The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-28
Lands ENDS II
YEARS. TOLL AS
FEDERAL JUDGE

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in the latter part of March. The it
inerary has not yet been arranged.
Judge Lands wound up his ca
reer on the bench by dispOstng OF
! 10 cases in rapid-fire order. His
last decision sentenced a man to
80 days in Jail for violating the
prohibition laws, and previously he
had rendered decisions ranging
from a fine of one cent to year
in prison. He conducted his final
court in his characteristic fashion.
taking cases away from lawyers to
, conduct them personally, laughing,
joking. storming and Tuning. In
the words of court attendant, he
was 100 per cent Landis~"
After the final sentence. Judge
/ Lands said:
MI Bailif. are there any more
cases ?"
None, your honor" was the re-
ply.
Court is Adjourned.
Court" began the Judge. aris-
ing, and for several seconds look
ing around the court room, rs ad-
journed."
The Judge stalked into his cham
/ bers without a word and a few
minutes later dozens of friends
. who damned their way in found
him sitting in the corner on an old
packing box talking to his son,
Reed.
Asked to pose on the bench for
photographs, the judge said:
Il shall never return to the
bench. If you want to photograph
me. do it here"
The judge was particularly hard
on Volstead act violators during
his final sessions of court Owners
of three buildings he had closed
because they held saloons were re-
! fused permission to reopen.
your honor" one attorney said.
/ 1.-THE owner of this building didn't
know there was a saloon in it, and
besides he won a distinguished
service medal in the war, and"
Medals Don't Count.
when you start citing war rec
ords you evidently are afraid TO
try your case on its merits" inter
jected the judge. And why didn't
he know it was a saloon? He went
in there twice a month to collect
rent"
To another attorney who said
the owner didn't know a saloon
was in his building, he said:
"Why, that place had swinging
| doors, sawdust on the floor, a foot
rail and spittoons that no one ever
hit OF course he knew it was a
aiRa~oV,ao
the well-known good old days was
that this fellow charged rs cents
drink instead of 10 cents. Mo
ton denied"
/ In a third case the attorney said:
Your honor, in the case here the
alleged sale of two glasses of
whisky
You mean the pretended sale of
two glasses of alleged whisky" in
terposed the judge "One year and
81 900 fine for the alleged matter. 4
Fines Tax Dodgers.
Two alleged tax dodgers were
brought before him and after a few
questions the judge announced:
III line you one cent" to one de-
PENDANT, because you seem to want
to pay your taxes but lack the
means
To the other he said:
81 fine you $4,000 because you
seem to have the means but lack
the desire to pay"
After shaking hands with scores
! of persons who came to bid him
goodbye, the judge walked across
the street to the little lunch coun-
ter where he has eaten the midday
meal for II years.
l. Swiss on rye, and milk the cow
for the government" the waitress
shouted as he entered, and a mo-
ment later the judge was sitting on
! a high stool eating his usual noon
lrepast-a swiss cheese sandwich
on rye bread and a glass OF milk,
The judge spent the afternoon
! packing his personal property in
the court chambers.