy ~
the continued collisions occurring jew" - "a
"a sho Attorney General. and between hlm anu
a.. 81 49,. yI.,,nsn The advocate and the HOME
Dbl ro.,nher for South Hackney are DOM ln[0
IN court and both equally concerned ior -
naua.,I private friendship and regard lor ti,e
I-,.,, Ioodor have also something TO 90 VIVA
.lN-...uu have seen and heard mhny VI
.suIa,ors Tn no one Of them dd OH
S,'~~,., oon,a of victor, yet in almost any Vi
-. ~ ,ros to he seen at his best, from at leasV
49, Lint NJ view. For this great advocate 10
- ,srv, good actor and he often seems aw" H
that he is playing to far greater auuie0e NJ,
than which crowds this narrow courtroom,
To,as hurst out Sir Charles last weuhe'u-9'
- 90 convinced am Of the inquiry Q, Unooo -
csedinrs that am determined to prins ~ -a.U
the light of day. whether it be pleasing ~ H.
lordsbips or whether it be not" DE jam, ~.,,jr.
nan leaned little forward and answers 20
o Sir Charles, that observation is noe 80
n this tribunal" with an emphasis on rot
then after slight pause, or, II IL iS' ~
to he The rebuke was as severe as ~ ""o . &c.
tia hut Sir Charles was far too mucu IN -
TO feel it or to show that he ieit IT, , Sno VIZ
went in his appeal to court anu W pu" ..+oe
"e 1,s. ,a,nre 60 sympathetic that it creates
,1o.hias The Attorney General read out tfa'S
80 o,o1oor Of THE Times" in mechamcai
49, Confessional, no doubt-that might nav
,ohha6 much more adequate statement Oh llS
re- Had the duty devolved on Sir CharieS'
~. stiff cold. selfish phrases would am sure
have seemed graceful and generous. hisVen -, "
h,r, 1vben he is moved The voice vibrates INC
heo,+ heats The face fushes and the eye Mi
lies There is something more than ""yer
Tbare is n man. The COOL wary. adrolh eAPe-
-;enced advocate Is full OF manly impulses. Ane
Acknowledgement is all muscle, Sir CharleS all
nerves The one addresses the intelligence OF
the reason. and that only; the other appears 10
evervthine that is human. No small part Oh or
Charles Russelrs renown has come TO him rom
his cross-examinatons. No man Is so ore"ueu'
He dazzled the court some weeks ago. by conlur-
a., tha lotters ont of q reluctant witnesses pocket
and the secret out Of his soul. 1 have watched
,beSe processes as l sat in court, and sought tor
the principle on which they are conducted
doubt whether there be any one principle OK
any one spring on the toucnihR VI
which he relies His crosS-examlnauohs aro
SO many studies in psychology; so many exercises
IN mental philosophy: moral, too. II you want 70
know what is inside room, you get INSIDE 70 sec.
That is what Sir Charles does with his witnesses
enters into them, which TO him seems simpler anu
neater than turning them inside out Here IL is
also that his sympathetic temperament STANDS
him in such good stead. Sympathy is the Degln-
ming of understanding and of insight. lie can
talre All tones TO a witness, and does. He knows
how and when to eaiole and threaten; TO coax
convince and terrify. His methods are as various
as the witnesses on whom they are tried sup
pose shall have to say something presently about
Pigott, and. that win be as good an opportunity
as any other Of SEEING Sir Charles Russell at his
best 80 We W. -