Oakwood Cemetery guards the memory of scores of the people mentioned in this book. Some tombstones, especially Brann’s, bear witness to their stories. One may still find the Confederate memorial and Cicero Jenkins’ grave, where Catfish gathered the inspiration for his closing argument. The markers for the Calloway family, all seven who died in Waco, have sadly vanished.
In the new courthouse, erected in 1901 on Washington Avenue to replace the old, noisy one, Catfish, Harley, and Miss Peach represented clients. There, in the Justice of the Peace Court, Catfish’s chronicler tried his first jury case. Today one may still hear lawyers beseech judges or juries to hear the other side. Audi alteram partem. As long as it is so, the rule of law is safe.
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