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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11
ONCE TRACK WALKER,
NOW GREAT LAWYER
The Career of Martin w. Littleton
Selected Leading Counsel for Harry K. Ihaw 1t Is
Predicted That District Attorney Jerome Will Find
in Him Worthy Opponent at Coming Trial.

that Littleton went to Weatherford.
He was born in a~log cabin in Roane
county, in the eastern part of Tennes-
see, 35 years ago last January, and
when just a youngster was taken by
his father to Weatherford- After a
stay of a few years there the elder
Littleton decided to move back to
Tennessee, but the son, then under 16
years of age, declined to accompany
him. He preferred Texas Even at
that tender age he had begun to dream
of life In New York city. The idea
of studying law hadn't occurred to
him, but he was determined to get
in the midst of things" and to make
his way at something
Worked and Studied Law.
Dependent on his own efforts after
his father moved back to Tennessee
he did odd jobs about Weatherford
for a time and then, for want OF
something to do, obtained a job as
trackwalker 1t wasn't the sort of
work he preferred, but he wasn't par
ticular and he stuck to it for several
months 1t was during this servitude
that ambition to become a lawyer
seized him. His ready wit and his
ability to say things better than the
other men on the road caused some
of his associates to suggest the law
to him.
By way of shortening his path some
what to his chosen field he left the
| railroad and got a job as devil II
| the office of the Park County News
which was published in Weatherford
| He didn't like ink and pressroom Ell
quette, so after a short term here he
got a job as bakers helper. Mixing
| dough and reading law didn't prove az
delightful a combination as he hat
! hoped and he resumed his old job o
trackwalker because it gave him plen
| ty of time to study nights and to thinl
| about his studies during the daytime
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11

practice he hung out his sningle in
Weatherford, and forthwith he began
to win cases in the local courts Inc
suavity OF manner that distinguished
him proved to be one of his chief as
sets. and the quick wit which gives
him advantage over his opponents at
the present time aided him then in de-
feating his older adyersaries-- Two
years in Weatherford put him at the
head of the profession there, despite
the fact that he was still beardless
youth who had cast but one vote
Bright Career in Dallas.
Dallas was the scene of his next en-
beavers He was unheralded, but 1T
was only a short time before he be-
came recognized as lawyer OF ability
and boundless ambition In two years
he became assistant district attorney,
and in that capacity he made reputa-
ton as a prosecutor which extended
pretty well all over Texas. His grasp
of criminal law was described as re-
markable and his handling of jury
was said to be little short of mar
velous There was just enough of the
old southern fire in his oratory to
make juries bow before him
During his career in Dallas he was
constantly fondling his ambition to
come to New York. He had never
been east of the Texas line since his
father had moved over from Tennes-
see. and he had never met more than
a half dozen men from the metropolis.
But he had read of it and dreamed OF
it and he was determined to make
clean jump across the continent as
soon as he could scrape together
enough money to pay the expenses OF
! himself and-of Mrs. Littleton-
Winning a Wife.
There wasn't any Mrs. Littleton al
| that time, but he was determined there
| should be. 1t has been said that the
| greatest oratorical effort of his life
| was that put forth when he induced
| his wife to marry him, give up her lux
urious home in Texas, and come t.
! New York with him. He had made
| splendid success as a lawyer, but hat
| little money; he had no friends in New
| York, and not even suggestion tina
he might obtain work. Mr.. and Mrs
| Littleton, nevertheless, babe good-by'
to Dallas in 1896 and a short tim
later arrived in the city, which tn
| Youthful bridegroom-he was then Blu
"a years old-had dreamed of conquer
ing.
The young lawyer, despite his Texa
laurels, did not make the strides her
he had made in the southwest, but h
was neither surprised nor dispaI
pointed He sought work in the o
fees of various lawyers and finally oil
tanned a position with the firm {
Peck & Field. Later he found plac
| with Sheehan & Collins. Still later
became attorney for the Brookly
Heights Railway company, and it wa
| while there that his star began
rise. He attracted attention in tn
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Among the scores of admirers VINO
besieged the Won Haake home was
Pritchard, then 81 years old His ath-
letic figure. more than six feet two
inches in height, was notable even
among the Washington crowds. where
there are so many big, erect men, He
was then in his second year at An
napolis, having been appointed by
Congressman Overstreet of Indiana
His home was in Indianapolis
Every time Pritchard obtained leave.
of absence he ran down to Washing
ton. Every time the Annapolis crew
raced-the-big MILDLY rowed at num-
Der three-Miss Won Haake waved her
blue flag and cheered-
A year and half ago young Cath
cart met Miss Won Haake In Phiia-
delphia He was then student in the
University of Pennsylvania He took
a small part in athletics, too. but he
is By no means the striking figure Prit-
chard is.
Cathcart is reticent, reserved
young man. He was then about rs
years old.
Pretty Miss Won Haake and Cath
cart were married last June in New
burgh on the Hudson, the bridegroom S
home. Within a month the couple
quarreled, but peace. was made In
September Cathcart and his bride
visited Philadelphia The husband left
the bride at the railway station while
| he went to look after baggage. When
he returned she was gone.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11
WlLNN IRNzERo JER0NE

