The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-29
Law Versus
Judge Lynch
BY RICHARD MARKLEY


20 get rid OF an enemy. one demurred
at shooting since a court had been cs.
tablshcd
you see. jim" he said, "thcy'll keep
us I'm jail forever waltiu' TO try u.s."
"Don't you worry about that, Pete"
said the other "'rhls ycrc community
Isn't ready Tor rcal law yet"
So they shot their man and stood
trial.
Tic citizens Of -Four Aces. eager to
try the now Legal system that had been
introduced. al not Inconvenience the
two criminals at uil by delay. The
, murder was committed IN the morning
and hv Q O'Clock iu the afternoon the
trial commenced. 4 llmb OF the law
named Simpson was prosecuting uttor.
nry. aud one Waterman was assigned
by the court 10 jcicnd thr accused
To .ayu t'slc they 0crc tried together
Tho first hour was occupied IN fencing
between thc prosecutor and counsel Tor
the defense. the latter claiming that
the first shot Killed the gambler and
the man who fred Il was the murder.
cr while the other could not be tried
for killing q corpse. An appeal to the
Judge established the fact that both
were Instrumental IN The deed and they
should be- convicted or acquitted to.
gethcr.
Then the prosecutor summoned wit.
ncsscs who saw the shooting The
FIRST was the barkccpcr OF the saloon,
who was standing behind the bar at
the time. lie testified that he saw
the two men open sire NJ The same mo.
mcnt on the gambler
Question What were you doing
when th, shooting commemorate
Witness Tom Ollr'un hnd llst call
cd Tor some pi2cu, and | was rcnchln'
10 the shelf back % the bar for H..
Question How could YOU see the
shooting when your back was turned
10 the shooters
Wlncss-Thrrr Wns u big lookln'
p'sv behind the hur I seen II IN
tlut
"Nour honor" said th, lawyer turn.
lug 20 the judge Il move that this
mau's Testimony D, STRICKEN out H.
dld not SEQ the shooting lie mcrcly
suw reelection"
Tho Judge considered fpr awhile,
then decided that reflection was not
a thing IN Itself therefore the tcstl,
mouy ~ the harkccpcr was not TO br
con ldrrpd hy the jury.
There were several other persons IN
the room NJ the time of the crime, but
counsel fur defense proved that the
oyc,lght ~ uur was had, that another
was su dear that he couldn't hear "a
cannon fired io say nothing ~ re.
volycr, while third had been slttlug
~ n table iu u i0g u the room where
he could nnt sre the group IN question,
Friends ~ the accused swure that they
had kg9Wg hga lVg yclTs, both had
taught Sunday school aud neither had |
over carried revolver Indeed, they |
would not know how 10 handle such a
weapon.
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