Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20

clusion 1t reached. l ever had n distrust,
and even sort of horror, over the ways
OF the detective. and no man was ever con.
ricted before me of any offense upon such
testimony alone. Like prosecuting attor.
hey VINO wants TO convict the object Of
the detectiVe is not so much to inquire as
10 tasten the crime somewhere. and the
methods used are those of discrimination
and falsehood
A Child's Accident
Just Oeiore left the bench boy Of
e'eNeh years of age was tried before me
ior the murder Of playmate Of six or
seven years. The little fellow had a five.
cent piece and the defendant had n TOW
pistol The latter said GIVE me that
nlcK"L' mo, I won't" was the answer.
III you don't ! will shoot YOU" The child
S'oo" ms ground aud thereupon the de.
'''uant sh"t and killed him The defend.
""t was locked up in prison. but the pistol
"''ch was regarded as an essential mart
"a inc evidence. could nowhere be found 4
"etective went to him and finding him cy,.
ing. told him that il he would te,, ,vb.r.
the pistol was he. the detective ,yould ,,Lo
hlhI nome to his father and notber Tboro.
"i"" I'' boy said he had thrown II into n
quarry, describing the place ond ,h, do
tectiNe went there and found il. He testi.
' w '"eAe ldctS at the trial and was
h'uch astonshed ana chagrined 10 hear tho
"""t' instruct the jury that they ought
NV ~ p'ace the slightest reliance upon his
eF'uehce' that, having charge of n child
eleven years Of age. he had according 10
MS own statement. deliberately lied TO the
chlio IN order to gain an advantage over
nm ana therefore, could be trusted bv no.
Oody. John Weaver, who syas tben Dis.
fIct Attorney, came to me nrivatal,. 70
demonstrate on behalf Of the detective and
was informed that the instruction courd
not be modified in the slightest extent.
cruelty to Animals
! once sent a man 10 prisor to. ,t,,,..
months FOR cutting off the tail of a doc
ne ""u hHtlIated this animal and left II
Pe' 'Sn tiiiSerabIy Had n police officer
Mro i'u maze use Of what is called "the
uhIrd degree with prisoners in his charge
OF gunner who had been shooting nigaons
at Hlatch. or a jockey who had docked
tho tail OF his horse, or "a doctor who had
Practlced viviseCion been brought boforo
me- while on the bench they womb eacr
Lave lea ned that the customs and .oc,,-
meal needs of their professions wou,d h.,.o
ueen All unsafe dependence. The onnopep,s
vi NlVlsection make the mistake of stand.
ms upon the weak ground of utility. whore
'''eS are necessarily mistaken. OF couree
Soiethihg concerning human construction
ana diseases can be learned from cut.irr
UP hEinE animal More could bo Ioar,olI
Dy cutting up human being. howavo,.
The answer TO the doctors il thu, ,,,, ,
no business with the information that can
o'i'! 'e learned IN This way. Let us do
without H. Let each creature bear its o,,.,
'''' II Is better that | should take the
'naiice OF dy!ng of tumor than that mon
should be taught to cut up living dogs IN
set possible Information. A man may 90 a
the money he has stolen from a scoun,,.,,
10 the poor, but that does not tustifv tho
theft. To the doctrine of doing b,rn,
that good may come of il we had ho,,o,,
soy AN"uht' Wade retro Sathanas,"
A Narrow Escape
oh the 18th of February 1898, cu,,,o
pretty near to destruction. F1r ss,,ar,,
DAYS had been trying a rather i,upor,ar.
hhd-damage case OF Lukens VS., tba Cit,.
III the secondstory room of Congress Han
t"e WINDOWS or which look upon Chestnut
street nnished charging the Jury abo,t
O'Clock. The plaintiff came to me 10 ask
whether | would not wait and take ,lo
Ncrdlct. ! hesitatcd for n moment but RON
Guiding that il would make little difraro,,,.,,
10 nm ana 1t was uncertain how long they
f,lI H.
their verdict and bring it in the next norr.
ing, and | adjourned the court. had
hardly got outside the room before I'm,
ceillllH leu, ming the room with debris
ana crushing the bench at which 7 had
been sitting and my chair TO the floor
Various coatings of plaster had been an.
piled through the century until they were
eight inches thick and as solid as rock
II hung there over me like the sword nf
Damocles, ready TO fall with the occurrence
of any unusual rumble on the street. and
that afternoon there was no place on earth
more seemingly safe and in reality more
dangerous. A wit at the bar said Fiat
justitia, ruat ceiling"
About this time began the first talk about
sending me to the Supreme Court OF the
State, and it received some support from
the bar and the newspapers. Fell how.
ever, who was my superior in the court,
had ambitions in that direction. We talked
the matter over together, with the result
that concluded to make no effort at that
time, and so told him.
In 1898 a number OF gentlemen in the
city, interested in the collection and pub.
llcation Of out-of.the'way books, organized
the Philobiblon Club. Among them were
James MacAlister, Clarence II. Clark. whose
specially was illustrated or Gran
gerized books; Ferdinand j. Dreer, who
had made an unusual collection Of auto.
graphs which he later gave to the His
torical Society Of Pennsylvania; Horace
Howard Furness, the celebrated Shake
spearean scholar, and John Thomson. Fur.
ness, kindly, genial and most attractive