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HOW THEY IMPRESS JURORS
f Methods of Famous Lawyers to
Capture the Jury
I CHOATE'S SHARP SATIRE
Senator Foraker Gives the New Yorkers
Pointers
Coudert', Artistic Magnanlmitv s:rves Hi,
Clients Well—lngersoll as a Reader
oi Character
Correspondence to The Herald.
NEW YORK, April 24. — Whenever
any of the biR lawyers nf the metropo
lis or the legal luminaries of other cities
have a case in try in the courts here,
every lawyer in town who can spare the
time goes to that particular court to
observe how the great man tries hia
case. It is not an every da> occurrence
to see one of the great legal giants hard
at work, as not many people can afford
to pay the fee required hy these men
"when their personal attention to a case
Is demanded.
Many people employ the firms of which
these lawyers an- leading lights, and
they pay heavy sums by doing so. but
Unless treble the amount lie handed over
the case is given into the care of some
FAVORITE POSES OF GREAT LAWYERS*
Junior partner, or some employe of the
firm, and he manages it to the best of
his ability.
Joseph Hodges Choate, for Instance,
never gives his attention to a ease which
requires much attendance in court for
less than $5000. As the leading lawyer
In the country today, he can easily lix
his own price, and there are always a
'number of wealthy people and rich cor
porations ready to pay ii. Mr. Choate
earns something like $125,000 a year, and
naturally he places a high value on his
time.
It is to see how a man with this pile
,o£ money acts that ail the lawyers Bock
to the court room when the news dies
around thai. Joe choate is going to ar
|gue a case, teach one of the big law -
yers has certain mannerisms and
unique met ho is lor impressing the
'judge and Jury. Some of the liar do
their best to copy these peculiarities,
but unfortunately they lack the genius
[Underlying the work of the l gal heavy
weights.
At times Mr. Choate "will take up a I
'case and put his whole heart and soul
Into it when the chances of deriving '
,any pecuniary benelii are mighty slim. 1
The Laidlaw suit against Russell Sage I
■is an instant ' this kind, Mr. Choate !
|has worked like a Trojan in .Mr. Laid- '
law's behalf for the mere pleasure of
making L'ncle Russell squirm iv the
witness chair.
Mr. Choate has the faculty of saying
the most satirical things and rubbing
them in deeply with i lie mosi Innocent
face and manner. His bearing is al
ways the pink of politeness. Inn his
Itongue is just tin reveise. He hates
any one who hordes up mone.s for
mere pleasurt of owning numerous dol
lars, and ful' many years Russell Sage
and Hetty Green havi been his par
ticular targets. During one of the
trials In the Luidlaw suit, when l'ncle
.Russell was on tie- stand. Mr. Choate
innocently asked tie aged financier ir
jit were true that he was a. great phil
anthropist. Mr. Sage saw the humor of
EVERY KIND
OF
IS 0 hi fl i
FROSVS
PSiPLES
TO
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( Speedily cnrert by O'Tii ritA Uebolvent,
greatest of humor <im*s, iis-sikkml externally
by warm ba'.ha wiili o net i;a S '.w, and
gentle application* of Crnrt ka .ointment),
the great skin cure, when all else tails.
Sold thro.iehout Ihe wmld. P-icf, Ciriei'RA, .vv.i j
SOAf. -iVt-.t Kesolvi.m, .vie. ami fl. l'uiirt; bi «
AM> < Jf*H Com., HnU* lV.|in.. lli.iitcn, I. S. A.
*• Uww to Cure ltvtu/ Uuuur," uiuliul tiN.
the question and grinned, but he didn't
like it when Mr. Choate also asked him
If it were true that he wore brown paper
waist-coats.
Mr. Choate makes few gestures when
speaking. He reserves all his vitality
and energy for the summing up. and has
repeatedly talked solid facts for six
hours at a time without showing signs
of fatigue, and every word he utters is
worth listening to.
