Evening journal., 1902-12-08
TOLD
OF JUDGE CRAY
He Is a Favorite With the
Newspaper Men in New
York
WAYS ON THE BENCH AND OFF
That's the Judge" said the court
as a six-footer entered the

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office
Then. as Judge George Gray, chair /
man of President RooseVelts anthra- !
cite arbitration commission. disappear
ed ia the room in the Government |
building In Philadelphia. where for
part of tho year he holds United states
Circuit Court. tn attendant uncross-
ed his legs and continued:
"Dundest man tor work ] ever ran
across. Here he IS iunmng down from
Wilmington between Il cctings of the
coal strike commission. and cansing
me to hustle aro-nl When / looked for
Ia breathing spell. Dtt you he'll stay
here till 10 r Il tor aht-he gen sfal,y
does. And III have ID stay zoo.
.aint kicking. mind-iust telling you
how, he works. says the New York
Sun
a look of resignation fitted across
the attendants face.
Game hard at working this
way, and having our nice little vaca-
tion plans spoiled-but we're used to it
now
why, last summer. | only got few
days lest. and before that / used
TO have the whole summer to rest up
in. But the Judge came in one morn
ing about the time all of us were be-
ginning to think of q two months va
cation, and said
Well. here it is pretty near July.
the usual time for adiourning court tin
fal. bat | don't feel that ought to do
it while there's so much work to bo
done. I'm sorry, but ! guess We'll have
to sit all summer.
And do you know. the Judge sat all
summer and even when it is was hot
test and the rest of us and the lawyers
and all booked wilted the Judge was as
cool as a cake of ice Lord how he
rushed through those piled-up cases.
Never had so clean docket before, in
my recollection; and I've been here
| twenty years
At this juncture the attendants eyes
twinkled.
Let me tell you one Of the things the
Judge did last summer" he said. "a
beer filter case was up before him
infringement of patent Each side had
about a dozen filters in evidence. and
the lawyers talked about 'em and
showed 'em under the Judges nose until
around about lunch time
Then the Judge leaned over the
bench, lost his judicial dignity in that
democratic smile Of his, and said:
Suppose we have some lunch. gem
tlemen, here in the courtroom. and,
after it is over. so on with the case
and finish it today.
Agreed" roared each lawyer, as
he grabbed the filter he represented,
and We'll get some beer and show your
Honor how onr filter works
Then they all gathered around a
table. and while they ate the Judge
also watched the filters at work. When
the beer had all run through-well the
case wasn't begun again until all the
beer was gone
'tAnd that lunch didn't cost the Judge
a cent. I.l
let me pay for this, said the com
plainant. when the time came for set
tlement.
" No. I'll be pleased TO pay for it,
protested the defendant. bluffing every
bit as much as the other fellow in his
desire to appear generous before the
Judge,
"The Judge let them wrangle for a
while, then spoke UP in his judicial
voice, but there was a twinkle in his
eyes:
" Guess You need a referee. don't
lyou? Yes? Wen. TIL decide the case
as impartlally as I can. AS you both
seem extremely anxious to part with
the 5000 that the bin calls for. I and
the rest of is will keen our hands on
our pOcketbooks and generously per-
nit each of You to pay half the bil.
"Then the Judge got back on the
bench and was as dignifed as ever.
Judge Gray likes to tell a story. es-
pecially if it has a fact for founda-
ton, and his favorite has to do with
the rule of railroad companies that
only children under years OF age can
ride free.
One day while he was going from his
, home to Washington. while he was st1
a senator. he overheard this converse
tion between the conductor and the oc-
lcupants az the seat behind him:
"Pratty big girl to he travelling free
madam"
'fAh. why-what-" halting,y. a.
if the mother objected seriously {,
D Sitting her conscience at the supreme
Z Pretty big TO be riding for nothing
l said. madam How old Is she2'
'Who-oh how old2 Why swc5tly
'why Julia is Just and th'
mother voice died away % a murmur
How old did YOU say MADAME
silence for a moment. then a shril
voice piped up:
. "l guess mammals forgot what pap'
4 said to tell you. He said For heaven'
sake. tell the conductor the child1
only four and a half. and save me 49,
l In reciting the story the Judge al
t ways adds;
"And papa was saved the So not b,
his furiOusly blushng wife but by hi
offspring whose naive speech mad
2 the conductor le9n over my sea-, tn
next time he came through the ca
and remark:
Wouldn't that Jar you? Neve
laughed SD in my life ! didn't hav
e the heart to collect fare
II is in his law offices i'm Wilmingto
and between clients that the Judg
likes TO swap anecdotes with ol
o friends. These offices are i'm an insig
c nihcant looking and old brick buildinl