Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-04

TO miss point in what promises to be one
of the most celebrated cases ever tried in
the county. But the treason cases did not
come up, and it might as well be under
stood now that they will be heard in the
Court Of Oyer and Terminer first with Chiet
Justice Paxson probably on the bench.
Soon after the court resumed and
The people discovered that the Home
stead cases were not on the list the crowd
commenced to thin out. Lawyers left to
attend to business in the county courts and
in short time the bulk of the audience re-
manning was made up of attorneys and their
clients from the rural districts Visitors
were coming and going all day, but they
paid no attention to the argu-
ments of learned counsel. They came
to see the Justices and study
their faces and manner. The tipstaves were
kept busy running over the names of the
Judges as they sat around the seni-circular
table.
President of the Supreme Court.
Most people are familiar by this time
with the portly form and sturdy features of
Chief Justice Paxson. He was not hard to
pick out, and his position in the center of
the line of Judges marked him as plainly as
if he had been labeled A great many
wanted to get glimpse of the man who
issued the warrant in the treason case.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the Justices ar
rayed in long black gowns, filed into the
court room and took their places. 1t is sur
prising how much of awe and dignity the
black covering lends to the appearance of
these distinguished men. On the street
they look like other people in the profess
sions, hut as soon as they step into this
sacred costume of their office, one is re-
minded that they are more than
ordinary men, that they constitute
the highest court of the State
from whose decisions there is no appeal
Those gowns make a deep impression on
the average man.
To the right of Chief Justice Paxson sat
Sterrett, who will succeed him three wears
hence, and Williams and Mitchell. On the
left came Green, McCollum and Hey
drick in the order named. The full, round
and cheerful face of Justice Clark was
missed. In his old seat sat McCollum,
and on the end was Justice Heydrick,
of FRANKLIN. who was appointed
by Governor Pattison to take the place
made vacant by the death of Justice Clark.
Mr. Heydrick looks like typical Judge,
and he acted as if he had been accustomed
to trying cases all his life. He is a grave,
dignifed man, and it was noticed that he
gave careful attention to the arguments of
the lawyers
Recognized as an Able Lawyer.
Mr.. Heydrics before his appointment
was recognized as one of the ablest lawyers
In the oil country. His party nominated
him for the place, and he is now candi-
date Tor election against Judge Dean of
Blair county. Justice Heydrick made
good impression on the crowd.
The death of Justice Clark caused
change in the seats of the Judges. Will
Jams and McCollum have moved up toward
the Chief Justice, and the end men are now
Justices Mitchell and Hevdrick. Mitchell
is rather youthful in appearance, in spite
of his thin, gray hair which he parts in the
middle. He is very handsome also, ana an
able judge.
The preliminary work of opening the
court was transacted without much cere-
mony, and then Chief Justice Paxson COM
menced the work of the day by reading the
titles of the decisions he had to hand down.
The other Justices followed There were
80 decisions in all, and they can be found
in what follows Arguments in Clarion
county cases were called first, and the day
was occupied by them. Allegheny county
will be heard beginning the third Monday
Of the month