The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-01-26
Was the Supreme Court
Insulted.

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passed upon:
XENIA. OHIO, January 15.-Martin
Badger, colored citizen of this
county, has been in the County Jail
here for IA months, and unless he
obeys the mandate of the Court or
the presiding Judge relents, he is
doomed to life imprisonment.
Badger, who is past 60 years Of age,
had an endowment insurance policy
for considerable sum mature, and
when he received the money was
sued in a Justices Court on a
promissory note for nearly $500. A
judgment was rendered against him.
but he refused to satisfy it and the
case was taken to the common pleas
Court to aid execution.
| The trial was had and Judge H.
LIE Smith ordered Badger to pay the
amount to the clerk of the Court
pending the settlement Of the case.
This he refused to do and Judge
Smith asked him what had become
of the money paid him by the in
surance company.
"It is here" Badger replied, slap
ping his pocket with his hand, land
there it is going to remain"
The Judge held him to be in con.
tempt and sent him to Jail until he
would be ready to obey the decree Of
the Court. This the man declares he
will never do, and thus far the Judge
has proved himself to be equally
firm and the prospect of the obdurate
prisoners release at the present time
are extremely slim.
AS has been quite an expense to
the county thus far, as his subsis-
tence has already nearly cost $500.
How different with the Judges Of
the supreme Court?
Nearly three weeks ago the at
torney of the Standard Oil Co.,
plainly told these dignified justices
just exactly what the old darkey did
to the common pleas judge, viz, that
the Standard Oil Company refused
absolutely to obey the order of the
court.
This was such solar plexus blow,
that for the time being the breath
ing apparatus of the court was sadly
out Of keller, but every body Of
| course felt that it would soon recover
wind enough to counter with knock
out blow. In this however, the pub
lie seem to have been mistaken, for
evidently the court is not able to de-
eide whether their dignity was in
suited or not. 1t IS true, generally
speaking, that two weeks would be
sufficient time for ordinary mortals
to arrive at decision in such case,
but common people must remember
that it would be quite undignifled (?)
to arrive at a judicial decision in un.
due haste, and therefore they should
not criticise.
There ia case reported in Ken
tucky that may show the court
way out of their dilemma. Not
knowing whether the Supreme
Judges are familiar with it, call
their attention to it.
KENTUCKY VS., NEW YORK.
In an easy chair of the billiard
room of the Phoenix Hotel, at
Lexington, one day sat one of that
city's most respectable citizens. A
perfect type of chivalric Southern
gentleman.
In short time after he had seated
himself in came great tremendous
fellow, who walked with kind of a
shuffling gait, and through his
awkwardness, as he passed he trod
upon pet corn on the foot of the
aforesaid citizen. He never stopped
however, in anyway to express his
regrets, but passed on and began a
game of Billiards with an acquaint-
ance who had evidently been expect
ing him. The pain given our worthy
citizen by the blow was at first 80 in
tense that he was rendered speech
less. When, however it had suf-
ficiently passed away to enable him
to gather his thoughts together, he
arose and in the most dignif1ed man
ner walked over to the hotel desk
and asked the clerk: "Can you tell
me who that large gentleman is, who
is playing Billiards upon the third
table?" "Oh yes sir, that is Mr..
johnson, of New York"
"When did he get here?"
HE arrived yesterday"
"Do you know when he is going
away?"
"Yes. / think / heard him say he
was going to leave on the ii o'clock
train to night.'
"Please be kind enough to tell me
what is his business"
"Why he represents the Royal
Baking Powder Co. of New York.
He is one of the most prominent
salemen In the country"
After thanking the clerk in the
most polite manner, our Lexington
citizen walked into the billiard room
and up to the stranger. Touching
him on the shoulder he said; 1T be-
lieve your name is Mr.. Johnson?"
"Yes sir, that is my name."
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