New-York tribune., 1899-01-08
AL .FRESCO JUSTICE.
A WILKESBARRE SOLOMON.
ALDERMAN pONoHUEs BREEZY AND uNc""'~ nv
rroNAr. METHODS OF HOLDING COURT

correspondence of The Philadelphia Press
TN, Alderman is horld round. genial nan no0. o.
SSns MANNER %n and Of which Il, IS
moi confined to the texb9oksI I loa nrnfnnnd respect
own % hmd goS1 a but says there lots Of law that
that great urs never heSan s not so much fer
punishment Of evidence is cure for % evil
doing It is medicine wn,en suSf For re Instance,
the symptoms Of wife-beating Is bui,yiSm. hroen eH
The b1lysin out of the bully and he becores MEX et
bcer and he'll light the fires every norn'hs nor & e't to
think they Of kpGw pGSu ths hsn aw usea Sfls
and The law are not always the SaIe I'm anu ''''
run on the the hether it IS law or no
the ,dcrman half it goes % w, %hsthss snSw
hnu ,,'r az manage a case manage it for them.
Of the man Nd3 had we HeTe qnee me aw aSF
says he should be held in 5000 bail Ills lawyers
were ready to furnish it. ILL.,, an, or tho ,treets
again free man? Not much wheTe heid f.ln be be n
scoo ba and he net wfHy aw iS bot 'a IT was @e justice
III Alderman had habitgal p,nh oeiTre
MONDAY nigh FranK oKerdu ened eve o and badly
bruised face told how she had been khock.u H uo"
ana kicked. The neiehb9rs tesiled d,a, tmaI Ioebed
and showed remorse. . ,,, ~, othor
The Squire wasted no time IN nearing tue o'"''
side the
PUNISHMENT TO FIT THE CRIME.
,each Won lesson that you'll not soon forget, ana
il it does not maN you behave & ySurseif l IN very
much mistaken How Old are you! o.c,, vo,
Thirty y-eght. Your Honor said overhead WON
WI I'm ten years older. but-take OF your
coat The Alderman removed his styhsh Prince
"shut that door Constable Newton. he ex-
claimed and lock 1t. and you-turnlng 10 TN, tno
thirty or forty spectators-'do"t you move '''A
lie arranged the papers on his desk carefully
moved back the reporters table and chairs 10
cI...
put up Your hands" he cried. for I'm going TO
give You VI the worst licking you ever gotx
Overfeld too amazed 70 parry ,he the, riEmt Et
STmS Wam he wn pekdd Himself out Of the he
ful Of fight. And ne could fight. too. in a rough
man ali he could do but in the end science in The
shape of singing left ana right handlers wei placed
and clever parryng. blocking and duckii,S Won
Overhead was not the only sufferer, for he landed
some vicious swings which the Alderman telt
then Overieid iinding he could not land. clinched
and the two fell to the floor The Alderman %as
Just Is scientific a wrestler A boxer. ana
strange hold soon took all the breath ana hsht
His Honor never does things by halves, however.
and. having studied the symptoms OF wiie-bea,ing
pornmelled him right heartily administering the
proper dose and little extra Tor sood m.aSie, sur
for mercy the prisoner was quite ready 10 swear ''
by all that was sacred that he would never lay
III you do Said the Alderman and then.
the midst of profuse protesaons Of good behavior.
Of the sPsstators except one enjoyed . the snt ign
hos & ne xasp eHGo" TO tell how ne hsS
David" said His Honor; not unkindly, this Is
LEANED one you will remember II 1t Is you can
"The drst time thrashed wile-beatsr:" said al
low. low Y' and had nearly @ killed his VIE He got it
worse that Oyerheid for, laid him up for I'VE week
two 1t did him good. Yes. sir He's peeh
mighty good husband ever since
'l had another several years ago This vas my
my first case and felt proud of some Of them.
One French society wrote me about II: | is"d never
They if they want II is not patented
ye Just got o letter d5 from name PhadsPa M E arE %an
and he me his book Mental Nuts to Crack
Good boy Donohue! Do it again. wish
Ten years ago. when thrashed the first one
nerve medicine firms sent me letters asking
under II. i use SOand-So Nervine and thrash
wfe-bcaters.' I'm no advertising agency. though.
HOW HE FIRST BECAME FAMOUS.
The Alderman first became famous by an in
teresting settlement Of an intricate case when ne
suit over a goose. Both claimed it. and each pro-
duced ten witnesses to testify that 1t was hers
The evidence on each side was most direct ana IN
dsputable Each ten Identified the goose as be,
ongng to the woman tn they T represnted Tnsy AZ
After hearing the evidence the Alderman said tc
the Drosecurix.
Have you a gander?'
'Troth, an O have. an foine wan at that"
The Alderman put the same question to the
other gant. .
"rroth. an. Oi have. an foine wan. said the
defendant Indignantly.
"Whose gander did the goose keep company
with asked the Alderman seeing the end H
sight
Twas moine." exclaimed each woman.
"Well. bring them both to court this afternoon.
ordered the Alderman.
The women protested
You WON'T" said the Alderman. then will,
and he issued ii subpoena for each sander. and In
due time they in. borne by two triumphant
constabes
The Alderman ordered everybody out to bis
fol and tha hat cat there Numbered