Eureka Reporter | 1911-05-05 | Page 2 | A Legal Triumph

A leaah tr A seasoned old lawyer was cross ex a recalcitrant witness the question at issue was the identification of an individual charged with assault and battery for some time the law yer endeavored to break down the at tempt on the part of the witness to describe the guilty party and at last becoming irritated he put the follow ing question you say the assailant had black haira I 1 did calmly replied the witness what Is the color of my hair continued the attorney it Is brown was the answer thereupon the lawyer rose to his feet and snatching off his wig which disclosed a pate as bald as an egg bel lomed lowed out as he be glanced in atrium triumph h toward the jury box hat is the color of it nowa harpers a wetly