Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-07-25
The World is a Stage.

yesterday, which created not little
excitement and amusement. In the
dock tall individual with a haggard
Icountenance, dressed il rather a seedy
suit, consisting of short black panta-
looms, with the straps in very dilapi-
dated condition, a green coat with
double gilt buttons, buttoned up tight
lin the throat, soiled shirt collar peer
ing above the well-greased collar Of
the coat, and large, deep blood mark
upon his forehead, was pacing up and
down as does lion in his cage in a me-
nagerie, and in an equally savage
mood.
The other cases having been dispos-
ed of, the witness in the case of MIR.
Novel was called up. The prisoner
had wild look about the eyes, and
had evidently been drinking the previ-
GUS evening.
Recorder. what is your name sir?'
Prisoner. indignantly my name
is -, sir, and should like to know
why am brought before you, sir, in
this manner, among thieves and felons.
sir?'
Watchman. He said his name
was Noval, sir, last night when ! ar
rested him.
Rec. 'Ahl where do you lodge or
live, sir?'
Pris. MY lodging is on the cold
ground, Il beg your pardon, sir | live
at No-Poydras street.
Watch. HE said he lived on the
Grampian Hills, last night, SIR
Pris. Fool, fool, why dost thou
mock me thus?'
Watch. Il amt mockin' of you.'
| PriS. Come, come-'out with the
damnable invention you are hatching.'
Leave off your damnable facts and be-
gin.'
Rec. sMr. Novel, no swearing here,
sir. Witness, let me hear your story
Watch. Certainly, sir. Well, you
must know as ] was on my beat last
night, heerd kind Of scufflin' noise
and voices not great was off, and so
l thought I'd listen. Well, pretty
soon ! heerd voice sing out-'for this
smongst all the rest was ordained
Down, down to hell, and say | sent
thee there swell, then I listened
sometime longer, but didn't hear moth
in, but when went up to the spot,
| see this ere chap here, and he rushed
up to me and flung himself right down
afore me, and said as how he did it
Well, see as how the Teller looked
kind o. skeered, and took holt on him
and told him he must 60 with me, and
then he said-'Lead on I'll foller theer
but | told him that ere kind of gam
mon wouldn't suit me egzactly. Well.
| see he had bundle with him, and /
kind o. snatched it out of his hand.-
He didn't seem to like that bit and
asked me not to take his props /
expected be was leg then, and said
oh, them's your props, is they, and
he said
Pris. "For you do take away my
house when you do take away the props
that do sustain my house."
Wafch. 'Them's the very words,sir.
Well, said, no you don't, old fe!ler,
and then he clinched me and we had a
tussel on the sidewalk, an he kept a
hollerin' and shontin'-
Pis. Slave! | have set my life up
on the cast and | will stand the hazard
of the die!'
Watch. sThem's the very words, sir;
he co-rob-e-rates every word ! say
Well, finally | throwed him.
Pris. .Perdition catch thine arm;
the chance aCas thine
Watch. well, sir, when ] came to
look into the bundle, I found that there
must have been murder committed
right down bloody murder
Rec. .Murder'
Pris. I'm astonishment,) WHAT A
murderp
Officer. "A murder! ] expect you
know all about it,
Pris. sUnmannered SlaUe-'
Watch. sI'm as white as you are
any day in the week. Well, sir, on
looking into the bundle ] sec shirt
stained with blood, and pair of draw
ers just as bloody as they could be, Il
dagger, also covered with blood, and
then there was lace collar, sir, and
several other things, and / knowed
there must have been some sort of a
murder committed, so | toted him off
on suspicion of bein' concerned in it,
Pris. 'Ha, hs! Now could laugh
and play the maniacv And have