Show or o r w w a BLUFF WAS CALLED j manner in which young lawyer won ike Ad nitra of the judge i judge jarrott of the seventeenth judicial district before whom grant woodward was tried and convicted of 0 jury bribing tells this etory story to the kansas city ster star of the trot time ue ae came to kansas city and tried a case before the lete judge white of the cri trInal bench 1 I wae was quite young thoin eald said judge jarrott jarrett in fact I 1 was what might be called a green country lawyer who bad never been to the city before I 1 had bad been told that judge white wae was a tartar so you can imagine that I 1 WUK was somewhat bome kome what nervous when I 1 appeared before him defending one of my own country boys who nan como to the city and got into trouble A panel of twenty four jurors had been selected and all of them had qua qualified lifted as being unprejudiced As you know after the states attorneys have made their challenges and turned the list over to the defendants attar ney a reasonable time Is allowed the defense to strike oft air the names of m men an it does not care to have on the jury twelve of the panel bad had seats in the jury box while the ra oc aupied chairs near by before the list was handed banded to me judge white looked cr er his glasses and scowled young man ho he said fler der cely I 1 dont want you to delay this court oy ay taking two or three hours to make your challenges cLial lenges dy by a reasonable not meant nil all forenoon of course I 1 was frightened but I 1 acted on a thought that came to me liko like a flash your honor I 1 bald saido it 1 I have no desire to delay the court the twelve men who happen to occupy tho the jury box will wilt be satisfactory to me I 1 dont know any of them and they dont know uno me but your honor exclaimed the prosecutor 11 1 I want a few moments in which to make challenges chall erges 11 I 1 cant have it the judge it the defendant Is willing to take hie his chances the state surely should ba equally as willing the case was tried and I 1 won 4 it 1 I cleared my man judge white cam cami don doyen from the bench and walked to where I 1 waa was standing ng young man bo he said bourre your re a poker player arent you your no judge 1 I 1 araw ered bashfully 1 I played any joker since I 1 bo be camo came a man nonsense Noni ense 1 eald said judge white A man who calls a bluff like I 1 made at you a little while ago Is 1 bound to be a poker player ot at the first water three things kill a man a scorching sun suppers and cares |