Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1894 — A Scheme That Didn't Work. [ARTICLE]

A Scheme That Didn't Work.

A client I once had, said a wellknown attorney the other day, had stolen a horse, and the feeling against him in the oounty in which the crime had been committed was so strong that I feared a verdict from those who were familiar with the circumstances. The Only hope for him was to have the case tried in another county. When the hour came for me to address the court I had arranged to hove a conspicuous and well-known figure around the town 1o cry out, 'Hang him! Hang him!’ as so< n as my client’s name was mentioned. My plan was to show in this way that there was prejudice against my client and thus secure a change of venue. The court-room was crowded when the prisoner was brought in. He took his seat opposite the Judge and then turned around and viewed the threaten-ing-looking throng that surrounded him. “Hang him! Hang him! He’s a home thief!" rang out in the court room. It was shouted in such a cruel way that 1 was satisfied that I would have no trouble in securing the change of venue. “Hang him, I say: he’s a horse thief!* echoed again through the court house, and before the officers or anyone else tould interfere I’ll be blamed if they didn’t hang him.