Show I NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY I ITH ITHE TH THE JN ROSE TAT THAT WON A GREAT WL Will CONST CONTEST By J E E Edwards This daily nl series or of anecdotes ad and t I that throw now interesting and frequently dramatic light on tam farms otis ous events event ad and personalities ot of the tha pMt past have hae been collected by Edwards dunn durin g nerl nearly tort forty years years ot of mor mere or less leu Int mate mato acquaintance with many of time tho contrys Icer leaders since the Civil War Coch anecdote or Incident Is fresh tresh from Mr Mn Edwards notebook al and either In whom or In part It constitutes New News ot of Yesterday garnered ered from time tho mo inca who made the th from C eq authoritative Irce As lm Im contributions ot of the th luma human Int Interest sort to history these articles have n a distinctive value all tho their Ir own The late Judge Noa Noah Davis who won national fame Came a as the tho Tweed trial In Information ot of judge was a wonderful source formation concerning men and events with the history from Crom the tho wih earl carl tortes forties when ho WS was admitted to the bar his death several years cars ago In m my opinion ho he sat said to me n a year or so before hit his death James T Brady who dIed In 1869 was te the most moat advocate before a JUl jury that Now New York state hums has over ever had anti amI I cont dont belove believe that lie he wa was surpassed by Rufus RuCus Choate or Daniel Webster as a jury jur lawyer laWer Today amonI among lawyers lawers who know anything at at al all about the tho past lend leaders s ot of their profession ho is 18 eminent for his eloquence and for Cor hll his remarkable success successes especially In criminal law But Dut unlike may many advocates who could splurge before n a jUI jury Mr Brady did not reI rely on his brilliant oratory That to him was 0 brilant always a consideration Ho He based his oratory upon his CO case Some laWer base their cn cases s upon their oratory Il Ill tel tell you ou time the stor story or of the Juno June roe rose to Illustrate Mr Bradys method ot advocacy Mr Brad WI WaS I na counsel for a young oun woman who It wa was felt had been treated b by her father when making Ils Ills wi will She had been beon practically cut or off wih with without out a cent M My recollection Is that the allowed her Just about about enough to 1 support her In a a rathor rather humble wa Mr Bra Brady wa eng engaged ed by her or orb orby I I b by hO her friends friend to contest the wl will lie He accepted tIme the retainer ater after he imad looked Into the tho cae case a little because as aim lie ho said h he thought thC there wa was an even chance that tIme tho wi will could bo be honorable that ho he broken Ho was so 80 would havo hao declined a a retainer had he been heen or of the tho opInion that there thore wa was no chance or of success Thou suddenly It was discovered that Mr Brady ha had be become como come Intensely Interested In this case He admitted that It wn was a a cose close Ol one but ho he snorted that ho he would win It or willingly forfeIt his reputation as a lawyer laWyor It if ho Caled failed Ho He made mado It a personal m matter sInce he beloved believed that thata n a grievous injustice had beon done to the young youn woman The trial came on and thero was a good deal ot of public Interest In It as asther ther there alWays was waR when Mr Brady ap appeared ap as counsel I It wa was observed that ho he escorted the tho young woman upon his arm to a a teat seat beside him each da day ot of tIm tho trial Ho was so ao 4 tenderly ot Of her that It WM was oven even surmised that his relation hal had changed froni that ot of 1 hawer Ver to the clent client to that ot of suitor for Cor the tho hand ot of the tho young w who at t ilent silent looking towards the Jury not wih with an ernest earnest glance but but with sort ot of wondering or dreamy lok look lookas D as though she did not Quito understand why she wa was In that courtroom or what It al all meat meant On the UIO morning when Mr Bra Brady wag to make his address to the tho Jur jury ho he appeared In curt court with ih hi his clen upon his arm as usual and the tle I arm n ond on lapel ot of his coat wn was pinne pinned n a ros rosI rose I It was n a superb Juno June morning Mr Ir I Bra Brady In addressing the tho Jur jury spoke with unusual elicit describing the splendid ld perfection ot of the Juno June day te the charm that wa was In Juno June roses In Inthe inthe the YOI very one ho hmo wore His landscape I In painting n was exquisite Q and n every morn i ilor t t her of tho jury felt time charm of It for lor tIme the day wn was tul fully worthy ot of I it I An Aad ot et tere there wa vas much wonder why dr r Brad at sch such length although wih with rell real eloquence shoUld have begums hIs address In that manner But But suddenly he stopped In the tho midst ot or Isis his rhapsody and turned to hil his clent client looking wit with sympathy and the tho rea real pathos ot of the tho unuttered wor word upon her hor Ten Then ho turned to tho Jur jury AU All ot of theo these glories or of the da day you ou amid nd I seen ho he said Al All tle Use I witchery ot of n a perfect day In Juno June OU and I have tel felt The glor glory tha that Is In Inthis this rose roso In the tho ot of them theist which wo we have lon noon has Inspired lS mis to his ha has been denied al all these joys jos She Sho does not know she Me never can For gentlemen 0 the tho Jury her eye eyes aro sightless Perec Perfect M as the they are to al all appearance the nerve nervo which gives them ICo has been destroyed And now In addition to her deprivation ot of thc these e glories It Is sought also to de her of what Is r rightfully her own through In an unjust wi will The Tho erect effect WL was extraordinary The Tho ju jury was completely overwhelmed l by I It wa was apparent that time the theco co case was on and ater after I a brief ad advocacy voc Mr Brul Brady tok took his set seat know knowIng knowIng Ing that no more mOl was needed Ana Indeed when hen the tho jut jury returned after a stoy stay In te the Jur jury rm room It reported that It t had Cond found a verdict which would give this blind girl a competence for Cor life |