RELUCTANT WITNESS.
Counsel: 4 I insist oh an answer to my question. You have not told me all the conversation. I want to know everything that passed between you and Mr. Jones on the occasion to which you refer.'
Reluctant Witness : 4 I have told you everything of any consequence.' 4 You have told me that you said to him, 'Jones, this case will get into the court some day.' Now, I want to know what he said in reply.' ' Well, he said, ' Brown, there isn't anything in this business that I am ashamed of, and if any snoopin', little, yee hawin', four-by-six, gimblet eyed lawyer, with half a pound of brainß and sixteen pounds of jaw, ever wants to know what 1 have been talking to you about, you can tell him the whole story.'
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2294, 12 January 1900, Page 3
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