The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-24

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hardly dared hope that my poor Ent VI
Gale would be so honored." s's
The old lawyer smiled good.humor'
eddy as he replied CALAMITY:
II don't know much about music,
MN; came to see you." Looking
around he added: you've got nice
place here"
He spoke in his Characteristic man
ner-shor, nervous, explosive sen
fences. which had often terrified his
opponents in court .
Lawyers are such fiatterers'
laughed Alicia as she nervously famed
herself. and, looked around to see II
her guests were watching.
Lawyers only fatter ghena they
want to- interrupted sII Jehries'
who had just Joined the group.
Alicia turned, to greet a new arrival
and the lawyer continued chatting
with his host.
n suppose you'll tatas now,
after your splendid Fle9 se the
banker.
Judge Brewster shook his head
obviously
mo, sir, we lawyers never rest
We can't. No sooner is one case dis
posed Of than another crops up to
claim our attention. The trouble with
this country is that We have too
much law. II we're to be guilty Of
an epigram | would say that the coun-
try has SO much law that It is prac'
tically lawless.
$50 you're preparing another case,
eh?" said Dir. Jeffries, interested.
What is tia secret?"
"oh, mol" answered the lawyer,
1.-THE newspapers will be full of, it in
day or two. We are going to bring
suit against the city. It's really a
test case that should interest every
citizen; a protest against the high
handed actions OF the police"
The banker elevated his eyebrows.
Indeed" he exclaimed. What
have the police been doing now"
The lawyer looked at his client in
surprise.
why, my dear sir, you must have
seen by the papers what's been going
on in our city Of late. The papers
have been full OF it. Police brutality,
illegal arrests. assaults in station
houses. star.chamber methods that
would disgrace the middle ages. a
state of affairs exists today in the
city OF New York which Is inconceiv.
able. Here we are living In civil
lied country. every mans liberty is
guaranteed by the constitution, yet
citizens. as they walk our streets, are
in greater peril than the inhabitants
of terror.stricken Russia Take po-
lice official of Capt. Clintons type.
His only notion of the law is brute
force and the night stick. A bully by
nature, q man OF the eoarseSt instincts
and enormous physical strength, he
loves to play the tyrant. In his pre-
cinct he poses as kind Of Czar and
SOndly imagines he has the power TO
administer the law itself BY his
brow-beating tactics. intoerable I'M
der Anglo.Saxon government, he is
turning our police force into a gang
OF ruftians who have the city terror.
stricken. In order to further his polit-
ical ambitions he stops at nothing.
He let's the guilty escape when Unfit
ence he cant resist is brought to
bear, but in order to keep up his rec
ord with the department he makes ar
rests without the slightest justitica-
ton. To secure convictions he manu'
features. with the aid Of his detec-
tlves. all kinds OF. periured evidence.
To paraphrase a well-known saying,
his motto Is: 'Convict-hOnestly, If
you can-but convict"
1T is. outrageous said A1r: JEFF
fries. s%No one can approve such
methods. OF course, in dealing with