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meanor and dominating manner did not
make enemies The Judges who found him
difficult TO manage, and opposing counsel
who res ,n,ed his manner. wero none the
less glad to have him In the case. He was
delightfully."- free from a self-conscious
swagger. Ho was not in the least degree
an ogotist. At the samo time, he was no
respeoter Of persons. He feared no one
His blows fell indiscriminately on leaders
and juniors. and even. when the occasion
warranted II, on Judges. The young men
liked him. In fact. they were proud OF him
There was a bigness about the man that
all appreciated Ho sometimes gave Of
fence without intending 1t, and. when the
fact was pointed out TO him, he could make
the umende In a very generous way. de
could make II to a barrister or Judge, as
the case may be, and always In style that
gave satisfaction
Russells well-known success In cross
examination lie here attributed TO force of
character. Others were as skilful, some
had more finish, but none possessed his
striking personality. Some great advo-
Gates trip up witnesses, lead them into
traps, circumvent them. In Russells case
TO his skill and adroitness were added
strength OF will and the overwhelming
influence OF an irresistible individuality.
Upon this point barrister who often saw
Russell In action remarks: Some men get
In a bit Of the nail. and there they leave II
hanging loosely about until the Judge or
some one else pulls 1t out. But when Rus
sell got In bit OF the nail. he never stopped
until no drove II home. No man ever
pulled that nail out again
ToI Iixi,o With Ruaaall about his meth Od6
OF cross-examination. the present biog-
rapher once said TO him: you don't, as a
rule, man9uvre; you 60 straight at the
witness. / have heard II said that you
don't even much care whether the witness
sees the point for which you are making
you take him by tho throat and drag him
there Russell answered: in dealing
with an English jury it Is better to go
straight to the point; the less fnesse the
better. II Is different with an Irish jury
An Irish jury enjoys the trial. They can
follow every turn OF the game. They un-
derstand the points Of skill; tho play be-
| tween an Irish witness and an Irish coun-
sol is good fun. and the jury like the fun,
and they don't mind the loss Of time. They
get as good value out OF trial as they
would out Of a theatre. With an English
| Jury IL is different. They are busy men.
and they want to get away quickly. The
great thing with an English jury is not 10
| lose time. Mere fnesse they don't appre-
ciate. Go straight at the witness, and at
the point throw your cards on the table.
The biographer's comment on this expo
ttion of Russel's method Is that the ex-
FOUNDER did not seem to recognize that
| only a man Of great strength could prac-
tise II with success; could play the game
with the cards on the table. II was, we are
| told. fine sight TO see Russell rise to cross
examine. His very appearance must have
been a shock to the witness. Russell, ,
said a member Of the Northern Circuit,
produced the Same effect on the witness
that a cobra produces on a rabbit How
| Is Russell getting on'' friend asked one
OF the Judges Of the Parnell Commission
during the days Of Piggott's cross-exam-
| nation. Master Charlie Is bowling very
straight was the answer. From his
own observation Mr.. O'Brien testihes
that Master Charlie always bowled very
straight and the man at the wicket gen.
orally came very quickly to grief. i have
myself seen him approach a witness with
great gentleness-the gentleness Of lion
reconnoitring his prey. have also seen
him fly at the witness with the flerceness
Of a tiger. But gentle or fierce. no must
have always looked very ugly TO the man
who had come into the box 20 lie
We have said that Charles Russell was
no orator in the ordinary sense Of the word,
As a speaker he was simple, strenuous,
direct. straightforward. In addressing a
Jury, as In cross-examining witnesses, IL
] - MT told
A harristor who came into court just az he
was about TO speak in some great case can
recall nothing but the mans individuality,
Il forget what he said / could not tell you
whether the speech was good or bad. But
don't forget Russell hc appears before me
now az vividly as when ] saw Tim on that
day. He secmed To me 60 lie quite ire
sistiblc. not for anything he said, but for
the whole appearance and demeanor Of the
man A. a rule. lacking literary form and
historical finish. deficient ia humor and de-
void Of wit. he possessed few Of the quail
ties with which one generally associates
the idoa of oratory. Nevertheless, Charles
Russell. sitting quietly Ia court, looking
calmly around, and occasionally tapping
thn ild ~ Ms srun box, dominated every
person Who came vithin the sphere 81 his
| Influence. To what do you asrrit. Lord
/ Ru-srll's great suoo"a-i' friend said 10
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otii,f cuIao..t mon. o. h. t-.tt.r sI'.alor,
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doe b. d. Iif' lie impus.s himself on
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