The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-03-19


Here one tears himself away from an
audience that has just learned to love
him. and changing his evening dress in
tie cab on his way to the 1910 rain rides
till 2:30 Il. M, gets out at n junction
where there is a well and u liberty pole
and waits W hours for Il way freight,
on which he rides all day, eating what
the engineer doesn't want, and at ! O'clock
he drops fainting into the arms of an old
acquaintance who wants to take him put
to his country home in 4 cutter. The
thermometer is 20 odd, or at least it
would be 20 odd if it had not been that
way for three weeks and ceased to be odd.
The manager advertises 900 laughs
in two hours" and below is given IA pic
ture Of the two men who are to produce
them. 1t liz made on the spot. just before
the curtain goes mp
Yesterday | met Il lawyer on his way
to catch tarpon iii Florida. He goes down
there every winter after Christmas and
let's the warm 5reeZes blow the tobacco
smoke and courtly air and the dor of
the juryroom out of his clothes.
He was telling about fighting an cleo
ticsi ~" s'"io tSo II HE sttli'.
He was sent TOR by the county attorney
to get hold Of The matter. for he was sure
the count was fraudulent. yet did not see
nsw
The sawyer Went up TO the county seat
and asked to see the returns. The count
had been close Box had been defeated
by "A majority Sc 5j votes. and this ma
iority "as in one precinct. The lawyer.
Mr.. Chase. asked to see the return from
thai precinct, II was East Jasperyllle,
Tho figures We're .. X. as made by the
county board, though IA great error had
been made the other way by the precinc.
IN It's count.
Then the LAWYER asked for the bag con-
tanning the ballot. 1t was brought to
hIin witt TN. ballots still IN it. The
county board had only cnt open the Dot
tom. leaving the seal on the top undis-
turbed. The ballots had been rccounied
by the board and found correct, with
enough extra ballots to defeat Box.
But the seal was evidently intact. Tho
mouth of the bag was closed and u ridge
Of dark green sealing wax run Over it
along the foil cr lap II the envelope.
1t was pretty clear that. whether there
was fraud on n,t it was past the detec-
ton Of the human eye.
In the evening. however, the lawyer
asked the local attorney some questions
and had the express agent colna over to
the house for awhile.
Next day the trial began. The usual
business had beer gone through with.
Each lawyer had said Il object" IA num-
Der 81 tunes to make time. the court had
overrnled the objection, and the attorney
had asked that the objection be noted.
together with the ruling of the court.
Finally, after all the questions had
been asked and the lawyer was about to
rest, he called the express agent and had
the ballot bag and its seal examined.
Then the lawyer cleared his throat and
said.
Mr. Garnaw. state your business"
Il am AN express agent in this town"
state. II You please. If you have had
any experience IN sealing and unseaiing
express packages"
Yes. sir. | have dope that sort of
work for 20 years, more or less"
And You sometimes have to unseal a
package and then roseal itr How do you
do it,"
II piow "A fnrrew with IA hot, pointed
instrument along the sealed line of the
envelope. and before the wax cools / pull
it apart. Then after | have examined
the contents to see if they are all right |
close the envelope exactly as it was and
run a little wax in the furrow made so
as to round it out. and there Is your
package again all right"
Are there other agents who do this?"
There are. 1t is generally understood
among them, but it is considered best not
TO give it out to the public for obvious
reasons. We generally confine it to our
own matters-that is. express matters Of
the company and % the public's bust
pTss.
'EssE4.ns thls envelope aud see If 1t
has been tanaperec with"
After examining it lie answered:
Yes. it has.
sGons oseF II lie light and state to
The jury how ii aas been monheyed with,
please.
Well. ii has been agsealed IN the way
! ~ ~ aHa t#sHs Wy = slsde hgbber
Aas Desn ead u up The farroa. Is
s.a1 a44a ~ |. original wax @ss
put on w Lealng over q candle, while