Excerpt from Reminiscences About Abraham Lincoln: Newspapers Clippings, Accounts, and Memories of Those Whose Lives Included an Encounter With the 16th President of the United States; Surnames Beginning With Coo-Cu Mr. Lincoln (when as a boy, I first knew him) was about thirty years old, and young as he was at that time he was regarded as an able lawyer. The trial to which I have referred was the first one I ever witnessed in court. The conduct of the defense made by those great lawyers produced an, impression on my mind that will never be forgotten. Lincoln became my ideal then ofa great man, and has so remained ever since. He was a man of wonderful power before a court, jury, or the people. His power, when he was sure he was right, was well nigh irresistable. I have witnessed his power before a court and before a jury often. I had the honor of being employed in a murder case for the defendant with Abraham Lincoln and Judge Steve T. Logan, the two greatest lawyers of their day in the Mississippi Valley. I was the boy lawyer in the case. Lincoln and Logan made a wonder ful defense, and the defendant was acquitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.