The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-23

half million dollars in this way.
Judge George Hoadly, the head of
the firm, for some years one of
the leaders of the bar of Cincinnati, has
| long been known as a constitutional
lawyer, man of deep legal learning,
untiring energy and wide reading. Ed
gar NJ. johnson is familiar figure at
| Long Branch and Saratoga, where he
has often judged horses during the
| races.
ED" Lauterbach, as he is known
about town, the junior of the firm, is
the most interchangeable promoter and
investor, and is up to the ears in more
different enterprises than any lawyer 1
hear of at the New York bar. Indeed,
there seems to be no earthly reason why
a lawyer who consummates successful
commercial operations for his clients
| should not be permitted to benefit di-
rectly-always, of course, with the eli
ent's knowledge and consent-by the
information thus acquired.
/ saw two well-lznown LAWYERS, who
have within recent years removed their
Offices to New York, at lunch the other
day at the Broad street Delmonico's.
One of them was Col. James, who got
very large Judgment against Ferdi-
nand Wards firm several weeks ago for
moneys he had invested there when he
first came to the city. His companion
at table was Benjamin Patterson, for
merly of Syracuse, now one of the
most successful men of his years in the
of the different specialities in which
New York lawyers engage, the CONVEX
sation between these two is worth re-
production in some of it's features. Col.
James speciality is the trial of cases in
court; in allusion to this and in answer
to question from his friend he said
that there were only four days last
year during the entire terms of the
New York courts on which he had not
tried cases. Mr.. Patterson's speciality
is, perhaps, the trial of damage suits,
and the ingenuity with which he pre-
sents the claims Of his clients against
the common carriers of this vicinity,
who are becoming yearly more arbi-
trary in their conduct toward citizens,
is the subject of a number of very en-
tertaining anecdotes.
Another lawyer of my acquaintance
receives s25 an hour from the elevated
railroad corporations for every hour de-
voted by him to the consideration of
cases involving their interests. Whether
his time be occupied by him in this way
at his house, while he is lying awake at
night, or at his meals, it figures in his
bills for services, at these rates, and is
uniformly paid without a murmur.
doubt if my legal friend, Col. Inger-
soil, will make any speeches on the
stump this year. He made only one,
believe, in the last presidential cam
paign, and the uncertainty as to what
position his friend, Judge Gresham,
will take in the canvass makes Col. In
gersolfs appearance even more prob
lematical. 1t is a genuine pleasure to
meet Ingersoll, whether on the street, in
his law Office, in court, or at his home
He is never in a hurry, apparently, and
has warm, magnetic smile for all his
friends everywhere. He does not make
many arguments in court nowadays,
appearing only in some specially inter
esting case, which appeals to his heart |
as well as to his intellect. He receives |
very large fees, both as counsel and |
advocate. The last time l heard him |
in court he said to the jury. pausing in |
the midst of deep argument: ''Ry the |
way, that reminds me of a story; but !
perhaps had better postpone the tell
ing of that until after court" Now he |
laughed heartily at his story even
though he had to laugh alone, calmly
then the thread of his argu-
ment. One of the jury met him on the
street some days afterward and insisted
on sharing in the laugh. When the
juryman told me shared in 1t too.
THE MANIA FOR TURF GAMBLING.
/ was wondering the other day what
the end would be to all the horse
racing fever which we have in and
around New York city. Hardly a day
passes that the newspapers do not re-
,ord the defalcation of somebody or
the criminal act of some young fellow
who has been ruined by turf gambling
and other forms of dissipation incident
hereto. The fact is the race courses
which abound here have practically
aiken the place of, the old-fashioned
AFRO banks and roulette tables. They
ire open to everybody and are ac-
,essible every day in the year. When
me stops to think of the vast capital
invested in the tracks themselves, the
breeding and training of horses, the
AK upon bookmakers. etc, it can
eadily be seen that the public must
rield very literally TO make this pas
ime profitable. In fact, one cannot
lelp wondering how long the public
Will be able to stand the drain
1t can only endure upon the theory
hat when a deluded citizen gives out 4
resi- victim takes his place. 1t used to
'e the theory in Wall street that fool !
vas born every minute, and that so
ong as this benefcent system in nature ,
revealed the Wall street shearers of !
ambs would flourish. But, as matter :
f fact, Wall street is not fourishing.
nd it may be assumed that some of
he lambs who used to be feeced
here are now being taken care of on
he race track. We have here in this
ity thousands of persons who certainly
o nothing else but gamble on the
orses You can see them, both men
nd women. on racing days moving to-
ard the ferry and steam boat landings
n the elevated trains, pencils in hand,
,udying the entries for the day. | can
-alk through the trains any day about n
leven o'clock and pick out the habitual
lrf gamblers al a glance. 4
They usually have their eyes intently
xed on the sporting page of some {