Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-10-16
COULD NOT BUNCO HIM.

Laugh! laugh Why, | haven
laughed SO much in week Of Sun
days." said the genial Benjamin +.
Hamilton, the noted criminal lawyer,
as he sat in cozy rocking chair at
Swett's Hotel last night 1.-THE next
thing that will happen to me will be an
effort to induce me to purchase gold
brick.
Mr.. Hamilton came into Portland last
evening from his farm in Dayton and
was on his way to a downtown stable
to purchase horses to be used on his
farm.
He crossed Monument Square and
was walking down Federal street. and
when nearly opposite the 5-cent lunch
room a young man touched him on the
shoulder and said: 81 beg your par
don. my friend, but you have just lost
your glove, haven't you? just
picked this one up of the sidewalk
and supposed you dropped it."
Mr. Hamilton felt in his pocket, and
finding that none of his gents furnish
ing goods was missing, turned upon
the two young men who were endeav-
oring to trap him and said; 81 thank
you for your thoughtfulness. but that
glove that you have just picked up is
not my property"
"But listen just minute" said one
of the young men; there is ring in
one of the fingers of the glove It's a
diamond and must be worth a cool
hundred at any rate.
The we'll known lawyer then became
interested. and just for amusement
thought that he would see the farce
through.
"This stone is beauty, and if you
didn't drop it some wealthy person
did. It's worth at least $50 anyway"
CHATS so" said the capper, who
came alongside. "Say, mister, you
can get a good bargain on that stone.
Some lady or gent probably dropped it,
an me friend was lucky enough t. find
it. You'd better buy it,.
"Well, how much do you want for
it?' asked Mr.. Hamilton.
"Well, it's wort sixty cases cause
we're playin' close t. tn board
"I'll give you five." said the pros
pective victim as he started to walk
away.
"Hold on, you can have it, replied
the crooks, but the famous lawyer, in
stead of calling an officer, merely said
"You youngsters are poor judges of
human nature; you'd better exercise
your pedal extremities.
And they exercised.
The affair suggested to the reporters
mind several famous criminal cases in
which this celebrated lawyer achieved
distinction and gained for himself the
respect of both the York and Cumber-
land county bars; but years ago this
we'll known criminal lawyer had a
case wherein a man was arrested and
arraigned for robbing a jewelry store
and stealing a lot of watches. The
court assigned him to defend the pris-
oner.
81 didn't do it" the latter told the
lawyer. 81 wouldn't do such thing
as that on my life. Really. Mr.. Ham,
ilton, didn't do it. You can take my
word just as you hear me tell you, but
I suppose they'll railroad me-.
The trial took place before the late
Judge Virgin. The prisoner was &C.
quilted, and when he met the lawyer
in the anteroom of the courtroom the
accused man said to the lawyer:
"What is the amount of your bill?"
"Well, about $780," replied the
lawyer"
would you take twenty five?"
asked the free man.
well, that's better than nothing"
thought the lawyer, and he said:
Twenty-Five it is. E"
They stepped outside and the dis
charged man said to the lawyer: "Say,
if you'll wait until / get to Boston so !
can sell these watches I'll send you
the twenty-five.
A week later Mr.. Hamilton received
his twenty five. Portland Advertiser.
NEW VERSIONS OF GREAT SAYINGS.