Evening star., 1923-07-29
GARRETTS' FOES PREDICT
BROTHERS WILL BE FREED

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formation leading to the arrest of the
persons guilty of feloniously shooting
from ambush Allen NJ. Chandler on
the Sd of May. 1923, in Cumberland.
said reward to be paid after the trial
and conviction of said person. The
SUPERVISORS of the county offer $4,000
of this amount and the other is put
up by Gov. Trinkle.
The CARROTS have indicated that the
shot that got Chandler was meant for
them. Chandler has fully recovered.
He will be a witness for the defense.
Attorney L. C. Wendenburg has
made tremendous impression here.
His closing argument before Judge
White was a telling one. and while
the major part of 1t was unintelligibie
TO the unlegal mind-so full of book
references and technicalities-ther
were other parts of 1t that sent a
thrill Of excitement through the
crowd.
After court, when Attorney NJ. p.
Bonifant of the prosecution concluded
his address yesterday-an impas-
stoned appeal for change of venue
Judge White. sitting in Judge Hun
dler's place, congratulated Bonifant
upon his fearlessness. Judge White
did not mean that he approved or dis
approyed of the attack, but that he
recognized in Bonifant's stand an at
titude of courage and conscientious
ness.
Sheriff "Rotten Shot"
Sheriff Adams, nearly eighty. never
carries a gun. He says he has had
occasion to make but few arrests.
Moreover, his first and second fingers
are paralyzed and he has to use his
fourth for trigger finger" And I'm
a rotten shot" he adds.
But Sheriff Adams is going to quit
when this term is up. although his
friends are urging him to run again
In the fall. The aff1davits filed by the
prosecution in the trial hurt the old
fellow. "Lies-damned lies" he says.
But what about the barrel of Bum
gartner?' he was asked.
We'll" he said, you know, I left
the lid of that thar barrel one night
and the pesky cat got in and drunk
it all up"
Richard Evelyn Byrd. associate
counsel for the prosecution, radiates
friendship. and everywhere he goes
there are scores of people hailing him
with Hello, Dick"
Mr.. Byrd always puts nice little in
terjections in his speeches, whether
jury. For instance, while addressing
Judge White yesterday. he said on
one ocoa sion In explaining a point,
IT have the profoundest admiration
for the penetrating qualities of your
honor's intellect" and again, TT is
20 t4 30
honors mental alacrity.'
Mr.. Byrd Is a veteran of many legal
battles, and. although bearing a few
scars in combat, he has ever kept his
banner flying high, nor has any one
ever seen his garments trailing in
the mud.
Those Poor Newspapermen.
The newspapermen at Cumberland
are leading a hectic life; they are
considering banding themselves into
a union to demand longer hours and
appetites for fried chicken and bat
ter bread, and some of them are
actually growing paunches. Mingling
freely with both factions in the feud,
not one of them even thought to
bring a gun and are depending upon
them out Of trouble and at the same
time into the thick of the fight
The telegraph operators are no ex-
ception to all of this.
Members Of this community are not
unduly superstitious. but they are
wondering at the visit here yesterday
of an enterprising life Insurance
salesman. who has been peddling ac-
cident policies. 1t takes = keen mind
to grasp a ready situation. They do
say that the salesman went away
with his pockets bulging with appli-
cations.
Tomorrow being Sunday, the press
ing shop did rushing business to-