The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-25
SCORED A POINT WITH HER SHOE
A Woman Lawyer Holds 1t High for the
Benefit of the Jury.

a woman Lawyer hOlQS III h1Sh Tor tine
Benefit of the Jury.
The gallants of America will ever
tell with gleeful tongues and bound
ing eyes Of delight the story of how
the blades of Baltimo' drank champagne
from the tiny slipper of witching,
wicked Mrs. Paddleford. The courts
of San Francisco will perhaps date
time Clara Foltz took off her shoe and
placed it in arching evidence in Judge
Troutt's court.
This was yesterday. It was good
case for snap and sensation-the trial
of James E. Wells for forgery-a case
that brings into relief the virtues and
vices of that strange woman Ollie
Hutchins, a false mistress and true
wife; a slick swindler in the city, a
heroine in the jumbled mountains. 1t
| drags out the story of how Miss Dick,
rich and cautious, was cleverly cheat
ed of her property by the substitution
of Ollie Hutchins in her stead; of how
Pitcher, cool in plot, clever in retreat
| lost his nerve and executed a quick
| dispatch with his ever-ready prussic
acid the moment he was arrested; of
Ollie Hutchin, who worked the big job
off with placid exterior and after
ward went into a great funk because
| of her love for man who believed her
straight; of the arrest and pains
| taking prosecution of Wells, the other
conspirator. And suddenly, in this
| ollo podrida of dark crime and dull
death, CLEANS the bronzed heel of
Clara Foltz's shoe.
| If this Portia of the local bar had
suddenly gathered her skirts, poised
an undetermined instant on one foot,
and suddenly sent the other, glim-
mer of light and frills, at the chande-
lier, it could hardly have created half
the sensation her slow, determined
action did. Men of this civilization of
"the worlds extreme" are not so all
accustomed to "a little private pirouet-
ting when the wine is brisk and foot
falls tintle on the tufted floor" But
for woman to stoop deliberately in
the stupid, gaping solemnity of a
courtroom with unbashful fingers,
loose the latchets of her shoe, and,
rising, hold that shoe aloft for all to
see who would and all to critIcise who
dare-well, that woman was very sure
of her feet.
Few would call Clara Foltz hand
some-sueh hardihood is not distrib-
uted to the many. She may or may
not battle and banter and befuddle
successfully with men in the long,
slow process of the law. But hand
some women, whose greatest care is
to keep out of the law and who would
snap their jeweled fingers at Clara
Foltzs learning, would hdget with
envy of the feet which bear all hel
weight of knowledge, and, like mice,
peep in and out from beneath hel
tailored skirts.
Capt. I. w. Lees was und ercross
examination relative to the description
of Ollie Hutchins, which Wells haC
furnished him few days after the dis
covery of the Dick forgery. Lees con
tended that the description was mis-
leading, and Mrs. Foltz, who is Wells
attorney, sought to shake that conten
ton.
you must admit. Capt. Lees" sale
Mrs. Foltz, "that the description giver
by Mr.. Wells of Ollie Hutchins was a
correct description as a man coult
we'll give of woman"
The witness did not think so. Th,
height was out of the way fully three
inches, which is a great deal when
woman is concerned.
"Might not high-heeled shoe maxi
such difference in the appearance o
a woman?"
81 don't think so.
The attorney for the defense re
mained silent for moment and thel
seated herself. Suddenly she stoopet
and took off her shoe without tn
: slightest ceremony. It was a small
low shoe. The dealer would call
"neat" 1t was more. The instep wa
} high and arched. Water may ruu IN
} der the instep of the Shortridges-sh
was Shortridge. The last on whic
that shoe was made was narrow, taper
ing, "aristocratic.
There was touch of pride in Mrs
Foltz's face and poise when she held
that bootine so the surprised Judge
and surprised witness and eager jury
could gaze upon it's slim perfection.
Undeniably, the heel was very
Frenchy-very high.
The crowd looked on admiringly
thrilled, expectant, wondering what
would come next in the way of de
ltghtful sensation.
"Do you see this shoe, Capt. Lees?'
asked Mrs. Foltz, deliberately.
Eyes, ma'am," replied the Captain
in sheepish whisper.
would not heel as high as this
alter the height of woman to an ap
preciable extent?"
The detective glanced at the shoe
hastily and confessed that it might dc
$3.50 would stills
"Ah. yes; thank you," was all Mrs
Foltz said as she sat down and with q
deft movement put the shoe on again,
The jury seemed somewhat disappoint
ed at her deftness.-San Francisco E1
d2liner.