forth  his  story 
of  what  happened  last  Saturday  night.  He 
claims  that  Werney  had  discarded  his  wife  and 
that  she  had  taken  refuge  at  Schrader’s.  He  and 
a companion  named  Cooper  heard  she  was  des- 
titute and  went  up  to  give  her  some  money,  out 
of  a pure  feeling  of  charity.  Holman  went  in 
with  the  money  while  Cooper  watched  on  the 
outside  to  see  that  no  one,  especially  Werney, 
should  discover  the  charitable  deed.  He  was 
sitting  on  the  side  of  the  bed,  the  woman  having 
retired,  talking  about  matters,  the  room  being 
dark,  when  the  husband  burst  in,  looked  around 
and  left.  Nothing  criminal  had  occurred.  Judge 
Jones  seemed  to  think  the  story  slightly  gauzy 
for  he  held  Holman  under  $500  bonds  to  await 
the  action  of  the  grand  jury.  C.  S.  Cooper  and 
L.  Miller  signing  the  bail  bond  for  him. — 
Liberal.

Last  Monday  a lively  and  interesting  trial 
took  place  in  Justice  H.  W.  Lucas’  court.  The 
title  of  the  cause  is  Charles  Bottom  vs.  J.  H. 
McKenzie.  The  subject  of  the  suit  was  a burro. 
Bottom  replevened  the  morning  songster  from 
McKenzie.  Eighteen  witnesses  told  all  they

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Last  Monday  a lively  and  interesting  trial 
took  place  in  Justice  H.  W.  Lucas’  court.  The 
title  of  the  cause  is  Charles  Bottom  vs.  J.  H. 
McKenzie.  The  subject  of  the  suit  was  a burro. 
Bottom  replevened  the  morning  songster  from 
McKenzie.  Eighteen  witnesses  told  all  they

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knew  about  the  age,  habits  and  moral  char- 
acter of  the  animal.  They  all  disagreed  how- 
ever, about  his  identity  or  to  who  he  belonged. 
The  poor  burro  himself  was  tied  up  in  front  of 
the  squire’s  office  but  he  was  unable  by  any 
language  at  his  command  to  tell  who  his  master 
was.  A half  dozen  expert  witnesses  examined 
the  creature  as  to  his  age.  They  all  agreed  that 
he  was  old  enough  to  run  for  the  legislature. 
Lynch  sold  the  burro  to  Bottom,  while  McKen- 
zie claimed  he  bought  him  from  a Mexican  in 
good  faith,  etc.  Lynch  conducted  the  trial  in 
behalf  of  Bottom  and  displayed  considerable 
professional  skill  in  the  examination  of  wit- 
nesses and  in  summing  up.  McKenzie  made  an 
excellent  appeal  to  the  court  also  . After  Judge 
Lynch  concluded  his  argument,  McKenzie  asked 
to  reply  but  his  adversary  objected.  Just  at 
this  point  the  burro  delivered  himself  in  one  of 
the  most  powerful,  eloquent  and  fervent  ap- 
peals and  it  was  thought  for  a time  his  lungs 
would  not  withstand  the  fearful  strain  on  them, 
but  the  justice  disregarded  the  protest  and  gave 
judgment  for  Bottom.