The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-10-29


busy in its way. Ivry two or three years
Il is discovered takin' a nap at county
seat in th' corn belt an hands down a
decision f'r tn defindapt in q case Pr
damages grown out iv tn Shay rebil-
lion. Thin It dhrops off again. Tn
Judge that thried tn case retires to a
well armed Job with railrood comp'ny
IN, iury has ceased TO look fr their
pitchers in th' pa.apers an tn insur'
ance comp'nies insure young Cy'anide's
life Pr the lowest known preemyum.
Occasionally a Judge iv tn coort iv sp-
peals walkin' in his sleep meets another
iudge, and they discuss matthers How
ar. re We gettn' on with tn Cyanide case,
indoe?' I'm maxim fair headway,
Judge. [ r-read part Of tn vardict
iy' tn ,oroner's jury last year an mex
month whin' tn fshin' is over, expict
10 look into tn indictment. IT'S puz-
ziln' case. Th' man is not guilty
'Wer, good bye. Judge; I'll see
IN see you in year or two.
Lave me know how yere gettin' on.
Pleasant dhreams An 30 they part.
TIL higher up a coort is, tn less they
see iy each other. Their Office hours are
firm a auarther to wan leap years. Ie
take lively lawyer that's wurruked
twinty hours day suin' sthreet railrood
compnies an boost him into a high
coort an he can't think out iv ham.
mock, Tn more exalted what Hogan calls
tn ioodicyal station, tn more it's like a
dormitory. Th' years rowl by an tn
tilygraft op'rstor that's been expictin
TO sind a rush tillygram through young
Cyanide sees his ohm an his volts
moldin' an no Wurrud come firm tn
coort iv appeals but tn murmur iv tn
chief Justice discussin' tn notification
theery. But wan day, tn decision is
waited down, Tn coort finds, it says,
that tn vardict was conthry to tn law
an tn ivldince. We seen this firm tn
first. It's as plain as tn nose on ye'er
face Tn Judge WAS preiudiced an tn
Jury was ignorant. TIL ividince wasn't
sufficient to hang a cat. We revarse tn
decision an ordher new thri,e that full
Justice may be done. We cannot help
remarkin' at this time on tn croolty Nv
subiectin this unfortunate man to all
these years iv torture an imprisonment
with a case again him which we see at a
glance during tn Mexican war cud not
shtand tn test iv tn law
But when the decision is carried to th'
pris'ner. tn warden says who p.
Cyanide says tn clark iv tn cOort.
He's not here says TIA warden. 'On
consutn' me books, find a man iv
that name left in tn year siviniy-wan.'
Did he escaped? In sinse.' He cud-
dent appeal2' In a way he did. He's
dead
$50, Hinnissy, I'd like TO be a Judge "
a high coort, dhreamin' tn happy hours
away. No hurry, no sthriviu afther I'M
mejet raysults, no sprintin,' no wan
hollerin' Dooley j., hurry up with that
ne exeat' or 'Dooley, hand down that
opinyion before tn batthry gives out
'Tis tn thrue life iv aise an gintlemanly
comfort. 'Tis wait till tn cloudsrowl
by; tits time was meant for slaves tis
long life an a happy wan. Like tn
Shamrock IL, tn coort acts well in stays
but can't run before tn wind. A jury
is f'r hangin' ivry man but tn high coort
says: 'Ye must die but take ye'er time
about 1t an go out tn way ye
like Ill wanted to keep me money
so that me gran childher might get it i'r
their oil age, I'd appeal it to tn su-
preme coort. Oh, tn fine judge I'd make,
FIR can sleep anywhere, an Pm niver
impatient f'r annywan to get his Jooes.P
~ don't see," said Mr.. Hennessy,
"why they have amy juries. Why don t
they thry ivry man before tn supreme
coort an have done with it?'
"I have better way than that" said
Mr.. Dooley. aye see they're wurruk-
in on time now. wondher if they wud-
dent shtep livelier II they we're paid be
tn piece"