St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-14


statement of the law and the facts as
| they appear to him. No lawyer stand s
| higher before the judges of Ramsey
| county than he, and he is deserving OF
| every consideration shown him for his
| uprightness and integrity of character.
| He is the attorney of the st. Paul
| Trust company. and the immense BUSH
| ness of this concern liz the settlement of
estates, etc., keeps him pretty busy.
W. 81. Mead is of q rather taciturn
and moody temperament, but this Cd
| dity of disposition does not interfere to
any extent in his ability as trial
| lawyer. He is SO thoroughly absorbed
in his business that it is no uncommon
thing to see him muttering to himself as
| he goes along the street. He is plan
| ming and getting his points in shape
while ne trudges along, and like Gen.
| Pope.-has his headquarters in the sad
! die. AS an attorney he ranks high, and
| no clients interests suffers at his hands.
| A. G. Otis is another very peculiar
man, but any one who sizes him up for
an amateur is away off. His popularity
| consists in surly expression which
| plays around his cOuntenance all the
J while, and those who did not know him
[ would think he was quite savage. But
! he is just the reversal good fellow and
| good lawyer, as well. Arthur Otis
| has lots of friends and rich clientage.
E.S. Thompson halls from the mining
| regions of Montana, and, in eonse-
| quence, he bears on his face rather
| fierce, Butte City expression. He goes
loaded for bear all the while, and the
| man who treads on Eds corns better
| provide himself with a Calling gun,
else he may have several holes bored
through him. MIR. Thompson's speciality
is the trial of personal injury cases, in
which he is most proficient. The rail-
roads would do we'll to engage his serv-
ices, for it would be money in their
pockets. He can beat eny lawyer in
the Northwest in drawing pleadings,
which are in every instance models of
pure Anglo-Saxon and complete in
every detail.
Cyrus J. Thompson is a veritable no
bleman, and his frank, honest face is
proof positive or the mans sterling in
tegrity. Though his hair IS now tinged
with gray he is handsome man still,
and adds charm to his appearance by
the scrupulous neatneSs of his attire.
Mr.. Thompson is thorough in every de-
partment of his calling, and can hold his
own, and more, too, with the generality
of the Ramsey county bar. He is slow,
but invariably sure, and when he takes
a stand OH question he comes pretty
nearly being right.
II. G. James has good round paunch
nd hnaA nd tiva NJ
petite on the one hand and good intel
lect on the other. He has practiced for
twenty-five years with much success.
and thinks he can hold it down for
another quarter OF century. He stands
high in the estimation of the court and
his brother attorneys.
Hiram F. Stevens is the gentleman
who delivered the great speech on Dec
Grafton day. None who have read this
speech will question the mans ability
as an orator at least, and he is Just as
good an attorney, and has held several
offices of public trust and has acquitted
himself most acceptably. He is the
attorney of the Title Insurance COM
pany, and better selection could not
have been made. He has only one
fault, and that is that he is a Republi-
can.
Messrs. Erwin & Wellington are the
greatest team of criminal lawyers in the
country. The fame of the Tall Pine has
drifted outside the confines of Mime
sofa, and he is frequently called upon
TO go even as far as Duluth in great
emergencies.
Erwin tries criminal cases altogether,
but now and then he takes a fiier in
wheat.
Old "Cy'' can talk faster than race
horse and use all the while the choicest
of language. He is red hot Democrat,
while Erwin-well, he don't know him
self.
c. j. Berryhill has but little hair left
on his skull owing to hard scraps in the
law. His voice is rich falSetto, with
nasal twang on the side, and usually
tries case in the key of B fiat. He is
good attorney nevertheless and Wins
as many of his cases as any of the boys.
He is quite horseback rider, too, and
can be seen often at early morn speed
ing his charger along at brisk rate.
LuSk q Bum are comparatively new
corners in st. Paul, having hailed from
Wisconsin, where they were recognized
as king bees in their profession. Judge
LuSk is considered to be one of the
ableSt men at the Ramsey county bar.
He is clear-cut as diamond and is thor
ough in every intrIcacy of the law. He
never gets ratified, but is always cool
and decided at all stages of the game.
Mr.. Bum makes good running mate.
and the difference between the two men
is slight one, though Lusk has the