Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1902 — Tried Hard. [ARTICLE]

Tried Hard.

At a r«*ent trial at Auburn, Pennsylvania, one of the witnesses was a green countryman, unused to tbe ways of the law, but quick, as It proved, to understand Its principles. After a severe cross examination, says a Western paper, the counsel for the government paused, and then, putting on a look of severity, exclaimed: “Mr. Wilkins, has not an effort been made to Induce you to tell a different story ?” “A different story from what I told, sir?” “That Is what I mean.” “Yes, sir; several persons have tried to get me to tell a different story, from what 1 have told, but they couldn’t” “Now, sir, upon your oath, I wish to know who those persons are.” “Well, I guess you’ve tried ’bout as hard as any of them.”