The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-12-27
SENATOR VOORHEES,.
Funny Incidents Connected with
His Practice Before Indiana

est lur> lawyers OF The present day. In
nearly MI Of the murder trials ih-t havu
Iuiihin t',e last twenty vcar- af,raciod
lthe attention Of The public. more espe.
lcially iu The west. be has figured a. one "a
the leading counsel, and has generally \
l''rl selccfcd 10 deliver The Qua. anpenl
y" The jury. Iie Il IN eloquent p.ead.r.
land more than once has succcesled NJ
lswa,iny thr en,o'ions even 10 dfawin.s
ne tears ~ w. audiences. Bnt he has
lnpi always flrrn slrres~fnl His early
ldass were marked D, faiinrrs which
lnow ho veye'. he csn n!lnsi Il Look back
ito with conpoSufe ne wa@ recalling
some oi these no' Innr ago while chnt
I'm. with group u congcniaI conpan-
lions. said hr:
II renfnhrr ~nif which was tried
lheiore justice ~ the peace IN Indiana
when was Nu"Ng inan. wharcin Il lady
was The plaintiff a'li hank The defend
Inni The evidence tended strongly 10
prove thai the fair plain,iis had 10 sight
iio Recover. and | knew. as her ronnso,.
'hni nnlrs- ! got the synpa,h, oi the
squire ns lent would lose her case
therefore ianorcl hard in her behalf
lani did Succred in arou~ing the Squire
sympathy 10 such ~ extent even that be-
fore long The tears came trickling down
his cheeks felt greatly encouraged al
this evidence of the force Of nv arm
lnen' anl concluded ny address by a.
'ciarng that II fid ms hrart uunh 10 be-
i'f'e mat ne ho"ornhle cunrt. IA Tie cx-
nrclsr OF y sound discretion. wonfi no.,
ailp" the rights ofa pure aud noble la.ir
~ be ts1mpei beneasi. the cloypn ieei
oi a soullt-s CORONATION.
\ Here senator Voorhees, stopped d take
Hnoiher pun AZ his cigar and The com
lpans lnuked cxpecteui.
\ You were successful IN that case. |!
suppose ~ la~' some Que yenfured 10
remsrS.
y The "FaIl Sycamore Of ihe Wabash
he-iia'ed for moment, and then, clear
ing biz throat said
wei. gentlemen. | was successful
bn' only partly - only natily s0.r
4 How j. that ?"
"'Io tell the truth gentlemen. The
esquire rendered the following rather
comprehensive decision: The piainiifl'
said he. 'in 'hi~ cssc i 4 woman. ana her
counsel has tor The Il~t hour touched ehe
sympathy OF The cnurt III her behalf. nrd
N am gini ~ n. but think. under INC
Law. that justice II on the side of the
bank. therefore will find in favor of
the bank. and LEI The record show that
Mr.. Hos The fulI sympathy OF lh-
conrt'"
I The laughter which greeted the recital
Of this Iitiie anecdo'e ~ his own expense
had scarcely died ont. when Senate,
VOORHEES, once more hogan 10 indulge
himself IN reminscences of similar
lshArrcter. IIc said That he had been en-
gagged ~ defend murderer ~ IN Ken
ltucky, hclirye. but have forgotten The
l'ie'aIs-and had again succeeded in de-
iivering an appeal which suilnSed The.
ewes Of two or three Of The jury with
tears. The prosecuting attorney was N
1ruil. OH man, with piping voice and
nasal twang. He hai listened a. the ap-
peat OF Young Voorhees, with attention.
nnd. Of course. had also noticed iisn ci-
feet i had produced on The jury. Nror-
hoes had scarcely taken hi< sen, when
his opponent slowly rose. aud. takina
very deliberately pinch Of snuff. opened
his speech by saying:
"ienllemcn ~ the jury. you might as
well understand from The very hevin-
ming that am not boring for water"
Senator Voorhees, didn't say 50. ~ my
impression l. that his unfortunate client
was found guilty and convicted
Having told these stories Al his own
expense. Senator VOORHEES, evidentI,
thought il was time 70 saw something ~
the expense of Others. and the victim ~
selected was The Squire who had rem.
dcred the decision already quoted I'll
favor of The bank as against his fNoor. 4
hees) "lady client" The "Sqnise.~ he
senator said, had frequently before Hin
q rerlain lawyer. Smith hy name. who
sfterward rose 20 some prominence III \
Indiana politics. but who II now dead
Between the esquire" aud smith no
friendship was lost For some reason !
o. oIhcr they hated each other most cor \
iisliy. Al The close cf one hot summer
afternoon. the esquire" wa. walking \
home from The court house 70 his resi- 4
dence, when he encountered Smith in The
public square Of the town.
"You look weary and tired. Judge"
aaid smith: what have you been doing
this hot afternoon
s'Look weary and tired. do 2" replied :
the squire ill-hnmoredly. "Wcll, 1
think should. for am. anl you would
be. too. IL yon had been shut up IN that 1
hot. stuily little court room from o'clock /
III hali-past 5, listening 10 long. duh i.
argument 4
From 1 I'm hall.pass ). That wa. 4
ong time. Who made the argument. I.
"Oh. old Jones' 4
We'll. what was Jones trying iol
provef'
..As near AZ could get at Il. that waslr
10 ignorainus and didn't know anything !
about The law. blurred ont The squire 3
I Dii yon commit him ~ sympAihoii- "
ally inquired smith. ld
\ No: commit him for what ~ M
"for being 40 long about IL. - Wash N
ngton letter ID New York Tribune.
Petersburg News: Last Monday 2
F'inis Horuaday, one of onr most pros N
,erous farmers, sold lweIs head " hogs II
hat were only ak months old, that 1
averaged ~ weight yos pounds. Who :
AN beat thals y