While he was using up tallow
candles in his attacks upon Blackstone
he realized that it might be helpful to
him if he had short term of school
ing in the rudfments. He had never
been inside schoolhouse, although
he had received some instruction at
home and had picked up good bit
of Information on general topics To
carry out his plan he went to Spring
town, and there for eight months he
did chores and farm work and studied
with an old German who numbered
among his pupils the children of most
of the aristocrats of Parker county.
Entered Attorneys Office.
In the eight months Littleton
learned as much as he felt was neces-
sary for the time being. He could do
fractions as we'll as any one; he could
parse everything that could be parsed;
he could write as fast and as plain as
any boy in the county, and he could
recite better than any actor who had
ever struck Weatherford or any place
in that part of Texas He knew the
history of the United States like a
book, and he had a pretty good idea
of the history of other nations, which
in his youthful opinion didn't amount
| to much anyhow
Thus equipped, he entered the Office
of the district attorney of Weather
| ford county as a clerk and law stu
| dent. As expressed by a man WHIT
knew him in those days, he fairly ate
the law books" He swept through
them with lightning speed, and II
| 1891, at the age of -, he was admitte<
to the bar He was then one of thu
| leading young citizens of the count,
seat As soon as he was admitted b
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r. Harry Catheart, Jr-, will apply for
divorce.
The beginning of the romance dates
back about three years. Alma Marie
Won Haake was then 1S years of age
and one of the most popular girls In
the younger army set in Washington.
She lived with her parents in the
Hammond Court, fashionable apart
ment house. She was. and still is, a
dainty, vivacious girl. with striking
mass of chestnut hair.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11

