The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-09

ceiver, and I did SO. You, sir, have
no right to get up here and make such
a statement. You had your day in
court
Clancy Excited.
The Judge grew excited. and he talk
ed about corporations and their actions
that "smelled to high heaven"
You are a strange man to stand here
and talk to me like that when there
is not a word of truth in it, exclaim
ed the Judge, looking at Mr. Cooper.
shaking his head and glaring at him
over his glasses. This is a big case
and a great deal of money is involved
in it, l am a poor man. l have been
sat upon, and false oaths have been
made against me. have been annoyed
and perplexed with this litigation. At
torneys have stopped me on the streets
and talked to me about it before break
fast, and I had to go to my breakfast
afterward, I couldn't walk out on the
streets without being followed and an
noyed and stopped by some one.
Scandalous things have been set up
against me and l have been assailed
for doing my duty and UNFOLDING the
be the usual course against a judge of
the court who does his duty. l am
glad, / say I am glad that you have
at last walked up to the law"
John F. Forbis next got the floor.
ut may not be material he said, but
1 want to say that I did not make the
statement credited to me by your
honor l did not agree to see that the
property was reconveyed if the pre-
liminary hearing before this court
should go against US. 1 knew that
Judge De Witt made no such state
ment, neither did Mr.. Marshall"
We'll. that was my understanding"
said the court.
"rhen your honor is simply mis-
taken 1t was our duty to the COM
| pany to take the matter to the su-
preme court, and If there was any talk
about deciding the property back it
referred to the final hearing of the
| case"
II have been much vexed about this
case" said Judge Clancy.
Your honor has not been vexed half
as much as we have replied Mr.. For
bis. 1.-THE matter has given us much
concern"
ut has given me concern. too" said
| the court.
Il don't want to see one of you at
torneys get up here and make such
a statement as has been made here.
he continued, "for there is not a Gods
word Of truth in it,
1--WE have done in this case only
|
attorney" said Mr.. Forbls. land now
as Mr.. Cooper has said. we bow to the
| strong hand Of the law"
AT the conclusion of the compliments
| passed between counsel and the court
Mr.. Wines, attorney for Sheriff Regain
and Under Sheriff Murphy, respond
ents in the order to show cause on the
alternative writ of mandate arose and
said that in view of the unexpected TURF
| tho 20 had to nd tI,a TO far N,
of Mr.. Cooper, he would like to amend
the sheriff's return on the writ, and the
court granted him until 9 o'clock ir
| the afternoon to make the desired
amendment. At that hour court recon
| vened, and the most remarkable scene
ever witnessed in even Judge Clancy's
court was enacted. To fully appreciate
what occurred it should be known thai
Judge Wines is a gray-haired and one
of the mildeSt hammered and most gen
tlemanly attorneys practicing in Mon
| tana; that he has always been regard
ed as an attorney who had befriendet
| Judge Clancy and who had an unusua
regard for his honor and finally. tina
Mr.. Wines appeared as counsel for TIL,
Sheriff, who had been ordered to show
cause to the court why he did no
execute the writ of assistance. Thu
sheriff's return to the writ was not reat
to the judge. but when court recon
vened Mr.. Mediation took it up art
read few paragraphs from 1t here ant
there and commented as he read OF
the insufficiency of it, and finally moved
that the whole answer be stricken GU
and the sheriff be directed to go aheat
and execute the writ of assistance ant
report to the court on Monday morning
what he had done.
Mr.. Wines then got up to address tn
court as attorney for the respondents
and started to say: ut has been hel,
that when an order of a court was volt
or had been superseded by an orde
of the court of last resort"
Mr.. Wines got no further. Judg