Daily camera., 1899-12-11
POINT ON LEGAL ETHICS,
Established After \ Hot scrimmaee Re-
tween John WoIn and District
Att. rney Patton

Att rney Patton.
Ethics among the legal fraternity of.
Boulder have at last been established,
The matter was settled this morning and
it is now rule of conduct that no LAWYER
can. without castigation, apply to another
that playful eplthet which literally im.
plies doubt OF the chastity OF the ma
ternal ancestor OF the other. The matter
was decided in the case OF Wolff VS.,
Patton and after the argument, Judge
Cattermole, NJ. D, passed the case In
review and patched up the differences.
lhe case was tried in the law offices of
Esteb & Wolff and in the hallway of the
Fonda block, during the absence of Mr.,
Esteo from the city. 1t began with re
quest tor a book from the law library,
then came refusal, the epithet and the
broken glass. A black eye. a cut lip and
a badly battered head are some of the
evidences of Mr.. VOLTS forensic ability
taken home with him by the Honorable
district attorney.
Mr.. VOLTS story is that he was an
a,tache of the law firm OF Patton & Es-
teb before its dissolution and remained
with Mr.. Esreb after that event. Subse
quently he purchased an interest in Mr..
Esteb's business and the firm of Esteb
& Wolff was established. The district
attorney called one day, about a month
ago and asked for some scissors and an
eraser he had left. Mr.. Wolff handed
him these and, when he got hold OF them,
the district attorney came up to where
ne was sitting and said: Now, you G.
d. little ---7, I've a notion 10 cut
your liver out" He held the deadly
scissors and eraser over him in a threat.
ening manner and applied all species OF
insulting epIthets. according TO Mr..
Wolff. The odds were too great for the
younger attorney and he sat and took it.
This morning. Mr.. Patton entered and
asked for book from the library and
was met with a refusal. He then, &C.
cording to Mr.. Wolff, applied the old
epIthet again and the question of legal
ethics was thereupon established The
district attorney ran up against 'whiz
ger. Wolff appears TO be all his name
suggests in whlrlwind ferocity. He struck
out from the shoulder, landed on the
beautiful optic OF the terror to evil doers,
gave few pc, taps on his fair capon
lined belly" playfully tossed him against
the window and smashed the glass with
the impact OF the district attorneys anat
omy, whlrled him around the room in
merry but undignIhed waltz, and smashed
him through the outer door into the hall.
way. There DR.. Catermole found them
very much winded, Wolff on his hands
and knees and Patton dripping tha, fine
rich red blood from his battered face
upon the back of his adversary, but both
TOO weak to strike blow
Wolf was unscarred and DR.. Cater
mole devoted his affections to the district
ed much sponsing. a poullice of beef
sleak for the eye and a stitch or two for
that eloquent lip that is repu ed to be
worth several dollars an hour when in
motion in the court room.
Mr.. Patton was due at Fort Collins
this morning but the case was postponed,
as he had business at home. On his re-
covery, the Camera. will be pleased TO
publish his version of the affair
The district attorney is the heavier
man. but is several years older than his
competitor. 1t appears that Wolff has
the longer reach, though the older man
should be the ADLER general in the saw
dust arena In the first bout il is charged
that Wolff struck in the break away,
which is hardly in accord with Marquis
of Gooseberry rules. Given fair chance
with Judge Henderson as referee and
Alderman Wilson tor time keeper, many
local sportsmen believe Patton would
make better showing. He should train
down, however.