Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19

scorn could inflict He demanded a
satisfactory retraction and apology az
the least atonement he could accept
for the insult. These Mr.. Riddle prom.
Used in my name, and I did not hest
tate to make the promise good.
My next article was headed IAN
Apology" and in it I stated the cir
cumstances which had called it out,
and the pleasant prospects Of my be-
ing sent to Mount Airy (our county
jaiD in case this, my apology, was not
satisfactory. l should Of course do
my best to satisfy his honor, but in
case of failure, should take comfort
in the fact that the Mount would make
good observatory. From that height
1 should be able to use my telescope
much better than in my present val
l,y of humiliation. Indeed, the mere
prospect had so improved my glass.
that had caught new view of our
sunken star, and today, this dispenser
Of justice, this gentleman with the
high sense Of honor, was criminal
under sentence of death by the divine
law. "He who stealeth a man and
selleth him, or If he be found in his
hand, he shall surely be put to DEATH"
Judge Grier had helped gang of
thieves to steal Jerry, whose ances-
tors had been stolen in Africa. The
original thief sold all he could sell
the title of thief-and as the stream
cannot rise above the fountain, Jer-
rvs master held the same title to
him that any man would to Judge
Grier's horse, provided he had stolen
it. The purchaser of a stolen horse
acquired no title in him, and the pur-
chaser Of stolen man acquired no
title in him. The man who helped
another steal a horse, was a horse
thief, and the man who helped anoth.
er steal man, was man thief, con-
demned to death by divine law. Jerry.
after having been once stolen, had re-
covered possession Of himself, and his
master and other thieves had re-stol-
en- him! Judge Grier, with full knowl.
edge of the fact, had prostituted law
for the benefit of the thieves.
Nothing more was heard of libel
suit. Two years after, James McMas-
tiers was sued for harboring a fugi-
tive; was to be tried before Grier, and
spoke to his lawyer about summoning
the editor of the Visiter. The attor-
ney exclaimed:
"Oh bring her, by all means! No
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she knows anything; bring her into
court, and I'll win the case for you.
Grier is more afraid of her than of
the devil"
The editor was summoned, gave
testimony, and found Judge Grier a
most courteous and considerate gen.
tleman, with no signs Of fear. The
case hung on the question of notice.
The Judge reversed his former decis-
ion, and those who were apt to feed
beggars, breathed more freely.
A case was tried for the demanding
of slave, and lawyer Snowden ap.
peared for the master. The Visiter
sketched the lawyer as his clients
dog, Towser; dog of the bloodhound
breed, with brand new brass collar,
running with his nose to the ground,
while his owner clapped his hands
and shouted: Seek him, seek him,
Towser!"
This caught the fancy of the street
boys, who called him, "Towser,
where's your collar?' Seek him,
Towser." He was the last Pittsburg
lawyer who took a case against
slave, and public sentiment had SO adj
vanced that there never afterwards
was fugitive taken out of the coun-
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