Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-03

figures. One day in court an aI,oro.
bigaInist was brought before him m,
prisoner had lived two years with tn
cecond woman In the case He h,,
concluded TO plead guilty on the IN
derstandins with the states attorne,
that his sentence would divorce hin
from No. >. Judge Gary leaned oye
his desk and said in kindly voice:
.Of course. you fully understan NJ
what that plea of guilty means?"
Yes. your honor
And do you understand that If va,
so plead it Will be my duty to sent
Tnn to the penitentiary? Do Won nm.
Gerstabd that"
Yes, your honor. Anything to get
free
! Judge Gary gave the accused a pjcrc-
ing look. Then in his inimitable man
ner he said:
/ Il suppose there are some things he
side which prison would be a relief
! Any relative or friend Of this defendant
In cOurt?''
! woman in black stood up on a
behch and in voice that sounded like
rpsaw in Il knotty plank said:
! I'm his second wife, judge, y'r
, honor"
Without change Of voice or facial
expression the judge went on az If to
complete a sentence: Some things he -
side which prison would be IA relief.
/ You ought To be willing to take three
ycais?"
The prisoner nodded his assent
| Then Judge Gary looked over at the
In, III IL l.,
her III "A second. He turned once more
to the man who had pleaded guilty and
said:
! II viii give you one year. You seem
tn have had the other two before they
arrested you"
No situation in his court is 81 50! :
emn or serious as tn prevent the judge
from making a joke. if his keen sense
of humor prompts 1t and it does not
conflict with the dignity Of his office
During an important hearing some
time ago there was a slight commution
in his court room. and the author of it
was grabbed by Il bailiff and hauled
before the bar.
What are you making all this com
motion about?" sternly asked the
judge.
Please. your honor" replied the cul-
piit, Il have lost my hat"
is that all?' said Judge Gary. with
no less stcrnncss. why. mon have
lost whole suits in this court and not
made ono half that fuss"
As a young man in New York he
learned the trade Of a carpenter. and
during The summer OF lS40 worked at
the carpenters bench When he de-
C.ded to become a lawyer he went to
st. Louis. He was admitted to the bar
in Missouri in 1874 and began his
practice in Springfield. Mo. in the
same year. remaining there until 1Sia.
Tn. Mexican war having opened up
Z new field for Amer iCauS, he went To
Las Vegas y. NJ. where he learned
the Spanish language and practiscd in
the mixed courts. After three and one
half years of this experience he went
still farther toward the Pacific. and for
thic" additional years prartiscd in san
Francisco. In the spring of 1856 he
settled in Chicago. then a city of about
sixty thousand inha hitants. There he
continued in the practice of his pro-
fcsSion until lSf5. when he was first
erected to thu bench Of the superior
court.
shortly after he WIS placed on the
bench Of the appellate court in cook
county. few years ago. Judge Gary
WAS asked what he found tn keep him
80 busy lie replied that he WAS kept
busy reversing the decisions of Judge
Blank. a wcll-known local iurist
t..,il ~,
greatest legal lighting ability Rave AWAY
been heard by Judge Gary with the frca'
'St measure. lie presided IN the noted
murder case Of I.uctcsrt. the sausage
, maker. who WIS convicted OF having de
; strnNcd his wife in one of the sausage
making watts. and subsequently dice
under life sentence in the Joliet Pen
itCHtiarv. In another case two opposing
attorneys showed a very warlikc spirit
in tn" earliest stage Of the proceedings
Tho judge saw that the trial would h
indefinitely blocked by their chickering's
He called the gentlemen before him.
II soc that Won gentlemen ar" spelling
FOR Eight" he said. My advice tn You
is that YOU 30 into an adJ"iniES room
aud chew each others ears ~ while
. II will say" time later on" The attoi
uoYS did not accept tn" advice. but tht
strife became less objectionable.
bHr nay 4 t"Intt't tnf ihtHGo news
paper tried to interview Judge Gary on q
matter Of public interest, during the noon
hour in his court Turning from III,
paper he WAS reading the Old iurist said
II won't be interviewed for the papers
though they have always treated me kinn
. Is. AiN longest interview was when Conk-
, ling died Reporters wer" sent hrpnnt
getting opinions. aud to on" Of them
said: L greatly admired '"nkting as Il
, man of great ability. Tie wds too big
a man Tor me to talk about. That Wa
the extent Of the interview. ! have tried
Ia mark ont :, line Of conduct and to foi-
low il. That's as far as care to 90.
Tho intimate friends III judge Gary say
HAT he is fond "f trying ms hand AT IN
Vcution. and has. il. fact. devised several
articles which he iinaG,ncd would -
great Successes Ills work in this hirec-
ton. however has only rendered HIM
vulnerable to the jcsts of his associates
# is said that at various times he ha'
invented a brake for railway cars, a car
cuIar steam press various engines, I"
rotary churn and steam pump: lis
coIlc3.tp Judge TuieN. = authority iht
TN. statement that thcS" lhNen'inlS "'i' .
without flaw in the form "f models. but
wh.n an ATTEMPT was made to put them
on the market, II was hlHdfianl! ipuu"
that yo,nt. other inventor had prcNioiS.N
entered thc same field and obtained a mo
nonolv After several mouths of hard
work. for example. JudG" Gary perfected
an i,1urnNpm,ht for a IdIiWaN lof"inotNt
lie showed the model to a chief engineer
ar , yveriern road who Immediately DIS
pla we'd = similar HeNitt ""'th ''tu 'N'
in use for a year.
Those who test know MN say fnat III
his homo life he is a l"vahi" cirara"trr-
,rind yympathetic alproaChab!C. re-
Sunnsivc. tut these traits d" not $40"
in court. His home is on III" same sic
49,, no ,,Id onc which WIS burned ~ the
hit, fire lie can never break away from