The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-26

What's an expert witness2' asked
Mr.. H~ennessy.
IAN expert witness" said Mr.. Doc
ley, "is a doctor that thinks a man
must be crazy to be rich. That's thrue
Is most iv US, but these doctors don't
mean it tn way l do. Their theory IS
anything tn rich do that ye want
to 30 an don't do is looney. ~ be-
tween two men with money. tn wan
with most money * ~craziest. II ye
want a diploma fr sanity HinniSsS TN
on'v chance We have IL gettin' il II to
commit q crime an file an %invintory
~ ye'er estate with tn coort. Ye1l get
a c~erty-hcate iv sanity that yell be
able TO show with pride whin ye're let
out iv Joliet.
I'm tn old days il a man kilt an
other man he took three jumps firm
tn scene " tn disaster to tn north
corrydor " tn County Jail. That still
goes FIR tn poor a No wan has
thried to rob him IL tn privilege won
fr him be his ancestors ~ bein quickly
an completely hanged. \ photograph
~ him * took without q collar, he :
yanked befure an awful coOrt ~ justice
a deef-mute lawyer is appinted to look
afther his INTERESTS an see that they
don't suffer be bein' kept in tn stuffy
atmosphere iV tn courtroom, tn
state : attorney pTeSiDlS a ndilUSuIIlt
pitcher iv him as a fiend in human
form. tn Judge in~sthructs tn jury iv
o~nprejudiced jurers in a hurry to get
home that they ARE tn sole judges iV
tn law an tn fact, tn law bein' that
he ought to be hanged an tn fact be-
in that he will be hanged. an befure
our proletory frind comes out " his
thrance he's havin' his first thorough
fll-up Nv ham an ggs tn clargy ar-re
shown a wonderful amount " in
Unrest in him. an he's rayceivin' at
tintions firm tn Sheriff that must be
surprisin' to a man iV his humble sta
ton.
"A few days later I r-read in tn pa
apers in a column called Brief News
Jottings,' Just below a paragraph.
about tn meetin' iv tn Dairyman's
ASSOCIATION. an account iv how Jus
tn case iv John Adamowski. An Tn
thankful to know that tn law has
been avinged, that life an property
again ARE safe in our fair land iv
freedom, an that tn wretched crimi-
nal lived long enough to get all he
wanted to eat.
Justice is all a poor criminal asks
fr. an that's what he gets. He don't
d~esarve annv betther. IT'S like askin'
on'y FIR a pair iv dooces in a car-rd
game an havin' to bet thin. If l done
wrong I'd say: Don't deal me amy
justice. Keep it FIR thin that wants
it. Undher tn circumstances all I ask
is a great deal iv injustice an much
mercy. I dc not ask to be acquitted
be q jury iv me peers. / am a modest
man an III accept me freedom firm
the humblest bailiff in tn land. / do
not care to come trium phant out iv
this Ordeel an Rapport other larceny
cases FIR tn newspapers. All / ask is q
blocks start an some wan holdin' tn
polisman's coattailS. I waive me light
to be thried by an incorruptib1e. fair.
an onprejudiced Judge. Give me wan
that's onfair an prejudiced an that
We can slip something to-
mo, sir. Whin a mans broke an
does something wrong, tn on'v temple
iv justice he ought to get into is q
freight car goin' West. Don't niver
thrust that there tough-lookin' lady
with tn sOOrd in her hand an tn
handkerchief over her eyes. She may
be blind. though I've seen thriles
where h raised tn bandage an wink
ed at tn aujence-she may be blind,
but It's tn fine sinse iv touch she has.
an if We venture into her lodgin's an
she goes through ye're pockets an
finds on'y tn pawnticket fr tn watch
We stole from off Hogan. she locks tn