Youthful officials intrusted with the preparation of important cases often become unduly excited and forget that the taxpayers are paying the bills.

The writer remembers sitting beside one of these enthusiasts during a celebrated trial.

A certain woman witness had incidentally testified to a remote meeting with the deceased at which a certain other woman was alleged to have been present.

The matter did not seem of much interest or importance, but the youth in question seized a yellow pad and excitedly wrote in blue pencil, "Find Birdie" (the other lady) "at any cost!" This he handed to a detective, who hastened importantly away.

It is to be hoped that "Birdie" was found speedily and in an inexpensive manner.
When the case against Albert T.Patrick, later convicted of the murder of the aged William M.Rice, was in course of preparation, it was found desirable to show that Patrick had called up his accomplice on the telephone upon the night of the murder.