The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04

I This was enough for the boys The nov
city 81 the thing was quite an incentive.
and. OF course. what the colonel wanted
went with them Justice Simmons liquor
business experienced boom all night.
The sheriff rrssted the sheep man Th;S
l-Notttd LsinFi[ dumping him into a
Z WlceiDarrOW and trundiug him 20 the Jail
I through the night air, attended by noisy
Z ana MARCUS crowd.
Ia the morning the court house was
! crowded. The justice sat on the bench or
I gne absent circuit judge. and looked as
ligntne1 as the supreme court. The court
mousse was used there was no one 10
OBJECT. and 10 added s0lemnifV and author
- 70 the case There was no lawyer for
q nun ,ifed miles so the colonel assumed
ID G role of pros acuting attorney. and he
am the justice picked out a jury and the
rri soner was brought in. Nobody had any
sus sicion that The tribunal was perfect
ly cl mpetent, had perfect jurisdiction. and
that the whole proceedings were regular.
The true story Of the prisoners onense
had d. aked out. and IL was the occasion Of
coasid s-ohbe G0ngratulatiOn that BrOncho
county stood patiently by and allowed
such a man To have a trial at all Verify
great % Dgress was being made to a prop
er respe CT for law and order, and the
governin g principles OF highly-civilized
communi les.
The pris oner stiH under the influence Of
his last nj, ghrs drunk sat gazing stupidity
around. WI Do bloodshot eyes. his hair and
beard matte Vi and unkempt. his face dirty.
and as Graz, in his general appearance as
"a man cOult be. He saw he was in court
and the univ aersdl object of attention. He
knew ne AhlICNlel4. IbuL JUST what ne
was there fo or what the nature of the
proceedings Ias his Whisky-fOggcd brain
couldn't tell him. He suspected danger.
however and, rising with difhculty said
he wanted a l. rEycr The Justice frOwneI
and the jury Il pci1ed suspicious.
Prisoner at u bar. there amt no law
yer here. The TDscCution hasn't got one
either Because there amt lawyers is no
reason why laws couldn't be enforced and
crime put down. Colonel proceed 70 lay
your evidence be aore the jury" This was
said with great G lightly. and showed that
Justice simmons hadn't watched the pro-
cecdings of his SUI 1erBor judge during term
time for nothing.
II was shown Il tat the prisoner had in
his custody a flo * of sheep, and was
grazing them in Ountry devoted entirely
to raising cattle. ne known antipathy TO
the COW man to he sheep man was so
notorious, and the 1snger attending such
intrusion so widely known that it was
impossible to conce i've Of any ann with
sense attempting SD en- a thing. This was
"a s.ood point, and nd an evident effect
on the jury. 1t was shown that the pris-
onor had been very busiVe toward every
body and very viOle Mt in his demonstra-
lions the night before at Simmons, and al
tine search Of him pon his arrest dis
closed that he was 10 tally unarmed when
he did so. That an u harmed man should
DO such a thing at such place was un-
doubleday evidence o. insanity. As
clincher it was shown that the prisoner
had on the previous day voted a republic
can ticket and on bel ng taxed with il
had glCrieu i'm his ina amy and had re-
vilcd the 50 cred name Of democracy. II
the prisoner had pOssef iscd sense enough
to understand what was being done he
would have lost hope right there, but
he had been asleep all through the tes-
timony. He was given a good shake and
walked up.
prisoner at the bar" said the justice,
we've heard th,t cage against you, and
it's mighty stron &. Its your turn now.
If you got any evi 1ence go ahead.
What in h. a nd damnatiOn is this all
about?" queried ne prisoner.
Crazy as loco' ID COW. said one jury
man to another I'M a loud whisper. Don't
even know where he's at.
Look a here. iud ge said the prisoner.
rising and leaning forward unsteadily,
while a look sonnet hing akin to intelli-
gence glinted in his bleared eyes I've
been up agin' the &C mrt 200 or 800 times.
When | said not gu lly' always got a
heavier dose than if l hadn't. don't
know what I've don 6. ! don't give a
d-n. / pleads guilty / hope ii amt
no hanging thing. Gin me what you want
to and lemme have d. Tlnk. Cold water Ii
hit me right.
Cold water! What ms Rnityl
1T amt right to take a confession un-
der such circumstances. The feller says
he's guilty, but Wen h ave TO get your
verdict on it, You can believe him or
not, as you want to. l don't see no rea-
speeches to be made. l don't think the
colonel wants to, and you can see the
Teller amt able to. | viii now charge
you" The jury looked uneasy. Don't
be skeered, it amt goin to, cost you any
thing" The jury felt relieved and smiled
You've heard the evidence. II you be-
lieve the feller's crazy, sasr so quick; If
don't, say so Just as quick. Don't git
in no fights or disputes or any delays,
for I've got to shave a whote raft of fell
lers and the bars closed and losln' money,
for ! can't trust nobody to run il when
I'm away. Mr.. Sheriff, examine the jury
and take away all whisky, guns, knives
and cards Let 'em keep their tobacco
This order produced no surprise, being
a time-honored custom and having sound
reason for its origin Whisky produced
argument, discussion, and fights; the
weapons vastly aggravated the danger
Of the fighting; the cords were SIMPLY as
surances of interminable delays, for no
| juror would try to arIuve at a verdict so
| long as there was a game on.
The search revealed nothing, as the jury
/ had been there before and had deposited
/ such belongings with friends in the audi
| ence They retired and almost immediate
! ly returned, announcing their agreement
Let us hear the verdict" said the
I'VE air shore agreed said the six
| foot foreman COW puncher in ordinary
jury find the prisoner cr1zy if he stays
! in Broncho county. We advise him to git
| If he gifts. we think he has some sense
/ left him. though it's mighty Mttle'
THE court finds according as the jury
| says" for the justice, true to his barber
instinct. was inclined TO he loqua cious.
| LAS the feller's in this county now. he's
| crazy. The evidence shows he was just
! as crazy yesterday. a crazy mans vote
is no vote. Hence it is ordered by the
court that the judge OF election do cast
| out and forbear 10 count the said vote
| Of the aforesaid crazy man in order that
the peace and dignity Of the state of Texas
! and Broncho county may and shall be
/ preserved. Mr.. Sheriff, lock up the luna
tic until he gets sober. and then run him
| over the line, and his sheep along with
him Courts adjourned"
Whether the sheep man. when he So
bered up realized his position is not
known but he and his sheep disappeared
forthwith rom that county. Nothing was
ever heard from him.
The Republican party in Broncho coun-
" died a-borning.
- A story is told of Cincinnati whole
sale grocery porter who got fooled on an
order in the daybook of the entry clerk
/ Some one uranfal fNn dozen onhInfs LIZ