When engaged in the trial of a cause
he begins the summing up in his own
mind the moment the trial begins. He
believes that thii.surest way to convince
the court and the Jury Is to stick to
the main facts, and to construct a the
ory of the case consistent with the un
disputed points. Cases, he thinks, are
and ought to be decided on the main
facts and features, and not on insig
nificant details, especially nowadays,
when trials are conducted under great
pressure of time. Mr. Choate always
likes to have a good lawyer pitted
against him. being of the opinion that a
ease is more likely to be tried on Its
merits, the function of a lawyer being
to aid In the administration of Justice.
Frederic Kene Coudert, who is a good
second to Mr. Choate In legal greatness,
is most effective in cases where Intri
cate legal knowledge is required. He
has the faculty of presenting the driest
and most prosaic facts in an Interesting
way. and can give an inviting coloring
to a statement in which cold figures are
uppermost.
Mr. Coudert. while of French desrent,
is the least theatrical of nil the big
lawyers. Kis gestures are few. injury
cases he wins favor at once by his cour
teous treatment of his opponents.He al
ways conveys the idea that he rather
pities the other side because of the
weakness of its case, and would like to
help them make ns good a showing as
possible. He does Ibis so delicately
that each Juror thinks he has made an
important and unusual discovery.
Mr. Coudert never badgers a witness.
He is so gentle and obliging that the
witness feels in duty bound to recipro
cate, and says very nearly what the as
tute lawyer wishes to go on record. In
the summing up Mr. Coudert ia more em
phatic and brings out all the strong
points of his calse with startling force
j He Is a fluent talker, with a quaint fund
; ol humor, and usually manages to look
upon every subject from a unique point
ot view.
General Benjamin F. Tracy likes to get
! hold of a sensational case to show how
he can tangle up witnesses. In divorce
j suits he is at his best, and by artfully in
ducing witnesses to contradict one an
cther he manages to make the case of
! the other side appear very weak. He
[ can make a most pathetic appeal to the
! Jury, and if his client happens to be a
j woman he always succeeds In making
her cry at the proper moment.
It is worth going a long ways to see
I Col. Hob ingersoll try a case. He has a
tremendous amount of energy and a
' voice that fills the courtroom with force
! ful oratory. He likes to get the desper
, ate Bide'of/a case for the mere pleasure
:oi making much out of little. He grasps
1 the smallest and most insignificant item
, in favor of his client, and by nursing it
, develops it into a regular bombshell be
fore th.' trial is concluded.
He is a clever reader of human charac
ter, and In a jury case picks out two or
line men \\ hotn he is convinced are dog
ged and determined. He concentrates
all of Ills energy to win these men to his
I Idi of the case, nnd if he doesn't get an
acquittal he feels confident of a disa
i greement.
Bllhu Knot, who can make a better
: showing against Mr. Choate than any of
tl i other lawyers, because of hisimper
, tlirbablllty of temper, is at his best in
cases which require deep and long re
i search. He spends unusual time In the
I preparation of his cases, storing himself
; with a fund of information which Iscer
i tain to puzzle the lawyers on the other
| side unless they have sat tip nights for
i many weeks looking up similar cases for
■ the past hundred years. Mr. Root is
most formidable in summing up, 60,000
I words of solid tact being his average in
important cases,
Senator Foraker of Ohio has on one or I
two occasions given New York lawyers
valuable pointers. He has move magne
tism than most of them, and having a
tireless capacity for taking pains with
everything he often succeeds by deftly
handling a number of small details which
his opponents have Ignored as being too
Insignificant for development.
Blued Under A. P. A Runs
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 24.—Judge Stevens
nnd other leading members of the A. P. A.
of this city, who have been conspicuous in
the light against .McKinley in the Repub
lican party, are now preparing for war on
ex-Congressman It. H. Bland, win, has
been named as the choice of Missouri free
silver Democrats for the Democratic nom
inal ion for president.
