rock, 
when  a sudden  stoppage  of  the  train  caused 
him  to  fall  between  the  cars;  he  was  run  over 
and  horribly  mangled,  his  skull  being  crushed, 
his  left  arm  and  right  leg  severed  from  his 
body.  Death  was  instantaneous.

A Celebrated  Case

Barney  Kerr  Acquitted.  An  Able  Defense.

The  history  of  this  case  will  go  upon  the 
records  as  one  of  the  most  intricate  ever  tried 
in  the  territory,  where  so  many  different  cases 
having  a like  import,  have  been  brought  to  a 
satisfactory  conclusion.  Barney  Kerr,  whatever 
may  be  the  conviction  in  the  popular  mind,  re- 
garding his  guilt  or  innocence  of  the  foul  crime 
imputed  to  him,  is  now  a free  man.  That  his 
freedom  is  owing  entirely  to  the  tact  of  his  emi- 
nent lawyers,  in  producing  evidence,  there  can 
be  no  doubt.  His  counsel  in  the  trying  ordeal 
are  entitled  to  all  the  praise,  if  praise  there  be, 
and  to  their  ability,  Barney  Kerr  owes  his  free- 
dom if  not  his  life.  Hon.  John  J.  Bell,  with  his 
oratory  and  sound  reasoning,  convinced  a jury 
of  twelve  intelligent  men  that  his  client  could 
not  from  any  reasoning  process,  be  guilty,  and 
by  the  exercise  of  his  peculiar  triple-plated  elo- 
quence, carried  conviction  to  the  minds  of  all. 
Hon.  G.  D.  Bantz,  associate  counsel  with  Mr. 
Bell,  comes  in  also  for  his  share  of  glory,  as 
his  logical  deductions  in  the  premises,  laid  the 
foundation  for  an  acquittal.  His  spacious  rea- 
soning, tracing  from  cause  to  effect,  and  the 
manner  in  which  he  handled  the  case  from  be- 
ginning to  end,  showed  conclusively  that  he 
was  a student  of  more  than  average  application, 
and  worked  earnestly  and  conscientiously  in 
behalf  of  his  client.