Arizona republican., 1903-11-17
ANECDOTES OF S. A. DYSART
Related by the X. c. Star in an Account
OF his Death.

NctaACu W TIC He u SttT III ch httouha
OF his Death.
A late number of the Kansas City
Star containing an account of the
death of Mr. Samuel A. Dysart of this
city relates stories of his life life while
engaged in the practice OF law in Mis-
souri,. One of the anecdotes concerning
the filing of a musical exhibit in q trial
before & justice of the peace was pre-
santed by the Republican a year ago.
The Star says.
Mr.. Dysart went to Arizona in 1894
He was GA years old. In the Civil war
he fought on the Union side and was
wounded in his right arm. He pur-
chased a. Republican paper at Lane
ter and, while running it. his political
views changed and he became an ard
ent Democrat. He switched the papers
politics to accord with his own without
the loss of a subscriber. In his news
paper days he studied law and was ad-
united tC the bar He sold his paper
and went into the practice. In the last
years of his residence in Missouri he
was the law partner of the present
image Of the Second circuit, n. NJ. Shell
ton.
/ Judge Shelton said of Mr.. DysIrt that
he was the most original man he ever
, met in the practice of law or anywhere
Ielsc Dyslrt wrote as follows to a man
! who owned some property in OtterVilhe
county, Minnesota. he wanted to sell
az have investigated pretty thorough
Ily your Offering, and am now sitting on
Ia red-hot stove. trying to thaw out. /
Twill say this as a sort of testimonial to
Iyour land. however: The reason the
Almighty didn't locate the north pole in
Ottery lille county was because the
ground was frozen so hard He couldn't
drive it in. You are at liberty to use
my name in this connection if it viii lie
cf any service to you in helping you to
dispose of your Minnesota glaoier'
Mr.. Dysart was employed once to de- |
fend several boys and girls who had |
been arrested for gigGling IN church, I
The charge was disturbing religious |
worship. Elder Tice Spears was the |
preacher and informant He was |
known for his sterr piety and singular |
ly strong voice. After he told his story, |
he sat with clasped hands waiting for
tht defendants attorney to begin on
him. He didn't have long to wait
sam" Dysart's cross examination was
as follows:
Brother Spears, you led the meetin'
that nisht?'
81 did. SIR
You prayed2"
b 81 did. sir"
And preached?"
Il tried to-"
And sung?"
81 sung"
What did you sing2"
There Is a Fountain Filled With
Blood. sir"
Here Dysart pulled a hymn book our
OF his pocket and handed it to the wit
ness with the remark
please turn to that song. Brother
Spears The witness did so.
well stand up and sing it now. il
you please
But I can't sing before this sort of
n crowd"
Brother Spears" with much appar-
ent Indignation. do 1 understand that
YOU refuse to furnish legitimate evil
dence to this july?"
"No-nO-but you see"
your Honor, said Dysart, turning to
the court, Il insist that the witness
shall sing the Song alluded to lust as
he did the night Of the alleged disturb
ance. It is = part of our evidence. and
very important. The reason for it will
be disclosed later on"
And. mind you. Brother Spears"
said Dysart, seriously, you must sing
it just as you did that night if you
change q note you will have to go back
and do it all over again"
The witness got up and opened the
book. There is n Difference between sing
ing to a congregation in sympathy with
you and a crowd Of court room habit
ues. Brother Spears was painfully con-
scious Of the fact. In the Old-time
hymns you begin in the basement and
work UP to the roof, then leap off from
the dizzy height and finish the nine IN
the basement. That's the way the wit
ness did. He had a good voice-that is,
it was strong. 1t threatened the Win
dow lights. The crowd didn't smile
1t just yelled with laughter. The jury
men bent double and almost rolled from
their seats. The court bit his cob pipe
harder and tried to look solemn. 1t
wasn't any use. There We're only two
straight faces in the house and one be-
lOnged to a deaf man and the either to
sam" Dysart. Sam said to the jury:
IF you gentlemen think you could go
to one of Brother Spears meetings and
behave better than you have here, you
may be justified in Ccnvicting these
boys and girls
The foreman asked if they could bring
in a verdict for the children defendants
without the formality of retiring to con-
slider the matter.
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