Omaha daily bee., 1892-11-27

oughlv conversaut with the facts IN the case,
IL recame known that was going to try
nv first case, and wheh came down found
tho justice office filed with citizens, and
great crowd was on the outside IL was
tho greatest eve MT thus far In my life. l
nerved myself up nnd the trial began. The
opposing counsel was nv old school teacher
and he berated me ctvilly and considerably.
Wo had little trouble as the trial PROCEEDED.
When the evidence was all Ia 1 made my
oopninR speech, but it did not amount TO
much. ! was reserving my fire to silence
my enemy's batteries. NV old preceptor
made his argument and felt that my time
had como ! began my speech slowly
and carefully. In the course Of
my remarks l went back to the
Emerald Isle, TO the time when the
mother of the beaten boy was the pride OF
the valley in which sne was reared re-
lated how the now dead Mulharen had be-
come smtten with her charms and how be
had wooed aud won her. l then followed
the couple across tho raging main, told how
they had left behind thom their friends ana
their kindred how they had encountered
the pcris OF tho deep aud travelled thousands
of miles through strange land and tlnally
settled down In our thriving little town ahd
become part OF our body polite. then
entered their household in Beaver
Dam and expatiated upon tho
peace and contentment that presided
over the Mulharen hearthstone. | related
in pathetic way how death had taken her
husband anu left her with three fatherless
children to battle against this cold and un-
feeling world. / handled the defendant
without gloves and mad made him out
very mean and cowardly man when l had
finished. The crowd stayed to hear my Of
fort. / felt that my hearers were with me
for whenever / SAID anything good they
chccred ana appduded. In my zeal and tenn
porary indignation / overlooked the justice
aud mstOok their plaudits for VIC
tory. | discovered soon after that
| was wrong | spoke for over an hour
and when | took my seat felt sure had
won my case. The justice reviewed the
facts never SAID WORD about my eloquent
effort, stated the trouble was only neigh
borhood row and dismissed the complaint.
| walked out OF the room disappointed, but
have since come to the conclusion the JUSTICE
| was right
The beginning of my practice in Omaha
| was in 1866" said q. w. Ambrose,
| "and my frat case has passed into
| history. 1t was entitled Bradshaw
| VS. Omaha and the decision upon the
questions in, cved by the court of last
| resort year or so afterwards tll the first
| pages of the first volume of the Nebraska
| reports. A large tract of agricultural LANDS
| owr ed by Bradshaw had been taken within
| the city limits over his protest. He claimed
that this property ought not to be su biected
to taxation for municipal purposes. lie
brought au Injunction to restrain the coilec-
| tiou of the taxes aud | was attorney for the
ci,v. The cause finally reached the supreme
court, where q decision adverse to the city
was reached. Several years later, on the
strength Of the decision in Bradshaw VS.
Omaha | brought similar suit on similar
cause of action. IL went 10 the supreme
| court also, and Bradshaw VS. Omaha was
reversed In the vernacular OF the faro
player was whIpsawed off the face of the