St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-11


personally. The remarks which were
made by me last evening were uncalled
for; they were ungentlemanly; they
were unprOfesSOnal, and ought not to
have been said: and for which |, i'll this
public manner, beg the pardon or the
court.
As the court is well aware, the whole
burden was placed upon me i'll the Dr.
Pearce case; the whole management
the whole outlining of the defense. the
whole preparation of the brief, was laid
upon me ana was performed by me. The
character of the case and the work on
my part, in many of the essential de-
tails, and the application to the medical
authorities and study of them. imposed
upon me heavy burden. might say
tibet | have put in nights as we'll as days
in the preparation and study of the
case. When | entered upon the trial
the second time | was really in no phySl-
cal or mental condition to conduct the
case, but, believing it to be my duty. l
again entered into the trial and again
pursued the same routine in relation to
the office work and the detailed work
outside of court, and, in consequence,
found myself more completely pros
trated and used I'D than before. The
last few nights | have scarcely had
six hours sleep, and am at the pres
ent time physically and mentally
worn out, anu | was last evening.
The remarks, of course, were made un-
der the exciting cause alone of the
mentally and physically WORKOUT con-
dition of myself, and the surprise | had
in the return of the verdict at that time,
and on account of tide deep interest and
anxiety had in the matter. Unfortu-
nately, l have always had habit of
placing myself in my clients position,
acting, perhaps, more strongly for him
than | would for myself; therefore, a
matter of that kind deeply affected me,
and trust that the court will under
stand the conditions and circumstances
under which the remarks were made. l
have had practice of over twenty-five
years in Iowa, and somewhat i'll this
state, and do not know of any instance
that has occurred in my practice when
have allowed myself to so far forget
professional etiquette as to indulge in
such remarks and receive as merited
condemnation on the part of the court.
The COurt-Well, what was said, Mr..
Brown, last night, was surprise to me.
1t was clearly evidenced to you by the
manner in which | received it. | was
surprised that gentleman of your bro
feSSiOnal attachments land L know them
to De eminenD and of your long practice
at the bar, both in Iowa and in this
state, and with my knowledge OF you
personally. that you should have offered
the indignity which you did 10 the court,
both as a court and as man. am
glad that you have the manliness to
make your apology just as broad as the
OffenSe, and | accept it with the spirit
in which it is rendered. and, so far as
. ln 01rroft ,fCfr Ton, Of
justice upon this bench, those words
will be for the future as if they had
never been said. | shall never remem-
Der it. But can go no farther than
that, and must leave the order of the
court that was made at the time to
stand, as protection and warning.
MIR. Brown paid his fine to the clerk
and departed.
No motion was made in the Pearee
case yesterday, but it has been stated
that the defense will appeal to the Su-
preme court.
DR.. Pearce was seen in the Jail yes
terday, and had evidently recovered
from tile prOStration of the night be-
fore, but he still looks disturbed in
mind and physically depressed. He
stated that he never placed the catheter
into the uterus OF the woman, but
thought it would do no good to go on
the stand in self-defense. He also de-
clared that the woman was diseased
when she went to him for the operation.
His explanation of his breaking down
the night before was that he is in poor
health aud regrets being separated
from his familv.' His wife keeps a
boarding house on st. Peter street, and
it is said that she has contemplated
divorce suit for some time. 1t was the
subject of remark during both trials
room.