OBSERVERS AWAIT POSSIBLE CONTEMPT OF COURT RULING FOR CLARENCE DARROW
Dayton, Tennessee (JFK+50) With the Scopes anti-evolution trial set to resume proceedings tomorrow, The Sunday Star reports that there is great interest here in Dayton on what may happen to defense attorney Clarence Darrow* who last week "deliberately affronted" Judge John T. Raulston "practically challenging him to start contempt proceedings."
The Star says that Darrow's behavior in court was so bad that the Chattanooga Bar Association was considering action against the attorney.
In question is Darrow's reply to the Court's indication of "hope" that Mr. Darrow "intended no disrespect to the court." Darrow replied...
"The court has the right to hope."
*Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) was born in Farmdale, Ohio & educated at Allegheny College, University of Michigan & University of Michigan Law School.
CSD was known for trade union causes & represented the ACLU in many cases. He is considered by some to be the greatest lawyer of the 20th century.
SOURCE
"Darrow Expected To Pay For 'Insult' To Judge Raulston," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., July 19, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
