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The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, February 7, 1907
'THE BAR OF CHARITON'
As They Appear in Court in the Interest of Justice.
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Next to him in time of practice here is T.M. STUART. He stands before a
jury just for the world like he was going to instruct it in the ten
commandments. He studies his cases thoroughly and convinces himself
unconsciously of his clients right in detail and never understands why the
jury failed to grasp the evidence straight. he is a great analyzer of
evidence and talks to a jury in a candid way, without any attempt at
embellishment. He seldom plays on the emotions and it is said that once
when he caught a juror bathed in tears he turned to the court and asked it
to adjourn the case that one of the jurors friends had died, so unusual was
the circumstance. He believes in convincing with cold facts and never
betrays a sympathy which he does not feel. And this is written without
disparagement to any others who may have different temperaments and less
stolidity.
J.A. PENICK has appeared before Lucas County juries for the past twenty-five
years. He is an orator in court and makes a strong plea. He is most
courteous in his address but when he finds it necessary can resort to most
vigorous terms. He can lift the cuticle from an opponent so gracefully that
a jury would be led to think he was repeating a psalm of David for his
clients personal edification. He is strong in exaggeration as a means to
illustrate a tendency, and scathing when essential, but courteous to both
sides of a controversy, never-the-less. He gestures frequently, and his
arms swing like the even curves of an eagle's wing but never gets into the
air to fall before the jury. When he talks the terrors of sitting on a jury
largely disappears.
COL. C.A. BARTHOLOMEW is an attorney of renown and addresses a jury much as
he would a legislative body, were he in that capacity. He has the bearing
of a soldier and is blunt and forcible before a jury of his client's peers.
His arguments come like a word thrusts and he frequently surveys the field
to find a vulnerable point of attack, then he proceeds "with the campaign."
He fortifies himself with what he considers the law and does not talk to
hear himself. He uses few superfluous words and when he rounds out his last
sentence, thanks the jury, strides out to the cloak room and shakes hands
with the janitor.
The oratory of W.B. BARGER before juries is peculiarly his own. He imitates
nobody's style as is often the fashion of public men. He surveys the jury,
most kindly, seemingly in doubt about the fullness of the panel, before he
proceeds, stating that he will not detain them longer than the facts warrant
He loosens one arm and then the other, and talks deliberately. He hasn't
much use for poetry and what little he does require in his arguments he
hammers out of shape with sledge hammer blows and illustrates in prose. He
hasn't a great flow of wit but sufficient for practical purposes and was
never accused of inducing Morpheus to capture the jury. He talks a good deal
with his hands and tells the jury that it would be incapable of giving a
wrong verdict, especially when the facts on his clients side had been made
so clear. He never resorts to stage whispers but often times his remarks
are on the higher octaves and -- he doesn't care who knows it.
To Be Continued . . . E.W. DRAKE.
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