Show na IJA AND THE LAWYER SUBSIDED newspaper man won his tilt with bumptious lawyer A philadelphia newspaper writer being a witness in a neighboring county accenti rc centi 3 was harried by a bumptious county lawyer who asked so you are a wilter are you well sir with what great paper or magadine are yo i connected with none was the modest reply then why do you call yourself a welter what do you write novels scientific works histories or what I 1 write anything and everything that occurs to me as likely to be wor h reading or to sell whether it Is worth reading or not well then tor for whom or for what do you you say aou ou are not connected with any paper or maga zine yes sir I 1 so stated stated I 1 am an tin attached writer for the general tear war ket just so you write anything that occurs to you well now do 3 ou OU ever write up the proceedings of or courts I 1 have done so occasionally can you state to the judge and jury what particular kind of a court proceeding you aou d deem worthy ot of your pena yes it I 1 saw a young lawyer treating a respectable witness in a IL very rude and disrespectful manner and making an ass of himself general ly I 1 should think that possibly worth writing up the court and jury smiled audibly the judge took tool the witness in hand for a moment how much do you think a scene like this for instance ought to bring it if it were well written up upa it would depend upon the actors if the lawyer were a person of any note or character chai acter possibly 5 or 10 what would you expect to receive should you write the facts of this par I 1 nicular instance about 75 cents your honor counsel for the defense had no more questions to ask |