New-York tribune., 1901-01-18
THE PASSING THRONG.


"one of the best lawyers we ever had in IN.
West was Frank GarnahI" said Nathan cramn
of San Francisco. at the Hctel
A WESTERN Victoria yesterday. eGarnabI
LAWYERS started his legal career in the Citv
REMARK Of the Golden Gate. but his rowing
ABLE disposition would not permit 90 h,
TACTICS. remaining long in any one place
First and last. he must have prac
tised law in half of the cities and towns in the
Far West before he died in the COeur dAIene into
which wonderful country he had drifted some years
before. The most famous with which he was
connected while there was the trial of Pat Flvnn
for murder. at Burke Flynn had committed a red
handed murder. and had been caught in the act
He had deliberately shot before third parties
and the evidence strong against him that
il looked though he would certainly get the rome
GarnahI defended him. and realized that the case
a desperate one. When it came his speech
to the jury he calmly disregarded the evidence in
toto. Instead. he skilfully appealed to the sym
pathies of the jury He drew an affecting but
wholly apOcTyphal picture of Flynn's old mother
in Ireland who. Garnahl assured the jury, only
living for sight Of her boy again, and was It
her humble cottage there. Flynn's mother no one
so GarnahI felt himself safe from contradicton
1t Thanksgiving time when the trial occurred
affecting was his speech that there was not a dry
eye in the jury box or courtroom at its conclu-
speech completely lost sight of the evidence, and
promptly brought in verdict OF not guilty. 1t
ran across FLYNN freed soon gave evidence Of
Ehat Whats na & OF man rounr% nj was anG e unto S
shooting to death couple of innocent and unof-
Tending Cinnamon
THE city of Spokane Wash" said Bernard VII
kins. of that place. at the Everett House yester
day. as largely built upon land
THE BUsTs that originally formed the ranches
WE'RE of a man named Cannon and one
REMOVED. j. J. Brown, popularity known
throughout our country Double
j. Brown Cannon and Brown, unlike the majority
OF first settlers hung to their property and
made large fortunes out of the growth Of the city
1 do not know that they were entitled to great
amount OF credit for accumulating this money. 1t
was but chance that led them to locate their
ranches where they did. and wealth, without aid
from them sought them out where they had To-
Gated But be that it may, Brown and Cannon
looked at the matter from different point of view,
and when millions came to them they took all the
credit to themselves and said it their astute-
ness that had led TO its accumulation. They cele-
brated their entrance into fortunes tickle favor In
many ways Among other things. they built an
opera house and over the centre of the 2rOsce-
MUM arch they caused to be placed bust of
shakespears nankng i on Of efngr tbsssIe mav
be agincd, these examples OF the sculptor art
II was left to Harold g Bolce to cause their dis
appearance BOlce and 'Bareai3n Brown blew INTO
their arrival took in a show at the opera house
Their eyes lit upon the busts and inquiry revealed
10 19 be fee pr ad I0f he tr hs and the
next morning the following doggerel appeared in a
local sheet:
says Cannon 70 Brown.
Don't you call il reEown
But saws Double J. Brown.
''Tis at Shakespeare says Cannon. they jeer'
That. ended those busts. Where local criticism
had failed breath from the Coeur dAlene sue
house revealed the fact that Shakespeare regned
alone above the prosceniup arch.