Show coing doin a hundred better or which takes the pot there is is such a place as deadwood Dt Do adwood in in california A friend of ours passed through the town the other day but stopped ion long enough to witness a trial before the chief officer of the law lav vulgarly called a justice of the peace the case was ivas hanks vs breese and the facts were w ere first that the parties had bad violated the law by playing placing poker on the sabbath it is perhaps proper to state that the good folks of deadwood deada had bad not seen the supreme court decisions second that breese played very ver 1 low down or in in other words cheated plaintiff third that the game broke up m in a row the parties being arrested by the justice who happened to he be present it was an important case both parties were iv ere well known and had hosts of friends the defendant throng through h his attorney a sharp little man demanded a jury jur the people of deadwood dead wood never go to trial without a jury jur the legal preliminaries having hai ing been properly arranged the case was called twelve of the best men in in the locality formed the jury jur the attorneys were bi big with the event of the hour at lenh length ar an odd looking genius named stephen lick was vas placed on the stand by the uon don the case proceeded you said you ou were present during the th game between the parties did we so understand you ou mr lick licka the rhe witness nodded in in the affirms tire did you ou observe the progress of the game with any interest 1 I 1 reckon I 1 did ticker licker w was as on oil it it what was the amount at stake at the time the row occurred 1 well the ante was two bits and lem hanks bet a halt half on his little par then bill he be went in in never mind the details detail interrupted the lawyer impatiently answer my question 11 what nihat im gom goin to do replied the witness drawing drafting a large black plu plug r of tobacco from his pocket you see when lein dropped his h s half 0 on n the pot all B I 1 11 it with a big d dollar 0 alar cause I 1 stood just whar I 1 couil could see that he be belt a little par too lem he then tuck luck a drink and feared sort 0 ke peerless keer erless lesa tl come Comel come again interrupted the lawyer tell us the amount of money at stake at the time the quarrel corn fenced 11 S steve said the judge far famil mEarly arh you say th that at when bill breese shoved up his dollar lem hanks took a snifter and feared sort oke 0 peerless ke erless what W hat did he do then why he be seed bill and I 1 gifted him two scads bill bulhe he j feared a little uneasy linear but raised lem a fire f e lem he tuck another drink and said the game w as gettin inte interesting atthe at the same time ti shak ing a ten dollar piece out on the same pot bill he then said lem you ou kinder suit me and ca led out twenty better then the lawyers here protested a against ainest this hi manner anner of giving evidence but they were overruled by the court who asked the witness what the parties did then then we all took a small drink and lem spread himself I 1 see ee that matter of twenty dollars said he and go you ou thirty better will the constable please keep order in in the court room so that hat the j jury ary km kin ketch all the words cried one of the jurors the witness proceeded bill he then got down to scratch his foot and when he got gol up he lift lem twenty more then Lem legan to look 1001 distressed distress eds and pushed his bis shirt sleeve up to keep it from gettin ettin dirty I 1 spose but curn up like a manewith man with 11 stop stop stop shouted one of the lawers av whose hose patience was exhausted we do not care about so much detail but desire simple to know what amount of money is is in in dispute mr constable followed the judge who was wag deeply interested in in the iv witness A story stilo flo your 5 our duty then fixing in his eyes upon the witness he be asked steve my by boy when bill plunged his thirty better what did dia lem come up with why lem be lifted him a cool fifty aty ill the judge collapsed gentlemen of the jury so for I 1 was and seen lem do it by one of the jury what did bill do then 1 t bill he be tuck bucl another look at his hand and then got down and scratched ins his foot nim agin when he canie came up lie he said to in me said i a he be steve lend me a v hundred dollars says I 1 what furt furl ile he said to clean out lem lein hanks I 1 said aid it cant ant be did dd on your ow par of auces for hes ies got bully sixes sues good thin thing says he ie giving givina tile roe a wink skiver er Z his pile an and ill call jl him I 1 nev never mind what you ou did said the lawyer for defendant Lefenda nt that has nothing to do with ith the merits of the case I 1 the judge gave gae the lawyer a terrible look 1001 then ihen curnin turning to the witness he said aid steve if the court recollects herself then you une cune c up with the spond u licks and bill ereese breese tuck don dowa lems pile this announcement was followed by murmurs of dissatisfaction the attorney for the plaintiff was the first to speak now if your honor pleases said aid he I 1 would d like to ask one au question estion how comboul comes s it that the defend defendant angot got that m oney money if he only had a pair of deuces ag against ainest my clients sixes yes ye 3 said sa id se several eral members of the ju jury iry how ilkow could that happen happeny 1 bill did have auces fust fast ill swear to that resumed the witness witness but somehow when it come to the last he was stronger the lawyers thiril thinking im g ho he was about to continue the story to an endless length requested him to be brief taking a fresh 1 chaw steve said the way of it was this when I 1 kiv kii ered the pile bill called lem says lie he lem what hive have you ou fur yourself 1 1 I ha e ahr three of f em says lem lein deac reaching ave out lis his arm three what says bill nice little i spots all in in the mid dle die of the keerd 1 says lem la ing his 1 fist on the money show em says sas bill they be says ays lem clever says bill but they cant win win this pop how so soa says sas lem his hand on his revolver cause her heres s four fatur of the sante same sort says sas bill p one band on the money and to th er on his revolver all I 1 know is is bi bill got the pot before lie he was arrested the lawyer lauer for the plaintiff intended to have ha e made a good case in m relation to the manner in in which defendants hand became strengthened ened from one little pair of auces to four aces but to do so he would probably have been called on to explain how lem lein got his three spots the judge saw sav through the case at once he charged the jury that thai if they thought there was was anything wrong in in a man scratched scratching his foot during a game of poker they would so find but if they thought such a movement was on the square they would also be likely to pass over the act of fumbling with shirt sleeves committed by plaintiff the charge was followed by loud demon st rations of approval such as yelling throwing up hats sc I 1 he jury after being out just three minutes brought in in a verdict to the effect that it was a draw game and the judge thereupon dismissed the case |