Show Imeumoratlr aagssnt al trn Colonel John I Martin who will 111 Iho Important function of icrgcantal > arm of tho democratic national convention con-vention Is I a RL Louts lawyer who li I widely known In Mliinurl He Will born In HI Loult In 18IS mud curly In llfu wut of material astlitinre to lute parents who were In itraltcncd clrcum dances Ho wns n inner of a ICMO dray when ho unit Into politic and was elected lo time Mlmourl leglla lure At that limo ho win the youngest young-est man ever elected lo the Mliiourl assembly Colonel Martin then read law In the ofllco of Colonel Hilbert H McDonald one of thin hustling lawyers In HI Lolls and for many year hums been well known for lilt ability In criminal cam Ho has Cleat power with a jury It was he who defended Maxwell In the turnout murder case and while the jury condemned lime defendant de-fendant they afterward ndmllled that If llucy had n ccond ota they nould E t 9 r e 7 COL JOHN I MAIITIN I havo acquitted him Colonel Murlln has been prominent tn fraternal anti beneolent order inch 11 the Old Fellow A O U W Knight of Honor Hon-or and other great organization At colonel of the Sixth regiment H K I A 0 U W he did much to Improve the proficiency of that regiment Ho Will captain of the Shaw Cluirdi M N 0 and won for his company much of Itt reputation He II 1 a wholiyouM generous gen-erous genial man very popular In St Loula and throughout hit mate |