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Show KNEW VALUE OF AN OATH. Colored Witness at Least Was Aware of It Pecuniary Worth. Clarence S. Darrow, tho well known lawyer and essayist, discussing tho Haywood trial, In which ho plnyed so prominent a part, suld tho other day: "Somo of the evidence In thnt trial was so transparently false thnt It reminds re-minds mo of n case that camo oft In Alabama a few years bnck. Ono of tho witnesses In this case wns an extremely ex-tremely Ignorant man. As his testimony testi-mony progressed, his Ignorance became be-came so shockingly evident thnt the judge, looking sternly down at him said: "'Look here, sir, nro you acquainted acquaint-ed with the value of nn oath?' "Tho witness answered anxiously: "Jedge, I hope I nin. Thnt thar lawyer on cr left hnnd gimme six dollars dol-lars to sw'nr ngln tho other side. Thet's tho correck valuo of nu oath, ain't it, Jcdgo?" |