The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-05
D()RE LOST HIS HEAD.
He Wanted to Chastise a Eel
low Attorney.
secAusE HE WAS TOO SEVERE
v,ss NcDonough Bests MIR. Lewis and
fouyuise- the tourt-Room-The
Fight on Salaries.
aecAusE HE WAS TOO SEVERE.

.ol1,sson between John Fairfield Dore
= u1u 3. Humphrey was narrowly
800 last evening shortly after the
=. ~ Sarah MeDonougb Va. John F.
800 had been given 10 the Jury in Judge
es%.,r,4,s court The cause was an un-
..s~~ifs;I roasting given 10 Dore by Hum
.srev In his address TO the jury as at
.orney for the plaintiff.
tn story is that Dore was standing rust
outside the court house talking 10 James
1ssmfi,on Lewis and G. Mead Emory
Ter Humphrey walked out. On seeing
I'm Dore took a firm grip on a large
eane and started toward Humphrey.
T.z4s and Emory caught hold OF Dore
sra told him not TO do anything rash
E,rrnuhrey stood perfectly motionless and
efser seeing that bore was taken charge
~ continued bis wsy down the steps
No, word was spoken by either OF the
men.
the case went TO the jury shortly after
o'clock with Instructions TO bring in
scaled verdict. The trial was continued
All day the morning session being taken
40 by testimony as 10 the fees charged
~ rore Il Cross, while attorneys for
Ais McDonough. The PLAINTIFF created
considerable amusement among the yisl-
fars by CHANGING contemptuousiy at Dore
and his attorneys. Aiessrs. Lewis and
plies She seemed 10 be exceedingly
anxious TO get onto the witness stand
and when she finally reached 1t In the az
sernoon she proved a tartar on cros@-ex-
animation, She kept up one continued
ssbber, and when admonished By the
Judge would say: That man Lewis
thinks he's too smart. he does"
When Miss McDonough was placed on
the stand the fun began. She told how
$3.50 o. her money and property had been
taken by Dore. saying that she had only
received IS back from him. She adj
mitted that the firm had defended her In
n suit when IL was attempted TO put her
in charge Of a guardian, and that they
were successful She claimed that ali
other suits brought by defendants were
brought without consulting her. She de-
nIed getting the thirty bottles Of whisky
one az time. or getting the amount of
groceries alleged In the bill of partict.-
lars.
Mr.. Lewis took her in charge for cross.
examination. and asked her If she hso
not sought every prominent lawyer To
bring her suit for her. She admitted hay
Ing gone to several prominent lawyers.
and added.
Il went 10 your office after you. bur
you was too stackup 10 see me, and one
Of your clerks said you was out when you
wasn't"
Mr. Lewis then started TO ask her about
the defense Of her nephew. Joe Dunn. call
Ing her Mrs" McDonough. At this she
few into a passion. and shaking ner
broken parasol at him, said
Il am Miss McDonough. I amt got
no son or daughter. | amt married and
am not responsible for any son or daugh-
ter. You amt married, Col. Lewis. hut
can you say you amt responsible for any
son or daughter? You might say so. but
you don't look it
In the meantime Mr. Lewis was firing
question upon question at her. trying TO
shut of her TRADE, but she would not he
shut OF. Everybody was In roar OF
laughter, and when the Judge admon-
lshed her 10 answer the questions, she
shrieked out:
That Lawyer Lewis Is trying to be too
smart. he is. Judge"
He eross-examination was a constant
chain OF Just such iaughabie incidents.
broken only when she would seriously
claim that the defendant was robbing her
For the defense Mr.. Lewis opened ana
spoke for twenty-five minutes. lie was
followed by Mr.. Moses for the prosecution.
lie In turn was followed by VIII f.
Humphrey. who numerically roasted
Dore. calling him "A fraud who paraded
under an alias while practicing at the bar
lie was followed by Sam Piles for the de-
Tense, who denounced In fiery indigna-
ton the charges made by Mr.. Humphrey
against Dore.
Judge Osborn's charge 10 the jury con-
sumed thirty minutes. and the jury re-
tired with the permission to return a
sealed verdict.