The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-04-04

'""'i' IL tue proofs oi MS guit were WRIT
ten ir letters of FIRE upon my heart. 1 would
cling To him still. Father, fear not thu,
your daughter will do aught for which you
VIII ever blush; but oppose me not be-
seech YOU if you would not drive me mad.
must, will see him-he shall know that
there Is al least one heart that believes him
lnnocen. despite Of circumstances and
which should cherish him stl if assured Of
his guilt"
The father buried his face iu his hand,
aud sunk upon chair: the daughter left
Tho house accompanied only by black
servant, and in few moments was in the
presence of him for whom she thus fearless
ly brssed the scorn and censure Of the
world.
The interview was brief-an age of
thought aud feeling were crowded into tho
space of few short moments. RAYMOND
insisted and finally obtained from, her a
promise that she would no, see him again
until the trial should be over. She left The
prison with full faith in his innocence, mud
IN the solitary cell To which he was con-
signed, he had the satisfaction of knowing
that there was at least one heart satisfied
oi ms Innocence, and tina, heart the one of
all others IN The memory Of hich he would
wish to have an uuhlemshed name.
Al length the day of trial arriyed--the
court was crowded to excess, ror the ex-
element had been unprecedented The
celebrated Colonel Il was engaged
for the defence, and ut an carly hour the
sheriff proceeded to empannei the jury.
The first witness called to the stand tes-
Iiied to the facts of challenge having pnss-
ed between Raymond and the deceased,
and the arrangement that had been made
for n hostile meeting.
The second testified to the finding ofthe
body aud to his meeting with Raymond re-
turning from the woods some hours before
the discovery.
This portion of the testimony had how
ever but little weight, as it was proved that
the body was warm and bleeding when
found, and could not bavc been dead more
than AN hour.
The nex, witness was DR.. Stevens, tho
surgeon who examined the body. He tes-
tilted to the fac, of having been with Ray
mond in his Office in the morning and hav-
ing seen IN his possession dirk ofvery Pc
culiar consiruction--that this same dirk
was found concealed near the murdered
mans corpse, with about one inch of the
point broken oif, which point pos found in
one Of he rounds; the dirk wus here pro-
dnccd and identified by tho witness the
point which bad been taken from the wound
correspondrd exactly with the other parf.
When tie dirk was produced, the prisoner
looked at j, for n moment, and then start
Jog suddenly from his seat while flush o.
verspread his pale features, leaned over the
bar and whispered for a moment, in his
connsePs ear.
(" You say you know this dirk to lie the
one that Mr.. Raymond had in his possess
ion on the morning of the murder p snid
Col II. ahsr moments study did you
take it into your hands while you were in
Mr.. Rny,nond's office 7"
:" did and examined it attentively," was
the reply; 4" do think cannat be mista-'
ken"
did you mako any remark relative to
carrying weapon Of The kind in your hat
and If 30 what Was it ~
| remarked that it was oficu times more
conveniertro carry smnll dirk in that way
than in the breast, and placed the priso-
ner's dirk in my h,, TO show him the way
Which meant"
How did ii correspond with the length
of your hat!
1t was about half an inch shorter than
The crown"
"Is TINT your ha, you have in your
hand I"
at is"
VIII you have the goodness to see how
this weapon which yon have identified as
the prisoners corresponds with that meas-
urement."
The witness did as he was desired, when
TO his own astonishment and that of the
crowded audience by which the court was
tbronged, it proved one inch longer than
the hat
4 suiroca,ing murmcr Of half suppressed
emotion ran through The court rcom.
There is some awful mistake here"
sAid tIo witness (" gentlemen Of the Jury,
have -f
"Siop SIR" exclained the now deeply
excited counsel, rising from his sent with
a countenance flushed To the brow, 81
van, you now to tell this jury wht Mr..
Raymond did with tho dirk after you took
it out Of your hat and returned it To him :"
i" recol!ect distinctly" replied the wit
ness, " he laid il between the leaves of
large Bible, which lay upon the lower shelf
of bis book case"
"Sherif, the book, the book, !" exclaimed
the counsel, land on your life open it not
I'LL il is produced in court"
The sheriff left the court and in few
moments rcturned, hearing with him a
lnrge Bible which was identified by the witt
uess on the stand ms the one in which he
had seen Raymond deposiic the dirk.
The sheriff was next sworn, and ,es,iG-
ed that he had kept the key of Raymond's
Office from the FIRST bour of his arrest, aud
that no Que but himself aad ever had access