The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-30

was held in a crowded saloon, and most
of the spectators were hostile to Judge
/ Fields side. Judge Field decided on
and he boldly charged jury fixing.
with uplifted hands," he said, adj
! dressing the jury, you have sworn to
| return verdict according to law and
evidence. VIII you perjure your souls?
| l know that you pointing to juror
! have been approached. Did you spurn
| the wretch or hold secret counsel with
him? 1 know that you pointing to
another juror have been approached,
| because l overheard the conversation,
the promises and the pledge"
NO TERROR IN PISTOLS FOR HIM,
| At this point there was an ominous
movement in the crowd, and click!
| Click! Clickr was heard. score OF
| pistols were cooked.
There is no terror in your pistols,
gentlemen" Numbered Mr.. Field. You
cannot win your case by shooting me.
| You cannot win it by bribery or
| threats. You can only win it by show
ing title to the property
The jury, completely oVeraWed, found
| a verdict for Judge Fields client.
During litigation over contested
election Judge Barbour quarreled with
Judge Field and invited him to fight
QuSl. uQSS leu dCCeplSu hCu
Judge Barbour insisted on having the
choice of weapons. Judge Field waived
this, and Barbour selected pistols and
bowie knives in a room sixteen feet
square Judge Field assented. Then
Judge Barbour objected-firSt, to the
bowie knives, and, second, to fighting
! in a room. A meeting was arranged
in the woods and Judge Barbour
backed out. He was lampooned in the
| newspapers, and one morning when
Judge Field was getting kindling wood
in front of his Office Judge Barbour
ran up behind him, clapped pistol
to his head and said:
Draw and defend yourself!'
you cowardly assassin exclaimed
the kneeling man, without moving, you
! do not dare to shoot 1 defy your!
Judge Barbour walked away, while
the crowd hOoted.
KEPT IN THE UNION.
Dozens of times Judge Field looked
down the muzzles of cooked revolvers.
/ He was never known to finch A less
| courag eous man would have been
! killed early in the game. He abso-
lutelv did not know what fear was,
and the stories of his honesty and
bravery that spread over the state
elected him judge of the supreme court
in 1857, by 10000 majority.
Judge Field was g, Democrat, but he
was a Union Democrat. When the
war broke out he, with others, decided
| to keep California in the Union. The
! secessionists were sure of California.
/ General Albert Sidney Johnston was in
| command of the United States troops
/ in California. and his disloyalty was
! suspected. The Unionists felt that he
was in COLLISION with the secessionists,
who would seize the fortress of Al
catraz, which would place San Fran
cisco at their mercy. Seventy-fiVe
| thousand musl1ets were stored at Ben
| icia, and if these fell into the hands of
! the secessionists California would be
| lost.
The Unionists organized a secret
Union league Judge Field was the
! fifth member to be enrolled. Arms
were bought and companies were or
! ganiZed. Meetings on behalf of the
! Union were held in the theaters, and
! the fires of patriotism burned brightly
at the Golden Gate. Couriers overland
carried the news to President Lincoln,
| and he was finally advised to super
| sede Gen. Johnston This he did by
sending Gen. Sumner secretly TO re-
ieve him OF the command. Gen
| Sumner took command, the arms at
Benicia were safe and California re-
manned loyal state.
For Judge Fields services to the
Union he was made a United States
supreme court justice by President
| Lincoln in 1868.
OTHER ATTEMPTS ON HIS LIFE.
An attempt was made to assassinate
Judge Field by means Of an Internal
| machine in 1865. A torpedo was sent
through the mail to him in miniature
case. The judge partly opened it, and
! then, his suspicious being aroused, he
placed it in q pail of water and had
it examined at the Washington arsenal
It contained enough explosive to kill
| a dozen men, and had evidently been
| sent to him by certain squatterS who
had been dispossessed in the Pueblo
cases in which the judge rendered the
| decision.
The last of many times this remark
able, lion~hearted man faced death
without flinching was in 1889, when an
attempt was made on his life by Judge
David S. Terry and his wife. Judge
Terry was counsel for Sarah Athea
Hill, who claimed to be the wife of
Senator Sharon, and sought to estab-
hsh claim to his millions by means
of a divorce. Field and Terry had
| known each other in the West. Dur
ins the divorce proceedings the Hill
i woman had married Judge Terry The
case was carried up, anG finally came
! before Judge Field. He delivered a de-
cision adverse to Mrs. Hill. and Judge
Terry arose in court and denounced
the judge. He attempted to assault
him, as did also his wife, but they were
overpowered and disarmed The Judge
had a dirk and his wife revolver.
He sentenced Terry to three months
in jail and Mrs. Terry to one month.
When he came out Of jail Judge
Terry again threatened to take the
life of Justice Field When Justice
! Field visited California Deputy Mar
shall Nagle was ordered to travel with
the judge and protect him. At the
waiting station at Lathop Judge Terry
| assaulted Justice Field, and Nagle shot
him dead Terry's wife then rushed
in with pistol and had to be dis
armed.