Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-06-01


your daughter will do aughi for which
you would have 10 blush, but oppose IN.
n,i, ! beseech you, il YOU would no
drive me mad. must, ] will see him
he shall know, Al least there is one hear
that believes him innocent, despite o
circumstances, and which would cherisl
him still were it assured Of his guilt
II The father buried his face with hi,
hands and sank upon a chair, the dauph,
ter left the house accompanied only by Z
black servant, and in few moments wa.
IN The presence of him for whom she thus
iearlessly braved the scorn and censure
Of the world.
\ The interview was brief an age oI
thought and feeling were crowded into
the space ofa few short moments. Ray
mond insisted, and finally obtained from
her promise that she would not see him
again till the trial should be over. She
left The prison with faith IN his iDDocenc
and in the solitary cell in which he was
confined, he had The satisfaction Of know
ing that there was at least one hear,
satisfied Of his innocence, and that heart
The one of all others, IN the memory ol
which he would wish to have an unblcm-
ished name.
Al length The day Of trial arrived, the
court was crowded To excess, for the eX.
element had been unprecedented. The
celebrated Col. H was engaged for
The defence, aud at an early hour the
Sheriff proceeded to empannel the jury.
The first witness called TO the stand
testified To The facts of challenge hav-
ing passed between Raymond and the
deceased, and the arrangements that had
been made for hostile meeting.
The second testified to the finding Of
the body, and to his meeting with Nay
mond returning from the woods some
hours before The discovery.
This portion OF the testimony was, how
ever, Of little weight, as il was proved
that the body was warm when found, and
could moi have been dead more than half
an hour.
The next witness was DR.. Stevens the
surgeon who examined the body. lie
testified 10 the fact Of having been with
Ray mond in his office in tho morning
aud having seen in his posse ssion dirk
OF peculiar construction that this same
dirk was foand concealed near the nur-
dered mans corpse, with about one inch
o! the point broke off, which point was
found in one of the wounds the dirk was
here produced and identified by the wit
ness the point which had been taken
from the wound corrcsponded exactly !
with the other part When the dirk was
produced, the prisoner looked at il for
and then starting suddenly from
his seat, while n flash oversprcad his pale .
features, leaned over the bar, and whis-
pered for a moment in his counscllor's
ear.
"Iou say you know this dirk TO be the
one that Mr.. Raymond had in his pos
session on the morning OF the murder"
said Col. IL. after moments study !;
did you take it in your hands while you
we're in Mr.. Raymond's office y \
Il did, and examined II aitentively,
as the reply. Il do not think ] can be
Mistaken I
did you make any remark relative TO
arriving a weapon of that kind in your
'nt, and il so, what was it =
Il remarked that il was ofien,imes
more convenient I" carry a small dirk in
hat way, than in the breast, and placed
he prisoners dirk in my hat, to show
nm the way which ] meant" L
elbow did il correspond with the length
If your hat :"
'lt was about an inch shorter than the
,rown." \
is that the hat you have in your
hand =
'It is" 4
Will you have the goodness to see
low this weapon. which you have iden-
flied as the prisoners, corresponds with
hat measurement " H
The witness did as he was desired,
when to his own utter aslonishment, and /
hat of the crowded audience by which /
he court was thronged, it proved one
nch longer than the hat. 4
A sutlocating murmur Of half sup n
re essed emotion rung through the Court 4,
There is some awful mistake here II
aid the witness. Gentlemen Of the
ury, | have -
Stop, sir y exclaimed the deeply ex-
tied counsel, rising from his seat with
ounicnance flushed to the brow. i
'ant YOU now to tell this Jury what Mr.. II
Raymond did with the dirk after you took
out OF your hat and returned it to him
Il rccolIect distinctly replied the
illness che laid it between the leaves
IA large Bible, which lay upon the
,wer end Of his book case.
'Sheriff-the book, the book y ex-
laimed the counsel, and on your life
pen it not until produced in court
The sheriff left the court, and in n few
oments returned, bearing with him G
rye Bible, which was Immediately idcn-
fed by the witness on the stand, as the
ne in which he had seen Raymond de- B
,siie the dirk.
The sheriff was sworn, and testified c
at he had kept the key Of Raymond's a
ice from the time OF his arrest, and
at no one but himself had ever had I
cess 10 il, and that he had found the
ible in the very same condition de- :
ribed by the last witness.