The morning call., 1892-09-15
NOTHING WENT RIGHT.
Judge Cofey Is Disturbed by
a High Breeze.
NOVEMBER DRAWS NEAR.
Floating Straws Caught in Midair Uroa an
Insatting Current of Steadily
Increasing Force.

AS November draws near the soughing OF
the political breeze may be caught without
much straining of ear-power in the City
Hall precincts.
Evidently the breeze has penetrated fur
ther than was expected.
1t irritated Judge Coffey yesterday into
several testy remarks which had their or
igin in the undue attention paid to things
political by some person or persons who
should attend TO business.
The court itself is understood to prefer
court business to anything else.
Its popularity supposed to breakfast upon
demurrers. lunch on letters of administra-
ton and dine on items Topped off some bill
of costs.
turbed by the fact that an important paper
was missing.
"You must go In search of it again." Mr.
Bailiff," he declared.
1T seems to me that every man In this
building is so busy standing for Senator or
1anltor or something that justice is kept
standing for attention"
They were settling up the accounts in the
matter Of the estate Of the late Judge
Heydenfeldt, and several items had been
OpJecteu 10 Dv c0unSel.
II referred" said an attorney. apologeti-
caily. to the court, who had cut him short
In some attempted explanation. II referred.
that is, my remark referred to that item of
string purchased.
"Then," rejoined the court grmly, "yCur
remark must have had string to it. for
did not so understand you"
The settlng-up process was not concluded
yesterday.
Then the Murray guardianship case came
up again.
Superintendent Kane Of the Youths Di-
rectOry is endeavoring to obtain letters Of
guardianship over the Murray children.
Ihelr mother Is living with q colored
man, who recently won large sum in a
lottery.
She objects to Kane haeing control of the
children, and favors letters of guardianship
being granted TO her sister, Mrs. Watson.
MRS. watson seems fit person, except
for the fact that she already possesses four
children and her husband only receives 81 q
day.
The court stated it inclined to believe that
the mother and her colored consort had in
cited Mrs. Watson TO make the application
IN order to keep the control Of the children.
4, lie himself would not care to be born the
fifth child IN family. the head of which
only made 50 a day-he would expect to
have to begin rustling for living pretty
early.
Not that it would be anything out of the
way" reflected the court aloud, "as l had
to begin that early any way"
IF | deny this application now some
adrolt lawyer will have 1t granted In some
other court to the prejudice of these chill
dren.
II shall, therefore, suspend this case"
II doubt the courts power" interjected
Mrs. Watson's attorney.
Don't you make any remark, SIR" said
the Court. You receive your fee, any
way. and there is evidence that you were to
receive 500 from Mrs. Murray's eolored
consort II you carried your point"
You can't prove it," began the attorney,
rashly.
Dare to address another such remark to
this court said Judge Coffey. land l will
not be content with suspendng the case,
but will suspend you from practice at the
bar.
'Mr. Barry, be ready to arrest that per-
son If he opens his lips"
Then the Court commented on the disDo-
siton OF certain attorneys to carry police
court manners into Superior purlleus.
Nothing went right all day.
The window shades were refractory, the
noises In the exterior corridor more than
usually disturbing, and the Court had to
shout on several occasions in order 10 be
heard.
The last straw was Counsellor Clarke In
sones intermnable suit, and as he COM
meneed the courtroom cleared RAPIDLY in
the apprehension Of a general explosion.
And 1t was all due to the prevalence of
the rising political trade wind