Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-26
ON A RED-AOT GRILL
Judge and the Colonel Roasted
and Toasted
BY Mr.. EDWIN N. SHEPARD
A President, an eek" and
Bishop
ON FADS AND FANCIES FREE LIST
The Rest All Came Up With the Cash
The Trial Near an
End


down the threats of the Manhattan smart
set by Colonel William d. Mann and Jus
tfce Deuel., the self-confessed coon
hunter" was joyously abbreviated lit
tie thing. Neither the judge nor the
colonel believed, judging from yesterdays
evidence in the Hapgood trial, in giving
away something for nothing, and there
were Just three names honored in the
complimentary department. President
roosevelt, ex-President Cleveland and
Blshop Potter were the fortunate-or I'M
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS who got their Fads
ana RANCHES for nothing. Mr. Cleveland
palo Tor his with a real warm letter of
thanks. Concerning the other two gentle
men deponent sayeth not 1t did end IN
however. that Secretary Loeb, Mr.. Roose-
velts Boswell, edited the Presidents hi
ography in Fads and Fancies.
Feature of the Session.
But the feature of Yesterdays sass;o,,
was the grilling to which the Judge and
the colonel were subjected by Edward M
oheparo, counsel for Norman Hapeood
MI. shepard, small, why, nervous with
Keen eyes and restless manner spoke for
Two hours In dry, rasping, biting voice
When ne reached some point of singing
aInuhe ms voice rose grade above the
almost conversational tone that he used
IN the course of his talk, but never did he
become loud or declamatory. On the other
hand' there was whiplash articulation
that stung deeply.
The talk was cold scathinp and ra,a,.
less. The counsel called spade a spade
in his characterizations and did NOT mince
WORDS. and when he cast some soaring
word against the plaintiff toward the Jury
his small frame seemed to. be fairly vi
brant in it's earnestness.
Justice Deuel. did not come into the
courtroom in the afternoon when Mr..
Shepard was summing up. Perhaps he
realized the full import of what Mr. Shep-
ard was to say. He escaped hearing him
self branded as corrupt Judge" and
again as a veritable "Jekyli and Hyde" of
the Judiciary.
Colonel Mann, famboyant and pugna-
clous, was on hand. When Mr.. Shepard
turned toward him and hurled the words,
Ihls master craftsman Of blackmailers."
Colonel Mann threw back his head with a
jerk as though struck in the face The
blood surged into his neck and his face
went crimson.
Some Of Mr.. Shepard's Expressions.
Following are some of the kind things
that Mr.. Sheppard had to say Of the judge
and the colonel
I'VE find this stock, held in trust freely
used by one of the trustees as collateral for
loan. This in itself is a crime, and Col.
Mann should be indicted for IT.
Hey lay Iolu OF the opportunity TO PRINT
the story of a young man in those early
days Of the honeymoon-the happiest days
which almighty God gives man-that the
husband does not love his wife and has
tricked her, or that the wife does not love
her husband
col. Mann was judgment proof. You
could collect nothing from him
Zone conspirator lowered above all. From
whom came the inspiration? Joined with
him on equal terms was Joseph NJ.
Deuel.. Then there was the lesser
ccnspirators, men who had been crowded
UP against the wall, due to their own mis-
fortune
1.-The rich have been called cowardy
Well perhaps they have BEEN but every
thing Is In a ratio. The poor banana ped
dler gives up to the policeman. show
of power, with a threat to work damage.
usually produces as much as the attacked
one can stand"
A Corrupt Judge.
I'VE say, If our other positions are cor
rect. then for Judge Deuel. to have taken
his share in Town Topics was to make
Judge Deuel. a corrupt judge. He was a
Judge. That is undisputed. And we claim
to have proved he was corrupt. Therefore
he was a corrupt Judge"
"Deuers action in this matter has proven
him Jekyll and Hyde of the bench. He
should be removed"
1--WE charge that Town Topics was a
scandal, and with the intention that out of
printing scandal it should reap a harvest
from those who were sufficiently cowardly
to pay for silence"
There is no more honorable useful
body of men living than those who make 1t
possible for us to review the events of the
whole civilized world as we are eating our
breakfasts. But how about the Town
Topics staff? They must have the kin6 OF
news they want"
Card Index of Scandal.
'In Town Topics. assuming that the evil
dence has not been destroyed, is a card
index which contains item after item OF
lies. gathered against men and women
prominent in this country so that they may
the more readily be referred to when the
name is to be used. Think of 1t! The
names of young girls are included In that
card index. Every bit of scandal and Cos
sip, however impossible, is indexed against
them in order that when the time comes TO
print their names again the clippings may
be dragged out and rehearsed.
THE devil himself might laugh with glee
as he goes through that treasure house OF
denominations. kept ready for use in the col
umns of Town Topics.
THE blind paragraphs were those where
names were not used. They relate the most