Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-13 | Page 3 | Roscoe Conklin'g Big Fee

Roscoe Conkling's Big Fee. It Is said that, ono day, when Roscoe Conkling was beginning to attain nonio measure of success, ho dropped Into the ofllco of Charles O'Conor of New York, then one of the leaders of tha bar. J" What's tho trouble7" asked the latter, asXConkllng excitedly pa-ed the lloor. "I've Just been subjnctd to the worst Insult I have ever received. This Is the first lime a client ever objected lo my l'cr. 'You know I defended Gibbons for arson, ar-son, and put in some tremendous work for him. lie was convicted at the trial, but we couldn't help It. and I took the cio to tho Superior court and we lost there, then on to the Supremo court c nl that af-llrmed af-llrmed the conviction and he bii-i been given giv-en ten years. Now my fee only (.mount' d to $0000. and the sooundrl actuullv had lho audacity to grumble, about It. paying It's too high. What do you Hunk about It. saving It's too high. What do jou think of that for impudence?" "Well," said O'Conor, Blowly, "of course you did a lot of work and JTCO Is not a big fee; but, to. be frank with you, 1 Mr Conkling. my opln'on. roundtd on mature consideration, Li that he might luive been convicted for Itvs money." Success