New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-01-10
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the prisoner and picturing the superscrip-
ton Of .songhness that appears upon his
countenance. He tried this on the man
Peters, last Friday, but the opposing
counsel, Mr.. Lind, made things interest
ing for a time by calling the attention
Of the jury to the fact, that it was not
the duty Of a representative of the, state
to ridicule a prisoners looks, after
months Of confinement, and winding up
bysaying that between thetwoh he thought
the prisoner was just as good looking as
the county attorney. Here the latter in
dividual sprang to this feet ready for a
tilt, but the judge raped both to order
and after some moments succeeded in re-
storing quiet. The jury, the witnesses
and the hangers-on. however, had had
their laugh.
And by the way, I agree with Mr..
this world, without having his personal
appearance scoffed at by = representa-
tive of the law, and Furthermore I do
not think it is the intent of the statutes
to establish a mans guilt by his looks.
Many a hardened criminal wears acoun-
tenarce that might easily pass for
saints, and [ suppose that it IS equally
true that innocence is Outlines cnculn-
bered by hardened looks, brought on by
misfortune, associations or the Lord
knows what. Argument of the kind re-
ferred to, therefore, prejudices, while it
does not prove, and do not believe that
it ought to be INDUCED in, especially in
behalf of the state. Fair and just pros
ecution, not persecution, is the motive
Of the law.
The court room, have found, is a
good place to hear spicy stories and in
terest1ng anecdotes. One in particular,
[ remember, relative to the Chadbourns.
1t went something after this style. The
Chadbourns or one of the family had
brought suit against farmer living near
Owatonna. Gorden E. Cole, known all
over the state for his marked ability as
criminal and constitutional lawyer, was
employed in the defense. In addressing
the jury he staked his success on the fol-
lowing brief plea: cat the same time
that the grasshoppeys invaded the state
from the west, the Chadbourns, gripsack
in hand, invaded it from the east, and I
will leave it to you, gentlemen of the
jury, as to which have done you more,
harm. The grasshoppers soon departed,
, but the Chadbourns are still with you.''
| A verdict for the defendant was return
ed immediately.
This brought on recollectiors of the
famous Mccormick Donnelly binder suit
and the lawyers laughed heartily as they
recalled some Of Donnelly's testimony
One of the questions, asked of him was
! why he persisted in using the McCorm.
ick machine, when he knew that it was
capable of satisfactory work, "Hopc
springs eternal in the human breast, and
I always had hope that the id thing
would work. was the Sage's prompt
reply. The question being repeated lat
er in the trial, Donnelly turned to the
questioning attorney and said: ''For the
same reason, sir, that you have been try
ing to win this suit after losing the four
preceding ones.
Aswoman at Bay City, Mich, disguised
herself as man and clerked in a store
for a year, and then applied for member
ship in the K. of P. lodge and was init
ated. During the work of the third de-
gree her sex was discovered. It seems
that a rubber rat and celluloid snake
that run by clock work and are very ma
| tural indeed, are used in this degree, the
idea being to LEI them run at a candidate
| to see if he will finch. When the snake
| ran at the girl she kept her nerve all
right, but when the rat was let loose she
grabbed imaginary skirts in both hands
and jumped on a refrigerator that was
standing near (which isused in the fourth
degree) and yelled. The Carrrol Herald
says this is true and says the lodge, now
prevents the admission of women by ex-
aiming the feet of the candidates, and
if they are cold enough to freeze Ice
cream the candidate is rejected.
The Mortified News, Joel Heatwole's
paper, says that Lind's boom for senator
is growing. And it is bound to. Lind
comes nearer to being in touch with the
people than any Republican leader in the
State.
A number of the X. of p. boys will 90
to St. Peter this evening to attend the