The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
HURLED
 WATER AND
 EPITHETS Judge Daingerfield's Court a Lively
 Scene. Lawyers Quarrel and One Is Sprinkled and Called a Liar. Attorneys Terry and Raymond Forget the Amenities
 of the Bar. "A DIRTY, LYING DOG" Retort Courteous Which Followed a Speech Before a
 Jury.
Attorneys Terry and Raymond Forget the Amenities
 of the Bar.
GA DIRTY, LYING DOG"
Retort Courteous Which Followed a Speech Before
 Jury.

You are lying, dirty dog" These words from the lips of Attorney Reel B. Terry his face crimsoned and frame trembling with anger, followed an in | stant later by dash of water from handy glass which found repose on the lace of Albert Raymond, upset the calm | dignity of Judge Daingerfelds depart l ment of the Superior Court yesterday afternoon, and all but turned it into field of warning lawyers bailiffs and spectators. The voice of the court above
 the din, however, the quick action of Deputy Sheriff and the serenity with
 which MT. Raymond accepted the ap- | pellation, and the water, averted blood | shed, and the jury, with a sigh as one man, calmed itself for a renewal of | proceedings.
 i It was during the trial of the action | of Mrs. Eva Martin for damages | against Walter Morosco, proprietor of | Morosco's Opera-house, for injur- | ies received by the running away | of one of the defendants horses l about two years ago, when the court l proceedings were so suddenly and vio- l lently discontinued by the wrath of Reel B. Terry. Early in the afternoon a cloud of trouble began to show itself on the legal horizon and shortly after ward the Goddess of Peace on startled wings abandoned the court room to the lawyers and to Ate Argument com menced and the unfriendly spirit exist ing began to become more strained. Finally Porter Ashe, of counsel for Mrs. Martin and associated with Terry, in- terrupted Attorney Raymond when he referred to the pleadings in the case. and the interrupted man grasped copy of the complaint and in an angry mood hurled it at Ashe. Ashe ducked as though a f1atiron were coming his direction, and then with a smile on his face made a testing remark. Raymond. thoroughly angry, turned again to the jury and continued in his argument. After explaining the merits of his side of the case and tossing a few parting shots at the opposing counsel he took his seat.
 Terry then rose. to address the jury. After recognizing the court and the twelve men in the box, he surveyed l his opponent for a minute and began to speak. He explained the injuries sustained by his client and the law of | negligence bearing on the case at bar, | sonal summing up of the witnesses in l the case, as to their interest in the ac- tion at issue and their reputation for veracity. One witness, Duncan Forbes, a hack driver, who had testified when | his deposition was taken that he had l seen the defendants horse mad with | fright plunging along the street, turn ! onto the sidewalk and hurl the plain l tiff to the ground, unconscious, occu- l pied considerable of MT. Terry's time. During the course of the trial Attor ney Raymond had taken the stand, and testified that the hack driver had informed him that had Mrs. Martin l made an effort she could have escaped | injury.
 Terry compared these two state ments, and said that he would believe | the original story of the driver, in which event he must diSbelieve that of | the attorney. ''This man, my oppo- nent.'' said Terry, has seen fit to take | the stand and tell the story he had fixed up for the exculpation of this man
 Morcsco. I have seen the day when lawyers guarded their regulations as a father the purity of his daughter"
 Raymond bounded to his feet at this, and asked the court to request Terry | to discontinue such a course, and to ex- 1 plain to the jury that his action in go- i ing on the stand was not unprofession- al. The court remained silent, as he saw no cause to interfere with the line of Terry's argument, and Terry con- tinued to. speak. Again he referred to the action of Raymond in going on the stand, and Raymond again interrupted. Then Terry's anger was at fever heat,
 and in a voice that rang out into the
 corridors of the hall he accused Ray mond of going on the stand and trying to swear his case through.
 'I would believe the driver before op-
 posing counsel under oath,' he said,
 and before he could continue Ray
 mond retorted. And I would not be- lieve you at all." Terry was inside the
 rail within two feet of Raymond and
 when he heard the retort he leaned
 over and shouted, You are dirty
 lying dog," Before him op a table
 lay glass containing small quan- 1 tity of water. He grasped this and
 leaning over the rail tossed the con-
 tents into Raymond's face.
 Raymond was nonplussed for the time, but the shout of the Judge, Mr. Terry, you are Tn contempt oI tnlS
 court This will never do! This will never dol" brought him back to real ization of his position. When Terry ad- | dressed the opposing counsel in mega
 phone voice a Deputy Sheriff bounded
 across the courtroom to stop the trou-
 ble, but the words of the court were
 sufficient When Terry heard the
 words adjudging him guilty of con-
 tempt he said, "Very we'll, your Hon.
 or" and turning on his heel began to
 address the jury again, with surpris
 ing calmness After grilling Morosco
 and his counsel for a time Terry left
 his case in the hands of the jury and
 walked outside the rail- The jury was
 instructed by the court, and when it
 had retired to deliberate on a verdict Judge Daingerfeld left the bench. He