Told out of court; personal experiences of members of the Chicago Bench and bar . ree to a verdict, because we didnt have any proof thathe was shavin people on Sunday, but only that he washavin a game of cards, and I wouldnt be for finin himeven if he wasnt playin a little Dutch game of pay-knuckle but a good, rousin Irish game of forty-five! The jury disagreed. The case was not brought to triala second time, for the Supreme Court declared the lawclosing barber shops unconstitutional. But ever sincethat trial my friend Charlie the barber has had a fiercerepugnance to whiskers, except red ones.
Told out of court; personal experiences of members of the Chicago Bench and bar . ree to a verdict, because we didnt have any proof thathe was shavin people on Sunday, but only that he washavin a game of cards, and I wouldnt be for finin himeven if he wasnt playin a little Dutch game of pay-knuckle but a good, rousin Irish game of forty-five! The jury disagreed. The case was not brought to triala second time, for the Supreme Court declared the lawclosing barber shops unconstitutional. But ever sincethat trial my friend Charlie the barber has had a fiercerepugnance to whiskers, except red ones. THE DUST IN THE JAR. By Edward Maher. It was during the prevalence of the grave and odiouscrime of cattle poisoning in a certain district of Cookcounty. Cattle were killed off nightly, sometimes manyhead of them. It was mysterious rural spite work. Every-body looked with suspicion on his neighbor. The chiefkilling agent used was arsenic; being almost without tasteit is the easiest poison to give, as it is also the easiest todetect when given. The evil increased to an alarming. EDWARD MAHER When, in the judicial elections of 1915, Mr. Maherand his four associate independent candidates enteredthe arena to challenge the right of political bosses tonominate candidates, they issued a declaration that theywere not opposing the sitting judges, now they were busy explaining that this was not abull but a bear; but Mr. Maher gallantly assumedresponsibility, Vigorous and vivacious, genial and ver-satile, he is one of the most brilliant and successfullawyers in the middle west. Possesses also the militaryand literary instincts; carried a sword in the 2nd N. G. and is a graceful and forceful writer. TOLD OUT OF COURT 233 extent aad detectives and police scoured the country inattempt to bring the guilty parties to justice. Once alter the destruction of a particularly fine herd ofcattle I was called upon to defend the persons accusedof the poisoning. There was a whole f
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