The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-23
SOME Pen PICTURES
Ske tches of Actors In the Trial Of John
Andersen.
JUDGE GOFF's STRONG PERSONALITY
District Attorney whitc-CounscI
George Mcintosh OF tho Derense-
The COOK orthc Oiivc Pecker-BnrS
rini the Spnniard-R.orsburg
Sub>tratum Ordinary Mon.

rhh the Misunderstanding
Snb-tratum Ordinary Mon.
A student of human nature would
have had u rich field for investiga ton
at the trial of John Anderson which
has filled a large part Of the public
eye of late. The big Federal Court
room is peopled with types dear to
the artist In colors, mental and ma ter
fal. There is Individuality in the air,
and 1t touches the observant like the
end of charged wire.
The dominating personality /,
Judge Golf, and of him naught can be
said except in praise. Courteous at all
times and considerable of others to an
extreme point, his passport to the
hearts of men is written upon his face
and traced in every gesture. First Of
all, gentleman, he is next a jurist,
and could his mind be coined into
something tangible it would probably
pc q diamond. polished and brilliant,
Tor 1t is as clear as n crystal. 1t might
be napier, for it is as quick as light
ming and as keen as razor blade. 1t
might be spectrum, for it is wc1l-
derfuily analytical, and every compli-
Gated legal ray. that passes through it,
is distintegrated and resolved into its
y various interpretations and shades OF
meaning. His conduct of the trial was
T eminently fair and satisfactory and
s proved him what he is, one OF the most
z brilliant and capable jurists in the
Unica, before whom it Is n joy to plead,
and, one might almost add, pleasure
to be tried.
District Attorney White doesn't like
newspaper noteriety. In spite of this
virtue, lie is known throughout the
East as eminentiy fitted for the Position
which he Eraces. That Is because merit
manages to make itself known some
how or other whether the press has
hand III it or not. Score one against
the press! Yet Mr. White is an elo-
quent pleader in the cause of journal
ism anc ever ready, when assured that
1t is not for publication, to acknowledge
Its power and influence. Mr.. Whites
reputation Is based upon three substan-
tial props. to say nothimg Of the stanch-
ions and g!rders-his comprehensive
legal knowledge, his faculty of applying
it and his prc-eminent ability at cross
examination. In this he IS without n
superior at the Norfolk bar Heaven
help the errlng witness at the end of
Mr.. Wa''tc's sharp pointed stick. for he
cant help himself! ~ little quick on
the trigger is this gentlenmcl, but re
generally hits what he shoots at, and
moreover, combines with the qualify n
caut!ousncss which renders what in
some men would be Il fault, ninety
nine-to-a-hundred virtue.
Mr.. George Mcintosh, who defended
the prisoner so ably and conscientiously,
Is also n type, as we'll as an admirable
lawyer, and he may rs well be proud
OF \lthe one distinction as the other.
MrA Mcintosh takes hold of q case rs
4 bt dog takes hold OF Il mans coat
tail, md he never let's it go until some
thing gives away. There is no such
thing as hopeless case, or, If there
Is. Mr.. Mcintosh never found ii, and It
is CHS never-let-go characteristic,
COUPLED with a most extensive sagacity
and u remarkable attention to small
details, which has wen him so many
cases, and placed him in the front rank
as lawyer The care with which he
conducted Andersen's case could not
have been exceeded had the man been
ltl-millonairc and the fee hall
a hundred thousand, instead of
friendless. penniless foreigner uncn
whom he had never set eyes before he
undertook his defense. Indeed his at
tentiveness to his client has been
greater, If possible. because OF his
forlornncss rather than otherwise for
his nature Is sympathetic and he has
been the best friend, and, in fact, the
only friend, the accused man has had in
this part Of the world. for his interest
has been kindly and personal. as well
ms professional Mr.. Mcintosh is prone
to believe that the majority Of men
have feelings that are human and
hearts that ache.
Andersen. himself, to take the other
end of the string, Is surprising His
face may or may not indicate that his
nature is capable of macy crimes, blH
there Is no verdict of murder there
TO look at him one would say he was
as tnohcnsive specimen. so far as
appearances go, as could be found
That is Andersen the man. Andersen
the animal, must liave been a very
very different creature when he shot
down the mate and captain of his yes
sell and put his heel on, the necks OF
HVe ahle-bodied scamen, all of them
quite as large, or larger, than himself
his face, as the jury saw it, and as
MS guards see it, f 1t shows anything.
expresses a lack of spirit If it isn't
the face of n coward, it certainly isn't
the face of brave man. But his ewes
are handsome. They are eloquent.
They redeem his other features They
are as soft and as pleading as q
Woman's, resting upon her sweetheart
gems in an uncouth. and unlovely set
+ ting.
Next to the prisoner. OF the Olive
Pecker crew. Barrial, the Spaniard, pro-
badly made the most lasting impress
sion. Barrials nationality is stamped
upon him like the head OF the Goddess
of Liberty upon an American dollar.
He might be Weylcr's dlsnhcritcd
good angel In disguise. II he is, there
is no indication of 1t. He is preacher
Gus, because he Is a Spaniard perhaps.
@ He played n double part with the cook
coward, by his own testimony; would