The record-union., 1898-03-05
SET THE COURT RIGHT.
Henry Was Dissatisfied With the
Verdict, and Corrected It.

| OiiNS hS ai So iii attorney SAuaoOANp
and result was revival of industry
at the hospital at Marietta. Mr. Ever
EFT had bought shanty boat from some
seyager OF the MusiSngum River and
had fixed it up preparatory to pleas
ant trip down the Ohio. when an utter
stranger came along with a writ of re-
plevln and took possession of the Julia
Ann, claiming her as his own. The
case came up in a Justices Court, and
Henry attended accompanied by a
young attorney named Reese. The
| claimant had also engaged a rather
immature lawyer, and the result was
that as soon as witness for which
ever side went on the stand a bitter
battle rose between the rival counsel
i object TO that question, your honor.
on the ground that it is irrelevant. in
competent, immaterial. not proper
cross-examination, calling for a conclu-
sion and leading" one of the attorneys
would shrek, whereupon the other
would recite about three hundred words
of highly legal sound, which, when di-
agnosed and cleared of fractions, sim
ply meant that his antagonist was full
| of pruneS.
1t occurred that Everett's attorney
| NdS Liz lCSS SlltSu III the DlalttT u
| jawing back than was the claimants
advocate and he finally quite gave over
attempting to compete in billingsgate
and confined himself to proving that
the boat really belonged to his client.
The case went to the jury of six, and TO
| the surprise of all who had sensbly
/ followed the proceedings the finding
was against Everett When the YER
| dist was read Everett rose from his
seat and said:
| Judge. l want TO ask these juries
sonnet him. F."
You must be in order, Mr.. Everett"
the court observed. The jury has con-
| clu'-
I'm order!" cried Everett, angrily.
Yes, sir. That's just what i intend to
prove I am. I'm in first-rate order and
fit for an Al fight right here. I'm
goin' to asst them juries some questions,
whether or no."
The court saw ne meant business,
and, being uncertain of his own author
ity, he made no further objection as
Everett faced the jury and asked on
what grounds that body had dispossess-
ed him.
We'll" said the foreman. reluctant
ly, ''the other feller called yore lawyer
liar nineteen times an he never tuck
it up"
Likewise said another of the six,
"a polecat, shyster. a buzzard, a
ghould an hyeaner."
An he never tuck it up" chimed in
third. The other three enumerated
further insults which had been heaped
upon the unanswering lawyer, and ex-
planned that the jury had thought that
no such man ought to be given YER
dict Then Mr.. Everett cleared his up
per decks for action.
''The court" he said, says l must
be in order. / am. / heft at 230 pounds
an am six foot three. | am healthy
an l am mad Who am 1 mad at? The
lot of you. First of all, at that there
other lawyer, who by insultin' my law
yer insults me by inheritance thereof.
I am also bilin' hot at the Judge for
tryin to help you six lunkheads to rob
me of my boat An the six Of you
thunder an lightnin' The idy of you
presumin' to decide that there wasn't
no nerve on my side of this thing be-
fore you heard me holler! An I'm sore
at my lawyer, too, an the constable,
an the whole kit an bilin', an having
explained these things l am now about
to act
Mr.. Everett then unloosed the whirl-
wind and set the wild cyclone free. He
fell upon that justiceshop aggregation
like the trampling, terrible advance of
armed legions. He used all of his 23tle
pounds and his six-foot-three and all
of his health and ire, and the sublime
nobility of his assault, and destruction
has never been written in epic or sung
in saga. He had a clear field; knowing
that he need not discriminate, but that
it would be perfectly proper for him to
hit hard at whatever human showed
he performed wonders and made local
history Three minutes after he had
declared the revival of courage on his
side of the boat fight, the Judge was
limping down the main street, covering
about a rod at each limp: two of the
jurors who had tried to get out Of the
same window at once We're Whirllng
westward like a pair of maddened ST.
amese twins held together by glass
less window sash; the opposition lawyer
with his coat split in every seam, hat
less and with mournful eye, was
clamoring for refuge in the Baptist
Church around the corner, feeling that
even the wrath of Everett would not
pursue him across the threshold of the
holy edif1ce: the jurors, the lawyer
Reese, the constable and the justice
shop dog were scattered to the four
winds Of heaven, and all were damaged
more or less. After a cheerful review
of the field Everett went downstairs
and chased the claimant out into the
woods, three miles west Of town.
Then he returned to the river and
took up his lodging in his boat, ready
for whoever might come.
Nobody came. Possession was never
again disputed. Even the Judge did
not pursue him with any suggestion as
to contempt of court, ayr -r.e verdict
OF the jury was reversed by that body
in solemn assemblage three weeks afer-
wards, when a quorum was we'll enough
to do business. The jury had seen the
error Of it's udgment.-Chicago Record.
Blaine Knew.
Mack of the Associated Press hap
pened to be sitting on the steps near Mr..
Blaine when the candidate for the Presi-
dency received visit from the clergy
men of the city headed by DR.. Burchard,
who, at that time, preached in the Muir
ray Hill Presbyterian Church. Mr..
Blaine was at the Fifth avenue Hotel.
Burchard's alliterative expression oc-
Cured in this sentence:
I'VE are Republicans and don't pro-
pose to leave our party and identify our
selves with the party whose antecedents
have been rum, Romanism and rebel