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Fenn answered : `` After all , Tom 's a good lawyer in a life job and he does n't want to be responsible for a decision against you that will make him a joke among lawyers all over the country when he is reversed by appeal . '' Grant shook his dubious head . `` Well , it 's worth trying , '' returned Fenn . At three o'clock Joseph Calvin , representing the employers , notified Henry Fenn that Judge Van Dorn had been called out of town unexpectedly and would not be able to hear the Adams ' petition at the appointed time . That was all . No other time was set . But at half-past five George Brotherton saw a messenger boy going about , summoning men to a meeting .