Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-04-17

of little truth, and Mr.. C was notremark-
able for much indulgence The case, then,
seemed clear, and when it was tried at the as
sizes, the evidence for the prosecution and the
declaration of the dying man appeared to make
conviction inevitable, when the prisoners coun-
sci called witnesses to prove an abb. Of all
the most hacknied modes of evading justice
emploved bv the Irish criminal, the abb is the
most frequently resorted to, the parties called to
prove it being usually their own friends. In this
instance, however, the court was startled by
hearing the names of two Of the most respecta.
Bile magistrates of the county called.
Mr.. NJ ascended the table, and took
his seat on the chair which in the Irish courts,
is usually placed for the witnesses in this con-
spicuous place.
"Mr. Nj" asked the prisoners counsel,
do you know the prisoner g, the bar%
"Yes--.wel."
"Do you recollect seeing him on the first day
Of the sessions of - ?" This was the day
on which Mr.. C was shot
"Yes-he came to me at T" IT
was eight miles from the place where the assas-
sinaton occurred "and spoke to me-"
"At what time was that"
cat half past one" [This was as nearly as
possible the hour when the fatal shots were fired.
"How do you know it was that hour?
"He asked me what o'clock it was. told. He
appeared to forget, returned in about minute,
touched his hat and asked me again, and Iagain
took out my watch and told him"
"Do you know the prisoners brother"
eyes"
oYou could not have mistaken his brother for
him!"
"No am quite clear on that point. could
not be mistaken, for spoke to the prisoner about
the fair"
The counsel for the crown asked some ques-
tons, but the witnesses testimony on the point
could not be shaken. Mr.. M was a clear
headed, clever man; magistrate of high res
pectability and could not have any object in
sheltering the prisoner. Mr.. B, another
magistrate was next called. His account was
nearly the same as that of his brother magis.
trate. A few minutes, it must have been aftel
the prisoner acosted Mr. M, he spoke tC
him, mr. By and asked him what O'Clock
it was, repeatingthe question, and making some
observations on the fair. The result was, the
alb, was completely proved and in the face O
the solemn, dying declaration Of Mr.. c.
the prisoner was acquitted He left the docl
for freedom when every one believed he woul(
only have left it for the gallows. Soon after
Molony's brother left the country, but M olony
himself remained. The mystery, however, So
far as mems minds were concerned was soon un
raveled, though the circumstances upon which
the solution was founded were not sufficiently
strong to constitute evidence. The prisoner die
not fire the shot, and was at the fair of T
when the ASSASSINATION took place. There ii
no reason to doubt that he got his brother t.
commit the deed, as he knew from the clrcum
stances that he himself would be suspected
His brother resembed him, and to make the re
semblance the greater, they changed clothes
the assassin wearing the ordinary garments o
the other, those with the appearance of whicl
Mr.. C must have been somewhat famil
lar. In the meantime, while he took these pain
to deceive Mr.. c., or whomsoever nigh
be with Mr.. c., as the identity of the as
sassin, Molony secured his own safety by II yer,
marked abb, taking care that his witnesses
should be of that class and character who coult
not be suspected of coluaon. In fact, an nc
at once more subtle and sanguinary could no
be committed. 1t was devised with the mos
deadly hate and circumstantial GOODNESS. Tht
authorities were morally convinced Of this being
the case, yet they could not, with the dying de
cIaraton of the murdered man as to the identit,
of the prisoner, who was acquitted, take any ef
fectual steps to vindicate justice.
But Heavens justice vndicaed itself in al
awful way. The actual assassin quilted tn
country, but his instigator and brother remained
bood-marked, how ever, in the opinion of th
people. lie appeared to be no ways oppressed
with secret consciousness of his guilt He wen
about his business as usual and SO matters wen
on until the fair of T came round one
more the anniversary of that when Mr.. c.
was shot. Molony attended this as others, bu
did not return to his house until the night wa
very far advanced; and then IN such an awfu
state that his family were terrified at his appear
ance His face ivid and swollen, and he seem
ed in a raging fever. In answer to their frs
question, he declared with hideous fright in ey
cry feature, that he had been met by Mr.. c.
THE murdered man) when returning home draw
to the spot by the road where the trees wer
thckest, and there beaten by the angry spir
until he was made all but insensbe. He wa
placed in his bed in a high state of fever, hi
body swelled, and he continued deliyious, ravin
about Mr.. C s ghost, until death free
him from further suffering, Cool men attribut
the phenomena to fever settling on guilt
mind, and possibly he might have been met Will
in liquor by some one on his way home, and h
own fears alone invested the assaiant with tn
form of the man whose death he hadcompass
ed. suppose these conjectures are correct,
= least, they are reasonable. Others shook the
heads, however, and said Heaven had wa
! when human laws failed of vindic0ting etern
justice. The matter, however, was never inve
dgated have my narrative from party in II
neighborhood, who knew the facts to be as
> have stated, and he related them to me.
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