Evening journal., 1897-12-28

"A SIP, Il b0Iltk-Slt 5 On utI lcCls
A heavy fall, a dull, dead thud;
Her sealslkin sacque is full of mud;
She kicks her CATERS high in the air.
And all to save fiye-cent fare
So
VICTIM OF A LEGAL CONSPIRACY.
Samuel c. Harkins, Judge Balls Of
fee boy, is always in trouble. He no
sooner. gets out of one scrape before
some of his designing friends get him
in another one. A day or two ago Mag
istrate Sasse, his son, Wilbur, Consta-
BILE Bowen, Artemas Smith and Pierce
Blair Pie entered into a conspiracy TO
make the day pass in am exciting man.
ner for young Harkins. When Magis-
trate Sasse has any legitimate work on
hand he is all for business, but when
times are dull and litigants scarce he is
right in for any fun which comes up.
Wilbur Sasse brought action against
Harkins on a forthwith summons to re
cover 25 cents, borrowed money-or
rather, it was alleged to be borrowed
The fake summons was placed in the
hands of Constable Bowen, and he inn
mediately went upstairs, read it to Har-
kins and took him before the magis-
trate. The defendant was mad and took
no pains to conceal it. He was advised
to take the matter coolly and not to
make himself liable to a penalty for
contempt of court Artemas Smith was
present and announced himself as attor-
ney. for young Sasse. The magistrate
advised Harkins to retain counsel, as
it was a very serious matter. He finally
retained Pierre b. Pie, with the under
standing that he was to pay him moth
ing for. his services. Then the trial be-
pon In MN 10, hax fl,.o
case adjourned until some future day.
and the court ruled that as it was a
forthwith action an adjournment could
only be secured by the giving of special
bail. Constable Bowen generously Of
fered to come to the rescue, and the de-
fendant's face frightened, but the cloud
passed over the face of the sun again
when the magistrate refused to accept
the constable as surety, on the ground
that all the real estate he owned was
on the soles of his shoes, and it be-
longed to somebody else, and that he
had merely picked it up inadvertently
and carried it off with him.
The suit was then proceeded with in
regular form After the testimony had
been heard the two lawyers made elo-
quent appeals. Mr. Smith called the
courts attention to certain incidents in
the past career of the young man, and
endeavored to blacken his character,
but by the time that Mr. Pie had told
all that he knew about his client the
choir outside struck up: Wash me and
1 shall be whittier than snowi" He asked
the court to grant non-suit. but it de-
clined to do so unless the plaintiff
would agree to pay the costs, which
amounted to S2.17.
co bannnDpd fhaf Concfa 1,ln notrrar1
had collected some money belonging to
Harkins, but he did not know anything
about it, The plaintiff offered to ad-
vance the money, but Harkins was so
indignant at his action in suing him
and putting him to such inconvenience
that he spurned the offer. The magis-
trate told him that If he did not pay
the costs the court had no alternative
but must commit him to Jail. Constable
Bowen offered to go on his bond, but
the magistrate refused once more to ac-
cept him. At this critical juncture
when the liberty Of the boy seemed to
hang in the balance, the magistrate
said that rather than commit a person
of such tender years to Jail he would
advance the money, and he did so. Har-
kins was then discharged. Afterwards
he was told that it was all joke, and
then he was madder than at any time
during the trial.
AS Mr.. Pie and his client left the
magistrates office the former asked:
How about my fee, Sam?"
"Oh, I'll promise you that, saiC
Sam, and it was his turn to laugh.
What action he win take is moi
known. He has so many remedies thai
it is a nice matter to select the one
NH mill hfsfrt hn f.,r
upon his enemies. He may bring ac
tion for damages for false arrest. Mag
istrate Sasse may be impeached and re
moved from his position for prostitut
ing a public office for the perpehatol
of a private joke, and the New Castl,
bar may be asked to take cognizance o
the part which Artemas Smith ant
Pierre Blair Pie played in the grea
legal conspiracy. AS for Wilbur Sasse
as soon as Harkins gets little bigge
he will be thrashed until he begs par
don for the maner In which he treatel
a perfectly honest debtor
COLLECTOR SAVERS SPECIALITY
The carpet in the office of the cit,
tax collectors is a disgrace to thos
having charge of the cleaning Of il
Every time the fairy-like feet of tn
collectors and their deputies patter owe
its forty-wire surface a cloud of dus
arises and sooner or later the lungs o
the officials must suffer in consequence
Collector Sayers does not mind 4
much. He is out driving most of tn
time, and at present is engaged il
teaching his horse. Charlie, how t
skate ont Sixth street when he
smooth-shod and there is sleet on tn
roadbed. Thus far the animal, whic
is wonderfully sagacious, has Gu
everything but circle He can skat
forward and backward, cut a grape
vine and do sundry other things affeci
ed by G. Parke Postles, ,EdwinP. Mood
and other Winter artists, and his owne
has no time to jar up the property CON
mittee of City Council about such
trivial thing as dirty carpet. But eve
if he were in he would not mind
much, for he is one of the most distir
guished dusterologists in the Unite
States. There are other men, lib