The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15
JERSEY LILY SALOON.
Ice Cold Beer and Law West OF the Pecos.


JERSEY LILY SALOON.
Ice Cold Beer and Law West Of the Pecos.
The saloon is Beans court room and the light
ming change by which he converts the place
into a chamber Of law is wonderful. The nota.
BILE verdicts and decisions which have been rem
dered BY, Justice Bean, would az several vol
or o%f Ts,n as has issS 0ns law .Ts6 So0t' and 1s !; is n .ssl Hs
says that he does not want any more books; that
he gets every year a. book which they call Re
vised Statutes" and that he uses 1t to make
When the high, bridge, over the Pecos River
one OF the workmen fell of a high timber and
was killed. Roy was summoned to hold the in
eeideu,i he found oSp IL sh NsI man l Vi .ae dead can io % 'H Where r,
he had fallen. The first thing Bean did was to
search the dead mans clothes. He found a Pis-
pockets he found a roll Of bills amounting 70
$40. He rendered his verdict on the spot. II
By SHs a sS sns enes "B But. 'n said aA Beam ea%e y" 7 ais also oi ind
him guilty q carrying a concealed weapon and
mark the hne as having been paid.
try Pf tsssasssiS on Re the cd ir sna P Sss Sss1 1h a, 1ss L @1sr:
from the East siisRted rom the train and vent
into the saloon and asked for a glass Of beer.
and Row raked 1t into his cash drawer.
Where's my change T. asked the stranger.
Any young galoot who will come out hero
from New York and throw down a $50 GOLD
piece for a glass Of beer don't get any change at
The stranger protested in vigorous language
and BECAME ~Profane. Then Bean jumped on tho
This honorable court is in session. 1 hne
and keep you here until the amount is paid.
You can't trifie with this court, young man.
The stranger was too greatly surprised to
make any protest and he left the saloon and
not know what It all meant until a fellow srav.
eller explained that he had had a taste OF justice
as supplied p ? ns. BY Roy Bea e in his own onS eEsrt: n
Bean and were married. A few months later
the two husbands came back to Bean and
and asked Bean II he could Tx the matter for
them. Bean told them to bring their wives 10
them. The divorces were granted. and within
thirty minutes Bean OBLIGATED at the double
granted the two couples divorces, and he wrote
Bean . letter calling him to account for exceed
ing his authority. Bean replied that he saw no
reason why he should not be allowed to grant
divorces il he had the authority 70 marry peo-
when | give a decision in my court, and am
later convinced that an error has been made. I
the case in marrying these Mexicans. They
found out after they had been married q while
i inS, i Il w sss0 FiF hHH to o0e eorf S@I''p II. Then ana another . {, Ser
t~hing-they paid me $40 each for marrying them
and $40 each for giving them divorces"
time. bean. but for Gods sake don't dc Il again.
or il will cause serious trouble
riage ceremony. He has a special buckskin suit
Of clothes which he dons for 1t. and placing .
s asds the tn ' SRs 81 14s ea' M Be sits there & sia os So$
hold up your right hands" he orders This
e esins aHns be Of sss uni nsy s sIs, sg'a snd sb ct I ias
west Of the Pecos and the great State of Texas,
|, Roy Bean. Justice Of the Peace of this great
Recently a Mexican went to Bean and told
she m ahas IL that Se' he YOU'D 20 Eft write RsF fo9 a ltd ssaS t snS
that II he would eone back In a day or two with
mon ay.eH The Si,ad as r return Se on tRe %f sai SaTs
But the license had not arrived. and bean told
delay. stating that his "bossS gave him only a
Bean studied over the matter a few minutes
and then told the couple that he guessed he
comnand he Couple si stood up In IN n the saloon a' ana a.i
Bean welded them with the following words:
nounce you man and wife"
H ~pocketed the IS fee and the happy couple
and wife IN perfect satisfaction that the cero.
m9ny was as binding as 1t could be made.
the trial OF a man In his court on the charge OF
murder. 1t was while the southern Pacific was
in course Of construction, A Chinaman made
shot and killed the thinSm an. THie m %nH
examination, A crowd OF. 100, or more
work went to the little saloon to witness the
trial and see that their comrade was acquitted
rushing business ali the afternoon. seeing thai
the longer he kept the crowd the more money
ne he,T T9 pSs t6 fGs qns It, Bean H. p pos "S the ,ria!
the following, morning, The prisoner was ar
raigned and he, pleaded guilty. and Testimony
murder. Bean took down his musty law booI
from its shelf and slowly turned It's pages. III
dered his decision, a. follows:
II have heard the evidence in this case ant
have made n careful investigation OF the law or
the subject and lind that there is no law agains,
a,man Etlling u chinaman. The prisoner Is dis
charged"
tho Jersey Lily" 1t is run by a Mcxicai
named Torrono. Bean and Torrono are bite
charge OF assault and vas taken before Justic,
Bean for trial. TorrOno demanded a jnry trial
was secured and the trial begun. When iii,
evidence had all. been submitted the Jury re
Of guilty and fined the accused TWO dozen bot
ting OF SO easily. and 5pringing up he cried:
saloon and have the beer"
No You don't" responded Bean; the ane
n mI Son't vnn forget If" an" And ph"e" .o Trsmi "a he rs
rival 10 walk up TO his bar and buy the tw
dozen bottles of beer, and made him pay the ful
retail price for them, too.
A railroad contractor named Howard was Wis
iting NJ Langtry not long ago. and had som
trouble which caused his arrest. He was take
before Bean and fined. He is something OF
lawyer and happened to have a copy Of the latea
revised statutes with him. lie objected to tn
line and ,ontcnded that there was no law for II
He stated that he could prove that the de-isio
was wrong. Bean allowed him to read the la,
bearing on the case, and then said.
"Well, l remit the fine in this case, but / wan
II distinctly understood that hereafter no Ia,
books aro " be brought int0 thiS court IhaV