Show What He Knew About the Case The most Intelligent witness in a law case I ever saw said exGovernor Proctor Knott of Kentucky who is In Washington Washing-ton was an old mountaineer down in eastern Kentucky whom the opposing attorney subpdenaed He was said to have been an eyewitness to the murder my cHant had committed and for which he was on trial and I was mortally afraid he would annihilate defence of aniiate my provocation provo-cation that I had my trying to establish estab-lish So when he took the stand I saw my cHant blanch and I got a trifle white myself Tell the court what you know of this killing said my opponent with 1 triumphant tri-umphant glance at me Well jedge I war asettin on a box llln front uv lull Hlgplnses store awhlt vst Inj tat tlln uv a stick en Si Jones what were killed he kern by aridln uv a hoss En I sez to Si Jones sez I Si is that there critter a mare er a hoss Sea he I is en With that he rid on Jedge thats aJ I know about jf and the old man reached for his hat and got down out of the box Wafchiixgton Post |