The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24
Blu Finley Peter Dunno

q blocks start an some wan holdin tn polls
mans coattails | waive me right to be thried
DO an incorruptible, fair, an onprejudiccd
Judge. Give me wan that's onfair an, preju-
diced an that yc can slip something to-
No, Sir, whin mans broke an does some
thing wrong, tn on'y temple " justice he ought
to get into is freight car goin' West. Don't
niver thrust that there tough-lookn' lady with
III soord in her hand an tn handkerchief over
her eyes. She may be blind, though I've seen
thriles where she raised tn bandage an winked
at tn aujence-she may be blind, but tits tn
fine snse " touch she has, an If ye vinture
into her lodgins an, she goes through ye're peck
cts an finds only TIL pawnticket f'r TIL watch
ve stole off Hogan, she locks th' dure, takes off
tn handkerchief, an goes at ye with til soord.
tSBut suppose ye have little WITH useful with
ye. Ye br-reak into Hogan's house some night
suffern' firm an uncomfortable impulse to take
his watch. Don't get mad, now. I'm ony sup
posin' eli this. Ye wudden't take his watch. He
has no watch Well, he's sound asleep Yc give
him good crack on tn head SO he won't be dis
trlrbed an hook TIL clock firm undher til pillow.
rh' next day yc'rc arristed. TIL pa-apers comes
gu, with tn news: Naughty sign v wealthy
family steals watch firm awful Hogan. Full ac-
court " dhreadful career " tn victim. I'm
written Law to be invoked an there's an article
to show that amy wan has q right to take Ho-
cams watch, that he was not a proper man to
have TIL care il watch, anyhow, an that We
done well to hook it. This is always TIL first
step tord securin' cold justice f'r tn rich Yere
.reSt iicteG a mimbcr " nearly al tn ministers
ASSOCIATIONS, an finally, in ordher that tn law
1nay, be ENFORCED without regard to persons, an
expert witness, is hired frye.
9Th thrile begins Ye walk in with
quick, nervous sthride an set tn watch be tn
coort clock 4Ar-re sc guilty OF not guilty.
says tn clerk. Guilty an glad " it, says ye're
lawyer amid cheers an Kisses. Have ye tn
watch with ye? says TIL coort. 81 have says
til prisoner, snlilin' in his peculiar way. Lave
the pris'ner, putin it back into his pocket,
How ar-re ye goin' to defind this crook? says
tn Judge. We ARE goin' to prove that at tn
time he committed this crime he was insane
says ii, lawyer, l object says TIL States at
torney. It is not legal to inthrajooce evidence
" insanity till til proper foundations is estab-
lished. TIL defince must prove that tn pris'n
has money. How. do we know he isn't broke like
tn rest " u.s. TIL coort-How much money
have We got? The prisner-Two million dol
lars, but I expect more TIL coort-Objection
oyerrued.
TIL expert is called Doctor, what expeer-
yence have ye had among tn head cures?' II
have been # forty years in an asylum As
guest or landlord?, AS both Now, doctor,
will ask you question. Supposin' this prs'-
ner to be q man with whole lot " money, an
supposin' he whit to this house on tn night in
question, an suppose it was snowin', an suppose
it wasn't, an suppose he turned firm tn right
hand corner to tn left goin' upstairs an sup
posin' he wore plug hat an pair " skates, an
supposin' til next day was Wednesday, :. I OBJ
jet says th' States attorney. TIL statues,
with which me larned frind sno doubt familiar,
though be darned if he shows it, f'rbids tn
mention IL th' days " TIL week. Scratch out
Winsday an substichoot four o'clock in Janoo-
airy, says tn coort. Now, how does tn sem
tence r-read?' TIL next day was four o'clock
in Janooary, an supposin' tn amountiv money,
an supposin' yehavent got very large salary
holdin' tn chair v connption fits at tn college,
an suppqsin' ye don't get cent onless yo answer
Fright, / ask ye, on tn night in question whin
tn pris'ner grabbed tn clock was he or was he
not funny at TIL roof?' | object to til form iv
question: says tn States attorney. In tn
eighth sintince move to stlrike out tn wrrrud
"and as unconstitutional, unprofissyonal, an
conthry to tn laws " evidince' Ny Gawd, has
my clint no rights in this coort? says tn other
idNyeI. 6 4 q DeU Ile HAS, says W CoUTC. A Wc u
sthrike out tn wurrud and but we'll sub
stichoot tn more proper wurrud "aloofness.",
- Did 20 see tn pris ner afther his arrest?
i did, Where?' i In tn pa-apers.' What
was he doin'? His back was tur-rned'
What did that indicate to YEP That he had
been sufferin' firm variety " tomaine excel
sis Greek wurruds,' says tn coort, Latin
an Creek says til expert. 4 Proceed says
tn coort. Il come to til conclusion says th
expert, that til man, when lie hooked TIL
watch, was sufferin' firm sudden tempest il
his head, a sudden explosion as twere, a sudden
T. don t-know- what-th -divyle-t-was, that kind
IL Mint. off in his chmblnY like q storm 1t sen