Show ATE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM Prisoner Stops Trial by Chewing and Swallowing a Forged Che Cheek Check k The Kings county court was thrown into disorder and dismay says a n Seattle Seattle Seattle Seat Seat- tle special to the St. St Louis Post lost patch when the prisoner at the bar H. H R. R ate all the evidence in the case on trial sh was being tried on a charge of forging a 15 check The check lay on the trial table marked exhibit A A. sat beside his counsel wh who was engaged eng engaged en en- g ged in cross examining cross examining a witness for the prosecution Mc Mc- The case was going against Tavish when his ej eye e fell on the check which was wass about to be introduced in evidence Like Like a half starved half starved man and with a look of hunger in his eye the exhibit A prisoner pounced upon and chewed it to pulp With soulful satisfaction he gulped it down The prosecution was in il con con co for its main piece of evidence evi evl that a demanded dence was gone and stomach pump be used forthwith While the law lawyers ers argued pro and con the prisoner calmly picked his teeth with a whittled match plainly the master of the situation The defense argued that the ball of paper in th the defendants defendant's stomach could in m no wise evidence evi be construed as documentary dence dente and that a dismissal v was vas as poper prop pop er The case of the state of Washington Washing Washing- Washington ton against iI H. H R R. is now In statu quo pending the untangling of the th legal leg l question involved from frome the defendants defendant's impromptu luncheon |