The herald., 1897-10-15
judged from the hearing, did not lose

judged from the hearing. did not lose
anything in the recital.
He said he wanted me to take charge
of the campaign for him." said witness
"for he remarked: I guess I'll have a
lot of libel suits, and if you see me
through, I'll pay you well for it.. 1t
wasn't very long before the Times pub
lished an article about Barlow under
the caption of Record of a Rogue and
1 said to Barlow, after reading it: we
had better commence right now l me 1
Mr.. Mosher of the Times, and asked
him what was the matter that such an
article should be published. He said
he didn't know, and I told him that l
was Barlow's attorney, and we were go
ing to start in to get satisfaction. a
little later 1 met Colonel Otis and aske
him about it, He said he hadn't noticed
the article, and told him that thought
perhaps he didn't know about IL. When
he looked at the article he acknowledged
that 1t was a little rough. Just after
that the Ventura Express began to get
lively, and had an article headed j.
Marion Brooks Barlow Barlow told
me to keep my eye on the Express fei-
low, as he heard he was going to print
something rough about him.
BROOKS ROSE TO THE OCCASION
When the conference committee con-
vened Barlow wanted an attorney very
badly, but 1 was equal to the emerg-
ency," and witness swelled out per-
ceptibly. "Afterwards, when he came
to me and said, You've completed it,
1 replied: Barlow, you're Cincinnatus
He replied by asking: Who the devil is
he, anyway
'Cincinnatus was called from the
plough to the dictatorship of Rome
said, and you've been called to congress
from the Ventura Tanning mill at $40 a
month.
Did you charge him anything for
that?" interjected Judge Shaw, with
perfect sobriety of face, but with d
merry twinkle about the eyes
"Oh, no; that was just little pleas
antry. 1 threw that in," was witness
reply.
Pursuing the recital of the many and
varied benefits that he had conferred
upon his client friend, Mr. Brooks re-
sumed:
II cured him of some of his bad habits
too"
What habits do you mear?" inquired
Mr.. Denis.
We'll, he had habit of pulling at his
cuffs, and when he was speaking ii look
ed bad, and I cured him of that and gave
him pointers until he was able to make
a real good talk"
With not a little trouble Mr.. Brooks
was switched away from ma tiers of per-
sonal adornment to an interview he had
with Barlow when he asked the latter to
pay up. Barlow was on the eve of 60
ing to Washington and Brooks had pre-
pared fifteen 5000 drafts on Riggs bank
at Washington, which he wanted Bar
low to sign. But the latter, according
to witness, while not repudiating the
debt, stated that he had to lift mort
gage for $780, and had other expendi-
lures to meet, and consequently could
rot liquidate the debt then.
That was about the sum total of what
Mr.. Brooks had to say in substantial tior
Of his claim.
Upon cross-examination Mr.. Rush ex-
torted from Mr.. Brooks the fact that
Mr.. Barlow had written letter to hin
in which mention was made Of transpor-
tation being furnished to Mrs Barlow
in order to permit her to join her hus-
band, who was lying i'll at San Francisco
A big wad of letters of the defendan
had been put in evidence, but this one
referred to the witness had retained. II
was produced, however, and witnes.
stated that he had sent pass to Mrs
Barlow at San Miguel, and had writer
her later telling her she had better no
use it. He conceded to examining coun-
sci that the particular item of $3.50 he hat
not loaned to Barlow to help him in tht
campaign.
Then, you would just as readily have
loaned it if he had not been running TO
corgress?" inquired Mr. Rush.
well, don't know about that an,
the witness became thoughtful
'If he hadv't been a candidate" in
terpolated the court, you wouldn't hav,
thought of Lending il to him."
well, I guess that's about it, judge
and Mr. Brooks looked gratefully to the
court for so readily diagnosing the
situation
A COMMITTEE OF ONE,
Continuing the witness tilted his nose
somewhat when fnterrogated regardins 6
any Democratic committee getti-g the
congressional domination for Barlow. 81
was member Of Brooks committee, >
he remarked ''in getting the nomination
and l was with the Democratic party
playing audience
THE legal services rendered were
purely political, were they not?" quer-
ried counsel.
Il dct't know about that" was the
answer, they were financial to him."
How did you expect to be paid?"