Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-03-12
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sAnswef boldly 70 the truth, Mrs. Briggs asI
youexpeef 70 be judged o. the lasi dayl"
"He did, !" faindy srieulaied the wiiness'
"And wa be c0s withoUf boos on ihs mad
lied foos, vhsn be arrived n 4hs bopaa1"
"He wus," (sSimpsoa now hoFvOuRy clsscbS1I
he Failine before him.
hrs. Briggs, you ean rcilFe Vnloas ssFBe q
hose eenflemen chooso 70 interogaie you.'-~
But they choose not SoiDserrOesrs and che Ted'
red.
"The gentemaa have claroorsd for proof and
hey have gOt proof Yes
81 pronouBce the whole sfair aeOnsplracy got
up 10 injure our Client" interrupted the Esopl
who was wirya moment bsfors, on the sugar
pot"
"a conspiracy" resumed selden, calmly bui
''of ull 10 ha'ure that Is eacrcd,
against all that is ambominable and accursed.-
The tongueless ministers Of nature, with organ
most miraculous, have conspired 10 0uiculaie
the prisoners guilt. The soil ofhis naive coun-
lTy, no more Than the depths Of La Plata, would
keep his murderous secrets. The earth and the
waters thereof will blab Of blood-shed. Such
guilt as bis can never long be secret. Bury il
deep as the centre and the eanh will vomit il upl
evidence Of the damnng deed. Nor was the as
sassin unmarked Of human ken. An eye was
bent upon his deed.-lhe eye ofone whose name
will thrill the prisoners marrow,-who has ira
ced, with sleepless vigilance, his complex villiany
through all It's wndngs,-oue whose name is
synonymous with all Of honor and manly purity,
the most remarkable Of this or any age
whose history furnishes a series Of such vicisi.
iudes as never, perhaps, before have fallen to hu.
man LOT, and whose presence here, 10 day, will
illustrate whatever have said 10 criminate the
cuprit at the bar" and raising his voice he cal
led on "Kawanda, the lndianl"
There was q slight movement at one OF the
doors, the crowd separated TO the right and left,
and the mute. habited as usual slrode up the
tagged floor Of the court with the noiseless tread
of his moccasins. His presence At the bar SEEM
ed 10 afford some meuimenI TO several lads, in
the crowd, who now broke out into audible gbes.
"Silence in COURT" shouted the Sheriff.
"Do yor intend this as farce, Mr.. Seldenl"
demanded the Judge reddening with anger.
alt is rather bad taste 10 introduce farce di.
rectly after so 'tragcal prologue" sneeringly
observed the opposite counsel.
"Out with the dumby!" shouted several voices
at once.
The Indian exchanged gances, with Selden,
then making sign TO the Sheriff, which he me-
chanically obeyed, re,reaied few steps down
the passage, when wheeling to the left, he enier.
ed the Sherif's apartment, the later closely fol.
lowing.
Silence having been, with some difficulty, re-
stored, Mr.. Selden observed, "since the court is
disposed to consider the testimony Of a mute as
somewhat anomalous, it will raise no objection,
apprehend, to the evidence Of one whom shall
now call" and raising his voice 10 a tone loud
and overpoweringly solemn, he solemnly said:
81 summon, 10 appear before this earthly tribu.
nal, the presence Of Reginald Forbes!' and as
the name was pronounced, Reginald. apparelled
as he was on the night ofhIs conference with
Selden, came forth from the apartment which
Kawanda, the minute before had entered. The
silence was death.like. No one brcathed; and as
he moved up the floor with measured and noise.
less tread, nearly all that crowd, considering him
long dead, gazed on him now with undefinable
awe, as on one who, by some strange and irwin
cibIe sorcery, had been summoned from the world
Of spirits. The name,-that name which. when
ever uttered during period passed by, failed not
to cast sickening shadow round the prisoners 5
path, had been heard close by him now;-hc
heard it, but unlike others he turned not to look
Racked and strained as had been every nerve
and fibre ofhis frame, during the preceding min
utcs Of his trial, wherein had passed, in grim and
public procession, the hideous catalogue of his
offences, unveiled, as he well might think, by
supernatural hands, he partakes more easily of
the awe, seemingly 10 him now inspired by that
dread challenge to The dead to toappcar, feels the
appalling power Of The silence which broods upon
the crowd, and his fears are intensified TO almost
mortal agony. He tries to shake off the incubus,
smiles dersively at his own weakness, though
he succeeds but family in the attempt to smile,
and internally curses the malice Of the spectators
who conspire, by their silence, to aggravate the
demoniac spell. lie would give worlds, if at his
control for an earthly sound or voice, even the
voice ofhe prosecutor. TO break that terrible still.
ness, which, though but the stiffness ofa minute,
has seemingly the duration of eternity. Heart
and brain are consuming under the sense that ne
is seated beneath the shadow Of some dread ret
tributary power,-,hat he has become the central
object on which every face in that vast assembly
rebukingly, loalhingly and with horror. He con-
tinues to look toward the window, which is ovel
the iudge's shoulder, but marks nothing, His
eyes are open. but he has lost the faculty to
close them. The treasures of the earth could
not tempt him to look round;-his anguish is in
tolerabie, and big drops Of sweat ooze out from
the flash from which all blood has departed. An
object is gliding before the disk of his eye, and
now the rays from the window are intercepted;
his head is Involuntary reverted and he LOOKS!
The eye that, for years, has followed him by
day and by night,-that has haunted his pillow
and murdered his reposc, is UPON HIM! Its light,
ever piercing and meteoric. now shines out upon
him with IA power he deems not Of this word,--
glare and fire insuferabe; he shudders and
catches at the air for support, and with a wild
ejaculation of despair, falls heavily backward to
The floor!
II have triumphed!" said his scourger aloud.
"Look to the prisoner" commanded the
Judge.
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