Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . e would receive ablow at least every timethe wheel revolved inrunning the distance oftwo and one half you take your pen-cil and calculate and tellus whether it would notreceive more blows ingoing that distance thanit took you to smootlidown the end of the axlewhich I gave you? He started back afterhe got througKhis calcu-lation, saying: I neverthought of this before;I shall have to take backmy answer about howlong it would take to putthe axl
Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . e would receive ablow at least every timethe wheel revolved inrunning the distance oftwo and one half you take your pen-cil and calculate and tellus whether it would notreceive more blows ingoing that distance thanit took you to smootlidown the end of the axlewhich I gave you? He started back afterhe got througKhis calcu-lation, saying: I neverthought of this before;I shall have to take backmy answer about howlong it would take to putthe axle in this conditionafter the crack commenced, and saying I dont know anything about it. I then put on my own testimony upon the matter and showed thatsome quarter less blows were used in preparing the end of the otheraxle than the broken axle received in going the distance from thefro^ in Andover to where the derailment took place. I then put onthe testimony of my engineer and fireman, who gave their evidencein a very straightforward, honest manner. I also put on my manwho said he tapped the wheels, but after he left the stand I told the. Engraved from a Life-size Bust in General ButlersLibrary. 1026 BUTLERS BOOK. jury I was bound to call liim but I didnt place any special relianceon his testimony, because he was under great temptation to tell thestory as he did to save himself from harm, although I believe hehonestly thought so. It went to the jury, who gave us a verdict. There were no other cases drawn out of this derailment tried to myknowledge. I am happy to say that the verdict of the jury entirelyconfirmed Mrs. Pierce in her belief, and as she thanked me morethan once for my exertion in ferreting out the matter I certainly didnot enter into any discussion as to her faith. I have spoken of defending men when on trial for their lives. Itis never a profitable thing to do, and always an unpleasant thing,because involving great responsibility. One sometimes does not getas paym
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