Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-22
A MOCK TRIAL.
A kangaroo Court Furnishes the Rlnn
 city Employees no End of Amuse-
rslent.

Kangaroo Court Furnlshes the Einn
 city Employees no End of Amuse-
 The officers and employees of the Bluff City Lumber Co. Wednesday, afternoon enjoyed q species of amusement to which circus Is no comparison. It was q mock trial of one of their employees and eo-labor- CTS. which afford Ad no cad of anus '- ment. It all came about i'll this fvay:
 A few days ago Night Watchman McGord. alter permitting his hair 10 grow to HI nnnsu Il length. had his hair trimmed OH the premises of the Company Ia the employ of the Company k q green country boy about Is years old from Grant County. Mr. Calvin. foreman of the glazing department, finding d lock of this hair, presented it to the country lad with the state menI that the lock of hair had been sent to him in letter by his best girl and while claiming to have pos session of the letter he declined to surrender it to the loye-siek swain. His co-laborers made life so misera- tie te hin. that the rustic lover de Eermined to have Mir. Calvin arrested for opening his mail, and sought T Justice of the Peace for that pur- pose. Hearing of this movement the Bluff City people determined to ci.- cumvent the rustic lover, and organ ized Kangaroo Court. With Book Lo, p,r l.iieille aS the presiding off cer. before whom a warrant was sworn out for the arrest of Mr. Cal- vim for interference with the mails. It was noised about the mill and town that the trial would be pulled off after the mill closed down ut 5:30 o'clock, and by that hour fhe mill was crowded with spectators to witness the trial. Mr. L. D. Mitchell was appointed Sheriff and n full corps of court officers selected. Messrs. L. B. Hastings and Creed Caldwell represented the prosecution, while Mr. s. \. Campbell and John Rutherford appeared for the defend ant. In dne time the witnesses were examined, among whom was the rustic lover. He detailed how his sweetheart had told him that she had sent him q letter, which he had never received, but she had said nothing to bim about the lock of hair, which he attributed to her bashfulness. Witnesses for the de fense were then examined, who de- tailed how McCord had been shorn of his hair, which had been allowed to blow around promiscuously, which the defendant had found, and could not therefore be guilty. After hearing the evidence @ the court CD found the defendant mot guilty whereupon the defendants attorney asked that the love-sick lover be lrres ted for malicious prosecution. !"
 MT. Campbell picked up a book much like the State statutes, from which he read as follows
 Any person found guilty of mali ciOus prosecution becomes a Poma- der. The penalty for Pomades is not less than three nor more than 10a years Imprisonment, and not less than $400 nor more than $1 ,600 fine. "
 Any one found gully of trying to compound felony becomes an Enfiu- enzer. Enfiuenage is punishable by fine alone and cannot he less than $250 nor more than $l ,000.
 "Compound felony and malicious pYoseeution combined becomes Am bergeja and is punishable by impris- 0nment alone which cannot be less thanS nor more than 9 yearsimpris- Dnment'
 1t was then that the rustic trem- bled il. his boots. He made a break for the door to seek the seclusion of his Grant county home, but found himself confronted by the Sheriff.
 Ffna!ly Mf. Rutherford made a plea for he boy and asked that his trial be postponed and that he be put under $l0000 bond, which the court consented to, whereuDUn Nlesers. Rutherford and York with nll dignity and seriousness walked up and attached their names to the l fake bond.
 The count y boy was delighted, md up to this good hour thinks the tllal was genuine and that he Is now out under 2 $l0,000 bond for
 good behavior"
 Anu in the meanwhile the Bluff 1ity people are having Il world of Ian out of the country lad and the
 hangaroo Court.