Show TOLD ANY UNTRUTH colored witness simply stated a pact though it was not the informs alon desired in st louis a stout colored woman apparently about forty years old was called as a witness in an assault case before a police judge she said I 1 am eighty four and I 1 live down near the river and this Is what I 1 saw when abe fight took place she then gave her account of the assault on cross examination the attorney for the defense asked her when and where she was born and she replied right here in st louis in july 72 then cried the lawyer in a triumphant tone what do you mean by saying that you are eighty four oh replied the old darky that ain t my age that Is my bust meas brement |