Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-05-26
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The witness. Garment was 1.d,t s.e -
Was the Prosecutors.

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The witness, Garment was ned. ut -
Was the P~rosecntor's.
One evening at a convivial party.
Daniel Webster and other distin-
guished lawyers were present, and
the conversation happened to turn
on the legal profession.
"WhenI was ayoung practitioner,y
said Mr.. Webster, ''there was but
one man at the New Hampshire bar
Of whom I 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 \
piece OF land bought by a little, mean
cunning lawyer named Bruce.
Brucc'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 UNI
less 1T could be impeached the case OF
the defendant was lost. The princf-
pal witness introduced by the plain.
tiff wore a red coat.
"ln summing up for the defense
old Barnaby commenced a furious at
tack on the witness, pulling his testi-
mony all to pieces, and appealing to
the jury IL q man who wore q red
coat was, under any circumstances.
to be believed.
"And who is this relocated Wit
ness" exclaimed Barnaby, "but q de-
soendant 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 the 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.
Cruces c%ountenance frightened
up. Putting both hands in his coat
pockets he walked to the bar with.
great confidence, to the establishments
of his client and all lookers-on.
"Just as Barnaby concluded RsueeE
whispered in the ear of his clieskt:
"l've got him: your case is safe,s ana
approaching the juryshe commenced
his reply to the slaughtering argu-
ment of his adversary. Bruce gave q
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 of
eloquence, while his eyes flashed fire,
what are youto expect of a man who
stands here to defend a cause based
on no foundation of right or Justice
whatever; Of a man who undertakes.
to destroy u testimony on the
ground that my witness wore q red
coat, gentlemen of the jury-when-
when, gentlemen of the jury,-here
Bruce made a spring, and catching
Barnaby by the bosom of his shirt,
tore it open, displaying his red Han
nel--"when Mr.. Barnaby himself
wears a red flannel coat concealed
under q blue one."
''The effect was electrical. Barnaby
was beaten at his own game, and
Bruce gained the case"