The Indianapolis journal., 1893-12-13
JUDGE FIELDS ARREST OF TERRY.
Scene I'm Court When Senator Broder-
ick's Slayer Was Imprisoned.
n, in the Green BAG.

L. E. Chittenden, in the Green Bag.
/ was present when the scene transpired
for which Judge Field imprisoned Terry:
have never written a description of that
scene. / will now DO So as II rests In my
memory. l write wholly from memory,
without document or even newspaper
In some proceeding i'm the State court
one of the judges had affirmed the validity
of the marriage contract" Sharon then
commenced in the federal court an action
to enjoin Sarah Althea from setting up that
contract and 10 compel its cancellation.
The merits Of this action were decided IN
favor OF Sharon. He then died. Sarah Al
thea married Terry, and a motion was
made to revive the action by Sharon's
executors and for final decree. This mo-
ton had been f1ercely contested, argued and
submitted. Notice was given, through the
press. that on a certain day the motion
would be decided.
The court room is unusually large-tbe
bench and its approach, elevated above the
floor, occupies one side. In front on the
right is the clerks, on the left the mar
sha!s desks. Beyond the passage in front
of these desks are the seats and tables OF
the bar, I'm the form of an amphitheater.
Around and on three sides of the bar are
the seats for the public.
Terry and his wife occupied seats within
the bar in the second tier from the front,
the wife directly in front or the presiding
justice. The audience was not large, ana
there were not more than twenty persons
Two judges-Honman of the District.
and the judge for the District of Nevada
entered
receive the court, but Terry and his wife
kept their seats Judge Field, having taken
his seat announced that the opinion and
order of the court would be read.
The opinion commenced with q full and
eminently fair statement of the facts.
read in his ordinary tone without any
feeling excitement. AS he approached
the inevitable result TO which the facts
tended the woman in a shrill, piercing
voice exclaimed: How much OF the ShaT-
on money do you get for that opinionT'
Almost without raising his voice, Judge
Field said: THE marshal must preserve
must be removed" The woman had been
muttering something which l d.d not dis
tinctly hear; her final words were: Il
suppose the next thing viii be your order
that L give Up the marriage contract!
Judge Field then said, pointing 20 her:
THE marshal will remove that person
from the court room"
Two marShals Were quickly beSice her.
one took the right the other her leit arm
There was flash OF steel above tie heans
OF the crowd and Terry yelled with
vulgar oath that mo man should lay a
hand on his wife"
His arm had been grasped with snca
force that he could not bring II down. ne
knife hilt was seized I'm his Gluten. the
blade kept extended until the marsnals
laid him on the hoOr, where fe continOed
to struggle and blaspheme untl ne was
disarmed and carried into the adjoining or
consultation room, where ne WaS kept until
committed to prison =,
do not think the interruption exceeded
ten minutes Judge Field resumed and
completed the reading OF his opinion and
effectively. but ! do not recall that either
sid a word. one OF them was the man
who killed Terry afterward IN the railroad
station at I4athrop Ihe whole scene I'M
liable 20 TO one concerned except Terry
a nd his wife.