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Show ONLY A "PROPERTY." Yet It Was the Jlost Terrible Figure In the Iexow Investigation. The scene in the courtroom at the final session of the Lesow committee after adjournment had been announced is thus described by the New York World: Presently there was a rush of handshakers hand-shakers for the weary arm of Mr. Goff: Then everybody moved for the door. One by one the actors made their exit The senators were among the first A.mong them it was: "Goodby, Jake!" "So long, Saxton, old manl" "I'll see you directly, Clarence!" "Take care of yourself, Uncle Dan!" And soon all of the great figures were gone, except Byrnes. He pulled his hat over his eyes and stood about, made a few steps, lingered, lin-gered, hesitated, glanced around and at last slipped out among the last to leave the room. " . But there was one figure that remained, remain-ed, staid in after the last person had left, after tne lights were out This figure fig-ure was, in one sense, only a "property," "proper-ty," but in another sense it was a terrible terri-ble personality, one upon which all men who came into that room have cast looks of awe and some men looks of terror. ter-ror. That figure was the witness chair, with its inclosing arms and its high back. It looked less harmless and was far more terrible than those iron chairs of the mediaeval torture rooms. Senator Bradley had made a motion, ft was to the effect that the committee should ask the city of New York for the chair in which the Lexow witnesses sat and should make a present of it to Bx Parkhurst. V Mr. Goff announced that he had already al-ready applied for the chair, and that if he got it he wa3 going to give it to Dr. Parkhurst. |