The Minneapolis journal., 1905-04-26

Young Hagerman turned fiery red when
he replied in a loud tone:
live with my wifel''
There was loud laughterSin the court
room, 50 stout and indignant was the
declaration.
Oh, you are married man9'' asked
Senator Somerville, wishing to under
stand the juror clearly. There was
more low laughter and some snickering
IN the room, and the young man shifted
confusedly in his chair and twisted his
rat at neryoyssly after he had replied
Mrs Hagerman Objected.
Had Senator somerville known what
wouldn It. have asked his embarrassin.a no
questions. When Coroner KennedY
made out the list Of names for the third
special venire, Albert Hagerman "a name
was upon it. The summons had to ha
served in a hurry, for the yenire was
ordered to report the same afternoon.
Half a. an hour after Judge Cray di-
rected Clerk Thorne to issue the or
obnd;snns obGrsd sweat,c9vered ga horse stopped in
Hagerman 3 g gate. Albert was out out in in
the barn, Mrs. Hagerman told the den-
uty sheriff. He had seen the buggy
stop IN front Of his house and alreadyy
was on his way there The meetin1
occurred near the windmill.
MI. .Hagerman was duly summoned
as Juror in the case of the state
agalnst George R. Koch, the deputy in.
l dormed hlm; Mr.. Hagerman .didn It un-
qheaseand. thase The deputy explained. But
the young wife in the house @ aH He
couldn t go-just couldn't. But the
law is the law, the deputy said; Hag.
erman must CO. There co1id ba rs
clubbing. just then the young wife
stepped out on the back porch and
heard the argument. Dishpan in hand
sne went over toward the windmill and
joined in. ono
No, sir, Albert couldn't 90. There
was plenty of work for him there on the
farm, ahn,, let alone what he might be doing
az ABOUT the house. But the deputy
showed the formidable papers. With
their their grand seals of the court in raised
letters, and their elaborate and
threatening phraseology; told the wife
ana the husband that the man who
dldn t obey legal summons would ho
punished for contempt of court; showed
the paper into the hands of the still sur
prlsed Mr.. Hagerman, and was off.
Husband and Wife Parted.
Then there was a domestic conferenca
OF interest and Importance at the Hager-
man home.> At the noon meal the
paper was the sole topic of conversa-
tlon. 1t was read and reread. The
upshot OF it all was that young farmer
Hagerman was in court when his name
was called. =,
He was surprised beyond expression
had he been permitted to express him
self on the subject-when he was sworn,
put he was startled, astonished, DUN
founded, when he learned that he could
not return to Mrs. Hagerman, but must
remain ,cooped up. with the rest of the
Jurors for probably two weeks. He
registered an emphatic protest. -
The deputies tried to make it as pleas
ant for him as possible, and so hitched
up team and took No. IL out to his
farm, that he might talk with Mrs.
Hagerman about anything that didn It
relate to the Koch case Gin the presence
and hearing Of the officer Of the court,
however) and take away with him such
clothing and other things as he might
need. .-- i.
1t took the deputy long time to ex:
had to DO, and why: She listened
scolded him severely for being such q
fool as to "get on the old jury.' He
protested that he couldn It help it. She
took the scolding meekly and the
angry young woman turned her
attentions .s to the man who had
taken her husband from her. It
was trying position for the deputy,
but he was obdurate. It was the
COURTS doings-not his. He gave in
structions for the saying of the final
good-by, turned to make an obvious
" unnecessary alteration Of the check
rein on the nigh horse so as not to see
| it, and then brought No. 12 back to
Mankato. ., ..