Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1908 — A Tart Retort. [ARTICLE]

A Tart Retort.

The plaintiff was undergoing a rather sharp examination from the defendant’s counsel. The case was one of damages claimed on account of severe bodily injuries by the plaintiff on a railway, due, the plaintiff claimed, to the negligence of the defendant railway company’s servants. Mr. C., the railway company’s counsel, was noted for his overbearing manner in examining witnesses and endeavoring to disconcert them. This witness, however, determined not to be confused by bis opponent’s counsel. After becoming thoroughly provoked by the attacks of the man of law ho remonstrated. “Mr. C.,” said he, “I am an invalid. I cannot allow you to question me in this manner. It is a positive injury to- my nervous system, which is at best in a shattered condition. I shall have to refuse to answei your questions unless you put them in a different manner. I am troubled on account of the injury received on the railway with sclerosis of the spinal cord. At this minute I can see you double, and you know by experienced is generally enoufih to upset a man to Bee you once.”