New York.-It was back in 1888
when the following dialogue took place
between the foreman of a little rail-
road down in Texas and rosy
checked, smiling young trackwalker
whose good nature and ready tongue
had earned him reputation extend
ing clear across Texas township.
You're pretty bright young man"
said the foreman. Il suppose some day
you expect to be the conductor of a
freight train, don't your
No, SIR replied the trackwalker,
4 never expect to be that"
You don't? You ought to aspire to
something like that. What do you
hope to be?'
Il expect to be big lawyer in New
Yok city"
After the foreman had recovered
from his laughter he said:
Pretty far cry from trackwalker to
a metropolitan lawyer. isn't it?''
yes, sir, but no farther than from
rail splitter to president"
Martin w. Littleton was the rosy
checked trackwalker- A few years
later when the whole country was
ringing with his speech. at the st
Louis national convention in which
he nominated Alton B. Parker for the
presidency, Mr.. Littleton went back
to his old corner of Texas, and met
the railroad foreman who had sketched
out for him the brilliant future of q
freight conductor.
Part of Ambition Realized.
We'll, Martini said the foreman
you've changed some since l wa:
your boss, amt you?"
I'm older
And you're big New York lawyer
too, amt you?"
We'll, don't know about the big,
but I'm New York lawyer, anyhow.
1t probably caused some talk dow
"a Texas, when it was learned tina
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trial courts and was regarded as
conner" in criminal law.
Involved in "Big" Gases.
In 1899 he was made an assistant
district attorney of Kings county, and
while serving In that capacity he had
charge of some of the most notable
cases in the borough across the bridge
He prosecuted Five Hundred and
Twenty Per Cent Miller and was
chief prosecutor in many other prom
inent cases. And during all this time
he was gradually earning a reputation
as an orator and after-dinner speaker
He attracted particular attention be-
cause he was of a different school
from his competitors He brought
east with him southern charm OF
manner that invariably made friends
for him.
His real debut as an orator came
during the campaign of 1900. in the old
Academy of Music, in Brooklyn
known as a man who could make a
| fair speech, he was put down on the
| programme as one CT the tailenders-
Three Democrats of national promi-
nence were scheduled for the chief ad
dresses, and David b. Hill was her
aided as the principal attraction When
his turn came Mr.. Littleto1-then
man of but % years-created sensa
| ton from the start 1t is no exag
geration to say that he really cleo
| trified the audience. His speech wal
| short, clear and to the point, and hi:
| eloquence stirred the crowdto storms
| of applause Instead of leaving tbs
4 hall everyone stayed and stIn other
jammed their way in
Littleton became known outside Q
Brooklyn after that It was that e6eT'
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other lawyer who has in recent years
been in full charge of case SO Inn
portant as the Thaw trial, Mr. Little
ton will be eagerly watched during his
conduct of that trial. His friends say
that his experience as prosecuting
attorney in Texas and in Brooklyn will
greatly aid him in his fight. and they
predict that the pitting of his ability
against the cool. unerring methods OF
District Attorney jerome will furnish
one of the most interesting contests OF
its kind seen in New York in many
years.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11

was talking about giving private per-
formances in the White House as
far-off dream, and, behold! MindH has
gone and done it. Not only that, but
he got the president to bring in the
French and Japanese ambassadors,
the full tennis cabinet and quorum
of the real cabinet
The stunt of bringing the Russian
Giant to the White House and having
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11

in fact, which led to his selection as
the man to nominate Alton B. Parker
for the presidency at the St Louis
convention of 1904. William F. Shee-
han heard his Academy of Music
speech, and in looking for some one
to make the supreme effort at the ST
Louis convention he suggested Little
tom
Studied Address Carefully.
1t is not necessary to recall the SEN
sation caused by Mr.. Littleton's speech
in st. Louis, but it is interesting to
recall the preparation made for the
address. Unlike most orators, Mr..
Littleton does not profess to be an
impromptu speaker. He can make an
impromptu speech. but he never does
so il he can help it. He prepares his
sentences with great care and then
commits them to memory In fact, he
does not have to put forth any effort
to memorize them When he has writ
ten a speech he has learned it. He
can repeat it with practically no varia-
ton.
He prepared his ST. Louis speech
weeks ahead of time. He rehearsed it
at home, and when he needed a larger
place in which to train his voice he
went out to the cathedral in Garden
| City and practised for hours. After he
reached st. Louis he went to the con-
| vention hall one Sunday afternoon,
| and in the presence of two or three OF
his friends went through the speech
two or three times to get the proper
| pitch for his voice. His Grafton
! created a sensation and put him in
| stantly in the front rank of American
| orators.
Never a Seeker for Office.
Although possessing the attributes OF
| a successful politician and having po-
liticaI ambitions, Mr.. Littleton has not
been seeker for office. He was perman-
ent chairman of the Democratic state
| convention in 1902 and was borough
president of Brooklyn in 1904 and
1905. He was urged to accept renom
ination for borough president, but he
declined. He had two reasons for do
ing so. One was that he wanted tc
leave the office before he had beer
| criticised; the other was that he was
, as he publicly expressed it at the time
"unable-to make both ends meet
He retired from public life to built
t up a law practice, and he has beer
: busily engaged in doing so ever since
He left Brooklyn couple OF year,
5 ago and set up in Manhattan, and N
, has been prominently before the puDif
: since in his legal capacity. In the mat
; ter of earnings he is said to rank witt
: the leading lawyers of the city
= Not yet SO years of age, he ma
f truthfully be said to have glowin
e future, and his close friends intimat
e that it will not be alone in the field @
q law After he has accumulated con
S Portable fortune it is said he may see
o again to re-enter public life.
Ell Younger by many years than an
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11
ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE
STUNS CAPITAL SOCIETY
WASHINGTON-