The A. I. A. hostility is due to the dls
eovi ry of ihe fact thai Mrs. Bland Is a de
vout member of the Catholic church, has
raised the children in thai faith and the
I "Mest son, aged 17. is now attending the
Catholic Christian Brothers' college here.
Bland himself is not a member of any
church and is very liberal In his religious
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A WISE CONCLUSION
After Mature Deliberation and a Careful Investigation, Richard J.
Coiton Reaches a Wise Cbnclusion
A Man of Intelligence and Discrimination Who "Looks Before He Leaps" and
Discerning the Uood Molds l-'ast to It Till Is Assured
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Rlrharrt J, oT Lincoln Parte, South P.\*a 1' na. formerly a prominent cttl?*nof Minneapolis.
Minnesota, sayiatcw very raHoual things about health and doctoral
•■ln th" N irthwest wb re I have lived since '56, I am called 'Dick Co*ton* the fjOg Roller." When
)(tnneapoHs wm only St. Anthony's Palis I waa piloting sawlogs down the >ii -h-■«lppl river. Old Cap
tain J hftfitfartln, pow the president o- the <»r-at Northwestern UUling .Company, and ex-Governor.
Til «aeiry an t Senator Waabbura ait myself were ail young men together, sleeping and eat in 4 in h log*
nr*s lent. The nature of my occupation expo*. d rue to many hardships daring my ear y Hi'o ami my
later illness seemed entirely dm- tn the hard life I bad led am nt the sawioe-* of the Northwest.
"I'nili tonyearsago t suffered but little and waa comparatively a »*tr>Miir well man. About that
time I b gan to have trouble with my kidneys, and not withstand the efforts of my family pbysjctn n
the trouble grew wor->- it wes ai last pronounce l Brlght's Disease o! the kidneys and i was ordered to
the famous ooutlnei tv". water v places, i traveled all owr the European continent and often re
mained several months a' :■ resort,
•■a year hgn I ret nn-d home and was to Southern California, nneomin.; to Los Angeles
t was delighted withthe cllmave and slowly it dawned upon me thai perhaps Iml bt find a phj sTcfan
here whu could hi In me. I inquired concerning all ihe tn prominent physicians and thou I looked
up their credentials and records l went about It in a business way—ii* ns Ido when I make nn In
vestment, and used tin* same go • i hard sense, I was sat) die i aft -r carefully considering the abilities
r id resources ol the differ 'til physicians that the Bngilsfa and German Expert Specialists wer.* entitled
to the most conHdonce, This decision was reached only niter a fair and Imp itvol Investigation I he
can treatment with ihese specialists si x months ago, l was nln:ost a wreck physical y and mentally
and my legs wi re terribly swollen from dropsy, I iiad to sit up in hed :o get my breath and the least
exertion made m,' as weak asa babe,
",\il my old symptoms have slowly disappeared and I fe-'! like a different man. lam satisfied that
I am cun dan d I want to iay right here ; hat It was tho English and German V Xpert Specialists who
cured me,. nJ l am glad l had Intelligence enough left to pick o.ittiiH right doctors Very gratefully
yours, It [CHARD J. COLTON, Lincoln Park."
Curing Chronic Diseases
is the life work of the Em:ll c h and German Experi Specialists, They have educated themselves for
this grand work and are making a wonderful record in these dl.sens-'s
A Staff of Five Expert Specialists
Each one treating only cas'-s which come under his Bp scialty, offers yon the hlshest class of medical
■s rvice to he foun I In this country. A list of the diseases treated i y these eminent Specialists I Catarrh
of the Nose, Throat and Longs; Diseases of the Heart Luntrs, Drain and Splnid Curd; Disuses of the
Liver, Bowels, Kidney, Bladder and Rectum; Dtaeusesof the Blood, Skin and scalp; Piles, Fistula,
Rupture, stricture and Varicocele; all Diseases of Women and Men ami all Surgical Diseases and
Deformities
If yon are n chronic sufferer yon cannot afford to accept any medical advice till you have < onstdted
these specialists. CONSULTATION IS always FREE, and you can have the expert advice of five
competent medical men free of charge, Is it worth more than on ■ man'!* advice? Ask yourself the
question, if you cannot call, write ior question blank. Thousands cured at home.
