The St. Johns herald., 1897-08-28
ARMED JUSTICE.
A St.. Louis Judge Preserves
 Order with a Gun.


 The following, from the St! Louis N public, discloses . peculiar conol'ioN affairs in that city. Should acour' ano lawyers in Arizona condnct thehhSe,. in the mannerthese St. Louis "oi 'n are in the habIl of dolng, 1t would Oo published all over the east as the coih- mon, ordinary manner of conducting courts in this terrjtoTy. The presiding judge ean generally preserve order Oy a sharp rap on his desk with the pare knuckles. He never needs a slx-shoot- CT. Arzona, in her widest. Woollest days never attained to the degree ol lawlessness described as follows;
 The First district Police court Of St. Lonls re. sembled wild west show Saturday 'uuse anu attorneys were equ. ppad wi.h reyolVers' ana tns spectators trembie- fo- their lives.
 It was revival ct he Peabody Storts family feud. JeT StortS =a attorney, was 10 oeIenu Matt Kelley, chargej with idling The accused | was cbaree7 with more serious ofense but the case again him was not strong. He mas re quently been io the police court. storts made threats early in tre morning that II Peaoody "got fresb" he wou.i shrow him on the oencn.
 "If that little bal headed ----insulis and abuses me to-day .s he did Wednesday, said storts to Assistant City Attorney Meigs. ''Pn get mon thst bench catch him by the neck and throw him out or he HindOw. I'm tired of his virlifcation Becs insult me in court or out of court.
 MT. Meigs reported tA.7 to the judge.
 'Tn have him .fs.te1 -0r contempt ot court" said the judge
 'Youcan'J dq that repIed MT. Meigs,
 Then what srRuI d. ?'
 Well, order the deputy -Qarshals to suppress him if he becomes vio.sut'
 I'll d. that consented the judge A con ultatioL with he marshals followed Chief Deputy Fred II. smith was instructed 10 search stoI before the Jrial MT. smii h got Jeff and a ke3 hin Ii he mad any weapon con- cealed about m. 4He 70 y was characterlstc- "No" s5 JeH, "suf 1T I had, I'd be apt to blow somebody brains out"
 When inc case came ID. silence prevailed III : the courtroom. Judge -sbody's gun was under his reco -d book aiJh.n 9 sy reach. Assistant ' City Attorney Heigs had a six-shoohr ln ms hip pocket A ju Wss mpAnneled, but It IS not know vna.ler the sl good men and true
 were also armed. Several newspaper reporters borrowed pistols from Chief of Detectives Des . mOnd, and the copy boy If an afternoon paper g had bran new knifs wie1 blade four inches Y long The judge gIAred 1t Sorts and the attor- ney rerlrIeu the smile Every minute the
 crowd in the courtroom expected an outbreak
 Severa lively uIts occurred between the magls' @ trate and Jeff but fortunately no blood was she( :. Had the sse really gone to trial there mlgh
 have been trouble fer the selection of tn ' fury the ease was continued until Tuesday. T Fror present indications there will be ho S time iu the Four Courts that day. An extr Il squad of police will be on hand to prevent hos . tiliues.
 z Judq7 Peabody. when seen after court ad
 journed said.
 Q '"Thiugs are coming 10 lively pass whel '. through he ruling oi one julge tMurphy) an
 Othe i, forced to sit on the bench with revOlve
 by his side tor protection. I deprecate such
 condition If aGirs but what can do al s not allowed ,o commit his man for cOntemp
 nome. CT vhat he does n court He has threa ., ened 10 a1ne b.d..r Aarm and l must look
 my .rense Yes. yog can say for me that '' Storts made any such attempt to-day as W threa ned would lave shot him, and if
 ies to carry out Jhe ta eat hereafterI will tax of the sa1ne stringent measures to prevent it V know the decent people of the city are with m a iu th .s fight. en .-g to subserve the put es lics intc-e. .s and ma tske some steps to kee t. hood lun.sla oat of .h!s court I am willing ths n- my actions s.al sf ,k for themselves"