Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20

bower Judge Jim Stout and Con
Mcsweeney resounded all the time
AZ tbo bar. and with a sprinklino -
ATTORNEYS from HALEY, Boise and
elsewhere. the wheels of the oonr+
machinery were kept warm by con-
slant revolutions
The language of the ATTORNEYS in
the different cases tried was certain
ly stronger more forcible, more am
phatic and more personal than wonid
be tolerated in the district court
Among many amusing as well as
remarkable "reminiscences of tho
Glenn's Ferry bar, the writer ra-
calls few, which he will relate
In quarrel ON the main street
over horse-race. huge, husky
bruiser delt deputy sheriff a knock
out blow, almost fracturing the .
cheek bone and was brought intn
court for trial, charged with as,
sault and battery. The acting as
sistant district attorney for the Or
casion was noted for gems of ora
| tory OF a peculiar style--a compound
of wit. humor, logic and vitl1pera-
ton. In his opening speech, the ar
gument at the close of the evidence
he thus addressed the court!
"Your honor, want you to note
we'll the huge, ugly first that grows
like protuberance on that blood
thirsty behemoth (pointing to de-
fendant). It's the size of big ham
the shape of ham and it has the
oder of a strong ham, and your hon
or knows well the kind of a brute a
ham grows upon. And that ham
bearing brute raises his ham-shaped
first thus (raising his closed hand
to demonstrate), draws it back in
this manner drawing it back) and
then lets fly at the man and BANG"
and at the word bang shooting
his first across the desk toward the
Judge, causing his honor to make a
backward dodge so sudden that the
judicial bench tipped over and
spilled the judge upon the floor.
One evening dispute arose in
Lash's saloon as to the Shannon
river in Ireland being navigable-
Eli insisting that it was not so and
Mac asserting that he had seen large
vessels sail up and down that stream
and that it was decidedly nayigable.
So heated grew the discussion that
Eli pitched into Mac hard and
rough, giving him black eye,
bloody nose and a swollen lip, be-
sides leaving him minus lower
tooth. Thereupon Mac swore out
warrant for Ellis arrest, which the
| constable served and Eli was ar
raigned before Judge and jury for
trial.
All the evidence was strong and
positive against Eli The story of
the debate about the Irish river and
| the disagreement of Macs Celtic
| countenance was told and retold in
the court. The evidence for the pro-
secution being all in, the defendant
said that he had none to offer, and
| admitted all the statements made by
the other side to be true.
Just as the judge was about to
close the evidence and submit the
case to the jury, the foreman of
that august body asked that all the
witnesses be recalled for further ex-
| animation. Each witness being re-
called, barring the complaining wit
ness, and the jurors questioned each
| one as to whether he knew the Shan
| non river to be navigable. Each
| witness answered in the negative.
The jury then retired and in
few minutes returned with the YER
| dict: "The fact of the navigation
| 81 ho,
| proven to the satisfaction of this
Jury. We therefore find the said
| river not navigable and the defen-
dant not guilty. Turn him loose"
In the winter 1857 there lived
at Glenn's Ferry a buxom young
corn7fed grass-widow from the in
terror of Kansas, who had a score
of admirers of all ages and condi-
tions of life. A jealous rivalry
among her admiring SWANS inspired
a poetic cowboy to compose a song
on this love affair, or rather affair
of many loves, which though comic,
spicv and racy was awfully personal
the names of all the admirers APP
pearing in the lines.
One Sunday night (this was before
the church bells chimed on the Sab
hath in Glenn's Ferry the composer
who was quite a character song ar
fist sung the song to group of APP
preciative railroad boys, but to the
sorrow of one of the love-sick swains
mentioned in the song, who hap
nened to be present, and who had the
singer arrested on the charge of dis
+urbing the peace by traducing.
Next evening jury was sum-
moned and the defendant stood his
trial Half a dozen witnesses swore
70 the fact of the defendant singing
the song, and then the defense
moved that the song itself be offered
IN evidence and then let the jury
pass upon it,
THE court made an order granting
4,a motion and ordered the song to
W. introduced The defendant i'm
mediately struck up stage-like pose
: snng the song facing the jury, and
81 ifs close received the applause OF
tbo entire panel and a verdict of ac-
Verify, these were the jolly good
old days.