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A house warming to Superin
"endent Roaney and Mi*. White
of the Seward school system, on
Saturday night, almost devel
oped into a pitched free-for-all
j when one of °uests accused
| another of conspiring with two
j crooks to defraud local residents,
-' The accusation was met with a
, |challenge to “come out in the
street and well settle this right
i now,” but other guests stepped
■into the breach suggesting the
L affair be settled then and their
j by the guests. The two princi
IpaLs, whose names are withheld
owing the high esteem in which
- they are regarded, agreed to the
, verbal settlement.
Mr. Roaney was selected as
presiding judge; E. P. Harwood,
one of Alaska’s most noted and
fearless o f district attorneys,
was in charge of the prosecu
tion, ably assisted by Dr. A. R.
Roberts. For the defense, Wm. C.
Erwin, prominent Standard Oil
Company official of Alaska, was
in charge being assisted by that
uprising, legal light, Wm. Abbott.
The examination of the jurors
occupied considerable time owing
to the personal element injected
by the defense counsel. Then fol
lowed a hectic hour of presen
tation of evidence, cross exami
nation and rebuttal which at one
time reached its climax when
defense counsel placed himself
under the protection of the court
when the prosecutor took violent
exception to certain personal re
marks and strode toward coun
sel for the defense with pugna
cious intent. The marshal step
ped into the breach leading the
prosecution back to his chair,
i From the inextricably mixed
up issues, Attorney Erwin, who
|had been scribbling aimless
arabesques, decoded a marvelous
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| metrically opposite to those held
J toy the opposition. These, he pre
sented to the jury of sartorial
symonet rv. in a suave yet keen
; assembly standing in loco paren
jtis and tantamount to the modus
loperandi. He complained bitterly
land assiduously as to prosecu
11ion’s presentation of facts and
appealed that the jurors view
the pristine beauty of the de
| fendants profile. This drew a
’ malignant glance from the oppo
sition. Then, briefly summing up
land in a brilliant appeal to the
alleged intelligence of the jurors,
I that they bring in a verdict of
■not guilty, Attorney Erwin took
his seat amidst a gust of ap
| plause.
“My esteemed and learned
opponent is svelte,” Attorney
Harwood stated in his opening
remarks, addressing the jury,
“and it was as I expected that
in his appeal to you, gentlemen
of the jury (?) he should employ
the idiom of some of our friends.
It is a peculiar and noteworthy
fact that has been observed by
every seeker after truth, from
Confucius to Darwin—by which I
refer to the world of vertebrate
mammals—are the living embod
iment and chief exponents of
veracity. I trust you follow me?”
Threading his way thru the
court room to the unaesthetic
purlieus of the display of evi
dence, Mr. Harwood picked up
what twas purported to be a re
ceipt, saying “Calligraphy was
not the defense’s strong point
for the lettering was enormous
and that 10 words on a page was
a generous average. But my es
teemed contemporary thought
l this irrevelant to the case,” thun
dered Harwood. “Why? Oh why?
I’ll tell you why! Because he
himself has the larger portion
of the defendant’s $13,000 and
should you jurors bring in a ver
dict to hang this man, his at
torney will be the winner. This
may seem epigrammatical; nev
er-the-less, gentlemen, it is the
solemn truth.” Then, in a voice
quivering and cracking with emo
tion, Harwood told of the desti
tution which followed the alleged
crooked workings of the defen
dant, the death and disease
and suffering, winding up with
tears coursing down his rugged
; features and shouting at the top
of his lungs, “If .you don’t hang
him, throw the book at him!”
| Judge Roaney then instructed
(the jury which then retired. A
. verdict of ‘not guilty’ was return
| ed almost immediately, Foreman
i Reisner reporting the alleged
fire-sale referred to by the pros
ecution, had, according to their
findings, never occurecl. The ver
| diet was received with astonish
ment and annoyance by the pros
ecution, yet Mr. Harwood was one
of the first to congratulate At
torney Erwin.
The matter having been a<«'
ably settled the social affair re
sumed ending with a vast array
of refreshments. And so to home
at 2 o‘clock in the morning.
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BERN FEED TRAINING
Oh boy! Beans! and other such
exclamations. The Seward Com
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Bean Peed. Do we like beans?
And how! Nice hot baked beans.
And what goes with it? Boston
brown bread, that's what. Cold
slaw and coffee thrown in too.
All you can eat for 50c. No more
no less.
If the library buys $150 worth
of books the Territory will give
them $150 more for the same
purpose. If 50c each is donated
it wouldn’t be doing too much,
for one will be getting something
for that half-dollar. Beans! Don’t
miss the big Library Bean Feed.
We’ll be seeing you there.
H. B. Avakoff, Anchorage and
Fairbanks jeweler, was among
the outgoing passengers Satur
day aboard the SS Alameda.
The regular weekly luncheon
and business meeting of the
Seward Chamber of Commerce
will be held at noon tomorrow in
the Seward Grill.
W: E. Lee, well known oldtim
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SS Alameda where he will un
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