Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1903 — Only Thing to Do. [ARTICLE]

Only Thing to Do.

satisfied, your honor,” said ths prosecuting attorney, “that tho prisoner really did not know the-pistol load* ed.” “Yet he pointed It at his friend ?” suggested the judge. “Yes.” “And pulled the trigger?” “Yes.” “And the friend is how carrying. Rig arm In a sling in consequence?*” “Yes.” “Well,” said the judge, “if It was entirely unintentional I do not see how ws can very well send him to the penitentiary, but it seems to me we ought to "have very little difficulty in putting him in an idiot asylum.”—Chicago Evening Post. . ; ,’