The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-20
By JACK LAIT DUFFY. THE DIAMOND, THE DEFENSE

THE DEFENSE
 Readers telephone, write and wire they want more about Duffy the Goat . . His hoodlum heart would swell with pride, for as have noted, he revealed in publicity He may still be alive, for all I know. Last time I saw him, though, was rather long ago, when he was sent to Joliet for killing young pug who was buying champagne for Frisco Kate, West Coast madam the Goat fancied It was up- stairs, in his own saloon-the one himself Jimmy Leather'S partner, and made it stick. AS was the GUS tom then, the dive had secondfloor wineroomS for ladies.
 Shooting a cash customer was not considered proper protocol in the section of Chicago known as "the levee". The Goat was sharply de- nounced, especially since he fired before the chump paid the check This unethical behavior lost him the sympathy of many friends. But N@AiSN ObttNbO A41slL ltC W eio lON dIs
 Charlie had been a brilliant law yer, who wrecked himself with whiskey. He got his appellation be- cause, in Harrison Street police sta ton lookup, when prisoner couldn't dig up dime, Charlie took the case for bite off his plug Charlie couldn't do much for Duffy tho f11IrGnr n thnl,oH o1 most stayed sober for the trial. The Goat had a long record and he got an indeterminate sentence up to the limit.
 Chew-Tobacco Charlie had been more successful in the case of State vs. Duffy. when the Goat was ap- prehended on an allegation that he had committed larceny from the person, to wit, he had bitten a diamond out of it's setting in the shirt-stud of peasant from Pa ducah. This unusual felony, too, oc- cured in Duffy & Leather's grog- shop, but in the main reception room, downstairs. at the bar.
 AS was the custom then, this tour tst had gem of considerable di- mansions screwed into the front of his hard-boiled shirt Duff came around to the sucker side Of the mahogany, regaled the stranger with a couple of hilarious jokes. gave him a swig on the house slapped him ou the shoulder bent forward as he laughed heartily at his own wit. A few seconds later, glancing In the mirror over the bar the gentleman from Kentucky saw that the diamond was gone and all that remained of his stud was a set of twisted and distorted prongs.
 He set up howl Duffy was most grieved, Went through the motions of looking all over the floor for the missing stone. But the visitor had good idea of what had hap pened. He went to the police and swore & warrant, pointed out the Goat, had him arrested. Duffy was searched but refused to talk. To a suggestion that he had 1 swallowed the ice and he submit | to an X-ray, he replied with a demand that his lawyer be sum- moned. Chew-Tobacco Charlie ar rived forthwith and advised him | to his Constitutional rights-no K ray, as that would be forcing him to testify against himself. The cops i wanted to hold Duffy for natural 1 eVentualities, but Charles got a writ of habeas corpus. Ike Roder- ick put up the S25O0 bond. Duffy 1 took trip out of town, to Milwau- kee, beyond the jurisdiction.
 He appeared promptly on the date | set for trial, some nine days later. | Charlie was only half-lit and, for | him, in excellent condition.
 The only witness against his man was the studless stranger who told | his story. On ross-examination | Charlie challenged him to prove the | diamond was in the shirt when he | entered Duffy & Leather's. He | swore 1t was-he had been admir- ing the gleam of his two-karat | sparkler in the mirror, just before Duffy had come up close to tell | him the funny story.
 Charlie asked the witness how | many drinks he had consumed and | got an admission of perhaps a dozen" Charlie waved him off | with that's all" Duffy did not | take the stand Charlie argued that this man, after a dozen drinks of the stuff sold in Duffy & Leathers. wouldn't know a diamond from a door-knob; that his testimony was without corroboration; that the bur den of proof was on the prosecu- ton, and it had no proof: that fendant. All this the court ac- defendant. All this the court &C., knowledged Duffy was discharged.