Capital society was
much cut up by the
elopement of Mrs.
Alma Marie Won
Haake Cathcart,
wife of the son of
a millionaire, with
Earl w. Pritchard.
an ensign in the
navy until dis
missed for the
good Of the ser
vice" after running
away with Mrs
Cathcart. 1t is said
the lorn husband,
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his wife, and then in the face of the
storm another transfer was made and
the residence became the property of
the admiraPs son, or matters were so
arranged that it would become his
property eventually.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11
It's Chief Use.

These said the inventor proudly,
ARE photographs of the finest aero
plane the world has yet SEEN
We studied the remarkablelooking
object
And how is it supposed to work ?"
we asked
oh" he rejoined, at isn't supposed
to work at all; but you can see what
splendid newspaper and magazine
articles it will make"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11
Mrs. Evans Claim.

Mrs Evans, of Richmond-on-
Thames, England. claims she is the
only woman entitled to wear the Alma,
Balaclaya. and Inkerman medals. per-
mission having been granted on the
death of her husband. whom she ac-
companied through the Crimea- She
was often under fire.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11
ADMIRAL DEWEY AND WIFE
VACATE "GIFT" MANSION
ADMIRAL

AIM lhAL anu
Mrs. Dewey have
moved. The house
on Rhode Island
avenue which was
presented to the
admiral by the
American people
not long after the
Manila bay victory
finally has been va
Gated. Everybody
remembers what
resentment there
was when the adj
mira1 made the peO-
pies gift over to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11
PRESS AGENTS ANXIOUS
TO SHOW In WHITE HOUSE
ALL THE PRESS

agents in the coun-
try seem to have
got excited over
P h Hip Kearney
Nindil's success in
getting President
Roosevelt to donate
the. East room of
the White House
for a performance
by his new at
traction, the Japa-
nese wrestler Hita-
chiyama. Only a
fe w d a Y S a 6 o
Charles Frohman
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11

Discovered Prehistoric Ruin.
In Spruce canyon, near Clin palace.
Colorado, Prof E. l. Hewitt has dis
covered prehistoric ruin SIX
stories high. one of the finest examples
OF the clin dwelling ever found
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND
A WESTERN MILLIONAIRE
CHARLES F

q II A XII Il . r
ADAMS, a descen-
dant of John Quincy
Adams, lives on
ave
nue. in a house for
merly occupied by
Bishop Hurst His
brother, II e n T y
Adams, has a home
next to that OF
Mrs John Hay
You Will find de-
scendants of the Sec
ond president of the
United States all
over the union. and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-11

the smaller number of therl hear the
name of Adams It Is . prolific family
aud 1t is a standing contradiction to
the statement that all of the old New
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trial courts and was regarded as
Conner in criminal law.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-05
BERT KEYES LOST
FRIENDS IN BOUT
WITH BALDWIN
Both Lads Stalled for Six
Rounds and Were Loud
ly Kissed.
BY OLD SPORT.

