Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-11
VOLUME XXVIII.-NUMBER 46.
REMINISCENCE OF EARLY DAYS
An Innocent Man Fined.

In rather DOlSterOuS manner, anu
as the evening advanced the noises in
creased, and the whole town was
pretty we'll wdrmed up.
Certain of the leaders in the festivi-.
ties, had secured from Acting Gov.
McGill, permission to use two small
howitzers, and they were dragging
them from place to place, firing as
they went. On reaching Miles saloon
under Washington Hotel, they drew
up before his door, committee en-
tered and demanded that he treat the
crowd. Miles was fairly liberal man
usually, but on this occasion he fatty
declined to accede to their request, and
the committee retired and reported
the result. At once the order was
given to blaze away, and the result
was, much shattered glass in the hotel
building, besides much damage to
Miles bar fixings. Seeing the damage
already done, and preparations for re-
newed firing, Miles gave in and treated
the whole crowd, and they departed in
a happy mood, seeking new worlds to
conquer. During the height of the
festivities, 1 received a polite invita-
ton from Judge McFadden to visit his
room in Washington Hotel. The
Judge by the way was a particular
friend of mine, he liked good glass
of whisky, as well as any one, and also
was fond of good time. He was
genial, whole-souled fellow, and very
dignifed upon the bench. l repaired
to his room, knocked and was imme-
diately admitted, and the door locked
attire me. I found the room full Of
men, with most of whom l was ac-
quainted, and sitting at table was
Judge McFadden, in all the dignity of
his high Office. He greeted me kind
ly, but noticed his face wore q severe
expression. l advanced to the table
and stood before him. Judge" said,
believe you sent fo7 me-" "I did," he
replied, at the same time reaching over
the table and picking up a sheet OF
paper that appeared to be written over
on both sides. After glancing over the
paper apparently reading its contents,
he looked into my face, pausing mo-
ment before speaking, and said, " Mr..
T. some very grave charges have
been preferred against you, which de-
mand a most searching Investigation
He again paused for moment to note
the effect of his words, and asked
what his charges were. He glanced
over the paper again, reading as he
went along the various charges that
had been preferred against me. (The
same paper had no doubt done duty in
dozen previous cases.) Judge" I said,
II am not guilty; I never did anything
of the sort. He then said, Mr.. T..
I had formed better opinion of you,
since you have lived in town, but the
evidence against you seems too cOnclu-
sive, to admit OF any doubt" No wit
nesses against me had as yet been
produced) He then said turning to
one of the men present, Mr.. Officer,
have you the witnesses readyY The
officer replied that he had, and mo-
toned to four men in one corner Of
the room. The witnesses were duly
sworn, to give true evidence, etc., to
the best Of their ability. After this
ceremony was over, they sevcrally
gave their version of the case, which
was very damaging to me, and 1
thought was in for it with, a venge-
ance. The Judge again said with
some severity Changing his style Of
address, Prisoner, what have you to
sayi Judge" I replied it is false
from beginning to end" How dare
you, sir, he replied, "attempt to i'm
peach the credibility of these witnesses,
who are the flower Of this town. !
was silent; l was abashed in the pres
ence of the law.
The Judge then assumed his most
judicial attitude, and in the grave and
dignifed manner for which he was
noted upon the bench, proceeded to
give me severe lecture, on the enor-
nifty of my offense, and the errors of
the ways I had fallen into. He round
ed out his address (Which was truly
eloquent) as follows: "Mr. T. I
have been acquainted with you, ever
since you came to this town. l have
watched your career with interest. and
noted your manly bearing, at all
times. You have left your home, and
your kindred, in The far distant East,
to make your home, in the far distant
West among strangers. Your people
would be deeply mortified, to learn
that you had so far forgotten yourself
as to be guilty of such actions. !
trust for your own sake, if not for
your wife and child, that you will re-
form your ways; but our laws have been
violated, and the majesty of the law.
must be vindicated. In view OF your
youth, and previous exemplary con-
duct, I will be a. lenient with you as
possible. The sentence of the court
is, that you be fined bottle Of the best
rhisky; 60 and sin no more." During
the address of the Judge, . dead
silence prevailed, and you could have
heard pin drop. / paid the fine;
thankful that had got off 80 easily.
l joined the party in drink, and then
moved towards the door. Judge Nc
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