The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
TALES OF MISSOURI BAR
TOLD ON SEVERAL MEMBERS.
lnfantIle Exhibits Affect tie Jury-On One Occasion Il Prosecuting
ATTORNEY Frustrated This Sympathetic Plea-Defendant
Forgot His Child at the Cry of Fire"

anu II he threw aside the little daughter
for her to make her way out as best she
could. and scugh; to save himself
That's all the further he got. The de-
PENDANTS counsel fairly shrieked their OBJ
%jections, and the court sternly rebuked the
lawyer, who meekly apoiogized for trans
crossing the rules. But the iron had at
last bean sent home 10 the souls Of the
jurymen. and their determination to con-
Wet was absolute. Ard when Ballou sat
down. there was a bries consultation and
4 nodding of heads among the jurymen.
Then the foreman arose and said IL the
court had no objection he would hand IN
the verdict without the formality of going
into the juryroom.
Il attended the execution a few months
afterwards. The wife Of the conde nned
was there. but the little girl wasn't. Young
as she was, she intuitlvely detected some
thing revolving in her parents conduct the
last night of the trial, and she couldn't en-
lure the ordeal of meeting him again"
The Judge who was trying the case had
been an interested listener to the old at
torney's recital. When 1t was completed
lie turned to Mr.. Campbell and said:
Campbell. Il anybody yells fire in that
courtroom tonight I'll send him to the
Peni.entiary, so help ne Blackstone. and
I'll fine every attorney for the State sl09."
There was no disturbance.
Judge Redd's Roast
of Hannibal Bar.
Judge n. NJ. Shelton OF the Second
Judicial Circuit tells this one: I'm the years
gone by. Judge join T. Redd occupied the
bench of the Tenth Circuit. He was a great
reader. and PARTICULARLY fond of light lit
erature during his trips around to his courts.
saying it relieved his mind. The character
of his reading was the subject Of much
friendly part.
1.-The lawyers of Hannibal on a certain
evil day decided to play a joke on his Honor.
They searched the Town over for a CORY
tale of the Wild and wicked West. with a
flaming title page, and l believe at last
got about what they wanted. II my recol-
lection serves me 1t was called Volcano
Victor. or the Disappearing Canon of the
Rockies anyhow. it was equally pictur-
esque in title. A neat card stated that 1t was
a present from the brethren of the bar in
token of their esteem, etc.
THE court picked the thing up. glanced
seriously at it and then showed 1t in a
drawer Of his desk. Nothing was said about
the matter for several days. and the jokers
began to wonder II he had been offended.
One morning a big trial was on. and there
were several prominent lawyers from the
cities present. The Hannibal bar almost to
a man was in the courtroom. Judge Redd
entered and raped on his desk. There was
a hush and expectant looks in his direc-
ton.
Gentlemen Of the Hannibal BAR he
said. "a few days ago 1 was the recipient
of a literary present from you. 1 call It
literary in the sense that 1t was written
before being printed-I Judge It was-an
we are told there is a relationship between
writing and literature. The man who gets
up a horse bill, 6r a public sale announce
ment Is to some extent a literary man. and
so we'll call this literature.
ct had not referred to your generosity
before because 1 wanted to have the op-
portunity to first estimate its value. I am
now in a position to do so. / experienced
an exquisitely thrilling sensation as I read
Of how Volcano Victor shot ten highway
men with a siN-chambered revolver and
killed a buffalo for breakfast with the re-
naming loads. 1 fearfully followed the au-
thor through the twilight atmosphere OF the
disappearing canon far enough to learn
," Sou " oAA NY OoifSA (AAaI
he will ultimately reach there amounts al
most to a conviction. 1 have been taught
by "Moon-Faced Adams. the one-legged
guide" that oxen can climb trees when nee |
essary. and that a mule can be educated to
bray in a whisper. Until 1 read this-this
bock-yes. book-I feel that I was an IN
learned and unlettered citizen.
There is no limit to the expansive ideas
contained between the covers Of this hand
some present. and in order. gentlemen, that
you may understand how appreciative I am
I will say that 1 feel by the perusaI of
these pages 1 have gained far more valua- |
BILE information than has been impaired to
me during all my years Of contact with this |
bar, and for this the court thanks you.
That Is all. gentlemen. Call the jury, Mr.. |
Smith Lilo parrot ~ |