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Show EXTRAORDINARY SCENE! Tiro rronlnt tojirj Hue a Sst-lo In .cdoC kiimn'i Coart. AMI HIE 1IM.I V'O il 0" I (.U rilclier llurlrd al ttlornry Itanllaa' Iltad lorluaalrlr Ml. nd IK JlarL. An n nrctir aared acene enaclM lit Jiidj.eAni'crion'aciit about fio'clecl i li Halurday afternoon, one wlili li for a tlmu brought thu Judicial nitcblnery to a camplclu ttan latlU. Tbo protracted trial cf tbo damage ull of Duckworth r. the Hall Lake City railroad v?ai nearlnit lla Llutr, aud lu tlmcourioof the final argument fur the lalnllO, Attorney Hal Inln (of the lav llriiof llaldwln A Tntlocl ), In dl ciifeelns the avldetico of the wllneea Miller, tiKik occasion l leniaik lliat couniel for tbo delemo knew bo would tcitlfyfal.il), cr worJa t that effect. Thla was altoRetl.or too much for thu Kiifltlvn nature of Attorney J. 1.. Uawllm, who Indignantly ait-alovl (a tho court, and demanded that Mr. UildwIlikhouM bo called tin tool. Ilalulilmwlf. Tbo Iiiaolmit oterva. Hi li of the iippotlliRcouraellmiS tvl. dently cut lllln lr the cor. "Do you intaii to any," ho atkeil, tinarllngtindir thoallront, "that Mr. Crllchlow. Mr. Head and inyaelf l ut 'wlliunei on Hie atatid to testify falaa. I;?" Mr. llaldwln replied "I mean that If yuii did tut know what tliuwItneM was going to testify to, you are not the lawyer 1 lake you to lw, nnd lf)oudld know, then you kuaw ho was going tj testily faleely." JlMgu Andersou, ly Ihla lime, thought he ouitht to in) something nnd remlidod Mr. llaldwln that that was "l relly atroiiK 1 .ngungv." And now wcrdsgave way to I luws, nnd thrnewlitcll folbeil was one that firtutlfitrly haa been seldom wit-nesactl wit-nesactl luiourla of Juitlce here. Mr l.aHlluadcnlt lila nuusir n slinging I low mi tl.ii cliec . (tulrk as thought Mr. Jluldwlu seined tbo largo glos pitcher of water wlilih stood on the inhlr, and hulled It at hl brother atloini). It mlaaed Hie heild, however, how-ever, fur Which It waa Intended and daihed to fragments agalmt the wall, ltut onu of tbo plitia struck Mr. ltnwllns on thu neck, which waa slightly cut. "Contusion worsocun tuiiitiled"tolgned roreerral minutes, and ectrybudynaa excited tothehlgh-tut tothehlgh-tut pitch, dlniultaueoutly, Judc'i Jurors, wllm-irs, attorneys, su-latotv, su-latotv, and ovetyLotly elio present Juuiied to thur fret. Attorney Ctltcllluw caught hold of bis law partner, Mr. Ilawllni, with the oljut of preve tilln; any further trouble, nnd UilllirJtiliu llynoiidllllkuseivlcofvr MrllaUwIn. Mr Itiwllna wastlie first tu recuver from thu elicits of tho exiltlng rrdual, and ho lost no tlraeluntolog1zliigto tbo court for the occurrence aud ex- resting his deep regret that such n llilog should have hsuned (hen. He Intimated, however, that ho could not afford, t hen attacked so tiunarrantly In the way he had been, toletsucliaiilustiltguby by uu-challenged. uu-challenged. Ju Igu Anderson ajijeared to bo much pained by the uupuataut In cldeiit mid marked his si ue ol the proceeding pro-ceeding b) Imposing line of J on each ut tbo two tlltn Ic rs. When everybody every-body had had a little time lu cool down again Hie argument on tho aide of the ptalritlff u a j.rucccded uitu.nud win u the Judge had dellvurtd his charge Hie Jury retired. Allcralrlefcousultatlon the) fcuiid fur tho defendant com-lin). com-lin). rhnilinioully betwreii those attorneys attor-neys was a n gretablo atMr. Notwlth-statidlui; Notwlth-statidlui; the fact that the flr.t blow waa struck by Mr. ltawllus, public s)inthy will go with him, Ucatisu of thu gross nnd uuwarrantablo n,;gra. Mtluit to which be was subjected by Mr llaldwln. Xo irou In tbo coui-muiilty coui-muiilty who knows the former will belli be-lli ve htm capable of thu conduct attributed at-tributed to talus by thu icrsou who accused him of II, and Iho Insult was 1 radically reiterated by Mr. llaldwlu alter thu latter had Wen re roved b) the court. The conduct of some nttornoja toward to-ward opi-oain,; oouusel, and atlll more frt'iucntly toward witnesses, Is too often lacklug lu every Jesientlal to clvlllted society, and ) e ak iorly forthuinanuers aud courage of thusu who ludulgu In It. While, tho act of Mr. Itawllna lu striking; the person who Insulted him cannot bo altogether condemned, some allowanco must be made for bis act of resentment, becauso of the unjustifiable unjustifi-able nnd contemi tlblo character of the charge mado against him by tho recipient re-cipient of the blow. The censurable laitothla actlay mainly lu tbo fact of It having Impaired, for the moment, the dignity of tbo court, to which, however, ho pronitly apologized so soon as he recovered lili eju.iutinlt . The act of J udge Auitc reon lu lining both i rlncltuls In tbeilUtutbanco was proper, as the dignity of tho court ought to bo maintained by Its prompt action In cases of this character. |