The morning call., 1894-11-21

sort of way at the whole scene.
L on-you mean to impeach Mr.. Low
enthal?" he murmured.
What! you mean TO attack the charac-
ter OF one of our foremost members of
the bar. One Of us, our brother, 0ur-oh,
but this is too much p cried Dunno. as he
suffered his head to drop upon his hands.
we do. we dol" reared Terry and Nc
Gowan simultaneously, nd.they fell upon
each others neck and wept tears of joy as
they saw the effect of their bombshell in
the camp of the enemy.
The upshot of it all was that Judge San
derSon adjourned court until the afternoon,
while MCGOWAN rushed out to subpoena
everybody he could think of, from Gov
ernor Markham down, and Lowenthal. his
face very red, his hair standing on end
and his whole manner betrayng intense
excitement, fed out into the street to Sc
cure such witnesses on his behalf as had
not been appropriated by the other SIDE.
In the afternoon Judge Sandersoon took
his seat, more be wildered than before,
while all around was chaos. Lowenthal
was the last to arrive. and it did not help
his confusion to observe his arch-enemy.
Emerson, in the front row of the orchestra
stalls. However. Lowentnal was plucky,
and as he sat down beside his counsel he
poured a torrent of words into his ear.
"For heavens sake, be quiet! growled
Dunno, land leave me to manage your
case, can't you? Now produce your wit
nesses, gentlemen"
AS the witnesses on both sides were ex-
cuded from the courtroom, both litigants
ware kept in a state of pleasing uncer-
tainty as to who they were and what they
were going to say. But the uncertainty
did lot last long.
"Call Bob Hogan" shouted Terry, and
the famous detective. who is now in the
service of District Attorney Billy Barnes.
was dragged into the courtroom and put
upon the wilness-stand.
"D'ye know Mr.. LowenthaPs character
for truth, honesty and integrity ?" asked
Terry.
Hogan wasn't sure about the honesty
and integrity. but he thought be knew
about the truth.
We'll, what's his reputation for truth ?''
Bad" replied Hogan, with a dismal
shake of the head. Then out came the
story of the Little Pete" case. where Ho-
gan had been exhausted with search war
rants for the discovery of certain papers
in safe belonging TO the Chinese. On
that occasion LOwenthal got out writ of
repleVin, interfered with the search and
was afterward punished for contempt of
court by Judge G fey. The recital of this
story caused Lowenthal to get excited
again and do some more whispering.
do be quiet" said Dunno. Now sir"
to Hogan, tell US, was not that young
gentleman over there. Mr.. MCGOWAN. in
the employ of LoweDthal at the timer"
Hogan explained that this was so, and
that MCGOWAN had appeared with the writ
of replevin in question. 1t bore the name,
however, of Lowenthal as attorney. The
second warrant had been granted as the
result Of an investigation of the Little
Pete case by the Grand Jury. of which
Stewart Menzies was foreman. Lowen-
thai came down, made a fuss and de-
manded to see the search warrant. Then
he went away and got out his writ.
"You don't like Mr.. Lowenthal, do you?
He accused you once?"
Pm perfectly friendly with Mr.. Low
enthal," was the quiet answer.
$50 l should imagine" replied Dune.
dryiy.
There was bit of row here between
counsel, each accusing the other of mud
throwing. In the midst OF it all Judge
Coffey walked into court, looking as if he
didn't know what he was there for. He
took a seat on the bench beside Judge
Sanderson.
Judge Coffey, take the standp roared
Terry, and before he knew where he was
the Probate Judge found himself in the
hands of the Philistines.
''You know Lowenthal, Judge?"
Judge Coffey hesitated, and with his
characteristic diffidence replied: "Wen.
l can't say 1 know Nj. Lowenthal per-
Sonally. I've known him as a practiclng
attorney here for twelve or fourteen
years"
''Do you know his reputation for truth,
honesty and integrity, Judge?"
That's a difficult question for me to
answer" was the judicial reply. i've
never heard it discussed.
That's all. judge" from both sides,
and Judge C0ffey returned to his own
courtroom as wise as before.
Frederick Vaughan. ex Deputy Assessor
and ex-stationeT, of 1912 Fillmore street,
said he knew LowenthaPs reputation for
truth, honesty aud integrity, and that it
was bad. In -examin alton the wit
ness admitted that he had never heard it
said that Lowenrhai did not pay his bills.
Witness himself had failed as a statoner,
and had held several political appoint
ments since. He was one of a jury that
convicted Lowenthal in the Police Court
of the heinous crime of picking flowers in
the park.
Herbert Choynskiw and LowenthaPs
recent legal enemy took the stand. He had
known Lowenthal twelve years. In
answer to the usual question the witness
hung down his head and said: 81 don't
think that's fair question to ask me,
Mr.. Terry"
"Well. but 1 insist. Do you know his
reputation"
well. yes. do" was the reluctant au-
swer. IT'S bad"
In cross-examlnation Choynski admitted
that he was LowentbaPs legal adversary
10 the Kreling contest. and had aided and
ahetted in the filing of a petition for the
disbarment OF Lowenthal. 1t was true
these disbarment proceedings had been
discontinued, but this was because it was