Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1896 — Ink-Slinging in Court. [ARTICLE]

Ink-Slinging in Court.

“Speaking of lawyers fussing in court,” said Chief of Police Seip. “one of the most violent affairs I can remember occurred about twenty years ago, and John J. Ingalls and Judge C. G. Foster were the principals. I was sheriff at the time, and a man was being tried on some kind of a criminal charge. Foster was acting as county attorney and Ingalls represented the prisoner. Ingalls and Foster became involved in an argument about some point of evidence, and, after pawing eaeh other for some time, Ingalls finally called Foster a liar. Foster was at one end of a long table and Ingalls at the other. Foster grabbed a huge ink fountain and threw it at Ingalls, hitting him in the breast, and spattering ink all over the judge, jury, and all kinds of legal papers. The late Nathan Price was judge, and he fined them SSO each. They apologized next morning aud their fines were remitted.”—Atchison Globe.