The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-26

Bakersfield. Cal. April 25.-Lord Shot,
to Douglass appeared today in the SUI
perior court to answer to the charge
Of insanity. Few people knew the ex-
animation was to be held so early, so
few were present. Officers. attorneys
and reporters made up the greater por-
ton. Only five Englishmen were in
the room. and one Of them was Bur-
meister. the complaining witness. Lord
Douglass was brought into court by a
deputy sheriff. He wore light gray
SUIT. with trousers turned up, tooth
pick shoes and wide white hat, with
a hammered band. This. together with
his negligee shirt. made up a typical
English costume as worn by the nu-
merous Britishers In the colony here.
He took his seat. still wearing his wide
hat, which he did not remove at ali
while in court.
''Me Lud" Goes Free.
The young lord sat alone. at the at
torney's desk. in company with physi-
Promptly at 10 O'Clock. Judge Conklin
stepped upon the platform and took
his seat. All was expectation. No
sooner had he reached the great
leather arm chair than he said:
There being no complaint against
this party, he will be discharged" and
the famous insanity case was ended.
No other word was spoken. and those
present opened their mouths in won
der. while his lordship meekly left the
room to breathe the air Of freedom.
Burmeister had refused to swear to
the second complaint necessary for a
hearing for insanity cases. so there
was no foundation for the action. and
the young prisoners dismissal followed
as matter of course. He hurried to
his hotel. then to the bank. where he
of hurried visits to different stores.
He stopped Constable Seroy and
asked: How much will it cost me to
seroy answered: ''Now. look here
young man. you behave yourself like
a gentleman. If you have a case against
anyone begin suit. but do no fighting"
"saw" the Editor.
The lord hurried on. his thin light
trousers Tapping from the force of his
energetic movements. Common mortalS
stood on the corner watching and
wondering if he was preparing for the
aforesaid assault. for a. hurried de-
parture to other parts. or to consum-
vow he made to his lady love yester-
day afternoon. About 4 o'clock this
afternoon. the mystery was solved.
His lordship was on his muscle.
He went to the Californian office and
asked George Weeks. the editor. If the
Chronicle correspondent was employed
there. The reply was that that was
professional secret. He left. but soon
returned. He was seen to enter the
Office and in remarkably brief space
of time he emerged like a shot. After
him came Mr.. Weeks and the office
force, apparently bent on the destruc-
ton of the young lord. A few minutes
later, his lordship. somewhat ruffled in
appearance, entered the Office or JUS
tice Fox. and informed his honor that
he had assaulted the Chronicle CORE
spondent. II hit him three times in the
face. when four or five men set upon
me from behind and put me out. l de-
sire to plead guilty"
Constable Seroy sWore to the COM
plant, and Douglass was fined $3.50,
the exact costs. The justice then read
the law. which says he could fine him
for battery in any sum not exceeding
81 900 or imprisonment not exceeding
six months, or both. Douglass said:
.sAhi is that so? And I though S. was
the limit. was Informed that was the
case"
Mr.. Weeks gives a very different
story of the encounter. He says Lord
Douglass, after saying he had been
publishing id lies about him struck
at him. The lord missed his aim, and
before he could try again was thrown
into the street. Douglass left. saying
he would return with his crowd and
square things. Weeks told him ne
would shoot the first Of his crowd that
entered the building. His lo-dshlp is at
present engaged in hunting for other
correspondents.