Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-05-25
SAVED ny A SHIRT.
The Witness Garment Was Red, bat so
Was the Prosecutor's.

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h witness Garment was Red, bat so
Was the Prosecutor.
One evening at a conviyiai party,
Daniel Webster and other distin-
guished lawyers were present, and
the conversation happened to turn
on the legal profession.
when | was ayoung practitioner"
said Mr.. Webster, ''there was but
one man at the New Hampshire bar
OF whom / was afraid, and that was
old Barnaby. There were but few
men who dared to enter the lists with
him. On one occasion Barnaby was
employed TO defend the title to a
piece of land bought by d little, mean
cunning lawyer named Bruce.
Bruce's case was looked upon as good
as lost when it was ascertained that
Barnaby was retained against him.
THE suit came on for trial, and
Barnaby found that Bruce had work.
ed hard and left no stone unturned to
gain the victory. The testimony for
the plaintiff was very strong, and I'M
less it could be ~impeached the case OF
the defendant was lost. The princi-
pal witness introduced by the plain
tiff wore a red coat.
in summing up for the defense
old Barnaby commenced a furious at
tack on the witness, pulling his testi-
niony all to pieces, and appealing to
the jury IL a man who wore a red
coat was, under any circumstances.
to be believed.
And who is this relocated wit
ness" exclaimed Barnaby, shut a de-
scendant of our common enemy, who
has striven to take from us our lib
erty and would not hesitate now to
deprive any poor man of his land by
making a relocated statement"
During this speech Bruce was walk
ing up and down the bar greatly ex-
cited and convinced that his case was
gone, knowing as he did the prejudice
OF TIE jury against anything British.
While, however, Barnaby was gestic-.
ulating and leaning forward to the
jury in his eloquent appeal his shirt
bosom opened slightly and Bruce
accidently discovered that Barnaby
wore a red undershirt.
"Bruce's countenance frightened
up. Putting both hands in his coat
pockets he walked to the bar with
great confidence, to the establishment
OF his client and all %lookers-on.
Just as Barnaby concluded Bruce
whispered in the ear Of his client:
i've got him: your case is safe" and
approaching the jury he commenced
his reply to the Strengthening argu-
ment OF his adversary. Bruce gave a
regular history Of the ancestry of his
relocated witness, proving his patri-
otism and devotion to the country
and his character for truth and YER
acity.
But what, gentlemen Of the jury
broke forth Bruce, in a loud strain or
eioquence, while his eyes flashed fire,
what are yout to expect of a mar who
stands here to defend a cause based
on no foundation of right or Justice
whatever; of a man who undertakes
TO destroy our testimony on the
ground that my witness wore a red
coat, gentlemen Of the jury-when-
when. gentlemen of tho iury hare
Bruce made a spring, and catching
Barnaby by the bosom of his shirt,
tore it open, displaying his red fan
nel-"when Mr.. Barnaby himself
wears a red flannel coat concealed
under a blue one"
1.-THE effect was electrical. Barnaby
was beaten at his own game, and
Bruce gained the case"