Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1917 — GOOD REASON FOR SUSPICION [ARTICLE]

GOOD REASON FOR SUSPICION

Lawyer Not Sure That Man Was Dead/but He Knew That He Had Been Buried. “It is a rule, to which most good lawyers adhere,” observed a wellknown attorney, “never to tell more than one knows., There was an incident in a western town wherein a lawyer carried the rule to the extreme. “Counsel for one side objected to a person, whose name was on the court’s register for some purpose or other, on the ground that he was dead. The counsel on the other side declined to accept the assurance, and demanded conclusive testimony on the point. “Whereupon counsel for the “other side arose and gave corroborative evidence to the decease of The man in question. “‘But,'air, how do you know the ihan’s dead?’ demanded opposing counsel. “‘Well,’ was the reply. T don’t know. It’s very difficult to prove.’ “ ‘As I suspected. You don’t know whether he’s dead or not’ “ ‘No. But I do know this —they hurled him about a month ago on suspicion P ”