Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-04-25

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}. her to come into court in the same
I brown dress she'd wore before b
' husband died.
! OF Col. Bloomer was on hand. to-
snifiin' the air like a war horse, q
, bettin with the Denver reporters tn
the Kid would get a term at Can0
CITY. II he escaped with his necA
The Colonel. he'd been watchin' MuI
ray pretty close. and said there wasn}
no evidence collected. The OIL nal
was sore because he knew the wIdOV
was well-heeled, and the fee waI
sure.
1t didn't take long to hear the evf
dence. The hoy admitted shootinl
his father He'd done 1t with a re,
voiver bought to protect himself
against the cruelty OF the dead mani
Yes, his mother knew he had the rel
volver. Shed given him the money
to buy 1t.
Or Col. Bloomer shook his head
Damagin evidence, that, an. showed
conspiracy between mother and son.
Murray did not push the boy to tell
| of his fathers cruelty. an the only
hing the kid stuck out for was that
the oil man had started a.eaer him to
brain him with the brandin' iron.
or Col. Bloomer leaned over to the
'eporters. an whispered:
SELF defense. but badly handled.
)ungled."
Then the Colonel leaned back In
his chair while the district attorney,
too Il,
,na raise n family. talked about the
'acred duty OF children to parents, an
'atricide. which he said this goddess.
rrevernt gen'ration of young'uns was
'unnin to. Or Colonel said, when
ie finished:
A masterpiece! Unanswerable"
When 1t came his turn, Murray he
7ot up and walked over to the boy.
everybody commenced to rubber.
that's what they'd come to hear--the
1oung up-start of a lawyer, who'd
rossed right over on to OIL ColoneI's
eservation. Murray. he turned for
me more look at the jury. as II he
vas sizin' EN- up. Then he looks down
t the kid. who's kind o. slid down in
lis chaoir. lookin' white an. plnched
n his blue flannel shirt.
Your honor-gentlemen OF the tu-
y, says Murray. 1T would be use
ess for me to contest the legal and
'cripturai points made by the learn
ID gentleman who preceded me. 1t
would be useless for me 10 recite for
'ou the events OF this boys life aa
have heard them from his mothers
ips. or tell You of hes suRerin,s ~
he brutality inflicted upon her son.
would be useless for the boy to mar
ate details that would harrow your
iouls and scar your memories You
SIX me. gentlemen OF the jury, what
rgument ! offer that this boy was
justified in firing that fatal shot
that he acted solely In self defense.
Gentlemen OF the jury. this is my ar
,ument-"
With that he turned quick as O cat,
IN before anyone knew what was up,
ned stripped the shirt of the kids
back. an swung him roun' 80 the jury
IN half the crowd could see the
iesh
God Almighty. man. you'd oughter
leard the murmur that swept over
hat room. never heard the like
'efore or since, unless 1t was the night
of the cloudbufst when the waters
)roke on that divide up yonder.
The district attorney was on his
eet In minute. hollerin' objections
IN three languages. none bein as
5criptural as his first remarks, by q
long shot. but his honor didn't seem
o hear. he was leanin' back In his
chair with his eyes closed. an loOkin'
sort OF white roun' the mouth. The
'ist.ict attorney seemed to tumble,
an sat down sudden-like. Out In
the crowd women hugged their babies
closer an sobbed. Murray slipped
the kids shirt on again and cody faced
the Jury.
Gentlemen" says he. Il reckon you
know the Jensen brand when you see
IT. The case is In your hands"
Judge Hyatt. he came out OF his
trance at last. an ratified OF some In.
tfuctiols. but most of the Jurymen
'eemed to he iookin way OF some
where or out in the crowd where their
wives was settin', soothin' their ba-
bies to sleep.
That jury was out ten minutes by
the clock. an nary man. woman nor
child LETT the courtroom till they
heard the words. Not guilty"
When the crowd had sort OF thin
ned out. an Widow Jensen an the
boy had shook hans. the jurymen.
an the Judge had given Neis few
words OF advice. just like he would
to his own shavers, OIL Col. Bloomer.
he come inside the railin' an walked
straight over to Murray. an put out
his han like man.
Young reiler." says he. you're a
wonder. There's n partnership walt
in for you down in my office. Come
roun' In the mornin' an well talk
business.
AT that. Murray. he whips out one
or his cards. an says he.
Very kind of you. Colonel. an
appreciate 1t. but there's partnership
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