The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-10-20

fur jeStice. With tears in his eyes he
told me that Hop Lee. the Chinyman
had knocked him senseleSs with a club
and then robbed him.
Il put it to him straight, and he new
er winked an eye. 1t was my dOoty to
issue warrant and cause the arrest of
Hop Lee, and the same was done. 1t
was when | questioned Hop that the
truth began to bulge up like wind in a
bladder.
what was the facts in the case?
Jim Warsaw had scraped 81 togeth-
err and gone up to the washhouse to
play poker. He had four aces in the
deck and two up his sleeve. and he
meant to skin that heather alive. He
sot down to do it, and he did his level
best, but Hop Lee wiped up the airth
with his remains In other words, Jim
Warsaw was down to his boots when
he left that washhouse, and the only
way he could get revenge was to come
to me and hOller fur jestice.
when | found out how the case
stood l discharged Hop from custody
and sent Jim to Jail fur year fur
tryin' to play horse with the majesty
of the law. He hired Il shyster law
yer to appeal his case, and notice has
come to me that my decision has been
reversed
I'm other words, the supreme court
which don't know Jim Warsaw from
q bondSow which yvocn't hora on 1.-Two
ground to know how he meant to use
those six aces, which don't know that
he can look a Teller plumb in the eyes
and lie like spring freshet, has or
dered that l give him a new trial and
take into account the fact that he has
never killed anybody in the past.
THAT'S the order, but this court amt
goin' to knuckle to it. This court was
elected by the people to dispense jes-
tice and is goin' to do so if the heav-
ems fall. 1t is satisfied that Jim War
saw is a liar and that he put up job
on Hop Lee who amt to blame that
he was born with squint eyes and in
a foreign land
what this court will do is to turn
Jim loose, and the same is done right
here and now. AS fur the new trial.
he won't git it. And, hevin' bin turned
loose this court wishes to say to him,
both as a court and the owner of the
Red Dog saloon, that if he amt out of
Sandy Bend within two hours he'll
meet up with sunthin' wuss nor a
stacked hand.
There's one more case on the dock
ct, It's between Lung Sing and Lee
Long, the two Chinymen with claim
on Black Hoss hill AS nigh as | kin
make out, each one has bin watchin'
fur chance fur the last month to steal
the partnership funds from the other.
Both of them got arter the bag of dust
at the same time the other night, and
fight was the consequence.
Both come to me fur jestice, and
both are here in court. It's an easy
case to dispose of. One is as bad as
the other, and l don't believe either
one. It's heather versus heather, and
fine each of 'em So and advise 'em
to go out of partnership and work sep
arate claims. I've nuthin' agin IL
Chinyman, and the law is as much fur
him as fur the white man, but l want
him to know that he can't use it to
brush flies off his tent.
at is perhaps needless to add that
this afternoon a crowd is comm over
from Hunters Gulch fur horse race,
and that l own the horse that is to run
agin the Gulch animal. As a court
I'm loollin' fur fair race and the best
horse to win. AS an individual I'm eX-
pectin' all of you to bet your spon-
dulles on my nag and encourage me to
newer and higher ambitions.
This court now stands adjourned,
and may jestice hover over and pur-
tect us ali till we hev another case on
trial" NJ. QUAD