Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-17
LOGAN, SAFE BLOWER,
SHOWS DEFIANCE
TO COURT
DIALOGUE HEATED
JUDGE SToUGH "BUINS up MAI
WHO QUESTIONED HIS JUSTICE
AND CONFEDERATION SHOWN
HIM IN TRtAL--AiR CHARGED
WITH EXCITEMENT.

The climax Of a well plotted I'd
cIerverly per plmpd me- o-draH1
would have been q bucIcsIuc as cOn
pared to "A scene In real life enacted
this morning in ihe Circuit Court
with Judge 5. C. Slough and trark
Logan. convicted saie-blower and
desperate Jail breaker. a the princi-
pals.
The air was Literally charged with
the dramatic incidents which cam
whilst the court and defendant cx'
changed verbal tnrusts in one o! the
tensest moments in criminal aElals
uf the counY The proceedings Goa
tinued for the major portion OF an
hour taking place before court room
crowded with men, some women ne
ing In the audience. gathered there 20
see the defendant sentenced
The cringing coward who skunk into
range, Of Sheriff Ayers poised ana
menaclng revolver at the county Jail
last Sunday night. himself armed with
loaded revolver, which he had
wrested from an unconscious turnkey,
was not the man who stool before
Judge Slough to hear judgment pro
nOunced upon him Logan trans
tottned himself into bully OF the
bravado type for this mornings a.'-
pearance in court. While Sheriff
Ayers cowed him to fear wrought
beast who begged and impiorcd that
his life be spared during Sunday
nights attempted escape from jail.
Logan this morning had the air OF a
debonaire don't care intent upon Civ
ing the judge blow for blow during
one Of the most sensational dialogues
ever exchanged in the court room,
Logan's two sides occasioned much
interest to the spectators who con
trasted his record OF Sunday night
with the air which he surroundc him
self today The Jekyl and Hyde trans.
formation was not AS complete as
the defendant would liked to have
had It His pretence at bravadocio
did not reconcile Itself to the 'li1H-
ing, whimpcring, imploring coward
who was afraid to fight SundaJ night
with life his and the sherff's as the
stake. The thing wa wholly artitie-
ial and unreal us far as Logan is con
cerned he had shown too much gel
low for his pretended bravery of to-
day to have any weight with tn au-
dionce wose admiration his cgojjsm
craved. As he bristled with defiance
toward the kindly old Judge on the
bench, many rigth hand Throughout
the crowd in court itchcd to get one
good wallop at the prisoner His sal
" into the world OF thespians was u
failure; flat, barren and wasted, He
antagOnized. not only the court, but
everyone who heard the episode. but
their antagonism was not needed.
Judge Slough. who as few peers on
the bench. as the bar will attest,
needs no d ,fenders to rally behind
him. His ability to care for himself
IL legend hereabOuts The way he
burned up" Logan, his voice never
for once losing Is even tenor, won him
the silent plauditS of his auditors
The defendant. evidently well
sChOoled in court usages and Gus.
toms. selected his language carefully
He evidently has been well educated
lie stood erect before the bench and
never once wavered under the scath
ing rebukes OF the court About =,
years old close to siv feet ia
height. Logan. with clean shave
and mods clothes could have passed
himself or as lounge lizard. instead
Of a safe blower any place his idcnti-
~ was unknown, This morning he
wore weeks growth of whskers IA
torn, old gray, coat and dirty overals.
he showed no signs OF nervousness
and because he was not III at ease.
he helped brand himself as an old
timer at the bar of Justice. That he
refused to dvulge his home or his
people helps to bear out the story
that he Is the black sheep of a good
family.
Judge Slough who never once per
mitted himself to become riled or ruff
fled. was at his best in parrying with
o clever crook who thought enough
OF Is own wits to match them against
the alert jurist.
The settings Of the court room were
especially interesting as the proceed
ings were In progress. Deputy sher