The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current, January 01, 1916, Page 19, Image 19

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T H E L A S T T H IN G
T h e r e h a d b e e n a n e x p lo s i o n in a p o w d e r m i l l , a n d
th e p ro p r ie to r , w h o w a s a w a y o n a p le a s u re tr i p , h u r ­
r ie d h o m e to m a k e a n i n v e s t i g a t i o n .
“ H o w d id i t h a p p e n ? ” h e a s k e d t h e f o r e m a n o f t h e
m ill a s h e v ie w e d t h e w r e c k .
“ W h o w a s to b la m e ? ”
“ W e ll, y o u s e e , s i r , ” r e p l i e d t h e f o r e m a n , “ it w a s
lik e t h i s .
B ill w e n t i n t o t h e m i x i n g - r o o m , p r o b a b ly
t h i n k i n g o f s o m e t h i n g e ls e , a n d s t r u c k a m a t c h in m i s ­
ta k e .
H e— ”
“ S tru c k a m a tc h !”
a m a z e m e n t.
“ I s h o u ld
e x c la im e d
have
th e
p ro p rie to r
in
t h o u g h t t h a t w o u ld b e
t h e la s t t h i n g o n e a r t h h e ’d d o ! ”
“ I t w a s s i r , ” s a id t h e f o r e m a n .
T H E IN T E L L IG E N T JU R O R
I t is n o t u n c o m m o n w ith la w y e r s w h e n a d d r e s s i n g
a j u r y t o s i n g l e o u t o n e m e m b e r w h o a p p e a r s to th e m
to
be
th e
m ost
in te llig e n t,
a n d , th e r e f o r e , t h e o n e
m o s t lik e l y to b e in f lu e n c e d b y t h e i r a p p e a l s , ” s a id
w e ll- k n o w n j u r i s t r e c e n t l y .
“ B u t it d o e s n o t
w o rk o u t a d v a n ta g e o u s ly ,” h e c o n tin u e d .
te s tim o n y
in
a lw a y s
“ A ll
had
th e
a c a s e r e c e n t l y tr i e d in T e x a s h a d b e e n
t a k e n , t h e la w y e r s f o r b o th s id e s s u m m e d u p a n d
ju d g e
a
c h arg ed
th e
t h e j u r y , w h e n s u d d e n l y lo o m e d
u p t h e a f o r s a i d i n t e l l i g e n t j u r o r a g a i n s t w h o m b o th
c o u n s e l h a d t h u n d e r e d t h e i r im p a s s io n e d a p p e a ls .
H e w a s th ir s ty fo r in fo r m a tio n , a n d s tr a ig h tw a y a d ­
d re s se d th e c o u rt:
I h a v e b e e n b o t h e r e d a lo t b y tw o w o r d s t h e
la w y e r s u s e h e r e a ll t h e t i m e . ’
‘W h a t a r e t h e y ? ’ d e m a n d e d t h e c o u r t , e x p e c t i n g ,
u n d o u te d l y , t o b e c a lle d u p o n to e x p o u n d a f o r tio r i
o r so m e o th e r a b s tru c e te r m .
P la in tif f a n d d e f e n d a n t , ’ s a i d t h e j u r o r . ‘I d o n ’t
k n o w ju s t w h a t th e y m e a n .’ ”