The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-04-21
IHE RELlrlIIOIs o. Law.
some Amnslng Anecdotes that are
ToIa Abous Juagss u. .. diFesns,
J.R. Lswis ana o. TarneF.

ger 8. Greene was district judge Of til
Territory Of Washington, along in 1879
| a dentist was tried and convicted for sell
ing liquor to Indians. Judge Green
gave the tooth-puller the full limit Of tn
Law, which was five years. The DENTS
was Imprisoned IN the Thursion> count,
Jail and, being Of a literary turn Of mind
he used TO occasionally write cOmmunlra
tons to the Olympia papers. The darinI
dentist wss occasionally as daring a
Silas WeRg or Lee Fairchild, for ne some
times dropped into poetry. On these oc
casiOns he would pour out his sonl's bit
terness on the law and It's exponents. On
one occasion no wrote q long poem, thu
concluding lines Of which were as fol
lows;
lam not greedy,
Though perhaps some folks call me mean;
I'D gladly serve another year
To pull . tooth for Roger Greene.
Just think Of the awful agony thai
Judge Greene would have suffered II he
had allowed this revengeiul dentist tC
have pulled mOlar for him. He could
have condensed more misery for Judge
Greene in half minute than he suffered
In the Eve years Of imprisonment. The
depraVed dentist believes in having an
eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth.
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When Judge ]. r. Lewis was on the
territorial bench he actually had all the
"madhouses" on the Sound burned to
the ground. A madhouse in the nomen-
elatnre of the pioneers meant u place
where white men and squaws met to trip
bacrhanalian dances, to converse and to
hold wild orgies. They were looked upon
by Judge Lewis as the worst kinds OF
sins trading posts, and he determined t.
suppress them. There were madhOusps
at Seattle, Olympia. Port Blakeley and
elsewhere on the Sound. Judge Levi
SRs sitting at Port Blakeley aud he iu-
stFucted the grand jury to extirpate thu
evil Of the hOuT-the madhOuses. H.
wished them blotted of the face Of thu
earth. The grand jury finally returne't
their report, and they never even SO much
as referred to the madhOuses.. The judge
discharged the jury, after administrators
. severe rebuke during which he said
he was ashamed II the members fOr then
deFelictiOns in the matter OF madhouses.
Then he turned to the sheriff and said
"Mr. Sheriff you will proceed and forth
with destroy the nRdhouse located 10
this city," This was said in thunderous
tones, and the judges eyes were like q
gOrgon's, 50 mad was he.
The sheriff. tall. lank individual, fair
ly trem6led. 90 fierce was the judge, al d
said in humble tones:
"Yonr honor, how will I perform thu
work Of destruction"
by fire or water! Do the work forth
with" Numbered the judge in much HI
same tones as Tragedian Warde useI
when he says, "Of with his head 81
much for Buckingham"
Then the sheriff proceeded to the mad
house, set fire to It and It was burned t
the ground. This work was kept up by
Judge Lewis until all the n.adhouses OF
the Sound were destroyed by ERE and
water.
Judge Turner once came to Seattle from
Spokane to try case in which the judge
Of this district was interested. At that
time he was not well acquainted with The
leading S0nnd attorneys, and 1t so hap
penetl that Judge Thomas Burke ami
Judge B. F. DennisOn were the opposing
counsel in certain case. Judge Burke is
rather short in stature, while judge Den.
nisOn is very tall. They looked like David
and Goliath when together. Judge Burke
began to address the court, when Judg'
Turner began to look aHstere and grave
and said In severe tones: "Mr. Burke
you will please stand up when you nd
dress the court"
II am standing. your honor"
"welI, then, Mr.. Dennison, You Nll
please sit down while Mr.. Burke is talk
ing"
II am sitting, your honor"
/ Il was some time before the bailif anI
cTier could restore order In the court room
On another occasion Judge J. J MECH
vra arose TO argue . case before Jud: &c }
r. Lewis. There are three points, you
honor" he said, (which desire to pre-
sent for your consideration in this case
The first point, your honor"
"Mr. Mciilvra," said jude Lewis
who believes In direct methods, II hav'
pas~d on the dTst two points and do no
car to hear them. The third point. how
ever, would like 10 hear you on"
"Yolr honor, there are three points Il
this ease" reiterated Mr.. McGilvra
(which desire to call your attention to
|, The iirst is"
II "Mr. McGilvra I have made up m
mind on two Of these prints aad only d.
sire to hear the third" said Judge Levi
anRTily.
"YouF honor" continued Mr.. McGi
vFa In a calm. IlOw, methodical tons
there are three points which desire ;
call vour attention to. The first"
"McGILvRAs SIT DOWN." thundere
Judge Lewis, as he pointed the dexte
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