The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-04

rarely appears in the local courts. he II
one Of the least known personally Of New
Ycrk's eminent lawyers. and might walk
through almcst any group OF the younger
practitioners withou, being recognized.
He Is q Western man by training. and his
appearance bespeaks the truth-in fact. he
looks more like prosperous Illinois farm
er than a high-pricea New York attorney.
Years before he was induced TO come East
and serve Jay Gould as counsel Dillon was
a professor in Western law school. and
IL was thought good policy by the authori.
ties OF the Columbia law school 10 secure
him for a course OF lectures on real estate
law. He consented readily enough. and de-
lvered enc course II might be more ac-
curate TO say he made the attempt. for.
while he gave the students much excellent
Information. he certainly didn't all his en-.
gagemenl This WAS the fault OF the stu
dents They sized Dillon up as good
natured man. and were won't 10 interrupt
him with such questions as. How may a
railroad ba most easily gobbled up without
overstepring the bounds OF the law"
His answers to these ouesies were al.
ways entertaining and Instructive. but
they were no; lectures on real estate law
and the mex. Columbia course thereon was
delivered by some one else Judg. Dillon
Is often seen before III. supreme court OF
the United States. IL .s said that he had
more cases before tina, tribunal last year
than any other lawyer that or any pre-
vious year. Judge Di.lon's personal man
ncrs are easy and unconventional One
day when he was in partnership with
Wager S~syre a certain young lawyer
had occasion to riSi, shot- office for a hur.
riea and important constellation. IA found
the ernen; lawyer at luncheon. for which
they had sent cut because Of professional
pressure. The food was abundant, bat.
through an oversight. the walter had
brought emily one knife and fork Instead
OF sending for an extra set OF eating tools.
they had drawn cuts Dillon got tho knife
and Swayn. the fork bu, a; the mouen;
Of The young lawyers entrance neither
was eating They had fallen into a hea led
and sonoruus' legal argument and Dillon
was brandishing his knife In Swayne's
face. while IRE latter was waving his fork
dangerously near Diilon's nose.
Cur.oasiy enough. New York has now no
lawyers who apply themselves chiefly 10
criminal practice OF the grade Of the late
Charles w Brooke There are stsli law
yers w5o make good sees at criminal rsrac-
fice in New York. but they do not resem-
bic Mr.. Brooke, and the cid order Of things
when the criminal lawyer was at the TOP
Of the heap seems TO have passed away
permanently Various reasons for tbs
have eeen advanced hut the true one II
rsGra9sf sAAk the S;SAGfsE INDUSTRIAL t--
velopmenis Of the times have made corr
Terctsl" practice far more profitable than
any ether. IN. present tendency bad ae
gun TO develop in Mr.. Brooke's lifetime,
and his annual fees were never 10 com
pare Il. magnitude @i.h those taken in by
the eminent nsen mentioned above or EI-ha
Root or E>f-Siisric r. Cossders. or Wheeler
III. Perksars or several others tina; r,esxht
sse mentioned hat MS income was highly
desirable sar all that
In recent xss deal A. c. Hurbare, a
Boston lawyer. received fee o. xzsa M
Tnss wss pretty rceI pay. sast there ara
lawyers wno lave .cue better George
Hsrisnx. a patent sswves received ssn oss
from The GOODYEAR Rubber Company fer
proving their exclusive right 20 use ees-
tain forms GO hard rubber. hat this was
ncs paid In ore fee. csf IN re 1nur.@ q
several years litigation. Fer settling IN
tne affairs o. Decker Howell q Co. w ~
Crumwell received a lawyers fee az
t.sa Sa