The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-27
the Eye the Word SAMUEL UN7ERMYER By Marshall
BY Dexter Marshall
YachtSman and Auton1ObOlist

rather slender basis OF fact After ho K
got to New York he was too busy even
as boy to play baseball much, but
he did play ball with his brother. wtloiri, {
according to the Virginian custom, he s
generally called "brothcr.'' Once when
the two were playing together IS u
was little in doubt as to whether he &
would be able to catch and hold a rather
"hot one" that was coming toward him, III
and In his uncertainty he called out des-
perntely, Brother help me catch this &
bal!"
This is the true version Of the story;
old friends occasionally jeer him good- u
naturally when they see him by calling
out his boyish plea for help to catch the$s
ball. ssla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Unternycr have threesl
children. two sons and n daughter. Al
win. twenty-three, is graduate OF
Princeton, aud Is now studying for his
fathers profession in the New York Uni
versity Law School. Irene, the daugh-S Il
ter, Is about twenty. and irwin. eighteen
or nineteen. is a student at the School.
of Mines. Columbia University. 5ljs
MR. u1NTERNfYER IN COURT.
In court, and out of It, as a matter
of fact. this man Untermyer 81 pros
ceedings impress you with the notion 4
that he has positive confidence In hlm- 4
SELF thorough knowledge OF what he is /
talking about and no fear of constituted
authority. Here's a story in point:
Some years ago he represented the
| plaintiff In a very curious case. a man.
presented an institution Of learning with
n statue of his deceased father, as his
own personal gift, but had the cost OF
making the statue charged to the COR
| poration Of which he was the head, and
which the father had founded and built
| UP. Tho other officers and stockholders
objected, naturally, and took the case
| into court.
tyntermyer, fully convinced thot the
corporation should not pay for what had
been given as It's presidents personal
| gift, went at his side with the vehemence,
and evident certainty of winning for
! which he is SO we'll known, but the Judge
enormously, as Untermyer held, got it
! into his head that there was a legal
flaw In the complaint which invalidated (
| 1t. Untermycr fought strenuously against
this decision, but without avail: the
Judge had made up his mind. and a non-
suit was the result Now. few lawyers.
even big ones, would have taken this de-s
cison as Untermyer did. He had to +
submit OF course, but he didn't submit
without a protest.
Very we'll, your Honor" he said. his
eyes flashing and his head thrown back
| IL Sllill uppeul ILLS 70 4nISueEts
tribunnl'' and marched out. n In effect
| hettold the Judge that he would have him
reversed, which, in fact, he did, but most
| lawyers would not have dared to talk
| so straight from the shoulder. for fear
Of being held up In contempt Of court
/ proceedings. .ss
! This incident illustrates the Unterrnyer4
| method in court admirably. 1t Is the
antithcsis of Joseph H.'Choates method 4
this lawyer-diplomntist makes 1t point
to conciliate everybody, Judge. jury and
| opposing counsel, at the start, to get
them into n comfortable. satisfied frame
Of mind. and keep them So Untermyer3
begins to fight at the start, and fights
| his way through to the very end Of tho
i case, every time, carrying all before him
| by the vigor and zeal of his attack and
the persistent pressing homo of his
| points. 81
Possibly he sometimes 'overtries' his
Il eases" said a well-known lawyer, talking;
4 about him the other day. land he does
not always win: but then. you must
understand that because of his reputn-
ton large number OF astonishingly hard
4 cases are brought to him constantly. and
that he never balks at a case because
lit is difficult. He4is q phenomenally good
! trial lawyer, and he combines with the
trial lawyers qualities those qualities
which enable him to comprehend thor
! oughly tho ms and out of business, and
the intricacies Of the laws bearing upon
it. These qualities and his courage are
his greatest assets ,s$sF
] Copyright, 1906, by Dexter Marshall)