The English and German Expert Specialists,
Rooms 4H to 418 Byrne building, Third and Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal Tel. ill ) IJlack. Office
hours—o a. in. tfi i p.m. daily: 7 to h evenlntts; i» to 11 n. m. Sundays.
views, but the secret order will fight him
because of the religion of his family, stev- !
ens lias appointed a committee to make a :
thorough Investigation and will then use ,
all of his Influence as well as that of the I
order to draw free silver delegates from
bland.
Asked last nirht: "Is it within the power
of your organization to prevent Bland's
nomination?" Btevens said: "I think it is."
"How many of the delegates elected to
date do you control?"
"That I do not know. We do not get ,
daily reports from headquarters, but we I
will'know all about every delegate that
gees into the Chicago convention before 1
the time comes. We will have the power
to prevent the nomination of any candi
date onr order opposi b."
"Will you open up a fight on Bland ns
soon as you are convinced that your infor
mation is correct?"
"As the matter now stands Filand does
not seem to me to be likely to be nomi
nated. If ihe 18 to l free silver coinage
men are In control in the Chicago con
vention and Bland threatens lo he the
nominee then onr forces will be brought to
bear to knock him out."
"Suppose Bland should be nominated in
Spite of your delegates?*'
"Then the order will take care of him
at * lie polls."
Mr. Rland nrrived from T.ehnnon last
night. Ashed as to the truth of (he story,
he referred to the letter he wrote last Sep
tember to the editor of a monthly publl
atlon in this city in answer in the queSr
tlon if it were true that be was a Catholic,
In It he said without reserve that he Was
h Protestant, that his family were all j
Methodists, and that, while he was In
dined to be liberal in his views, he bad
always had a leaning toward the Metho- )
riist church. Mrs. Bland was a member i
of the Catholic church, and he believed !
her to be better and more religious than
he ever expected to be.
Kansas City members of the A. P. A.,
who were Interviewed today, said that the
fact thai Mrs. Bland was a Catholic would
preclude tho members of that order sup
porting Mr. Claud for the nomination for
president, although the great majority of
the people in the society were ardent tree
silver men.—Kansas City Star.
Six ttostnn Women Rhle n Sextuplet
A party of six strong-minded, strong
limbed, be-bloomered young women, mi ru
bers of a Boston athletic association, have
taken lo public appearances astride the
six-saddled b ke,
The organization of the sextette was
gradual, beginning with n tandem team of
girl bachelors. Then anol her tandem team
was permitted to pool its wheel with tic
first. A fifth woman paid ihe difference for
a quintuple, bul ihe odd number was un
satisfactory, and number six was admitted
to Die fraternity, a machine was especially
constructed for them, and with lis unusual
load has !» me a familiar sight on the
suburban roans of Boston.
This is the only bicycle team of six wo
men ever organized.—New York Journal.
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We have arranged for a Special Fast Train to leave La Grande Station, Santa Fe First Street Depot, 8:00 a. tn.,
• • Thursday, the 7th Day of May • •
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TICKETS will ho sold only at our office | system of the Lake Hemet Water com- 1 land, the water and Hemet as a bnsi
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;■; Thursday, May 7th
Consisting of one fine Mahogany Folding Bed. valued at $200;
elegant Oak and Walnut Bedroom Suites, fine Parlor Furniture,
Kitchen Range, etc.
W. I. de GARMO, Auctioneer
Auction
By W. [. De Garmo Office 521 S. Broadway
All the fine and nicely kept furniture, fine upright piano, carpets, etc., at private
residence No. 1234 Georgia Belle St., opposite power house. Tuesday, May Btn, at 10
ocloek. In part, viz.: Fine upright piano in good condition; elegant mahogany silk
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cash; deposit required.
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