Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-23
THE TOWER.

do you recognize that fowl there?''
Eyes, sir That's my rooster bought
him from DR.. Harrison. He's the COM
fort of my declining years, and If / am
separated from him we will both die with
broken hearts. Ozark Hanna and w. j..
Bryan weep.
Were you present at that rooster fight
on Christmas-Eve night Now, be care
full Shakes his head at prisoner and sig
nails him to make a deniaD.
"Yes" Sensation in the jury-box.
Prosecuting attorneys rub their hands
and chuckle gleefully).
"You don't understand me-" said Mr..
Newton. 81 asked you if you were in Dr..
Woods stable at the fight"
"Yes; / was there" repeated the
prisoner.
Il ask you again." beloved the lawyer
in tones that shook the building, were
you there?'
yes" roared the prisoner. wbereupon
his counsel fell TO the floor in faint,
from which he was reused with great
difficulty. after ). minutes of hard work.
THE TRUTH CONNECTS.
The accused resumed his story, while
the lawyer lay senseless He said he
was out walking that night with his
rooster. MahOmmet. Mahommet and he
were wont TO stroll together. Mahommet
heard a noise in Woods stable as they
were passing that way, and Topping his
wings, made for the door. Witness pur-
sued him into the stable.
Colonel Newton staggered to his feet
and fell into a chair at this point Look
ing his client in the eye he asked,
hoarsely: do you know that your repu-
tation and personal liberty are at stake?
DO YOU know what side you are testifyinS
on? Now talk out loud. Did you say,
4 will bet so on my bird. Did you?'
yes" answered the prisoner, and the
LAWYER tainted again. When revived, he
asked: "In Heavens name, what did you
mean when you shouted in that stable
I'll bet slO?"
Il meant that he would beat any rooster
on the premises running away from the
place"
"How did he run?" inquired Mr.. Pol
lard.
about as well as 'silver-Dick' Frayser
in the last election"
MEDICAL EXPERTS FULL COURSE.
DR.. ID. A. Kuyk gave expert testimony,
expressing the opinion that Montague
was a monOmaniac on the rooster ques-
ton. and had never owned live rooster
in his life DR. Kuyk. when questioned
by Colonel Newton, said he got his medi-
cal education AT the Laurel Reformatory'
taking a postgraduate course at the
Kelley Institute. He took free course
~ another Kelley institution. and was
inst as full when he went in as when
he came out.
Asked Colonel Newton: Do you know
what is a monomaniac!
yves the author Of the anti-hirting
hill Is n monomaniac. and Judge Flournoy
Is another on the Klondike subject. The
Hon. Court is a monomaniac on politics.
His mania is for the mayoralty and may
II take tangible form in April
"Is Montague a monomaniacT
"Yos on the subject of Plymouth Rock
ROSTERS"
"IIe never owned but one rooster, and
that one committed suicide
"Did you treat the PATIENT"
"Yes. He had fowl stomach and Il
had 10 give him big doses OF henbane
and chickweed. The disease developed into
chicken-pox and settled in his BRAIN"
..Have you ever experimental on his
brain with the X-rays?
yes. and got beautiful shadowgraph
of a Plymouth Rock rooster"
THE DOCTORS DISAGREE.
"Did YOU call in any one for consulta-
tion?"
Eyes; / called In Dr. Triton. He said
the case was heart disease. and j con-
cluded at once that 1t must be brain
trouble. We couldn't agree, so decided
TO toss up penny and settle II that way.
| had penny with head on both sides
and / won the toss"
DIR. Harrison. testifying stated that he
was a physician and surgeon. He knew
Montague TO be monomaniac on
roosters. Never knew him 10 own live