The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-19
THAT DIVORCE CASE.
Mrs. Dixon Grew rathy and Smashed Her
1raducer on the Ear

IN the forenoon after an. ad journment from
Monday. The court room was never before
SO crowded, every seat being filled 1t
seemed every unemployed man in the town
was there and they were all ages and colors
from the young man of q to the gray
haired sire of So Many left their sick beds
TO attend and cripples who had to be
helped up stairs were there in abundance.
The crowds were rather disappointed,
however, for neither the elder Mrs. Dixon,
her daughter, Mrs. Mckee, or Mrs Eek.
their friend. were in the court room. 1t
was to find out what they would Go in
certain events that the crowd assembled.
Two of the parties who were supoened
during the adjournment were present and
testified and their evidence was almost
directly opposite. The man swore that
certain events took place on certain day
in certain place and the woman swore
that no such an event took place. and she
was II as good position to know the facts
as.the man was. The court was not more
enlightened than he was Monday on the
subject. This closed the evidence, and
Sam Amidon made the proposition to let
it 20 to the court without argument, but
Museller, who was the advocate Of the
Dixon's objected, for the very good and
sufficient reason that he had long type
written efusion prepared for the occasion
and the crowd was too large to let that
speech go by default. 1t was a speech
worthy of the judge and was charact eistic
of him all the way through He spoke
for 20 minutes, and most of the time was
spent in roasting the newspaper reporters
and especially the EAGLE man.
Of course the judge had no legiti-
mate reason to roast the reporters
but he is passionately fond of notoriety
and he expected that the EAGLE would
roast him in return and that by that
means he would be in a position to be
talked about. 1t is strange mania some
people have, TO be sure, but then no one is
without a fault or a weakness. 1t is even
said Of the judge that being unable to get
any body else to give him a newspaper
roast, he roasted himself in certain Sun
day paper of i'll repute few weeks ago.
There Is one thing certain his scheme will
fail so far as this paper is concerned, for
the EAGLE is not spending its ammunition
now on such fry as the Judge. Among the
other things Museller said about the EAGLE
man was that he came to the court. pencil
in hand, the paid servant of Sam Amidon
to make personal fight on the Dixon
family. Nothing could be farther from the
truth and Musseller knows it. And this
is the way he knows it. While waiting
for Il witness during the progress of the
trial on Monday, Judge Museller walked
over to the corner of Judge Reeds
desk and leant upon it. The
EAGLE reporter followed and found
him tickled almost to death over the
rocky evidence that had been given. "pil
tell you," said he to the reporter. taking
him by the shoulder, they are about the
people | ever had anything to do
with. You ought to give 'em a good roast
ing in the mornings paper" Under ordi
nary circumstances the reporter would be
to hear a lawyer make such sug-
geStions about a client, but he knew MIR.
Musseller pretty well and did not take
much notice Of it. The reporter replied
that the EAGLE would not give any of the
details; that the case was too dirty and
only suited to such papers as the Kansas
City Sunday Sun. Say" said the Judge,
enthusiastically, write it up for the Sun
day Sun-it will make splendid article"
the reporter remembering that
Judge Museller is generally supposed
to be the Wichita correspondent Of that
infamous sheet, suggested that he write
up his own articles for that paper. The
reporter felt that he was really treading
on tender ground when he made this re-
mark, for it is serious matter to accuse
A man of being Sunday Sun correspond |
emit, but he Immediately felt safe when, in
reply, Museller slyly winked and remark
ed, "Oh, well, the Sun will have it all |
right enough"
After talking a good deal about the re-
porter of the EAGLE, who was absent at |
the time, he made grand and eloquent !
appeal for the sanctiUy of the home and |
talked in melting language of the plaintiff !
violating her marriage vows before the |
orange blossom faded from her brow" |
This apparently sincere remark caused |
the BOYS" around the room to smile |
tudibly and the judge hearing |
hem, and understanding, the rea-
sons for the smile, said in a decidedly |
way, that it was much worse |
or a woman to be unfaithful than for a
nan 10 go astray" Before concluding he
GUdb the Reporters VI w lCultd
lsed the papers they represented for the
of venting their personal spite"
I'll of which is undoubtedly true in the
,ase or the reporter for the Kansas City
sheet heretofore referred to-" The judge
u attacking the reporters thought he
ould provoke them into gratifying him
With roast but the reporters are on to
lis racket and will disappoint him. They
will demonstrate to the judge that in this
ase at least they will not use the papers
hey represent to vent personal spite"
Sam Amldon followed Judge MUseller,
nd he made IA sledge hammer speech in
which he entered inlo all the details of the
ase and made forcible and effective com
nents on the same.
The case was taken under advisement
" Judge Reed and he will probably rem
Ter his verdict today.
After adjournment OF the court Mrs.
Dixon met one NicAles on the pavement
t the foot of the court house steps and
he hauled off and smashed him on the
light ear. His hat fell off and she attacked
hat article of apparel and kicked it all
yer the immediate vicinity. Friends in
erfered before she could reuew hostilities
n Nickles and established peace. IL WAS
ute exciting and furnished amusement
or the spectators. Nickles was one OF the
witnesses in the case.
AN EDUCATED CAT