The San Francisco call., 1898-03-02
He Causes an Exciting Scene in Judge Lows
 -.:. Courtroom.
Refers to Prosecutor Charles A. Reynolds as a Con- :: ... tenptible Cur.
CONCEALED A LOW LIAR.
The Defense of Poolroon1 Men the Cause of the Charge and the -.-'.-. -..-...-. '.:; :: Counter Charge.

Attorney James H. Long was on the . warpath yesterday morning. About Il o'clock he eStered Judge Lows court room and after waiting In state of suppressed excitement till a case was
 disposed of he rose and said he had a
 question of privilege to bring to the :. notice of the Judge.
 .:- q have it on reliable authority said ; Long. that that contemptible cur there (pointing with his finger at Prosecuting Attorney Reynolds) has been circulat- ing reports among my clients that you are antagonistic to me and that 1t Is impossible for me to get an acquittal in your court. want to ask your : Honor if there is any truth in the state 1nent:'
 Before the Judge could reply Rey- holds said hotly: You are a low, dirty : liar!''@
 =% The two stood glaring at each other and ~hostflities were momentarily ex- pected when the Judge rapped for or der. and, addressing Long, said that he
 had no ill feeling against him and had never expressed uny. He had al :. ways found him courteous and atten- tive to his cases and. never had any " reason to complain of his conduct.
 =. Long expressed himself as satisfied and that ended the scene in court. Long afterward said that Reynolds had gone to a: number of poolroom men and told them not to employ him, as Judge Low had it in for him and there was no chance of getting an acquittal. He instanced the case~o of :ex-Senator Dunn :. of Stevenson street.
 II defended Dunn several days ago" said Long, land the jury. disagreed. Reynolds went to Dunn and told him that there was no use in employing me : and suggested that his friend Hawkins . of Lennon & Hawkins should get the
 case and an acquIttal would follow. The result. was that Hawkins was em- ployed and when the case was again tried last Friday. the jury acquitted the defendant Hawkins was permitted to ask the witnesses questions which = Reynolds objected to when asked by me- and I have the Stenographic re- port to prove it.
 T am not going to say wherein his anirnus toward me lies, but some people would like to get three-thirds of your fee. That is all I care to say, but any one can. draw his. own inference. Why, Reynolds is a constant frequenter of the poolrooInS and is one. of their best customers" .:. Reynolds had a different story to tell. He said that he learned that Long had gone to several booksellers and told them that if they would engage him at a salary of $20 a week each he could protect them from conviction in Judge Lows court, as he had Reynolds with him and would share the fees with him.
 As soon as*I heard this,' said Key holds. .1 went to Harry Corbett and other pool men and told them that Long was liar and advised them to have nothing to do with him. I did this to protect myself. suppose Long imagined that his proposition would not. reach my ears and he would have a comfortable drawdown from the booksellers.
 ;: .''I deny his assertion that I went to ex-Senator Dunn and made the .suggeS- ; tion that he should employ Hawkins. - Hawkins is. a personal friend of Dunn and that is the reason that he was em- ployed after Long had failed to get an acQuittal. His statement that I al- lowed Hawkins to ask questions of the j witnesses that I objected to In his case is equally untrue. His assertion that am a regular freQuenter of the pool rooms is also untrue. I have not vis- ited a poolroom this year for the pur- pose of betting on the races The pub lie can judge between Long and my self. My charges against him can be substantiated by any of the poolroom men"