Arizona republican., 1902-07-06
HIS SOCIETY
 EXPENSIVE H.

Tha doors of the government hospital for the insane near Washington opened the other day to admit the only man ever entertained by the United States as q guest Of tre nation for naar.y six weeks, who made his host pay aim S9o9 q day in solid cash for the priviieG" of his society.
 This nan WAS iIHll-tt ',-i!pouTn, who. in the @arly 7os, Was a veil known llnJ agent and snecuiayor in "a hing tca and q member cf what was then styled the district real estate ring "ut y,,-tlG aoW probably pc recognized aa d public Improvement syndicate committee u. t1e house of reHrcse:2t1- ttves ensaac,j in Investigating %"iie "i .il,- ac-s of the coordination su1pGc- raed him as q witness and C G.iAAnded certain information contained in Ja. private books ol his firm. lie ro;usei to furnish it. and Ly a vo,e uf thn laclis.. he was arrested i,' the -e4 ..-,.lj- al-;.rnts. .Ja,3n C. Thouips 1A. ant locked D. for contempt.
 I<ilbou.n cliriel his case ja t.2 courts. which declared that l:e Wa clearly within lis rights in refusing to i answer the questions put to him. lis release occurred about forty days after | his arrest. In the interval. thcIS1 1 Gualtered most Of the time in the dis | trict tail. he fared sumptuousIT at the : expense of the mousse contingent fund. ! taking exercise atoot or paying social visits ;u c &Gr-aiways, oNcourse. accompanied by an accommodating ot- i ficer: being served with the delicacies ] of the season three times a day from tie house rcstaurant. -iyS1g dinner parties tc his friends and Geraraliy killing time after the manner of . gen
 tle.:l.- Of elegant leisure rat.a.- than
 9 cuiprit in dulanCe.
 :Stiii as ilc e2pre-seti 1T. his feelings : had pean seriously wounded. and the
 party wh9 wounded them must be l compelled to apply the saIve O. fat sEm in damage. So ilc sued Mir. 1 Thompson for size Gee. The district at ! to"ney. aided oy private counsel sDe- ciaily retained. IIade d stubborn fight 1 for the defense. but tie jury returned
 . verdict for $l99.00o. The judge who f,resiGeti. though himself a subscriber tC Knbourn's syndicate. declared the amount excessive. and on the govern i rent's motion set tue verdict ;;side and granted new ti'ial. This time
 
 the government appealed. and tne seq
 ond judge sci that verdict aside A
 the third trial the verdict was for
 S35.5G0, and the judge who presided
 said that though the award WAS still. ! in nis opinion. excessive, the litigation
 had already CoasVlI:ed some years and
 tired everybody out. so he would sug-
 gest as q compromise tha, judgment
 be entered for $30.0gG and both sides cry quits. The advice was followed,
 and the house If ropresent.,t five, paid
 the judgment against It's se.Scant-at-
 arms. Gs h. had acted 5u.y under .ts Instructions.
 The case had several coHical fea-
 tues. vhe.1 looked back drcn. I<i!-
 b0urn. fn.' instance. nad TO res! ooiec-
 tion t1 showing h:s :;s. ana af,-r
 his 1elease made free with the facts
 and figure thcy contained: he ineic..
 insisted that the house of rep.e~cl ,:J-
 tiVes could not force niln to lay bare
 tha confidential data oc his private
 business. He had long been the good
 fr:ccd ot Thompson. whom he .Ied. and their litigarion e.id not impair tiei- friendship. Finally. some of the men who :co.l the most active pat ia throwing him into jail and t~yine t0 l keep hin there were cii c4 O:G.es CS his each sidc being merely ben; e. "r- 3 tabiisiiin2 q principle. -tu5ourn showed ; signs O. menta! Arrangement threa Gr ] four years ago. and went into retreat , for awhile. but was discharged as re- ! stored, and his friends hope that his $ present attack may likewise yield r. $ reatment.-5oston Transcript. -O------
 Years of suffering relieved in a night.