| didn't see that fight last night be-
tween Matty Baldwin and Bert Keyes
at the Paramount A. c., but from the
1t was nothing more thaa a stalling
match from beginning to end. This Is
not usually laid to the door of either
fighter, but much depended on last
nights affair and 1 guess both lads
were willing to be on their feet when
the gong sounded for the ending of
the bout in the sixth round.
Both lads have a standing offer to
go to the coast and get a good-sized
purse. The assertion was made that
had been offered a chance to
meet a ~top-notcher if he would only
beat Keyes, and the next day Reyes
was made a similar offer if he would
do things to Baldwin. Both boys were
chary hen they faced each other and.
of course, this didn't please the crowd,
and from all accounts the crowd showed
its dislike by Kissing the pair. Stating
matches are not in favor over in Big
Town and the crowd soon forgets their
favortte If he shows a disposition not
to do his best. This Is the first time
heyes has been hooted by a New York
crowd of fight fans. He has always
been considered az popular as Harlem
Iommie Murphy, but the Pride of
Harlem" has never given cause to be
hooted, as was the case with the pair
last night. 1t will hurt Keyes in his
future fights in New York, for Man
hattanites do not forget so quickly as
Inhabitants of other places.
Kid Black. of this city, had q fight
on his hands last night at the Tucker
A. C., OF New York, when he went up
against Sailor Kelly in O four-round
affalr. But Black waded right in after
his man n before the midway point
was reached the sailor lad was hang
ing on to h ropes in true tipsy sailor
style. This Burke boy is getting back
into shape again, and win be seen In
the semi-final bout at this club with
Kid Stein in two weeks.
At this same club Charley Seiger. of
Hoboken, was up against Jack Farrell,
a colored boxer. The Hoboken man
has been off his fighting feed for some
time, and last night he surprised his
friends by putting up a rafting 60 in
which he clearly bested the negro.
Bill Hurley, of Glens Falls, was
~outpointed by Willie Lewis, of New
York, in a six-round bout before the
American Athletic Association at
Schenectady, Y, last night. Hurley
was somewhat groggy in the last
round.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-05
GET OFFICIAL
CLAIM TO HOBLITZEL.

CINCINNATI. Sept. 5.-The decision
In the case of Player r. C. Hoblitzel.
with the Newark Tigers for a short
time. which has been heretofore IN
officially announced In favor of the
Cincinnati National League Club, was
given out by the National Baseball
Commission yesterday. Hoblitzel was
claimed by both the Cincinnati and st.
Louis National League clubs.
h Cincinnati Club purchased the
player from Clarksburg. w. Va, while
the st. Louis management negotiated
for him with Wheeling, w. Va, with
which club he had been playing. The
controversy over the player was as to
whether he belonged to Wheeling or
Clarkesburg, the commission deciding
that Clarksburg had a valid claim to
the player and the right to sell him
to Cincinnati. which club is now en-
titled to his services.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-05

NOTICE OF INTENTIoN-Board Of Street and
Water Commissioners
Pursuant to a resolution adopted by tho
Board OF Street and Water Commissioners OF
third day Of September. 1905, and approved
on the fourth day of September, 1905, public
notice is hereby given that II Is the inten-
llon OF the BOARD Of Street and Water Com
nissioners OF the city OF Newark. under and
An act 70 ;evise and amend the charter OF
the city Of Newark" approved March II, 1857,
and supplements thereto. and the act creating
me Board OF Street and Water Commissioners
OF the city OF Newark. approved March %. 1891.
and other public laws Of the State Of New
a pipe sewer in
SOUTH SIXTEENTH STREET,
petween Avon avenue and Springfield avenue;
lne part from Springfield avenue for a distance
OF about $50 feet southerly to be fifteen 05)
inch pipe. and the balance ten n0) inch pipe.
Also a pipe sewer in
RIDGEWoOD AVENUE,
petween Hawthorne avenue and Bigelow street.
me part from Peddie street to Runyon street
TO pc eighteen us! inch pipe. and the balance
structsd with house connections to the curb
ines. In accordance with the provisions Of
Shapter lI OF the State Laws OF 1895. Together
WITH AZ the appurtenances necessary to COM
Such persons as may object thereto are re-
quested to present their objections in writing
10 the clerk Of said Board. at the office OF the
hoard or street and Water Commissioner, City
nan; Newark, on or before the expiration of
SIX days from date Of this notice.
by direction Of the Board OF Street and
Water Commissioners Of the city OF Newark.
M. r. SHERRERD.
Chief Engineer.
Newark, N. j.. September 4. 1eos. sep4-Bt