Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-03-06

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hastily uusrappcd, and hunting frock
dawn forth, torn and mouldy. but not.
outstanding this, trace. OF blood were
found upon his shut. Whrn this object
was held up before the jury The esenemen,
became intense. Three or four men itapod
ihTough the window into ihr bar.room pack.
ING the crowd still more closely together.
The hall WIS filled with sIsfn, eager faces,
pressing forward to the door and men stood
so ,hiekiy together thu. light, had TO be
passed from hand 10 hand overhead sthose
who carried them found il impossible to
force pas'age into the court room
Make loom, make room, ! tell YOU
cried female voice from the crowd she
will be s,ine1 here, cried the blncksml,hs
wife with her arms flung round the dropping
/ form Of Hannah. who forced a passage Go-
the poor girl where half dozen men would
have failed. Whenever her immense nav.
arino rose upon the crowd men f-ll back
and made room for her where no room
seemed to exist As she passed through
the door, Wheeler dar,ed forward aud IN
momen, would have been sfe in the dense
mass OF human beings that filled the dark.
encd hall But Johnson saw the movement
just in time, and flung him back against the
bar
'Ilc is trying TO o.,1pc-he will oc'
clear cried voice from the window. The
cry was followed by moment Of compare.
tive silence; men ben, their faces together
and Whispered in groups, while the crowd
outside uttered words lh,t made ,hc
Judge turn pale The accused man heard
them also, and, springing over the bar drew
his knife, ond called upon the Judge 10 pro
tect him, in voice Of sharp agony ,ha,
rang over the ,hrong like the cry ola bun.
ted animal His cap wa. Of, his thron,
was bare, and the breath as i painted thro
seemed choking him His face and hands
were deathly white, but n spot Of scarlet
burned like n live coal in either cheek, and
specks Of foam few from bis mouth The
'eht Of knife, drawn in their midst,
eSaspornted the crowd, and, when the
desperate m1n leaped over the bar
with the weapon cleaning in his hand,
many though, be was abou, 10 attack the
judge Those in front were pushed up n.
against the bnr ill the railing cracked lbe-
meath the sudden pressure, Half dozen
hands were oul.,retched to pull the man o.
way, bu, he drew M back of the Judge, and
made mn insane ofJu 10 in,imidate them
with his knife
'lla know him now tina, his face is like
ashes and his eys burning So cried the Mis-
slssipp boatolSn. sprinping mp To a bench.
lie was among them siVick .burph-a black
leg gamhicr--lhe worst of ali that internal
gang which told YOU about the other night.
,aw him with knife in his hand there,
looking just Ms he does now The rope was
AMOS round his neck, but he stabbed the
man who held him and got away. They hung
his mates, but lie cscaped-he will escape
now
The object which had possessed the crowd
Ito this moment, had only been n vague de-
termination TO secure the accused man and
lodge him IN some place OF confinement -
The people were greatly excited their sense
Of justice had been outraged, an honest and
innocent neighbour had been hunted within
step OF the gallows. before thor ewes, by
I tho wicked nan who stood armed and nena.
= cling them in the very bar oil justice All the
elements which led 10 violence were aroused
IN their hearts ; still the wre,ched man nigh,
have been safe but for this speech
/, OF the rough bo,,man, and his words
concentrated the wild passions already fer.
l men'ed into stern resolve. There was no
shout. the tumult crew .ess than it had been
= men turned their nerce eyes 10 each other
and hoarse whisper ran through the crowd
lie escaped the mob then. lie will es
cape ,he law now
, These were the words that went kissing
from lip To lip through the room, out rom the
open windows and along the street
III ,ka
slowly closed up-Lp I'LL the bar gave way.
sea feyes-dark, fierce, terrible ewes
met the wretchcd man everv where thew
. glared on him rom beneath tho light, ihov
glar "a lin through tie dark win iows.anl
far DOWN vista in the tall He dropped. "a 6
. limbs gave way, and like a branch lnpned
: Suddenly from an oak, ne sunk down behind
! the Judge, who spread forth his arms and
I 'tove To project him. 1t was 10 vain, al in
van The good JIdle pushed some Of tie
+ toremos, back. he hesnughl them N rosncc,
the laws, he shouted TO those IN the street
enueating them Ia come up and save their
y neIghhoIs from g'eat crime. But still they
u closed IN around him, stern silent and fierce
1 with thirst for blood which no heart present
7 had ever felt ill then. They tore the misef-
able wretch out fiom behind .his protector -
+, They passed him IN bridge Of upl led
, han6s, 10 the open window and so out Intn
open street
The blacksmith had returned TO his work
| and the blaze ~ his forge redeemed over the
fierce crowd as it fell in towards his shop
and formed a wall OF human beings be-
fore it.
The handkerchief The handkerchief -
} passed from mouth to- mouth. Instantly a
; mass OF crimson silk was disenianaled lrom
some fragments Of the bar and tossed over
the crowd. The red Ugh, shone through II
, as II rose and fell, hosrse cry followed rs
progress
Oh. the next scene was horrible canno!
describe II