The San Francisco call., 1906-05-27
marriage.

s.Vhat's all that nnSV ~
+,ng offq sounded as if you were oru.n, mo-,
NC ..Ssoree.r said Barker sraveiS, ,,o,,
always think if there a. sT,conpre-
don't understand tnae
hensible-' proher coming
go, .ha large inner room wnieh no
and Poole called ''the den- -.
.sr, % II s f. r. A s. f. K NJ =,
q NV L." repeated Barker
gi,hlv .'Those are the titles ana SUI,
titles of a new volume recently aueeO
the D. p. la volume OF es'"y1 er,mbled
..Oh. talk United States s"'ii
oJaHI .sWhat are you driving att" aueried
pitcher. looking down with a smile upo"
/ the two. ,4touob
poole was not a large man, althoush
hard as nails" as he told every 0ne. Nc,
displaying proudly what ne ealleu ,-s
'labor-hardened muscles he nau st1 D
n miner. but had risen gradually un.n
/ he was now superintendent of the 6elle
Isle mines. Smooth-skinned. horlo' no
presented contrast to the other George
/ Pilcher-who was tall. slender ana oarA'
evidently OF Jewish descent
"A volume of essays he repeated
..Yes. theological" replied Barker.
"Oh-you mean the Sage Brush Far-
SON."
lie QlQE call IlttiSCAA
Barker "He said he was f. r. n ..
F. r. A S. F. NJ s.. r. G.. 5, NJ " i
What does all that mean? broke IN
Pitcher
Damned if know" returned Barker.
Get a dictionary"
The book was brought and the abbre-
viations were identified. IF ne says he's
all that. he's damn liarH' said Poole,
striking the open page with his fist
There he's outside my Jurisdiction"
said Barker. MY business is solely with
the ID. p. l. As liar. he will have TO
answer to the S. L. c. Good-morning,
gentlemen and he took his leave.
His next step was TO lend summons
to the individual under discussion. citing
him TO appear as witness in the divorce
proceedings instituted by Richard Dale
against Mrs. Richard Dale, and another
summons to the Rev. Frederick Haver-
ford for a similar purpose. Then he
went to court
When the two clergymen appeared the
evidence was all in for the murder case.
and Barker. lawyer for the defense. was
about to address the jury.
The State, in the person of the District
Attorney, was prosecuting Nevada Bill for
the killing Of an unknown miner.
/ Nevada Bill had had a quarrel with
Alkali Ike, and the two had promised
themselves and their friends 10 kill each
other ''on sight" Nevada Bill had sta
\ toned himself on Jackson's corner to
watch for his enemy. After while Ike
appeared, rendered conspicuous. a long
way of, by his limp. a reminder OF the
poor craftsmanship of another man who
had had a quarrel with him and whose
shot had struck Ike's knee instead of his
\ heart-a fatal mistake, as the mans
funeral. two days later. testified.
Such bungiin's got to be sat down on"
Ike declared when he gave himself up to
the Sheriff. self defense, they called
II, but il was really defense of a principle.
The limp would last as long as he did
1t was impossible TO mistake Ike 1t
was equally impossible to hit him. When
ever Bill took aim. Ike lodged. or seemed
| TO doge. almost TO the level Of the side
walk. At length, in desperation. Bill
fired; Ike bobbed and the bullet intended
for him killed an inoffensive stranger who
happened TO be passing on the other side
of the street
All this had been proved Any man but
Barker would have despaired OF the case.
Not he, however. In his blandest tones,
with his most impressive manner, he ad-
dressed the jury
Gentlemen of the jury" he began.
after the stir had subsidized attending the
entrance OF the two witnesses for the
Dale case. I'm murder. as you are aware.
malice must be proved / put 1t to you,
gentlemen Of the jury, where was the
y
client did not even know the deceased. He
had never seen him until that morning.
How can there be malice when one man
does not know another? Im-pos- s-stble.
I. gentlemen, impossible. There was no
malice there.
This was no murder. 1t was-a visita-
ton OF Providence. The deceased came
to his death accidentally
TIE jury sat open-mouthed. A broad
grin overspread the rugged features OF
AlkaH Ike. Barker caught glimpse OF
II and turned Gentlemen OF the jury.
/ he exclaimed 'if you want to find the
real criminal there he sits! He pointed
straight at Ike. IF he'd stood up and
walked Ike any other decent man, and
had taken his own shots when they were
fred at him, this poor stranger would
never have been killed. 1t is he. with MS
mean. delusive, evasive walk VINO rs ~. ~.
/ sponsible for the death Of the unknown
Ike,s Jaw dropped He sat aghast- The
court smiled The spectators applauded-
Barker took his seat we'll pleased
/ The jury brought in a verdict OF Not
guilty, and the court went merrily on with
/ the divorce proceeding OF Ricnaru Dale
VS. Mrs Richard Dale.
/ The case promised little for Dick from
/ the start There were plenty of witnesses
/ to prove that he acted of his own Vo-
/ lition He had declared openly that he
was going to marry the woman, had him.
4 self invited the guests DOuSAt tilc li4oohs
| engaged the musicians. gone for the
/ clergymen, not one, but two, so great
was his haste. The shyster lawyer whom
the widow had summoned from Battle
Mountain seemed to have everything In
/ his hands.
Then Barker took his turn. He OBJ
tanned from Vaughan and Haverford tes-
timony calculated TO excite suspicion, but
/ no more Then he called the widow.
She took the stand with brazen as
surance. She was ready to defy Baker
himself on this occasion
You will please relate the cireun-
stances attending the betrothal of the
pair under discussion" said Barker for
mally. ION the night when the PLAINTIFF
proposed to the defendant. had he been
drinking?"
Not to signify" responded the wit
ness in harsh, rasping voice He took
his dram, saIne's all of EN-
WHO gave il to him?"
IT did,"
You poured it out into the glass?'