Salt Lake Telegram | 1904-12-03 | Page 7 | Depew's Subtle Argument

DEPEW'S SUBTLE ARGUMENT. One of the first cases which Chauncey Depew had after being admitted to the bar was a civil suit involving a somewhat some-what complimated question of inheritance. inheri-tance. In no way daunted, young Chauncey tackled it, looked up authorities all the way back to Julius Caesar, and prepared v an argument of a few hundred pages which seemed to him more than unanswerable. unan-swerable. His only feaT was that it might be beyond the comprehension of the court. When the time came the yTung man rose and plunged in boldly. The Judge seemed interested, and Chauncey took further courage. But at the- end of an hour and a half, in the midst of the v most intricate part of his plea, he was pained to see what he thought was a lack of attention on the part of - the court. It was Just as he had expected; the Judge was unable to appreciate the nice points of his argument. He paused, hesitated and then said: "Yrjur Honor, I beg pardon, but do you if Alow me?" " "I-have so far," answered the JudgeT shifting about in his chair, "but I'll tay frankly that if I thought I could find my way back I'd quit right here." BMzasSBRsMBMBszwsiBsizHzszzassaszMszsizasasMSMzSHzBBiSSBsBiaasa