Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-06-22

ment had been unprecedented. The cele.
orated Col. H was engaged for the
defence, and at an early hour the sheriff pro-
ceeded to empannel the jury
The first witness called to the stand testi.
fed to the facts of challenge having passed
between Raymond and the deceased; and
the arrangements that had been made for a
hostile meeting
The second testified to the finding OF the
body, and 10 his meeting with Raymond re-
turning from the woods some hours before
the discovery
This portion of the testimony was, how.
ever, of little weight, as it was proved that
the body was warm and bleeding when
found, and could not have been dead more
than half an hour.
The next witness was DR.. Stevens, the
surgeon who examined the body. He testi-
he'd 10 the fact of having been with Raymond
IN his office in the morning, and having 10
his possession dirk of peculiar construc-
tion-that this same dirk was found con.
c'alcd near the murdered mans corpse,
with about one inch Of the point broken of,
which point was found in one ofthe wounds;
the dirk was here produced and identified
by the wtness--the point which had been
taken from the wound correspondent exactly
with the other part When the dirk was
produced, the prisoner looked al it for mo-
ment, and then starting suddenly from his
seat, while flush overspread his pale fea-
lures, leaned over the bar and whispered for
a moment in his counselors ear
You say you know this dirk 10 be the
one that Mr. Raymond had in his possession
on the morning ofthe murder said Col Fl
after moments study did you take it in
your hands while you were in Mr.. Ray
mond's Office ?"
did, and examined it attcntively,' was
the reply. do not think can be mista
ken
Did you make any remark relative TO
carrying weapon OF that kind in your hat
and if so, what was it p
remarked that it was oitentmes more
convenient to carry a small dirk in that way
than in the breast and placed the prison
er's dirk in my hat, 10 show him the way
which meant
How did it correspond with the length
|of your hat2
1t was about half an inch shorter than
the crown
Is that the ha, you have in your hand p
1t is
Will you have the goodness to see how
this weapon, which you have identified as
The prisoners, corresponds with that meas
urementF
The witness did as he was desired, when,
10 his utter astonishment, and that of the
crowded audience by which the court was
thronged, it proved one inch longer than the
hat
A sufocating murmur OF half suppressed
emotion rung through the court.
There is some awful mistake here said
the witness. Gentlemen OF the July,
have -
Stop, sir 7 exclaimed the deeply excited
counsel, rising from his seat with count
enance flushed to the brow, want you
now to tell this jury what Mr.. Raymond did
with the dirk alter you took ii out Of your
hat and returned it TO him
/ lecolect distinctly replied the wit
ness he laid it between the leaves Of a
large Bible which lay upon the lower end O.
his book case.
Sherifl-the book, the book 7 exclaimed
the counsel. and on your life open it no
till it is produced in court
The sheriff left the court, and in a few
moments returned. bearing with him large
Bible, which was Immediately identified by
the witness on the stand, as the one in which
he had seen Raymond deposite the dirk
The sheriff was sworn and testified tina
he had kept the key Of Raymonds office
from the first hour OF his arrest, and that nj
one but himself had ever had access TO it
and that he had found the Bible in the very
situation described by the last witness.
Now, gentlemen Of the jury, said Col
| r., rising, { il remains TO consummate thu
proof of my clients innocence for myself
| / have not the slightest doubt that the YEA
pom which belonged TO the prisoner will b.
found where he placed it previous TO thi
unfortunate occurrence gentlemen, exam
inc for yourselves, and he handed the bool
TO the foreman. AS the latter raised it upol
the desk before him, dirk dropped flon
between the leaves, the very counterpart o
the one which had been sworn TO as belong
ing to the prisoner, in every other 'respec
than the length. 1t was placed in the hal
and correspondent exactly with the descrir
ton given by DIR. Stevens
A wild and thrilling shout arose from tn
assembled multitude; loud above whic
mig hit be heard the shril notes of a femal
voice Itproceded from ELLEN MuNRor
who was at the next moment clasped in tn
arms of her lover. He had been acqutte
by reclamation, and without the ceremon
Of vote among the jurors.
A month after the termination of the tra
deserter, when about to suffer for his crime
confessed that out of revenge for some far