The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

lrEpreS>lVeneSS. ana ne na0 rare 1unu
of humor, and lightened up his most
serious addresses by charming anec-
dotes.
William Fullerton, who once occu-
pied the supreme court bench. is now
very old gentleman and he seldom nies
case He, however. has retained the
force and keenness that marked him
among the lawyers of New York when
he first began to make his reputation.
His daring originality was demon
strated on the trial of the famous
Campbell-Arbuckle suit for breach of
promise of marriage in which Judge
Fullerton's client, Miss Clara Camp
bell, secured verdict for forty-five
thousand dollars To the grsat/su
prise of every body present at the trial.
the first witness called by Judge Full
lerton was Mr.. Arbuckle. This scheme
proved most effective, as Judge Full
lerton was able to prove his case to the
satisfaction of the jury and to preiu-
dice their minds against his adversary
at the outset. Judge Fullerton is q
| heavily built man with strong fea-
lures and light blue eyes. He has .
ha bit of poking his spectacles over the
top of his forehead while he is cross
examining witness, and then pulling
them down to the very tip Of his nose
! and glaring savagely over them He is
an orator of the old school, forceful
and flowery.
John r. Fellows is perfect type OF
the eloquent southerner. He shines to
great advantage in closely-contested
case. He is able TO pick up the thread
of case at any period. to enter upon a
trial with very little preparation, and
to accomplish wonders. His memory
is simply phenomenal. l have seen
him many times try cases without taxi
ing a note, and apparently without
paying much attention to the details
of the trial. When the examinations
have been conducted by one of his as
sistants, at the close of the case he
has risen to his feet and spoken from
one to six hours at time without max
ing single error in the chronological
order of his story, missing no point
that he could use to the slightest adj
vantage, and keeping everybody with
Al
William Z. Howe is one of the most
dramatic speakers who has ever APP
peared in the New York courts. Had
he gone upon the stage he would have
made as great an actor as he now is
criminal lawyer. He has a vast fund
of sentiment to draw on and is never
lacking in pathos He has the power
to work himself up to the widest pitch
of enthusiasm, where apparently there
was very little occasion for such act
ing. He has powerful and inelodious
voice which he uses to excellent advan-
tage. and he has that sort of magnet
ism that carries people with him often
against their wishes. feature of
Mr.. Howe's pleas in the criminal court
is his admira BILE stock of quotations
from the classics. He always has some
verse or line that is explanatory of
what he has to say and that is admira-
bly, fitted for the case. He usually be-
gins in a theatrical manner bringing
out his strongest point and weaving
his tissue of arguments around the one
excuse that he has been able TO find for
his client. Not only is he able to work
himself up to the point of tears, but
he is able to bring tears from
the eyes OF jurors who had previously
seen nothing in the case but brutality
and crime. When one hears him begin
one is inclined TO believe that his voice
will break down by the time that he is
half through. He, however, knows
too much about his own power to over
tax it, and after a time he alternates
between the lowest and the highest
tone as the occasion and effect require.
Daniel c. Rollins began his career in
the criminal court as an assistant I'M
der Benjamin X. Phelps, whom he sue
ceeded as district attorney. He made
a considerable reputation By his prose-
cution and conviction of the incendi-
aries who had hitherto proceeded al
most without restraint in New York,
and he saved hundreds Of thousands of
dollars for the insurance companies
by his vigilance. His method was 20
begin by examining the man suspect
ed of arson: to obtain from him. under
oath. a list of the property that he
claimed had been burned. and then to
secure his conviction by proving the
falsity OF these claims.
De Lancy Nicoll, the youngest man
who has ever been elected 20 the inn
portant Office of district attorney Of
New York. has demonstrated his abil-
ity in many Important criminal cases
lie is man of great energy and rea-
soning and has cleared the dockets Of
81 10. .d ,,scrI- - 90 al.
ministrations. IT is only necessary TO
mention his services in the Doodle
cases in the Buddensieck case and in
the recent poisoning cases 20 estab-
lish his right 10 place among the
great prosecuting attorneys that this
city has had.
The matter Of criminal lawyers
appearance which might seem trivial
TO some people is Of the greatest i'm
portance in the courtroom. A man
need not be good looking. He need
have no physical attraction, bat he
must carry the appearance Of earnest
ness, ability and honesty. A familiar
anecdote, illustrating this point. relates
TO burglar who had entered plea Of
not guilty. He had no money 70 en-
ploy counsel and the court assigned
lawyer who had been standing around
the room 20 defend the case. The
prisoner looked a. the lawyer for few
minutes withou; saying word. sized |
him up and then waved him ASIDE and I
turning toward the Judge said: Your |
honor. guess Ill plead guiity."
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