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ter ihs departure ofihe lsiser. Ne. Thomp.
son vas knoun TO have had In his possss.
sion jewels apd seld % large snspst. I
With ihsss In his posssssion, he LEFT
Hnli1sena his reform 90 I1ondon. 4, IL ~ a.
DOT knosn thsiha stepped vnsil ~ reached
-Smiih'4 sndetbe ne n lmossisk vas tis-
|eeveJed desaja. bic Ibsi.ss n o died. then.
an Smiih's house; spd 10 itccula De shs9n
ibai be 'csme-to his death 10 IN urn aiu.
raj way, IL vould,ineresss the suspicion.
that The prisoner vas Ia some way eoa4
.necfed viii NE mnrdsr. ssts3s4
Nov. than. eonsiausd the eounsei. IL
vail be proved beyond the possibility ola
doubt that The deceased died BY poisoa.
What was that poisan II Was . secent
discovery Of some German ehsmisis, said
TO Reproduced from distillibK the seed Of
the wild cherry tree. ssIt was q poison
more powerful than spy other known
and deprived Of life 90 immediately. NJ
TO leave no marks Of suffering, and no
eonioriions Of ihe features. - .ei
But. then. the question was. BY whom
was u adminis,ssedi One circumstance.
small. one indeed, and yet unon Il miehs
hang hoffid tale, was. that .he stopper
OF small bottle Of very Singular des-
eriP,inn bad besa found IN The prisoeer's
house. That stopper bad been examined.
snd said BY medical men 10 have belonged
to German vial. containing the kind Of
robson which he had described. But.
then. was that poison administered BY
Smith. or at bis mitigation Who were
the prisoners famllyi II consisted only
Of himself. housekeeper. and one man
servant. The man. servant slept in 40
out house adjoining the stable, aud did
so % the night OF ThompsoD's DEATH
The prisoner slept at one end OF The house
the houeekeepeE Al. the other. and The de-
ceased bad been put in = room adjoining
the housskeeper's.
II would b., proved, that about three
hours after midnight. on the night Of
ThomPson's deaih, light had besn seGn
moviag about the house. aud that figure
holding DE light vas seen 10 20 from the
room in which the prisoner slept, 10 the
housekeePeF's room; The light HoW dissp-
pesfed Tor q minute. when two persons
were seen. bat shelter they vent lotto
Thompson's room, the witness could no,
swear; but shortly after they were OBJ
served passing quite through the entry to
Smiths room. into which they entered.
and in about 6ye minutes the light was
exiineuished.
The witness woeld further state, that
alter the person had returned With The
light into Smiih's room. and before il WAS
extinguished. he bad twice perceived
some dark object TO intervene betw cen the
light and the window, almost as large as
the surface Of the ~indov itself. and
which he described by saying il appe are d
as IL door had been placed before the
light Now, ia Smiths room, there WaS
nothing which could account for this 80.
pearapee; his bed was in different part;
and there was neither cupboard nor press
ia The room, which. but for the bed. wa,
entirely empty, the room in which he
dressed being Al . distance beyond il.
The eouasel for the prosecution here
concluded what be bad 10 say. During
bis address Saith appeared in no Ulss
agitaled OF distressed snd equally on.
moved was be while the successes ses,i
fed ia subsIsses y bal Ihs opening spoeeh
Of Me eqonsel led the eouTi and The iury
to expect.
Losd Mansfield Row addressed the Jury
| He told them that in bic opinion the eva.
denes VS. nos su1ielens 90 Condemn ths
| prisoner. aad thsl " The Jury agreed viii
him Ia opinion. the coaFt would discbaFg,
him. Ruhopt leaving ikejF seats. tk,
ljsiS sgTssd lkssths sv,dsBcs sas nos ssg
bePsnh b. ~ h s.f' - - a.is nIssss,
/ Atihis moment, WheE they weFe abOg
TO render . verdict Of sequitlal, The pris
oAsr Fpse sod addressed tho eOnrt:---H,
Ssid thti be had been accused OF zoo
cFime. and the Jury bad said .hss lhes,
Nas aoi sniheient syidenee 10 coasiei him
Dad sbe tsTy mean that there vss 90,
evidssee sssinsi bimi Wss he 10 e,
oat Of court Eiih suspicious reFiibe 1po,
him sIleF siii This be was unwilllos 4
Y do. BE vas 81 iunoeeai man. and II h,
iadSe would gTsni hiia the opporsnii,
BE- would prove II. He would cell 81
housekeepeT, uho could con6fm . slate
meat vbieh he would nov make.
The kopssksepkr bad not sppssgsd Il
coast. She bad eoneesied hsrssil, OF hsi
been concealed by smith. The vas eos
tidersd dark sign sgainsl bin. But b,
himsslf SOS oisFsd 20 bFing her lossasd
aad stated - the Ftas0u. re, that BE "a
uaNiliiog shat che should lsslify, bu
knopiag The excitement, be Vas feaslu
that che mishi BE- bfibOd 70 give isssimo
~ contrary % fact Bot be VS. now rec
dy 70 relate 30 ihe circumstances b
] knsW--sks eight. ihss, BE- called. as,
bs eraaissd. u hsr lsslia.npy dsss "a
eopfFm ny story. LET ne - soudsmned
TIE ssgHFst nffhs Pfisoner scezra frs
soaable. tnd Lerd Asnsaeld. contrary }
BE usual practice. eFanisd a.
The pfiioaer gent o. wiih be state
nest. He ssid be wished 10 20 out 4
rouri reiisred from the sprpicisns y hie
! ssfs fesiiog ppon him. A. Be- abe poi
. s0n. 81 mesos Df.ahich he siFanksr 81
lsia - have disd, ~ tasu neithss a.
, nams ~ a. nos even ne ezisienes g 4
uoia made kaoHU hy Ne eaaassi. 81
roala esll GQd 50 Hilsass ibs irpih
{ shai ~ said
Aad. ibeh. asio 81 Thonpsoa. Be "a
q a nefincf sfraaeaf ~ bfm Hoe rkoal