Show wm HIS MALADY FEIGNED CallfMnl l noel Hate I SI PllollI for ltemrter 00 Ion hnl fneouthly > A gaul 1 blow at journilMIe enter prior has been dealt by an unfeeling Jmlnp In California An ambltlotu young reporter on the Leo AngelM Herald who had wearIed of ordinary aanlgnments conceived the Idea ot winning win-ning fame by getting up a aensatlon 80 he Mined Insanity wag brought before be-fore lime court for eiamlnaOon was pronounced a subject for the asylum and waa sent to the Mat Institution at Highlands After staying long enough to get material for a good story ha I wanted to get out but In order to em I cure his release waa obliged to tell the I whole story of his decile The judge who had committed him cited him lo I appear to answer the charge of contempt I con-tempt of court and sentenced him to I pay a fine of flOO or serve 100 days In I Jail The judge accepted the plea that no disrespect for him personally had been Intended but explained that contempt con-tempt of court waa not sn offense agalnit the person ot the Judge but agalnit the government because It Is I nn unlawful Interference with the orderly or-derly administration of justice by the tribunals created for that purpose In this ease the reporter by deceit had canted the machinery of Justice to be act la motion Involving considerable public tipenae and when brought before be-fore the court acted In a disorderly and Into in t manner 10 Induce the court to inik an Improper and Illegal order The Judge proceeded to eipreso theso view upon the plea that a Journalistic erlmlrnl ought to be trmted moro leniently than one not In tho pretension preten-sion Possibly front tho standpoint of a reporter such conduct may stem right and proper It Is I possible even that In somo quarters nn attempt to deceive n court of juitlcy and by deceit de-ceit to procure an Improper and Illegal order an order Involving tIme expenditure expendi-ture of considerable public money and resulting < In tho tending ot n teat man to an Intino asylum may bo looked upon as legitimate journalistic enter prlc I hardly think however that upon sober second thought any citizen would so regard It One who tmbarks upon such on enterprise enterprise which Involve n 1 vlolallon of law nn enterprlsowhlch Involves tho commli chin of n 1 public offense mutt libido tho consequence |