The sun., 1916-10-21
UNION POETS SORE
AT RHYMING JUDGE
Justice Arthur s. TOmpkins Of
Westchester Wrote De-
murrcr i'm Verse.
DENIES '%DEFORMING: GIRL
Miss Mary Healy, Who Sued
for $4,000. starts
Pegasus in Court.

WHITE PLAINS. y. Y. Oct. eo.-Jus-
ticc J. Addison Young ~ the West
chester Supreme Court has decided that
his fellow Justice. Arthur 8. Tompkins.
to say nothing OF the state OF New York.
never dcformed teic) the character OF
Miss Mary Healy Of New Rochelle. the
seamstress who sued for $4,000 lam
ICES or that ground.
II was poetic-so to speak--justice.
Judge Young furnished the justice Rnd
Judge Tompkins the poetry-50-50.
which Is fair enough. As II stands
alone, the poem obviously ranks with
the best work Of Gertrude Stein, but to
get Its full flavor. a certain amount OF
supplementary study is necessary.
Miss Healy. a seamsDress. failed to
clean snow from the walks In front
Of the house she occupies. and charges
that she was arrested and jailed there
for. but was released after some time
spent in a cell. She sued the city OF
New Rochelle and two policemen for
false arrest and a Sherifr's Jury gave
her a verdict for $4,000.
On the showing that the verdict was
obtained through trickery Justice Temp
kins ordered the verdict vacated.
Miss HeaIey's nil Of Complaint.
Appearing as her " attorney. Miss
Healy fearlcssly sued tho Justice aud
the State for $4,000 damages. Her till
of complaint. which inspired the poetic
effort. read in part
when I objected to the injustice inn
posed upon me by the said Magistrate
he did overrule me and then and there
threaten to put me in a %lunatic asylum
u.a ,rh.p \ triad n eyntutn flrf hpr To
protect my legal rights he called All
officer to take me out OF the court. And
the acts and doings Of said Magistrate
IL unlawful and unjust for ~vacating my
Judgment OF 5000. and the said threat
| made upon M, was unjust since I was
| protecting my rights n the 'humllia-
| ton and imprisonment brought upon me
| and said threat and reformation OF char
acter aud the loss and damages OF
mand judgment"
Now for the Poetic Demurrer.
These few explanatory remarks out OF
! the way, here is the demurrer OF JUS
tice Tompkins:
Arthur =. Tompkins. tho defendant herein
To the plaiutih's complaint doth denui
| Because ~ a number Of fatal defects
Which right on It's face do occur.
| OF this action Ia. subject 10 hard to de-
~"peformation Of character seems
To he Just y little wee triNe beyond
This courts Jurisdictions extremes
The complaint. though a gem OF light HE
erhturc.
OF action a cause does no, state.
And according to Blackstone and Coke and
Code
This falling de,racts from Its weight.
u the other defendant, the state Of New
whethcr '"p.oplc' or "sta;e' It's ycl.pt
Jurisdiction I'm certain this court will MOI
For II taken II could no, be kept.
Union Rhymest~rs Are Critical.
While they refused To he quoted. per.
sons high In the councils Of Poets Union
Westminster Local No 30. said they wcr,
sore and that the Judges outpu; was =
striking example OF the danger Of en-.
trusting delicate Jobs in vcrsifcation tC
n~on-union workmcn. They admitted thai
while the rhyines might be all rh-ht. the
meter could stand tinkcrins, The line
'Thc complaint. though n gem of ligh'
literature WAS. mentioned as one tina
hardly reached The union standard.
when II was pointed out that perhap.
the Justice himself didn't write II. bu'
his attorney. James s. y. WINS, they re
tor;ed that II lawyers can turn poet
they can turn non-union lawyers. an,
show thai by n rule OF torts or some
thing. the Justice n escape reepon
sibility for the acts of his duly author
ICED agent.
Justice is blind" said one poet. 'bu
| never heard she was deaf. | don't SCI
now he got away with it