The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-19
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judicial temperament. He was alb
solutely impartial in the admi4is-
tration of justice, and to counsel
and litigants alike his judgments
and DEGREES were satisfactory
Moreover, in the most intricate
cases he was never misled His
mind seemed to have grasp of
things. unknown to the ordinary
method of thinking. Counsel be-
gan to consider him infallible.
From youth l had watched the
marvellous progress of this man.
When boys we had lived on adj
| joining farms. LAS a student my
! friend had eXcelled the other
scholars looking to him for the
| solution of their most difficult
problems. His rise was rapid
from a farm lad to clerk in a
grocery store; then high school,,
law school, a country justice, coun-
ty prosecutor, common pleas judge,
circuit Judge. and finally judge
| of the United States court. While
serving in this latter capacity the
secret Of his power was revealed
to me.
A street railway war had been
waged in the courts for years. The
end was not In sight. A review Of
the entire situation was in progress
and the case had taken months and
the records were sufficient to start
I small library. Several days
were taken to argue the case. Vast
sums and valuable franchises
hung In the balance awaiting the
decision of the court. Any other
Judge would have been nervous
wreck in the initiatory stages of
the struggle.
The closing arguments were fl
nally finished. Then the court sent
for me. followed the bailiff to
his private office. The story he
told me, together with succeeding
events, explained all.
when ! was mere lad" he be-
gan, 81 was possessed of a faculty
,nown as the power of unconscious
olution. l solved things while |
lept, and. all was clear when !
woke. l went farther. One day
remember we had some difficult
diSCpid Hdu
loved into a new house where the
astering was white and fresh.
vent to bed with a pencil in my
and and when l awoke the exam
lie had all been figured out on the
vail, My dad gave me licking
or marking up the plastering. 1t
lidnt cure me, though. and l al
ways resort to my strange power
when difficult problem came up
or solution. l except to decide this
,ase In the same manner. The in
crest of the people has been great
md the court rooms have been
lacked. The result will find ex-
preston in the leading magazines.
Ny reputation is at stake"
accompanied the Judge to his
beautiful suburban home. We
smoked and chatted until late, and
then the judge led me to his sleep
ing apartment, the walls of which
proved to be nothing more or less
than huge slate blackboards. That
my friend dreaded the ordeal there
could be no doubt. He even init
mated that the affair had pro-
crossed to such point that per-
haps no solution was possible. l
now saw that his subconscious
mind was beginning to assert It,
self, and that he paid little heed to
my remarks. He had shown me to
an adjoining room, cautioning me
to awaken him In the morning II
he oversight.
retired to my room but could
not sleep. About l O'Clock In the
morning l heard him moving In
the adjoining room. arose and
went to the key-hole and listened
could distinctly hear the pencil
scratching on the wall. Again
sought my room. AS lay ponder
Ing, my meditations were suddenly
interrupted by the fall of a heavy
body In the adjoining chamber.
J listened. my heart pounding vio-