Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1850-08-14

the medicine ont Of the closet, did he shut
the door, or did itremain open!"
Gle shut it"
"And when he replaced the bottle l.,
the closet, he opered it again, did he!"
Gle did,"
"And how long was it open the last
tincs"
"Not above minute
" Well, and when open, would the door
be between the light and the Window"
"It would"
81 forget" said the counsel, whether
you said the closet was on the right OF
left hand side of the window"
"On the left hand side"
"Would the door of the closet make
any noise in opening?"
f" "None." ssss.
Z" Are you certaina" anl."
"Have you ever openedsit yourself, or
only seen Mr.. Smith openita"
"Inevert opened it myself,
"Did you ever;keep the key?'
4s-ss'isSS gES 1diia
"Mr. Smithsalways5I,sss
At this moment the nsaheepcr chan
ced to cast her eyesio@aFas Smith, the
prisoner. His counteaancs very suddenly
changed. A cold, dang sweat stood upon
his brow, and his facsshad lost all its
color; he appeared a living image of death.
She no sooner saw him, than she Shrek
ed and tainted. The consequence of her
answers flashed across her mind. She
had been so thoroughly deceived by tie
manner of the advocate, and by the, little
Importance he had seemed to attach to
her statements, :tllat,.she had beeu led on
by one question to- another, till she had
told him all he wanted to know.
She was obliged to be taken from the
court, and a physician, who was present,
was requested to attend to her. At this
time, the Solicitor for the prosecution IAN
swering to our States Attorney left the
court, butno one knew for what purpose.
Presently, the physician came into the
court, and stated thatit would be inpossi-
bic for the housekeeper to resume hey seat
in the box short ofsaealour or TIVE.
It was almost t@aasa in the day. Logl
Aiansacld having, EsJbe iury
should be accaallps Wiss---;;,sssss!G ;,sssG
where tlcv coTidBe kept IS themselves.
adjourned the cou:s ewo hours. The pri-
80 i, t,,a ,seantime, was renlandcd to
prison. -,
Jwhen the judge resumed his seat upon
the bench. The prisoner was agais laced
at the bar, and the housc!issas agl't
in and le,l to the bar. 1kS eifsssoo,n
was crowded to excess, and Sarf awful 81
lence pelwaded the place.
The cross-cxamining counsel again al.
dressed the !ousskeepcr.
81 have'but 4 few more questions to
ask yoa," said he; "take Seed how you
answer, for ya,r life hangs ,spon thread.
DO YOU saltnowthjs stoppeSasMa
~Tes - KS i: beg'
"ESESSEniith:sae S
SA YOU. lasssgis2"
.s;sss8H Hs3igAt eta>at: lhcmpson's
dsass s
Afs sssasIisi ase:cd
the court, bringing w ss Set'A.y,
F; a watch, two>nos N isWcl-casr,
M bapAs pocket zAaaS ttls of the
placed on the tabls iSa4H the priso.
ner and witness, and THAT moment
not doubt reHiainaa a lanind of any
man of the guilt of the pssDner.
A few words will bring this tale to its
close The courthouse. and the house
where the murder had been committed
was aboat nine miles distant. The soil
tor, is soon is the cross-examiaation OF
the hausckccper lad discovered the exist.
ence Of the closet ard its situation, had
set of on horseback, with two sheri!i:s'
officers. and after pulling down part OF
the wall Of the house, had detected this
important place OF concea:nent. Their
search was well rewarded; the whole OF
the property belonging to Mr.. Thompson
was found there, amounting n value 10
some thousand pounds; and to leave no
room for doubt, a bottle was discovered,
which the medical men instantly pro-
nounced to contain the very Identical poi
SON which had caused the death of the
unfortunate Thompson. The result WAS
too obvious to need explanation.
1t scarcely need bc added, that Smith
was convicted and executed, and brought
to this awful punishment by his own
means. Had he said nothing-had he
not persisted in calling witness to prove
his innocence, he, might haze escaped.
But Godhad evidently left him to work
his egasfuip, as just reward OF his aw-
To DESTROY RArs.-.Many accidents
occurring from the use Of poisons, we
advise all who are troubled by these mca!
and corn depretlators to try the following
simple plan: Take some old corks and
chip them up into pieces about the size OF
grains of coffee, and then with IN old
coffee mill grind them up, and when well