The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1839-12-06
certain the man Was murdered--as I've
TO answer to God | can't

certain the man Was murdered--as PSe
to answer to God can't
A stiHed sob Of bysteric joy broke
frem the prisoners wife, Men lseksd
as,onished and faint murmur Of aP-
plause was heard.
What might have ensued l know
not, bu, at This moment as it echoing
the cry, solitary voice was heard far
off through the open windows. apparent
y from its faintness, beyond the utmost
verge Of the crowd, shouting make
way' and as the sound came rapidly
nearer, it was caught op BY mouth and
tongue, until hundred voices tune i
forth upon the air, and rising nearer and
louder, and deepening as u rose, u
swslled into wild uproar from the
thousands without, that roarsd and ech-
Oed round the building like roll Of ccn-
tinued thunder.
Every man started 10 his feet. The
jurymen looked 10 wonder at one aDoth-
or and the judge. The judge in mute
astonishment ran his keen eye over the
crowd towards the entrance, whore the
uproar seemed concentrating, while the
attorney general graspiDg the rails Of
his box, gszed up al the bench and to-
ward the tumultuous entrance In client
wonder. The prisoner himself started.
as if he had been shot, and then fixed
HE proud lofty eye upon the dooTwey,
still shielding his wife, whose color
went and came like the shadow Of cum
mer landscape.
The uptoar deepened. The thou.
sands without seemed swayed by seme
tempest Of sudden passion, bu, amid
their loud cries and wild shouts il was
impossible for time to distinguish any
thing. All was suspense. Then thas
clear, giant voice rung out again over
all the thunder of the crowd, make way,
make way-make way:' the loose mae.
ses in the doorway for an instant sway
ed to and fro, as if some one was strug~
Cling Intellectually TO enter; and directly
the form of a man was seen elevated on
the shoulders of the mob, it was borne
through the entrance aud there, in the
bar, not two feet from tho prisoner, in
full life and health, though travel-soiled.
stood James Wilson, the very nun for
whose trial my client was arraigned.
RI What moment followed For an in
slant the uproar ceased. and men gazed
II awe aud wondsr al the new conner
,s If he wsresa spscire from,lhe dead.
, while the prisoner, who had stood every
thing nll now, placed bis hand on the
in,ruder's arm, gazed moE.eps wildly
! 10 his face, and gasplng, Thank Godl
, fell back trembling into the arms Of my
, colleague.
e The silence lasted but Q moment
Hundreds simultaneously Recognized
0 Wilson, and overcome with gladness s
d the Wished for innocence Of the prisone
!. lost all thought ofths place and broke
: out in universal shout. A. .lwhirlwint
@ Of passion seemed sweeping through thi
Q room; from bar and jury box, area snt
Q gallery men startled up in frantic joy
= and while grey haired sires waved theI
d palsied arms on high, roar Of ftumultu
Q QUE applause arose, which shook th
d old building like an earthquake, an
n caught up by the thousands without
rolled from voice TO voice, and crowd I
9 crowd, until the very welkin trembls
8 again. Never shall ! forget il. A
, command of the faculties seemed los
,, and a sympathetic excitement shot, lil
}, wild fire, from breast to breast.
" 1t was ten minutss before the ,uproi
was checked. Judge, bar. clerk and sl
h though used TO such scenes, were me
- we'd TO tears, and when the attorney ge
}. eral rose, his voice trembled 30 III
he could scarcely speak.
80 But why dwell on this picture, A
y. The verdict had not been given in, al
. ts fifty men could testify 10 tho psrss
Of the new conner, the formalltes
v, proof we're soon gone through with, al
,g the prisoner acquitted. The ,ransiti'
was too great for his faithful wife. 81
" was carried from the court room 10
All tainiing fit, 10 the house Of ,haJfssN'
and for long time her life was dsne,
elf ed Of. But she recovered, and sfe.ec
liel being never smiled upon proc /.
IL From thencelortb, thank Godlt ttcis !
at was a stranger to her bosom. NM
q. Mr. Wilson's tale was short arsssss NM
told. After parting with Duysl !; - s.
tn proceeded on his journey, fallen 4 Z,
a marauding party Of British sS,ls,
ne, been wounded, taken prisoner, CS;s
cir off on board the feet, and I ,hs;,
me months cut off from ali comm ~, !.
rer with his country men. Ho A .,,.sa,
out twice forwarded the intellidss, Y. . y !,
,ok capture 10 his friends. bu9STS Tss. !. w. y
res Of war had prevented ilsns ao., y. .sSS ~;
his last he was exchanges, ~ !. ="
half his horror on reachiS
us- q notNe Of the IL sa disease Vi