Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-21

Richmond are as thick as martins IN a
box. Wherever he goes. the bell-like notes
OF his voice are bound 10 carry persuasion
with them. for he knows the law. Nheh
he PASSED dissemination before the CIT
cult judges they fired all sorts or a"IlI
questions at him, but he was READY Iot
the bait. and. like Oliver Twist, cried TOT
more when they had finished with hilh'
They marvelled greatly at his learning
One OF the most original and unique OF
all my felow-colleagues was ElDen {.
Follges, of Richmond, youngster VINO
started life as a machinist. and then de-
cided that he could eypend his muscle %
better advantage on law. During the past
session he achieved a wonderful record
Besides consuming a ton Of chewing to-
bacco he won an orators medal and
ploughed through eXecutory limitations
with the same ease that one skates.
Folkes has a voice akin 70 fog-horn'
and his plain. blunt humor manifests it.
self in almost every word he speaks. lie
tried his nand on a little POhce-Court
case few days since and II is said that
IL they had turned the fire-hose on Justice
John he couldn't have been more as
founded at the lads eloquence. When my
friend, whose "horse sense Is visible in
his every feature, gets up 10 speak. he
then he proceeds with a delivery that is
well calculated to down his adversary.
William u. Evans. Of Aiiddlesex, the
son OF an eminent lawyer OF that sec
ton, is one of our handsome men who
loves ladies. lie would sit on a red-hOt
stove 81 he could talk TO a ghl, for he
adores the very ground they tread. Billy
is a thorough McAnister in his dress.
He wears q clean shirt every dsy. I have
d b inn TO rafnH nm IN 81
three collars a week Though. by no
means murderous. he used during the ses-
sion the law-boOks from which the late
r. J. Cluverius had imbbed his legal
learning. Judge Evans the father OF the
subject OF this sketch, was one OF the
murGereTs counsel. and somehow or
other the volumes OF his client came into
/ his possession and were transmitted by
him TO Billy. This young lawyer IS an
/ active member Of the Phi Kappa Sigma
/ fraternity. and stands on excellent terms
I with the goat" OF that organization.
II you want a man Of good. hard sense
/ to argue with you, Robert 4. Euchies0n,
/ OF Prince William. IS that man. He was
/ born disputatious, and VIII take either
the negative or affirmative, on any
| question. and 80 you ten better. lie
[ knows history like a book, but he has
corning the constitutionality Of certain
acts OF Andrew jackson. In his dreams
/ he Is haunted by visions of this President
I and his questionable deeds. Hutchinson
is another man who made the whole
! course in a year. During the past session
he edited the College Messenger and the
ink he used on this journal showed un-
mistakable signs Of ability and editorial
skill He won the writer's medal in a
recent contest. and IS now looking around
for something else 10 win
G.. A. Hanson, Of Michigan, IS a we'll
read lad. who has located here for The
/ purpose OF learning the law and finding
, an easy job. lie is sharp, quick. anc
bright. wears good clothes. and has q
| retrousse nose, which shifts argument al
the time. Like Hutchinson, he viii dis
cuss any point with you, and I've otter
known him 10 argue twenty minutes O.
the probability or a mans sneezing anC
| then crawl out on a technicahty wher
the fellow failed 10 sneezc Hanson's low,
I Of the Michigan statutes" IS the en-
/ nobling trait OF his character. Any Law
that fails TO find place IN the Code o
his adored State Is 10 him as naught
He admits that he is ambitious. and says
his restless Napoleonic spirit will neye
be curbed until he can rest his feet OF
the bench Of the United States Supreme
Court.
The youngest OF all the youngsters O
the graduating thirteen Is Russell Barga
min. Of Richmond; aged 10. He Is a de
scendant Of French ancestors who locate.
here a century or more ago. and som
suspect he Is a scion OF Charlemagne
He has rooted persistently and untiringl,
in the law books and has already spen
two years trying to find a Joke in them
SO far he has been unsuccessful but h
has achieved a happy FACULTY OF smiling
through the greatest vicissiludes. Iii