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III C4E1IlEls TRIAL En11l IN 4 1LA1AlI.
wAsnxs7ox. Narsh so snezpecsclily tssvars
bod the jury il The eaSe q GeosgeA. (;Erdiner
this rerniag entered Tie court room about lf ptf
eleven soek with 1ft<1ict The ptsdner " Is set-
Cd in tie court room, and - the snfy took thtre
places lie peered scfnnikngly.i their faces a II
. sicis oas flroa1le indication. Disappoinisdlin
this deathilke paleness spread oxtr his ltht1ff
modification and dispair sppearcd 10 paralysis IL
whole system. The verdict Was guilty.
After tie verdict was announced, II. RTaaley one
Of the counsel for tie denre stated that lie counsel
had prepared to Gle bill u exceptions and tey
Would prefer 70 have Judgment pronounced tn
meiiateit
pr. George A. Gardiner was then cnilcl upunlto
stand Up and receive tho sentence II the law which
Judge Crawford pronounced IS follows:
-loa have been convicted " jury q your copn-
Try Of he crime ofalse swearing sOpching TIE expsn-
diture Of public money, and in support q cl4im
aganst the United States Perjury IN Is nature and
general sense strikes The root 81 all the securities
which society is bound 10 extend to and niasntain
round the citizen. The ofence charged upon you. and
upon which The jury have passed, whetheg eonsEd-
cred in rCierence 10 the complicated Fot BY whichits
objects were consaiamatgd or % the amountof mon
e. obtained fran the Treasury On The auArd Ofthe
uisSi5aers appointed to decide upon the claims I'm
deE the treaty with Mexico 81 fesraay, AS i ons Of
unusual eaormitr.
70 address such observations, is mast seem TO
every Hsan who kaows the circumstances that s4r-
rounded yGu, toa person Of your eanceacd ability i
woult BE uselessUr yainNssless i they have arisen
in ycar oWn lniRa; vain il they have net From yohr
fate others SHOULD earn that 40 PLAN however rellbte
It's origin, With whatever forecast lid. however
steslihilN adroty pursued for wears aud At length
excited, or withWhsteyer success Tor time attend
ed cas- be 50 caaungiy devised as 10 escale de,ke-
tioa. The uneSamped ingenuitysor he NJ work
spresa out On this tra, and the ia thai Il BIS hdea
exposed a tie last stage ought uoi 2 1il ef ben
eheial eRatt in convincing a iae that il theg Will
traaple oh laNs h4aa and divine, they shall siler
for il.
"EAe Sentence Of lie Conrt Is that ven sufferFin
the penisdatiary for Tie Disrietof Colalabia imlFi
sonnent and labor sor The period Of ten years
After tie sentence was pronounced the prisoner
was taken 70 he3al IN custody q the proper OH
Ger.
Nc Bradley, the prisoners COUNSEL, vas present
anitaviag been seated some CONVERSATION took Place
between them Gardiner then took glass Of waser
and sgnira his readiness to 50 q jail. AIR Smith,
the Warden 81 tie ail, endAr Wilson, haiiih q The
court, accompanied him over. IN entering me
guard reor5 Mr.. Gardner took chair and ia ABOUT
hreaiinutes was seized With severe and tel TO Aae
groual, eating his head Physicians were soon
sent for and ne soon recovered Several h'R N qAsS
succession followed He was eupped, and every rem
edy used withoat effect. During these EpheFhgs
Gardiner called 3r. Bradley to bis side told him he
Was aglne, and that he died innocent
Gardiner died about three o clock This meRn-
L dholY oecarrenoe has shocked our eitizehf and as
Oils Is closed We are waiting for Coroner Wood
NaFA TO touFtAt ssiAta Wy ~
ns are preparing y A3d Postaerteln eSasnina goa
on tie b0aY
Tie court after sentencing Gardner, adjourned
until Monday nezt when it eSnfneaces new idgin,
and tie spectators present cleared out. Not More
than hall AZ hogr elapsed between tse aIpeatanct oi
lha lary Ia the court and TIC tnal closing Of Ethe
scene GariRdr's counsel had sied tie 9ill oNex-
eeptions before tic District Court #
~ Friday ntofinag, ca tie aqy bsieFei isrSe
Number " pegsbns were ~ attendance az the jail,
where the Jury Were engaged Ia holding sn inq3est
ard pa5 sclsns making post m0slem examination
The autopsy was eoaeuetsd hY Dfs Miller and
S one together With DR. Semmes, lne phgSiciah 10
thai Institution Ia the presence 81 DIS. Hail ri
ley Tyler Johnson. Duhaiael, Berry, ana Saihef,
ard PERHAPS others.
Ia lhe absence If chemical test, hsy came g
The conclusion, from the phenomena tzhihited, hai
pr Gardiner Lied from the elects Of srYchuinh.-
There was much congestion u The scalp as asp o.
liz brain aEdtAg spinal cory; quart VI dsfk Aics
blood having escaped fTom the base d iheefan juan
and Ire spias column.
EvideUee 10 lais effect was Eiqen before the Jury
who in n'er that "A chemical analysis NAV Be
made lag Dfs Siciaer and BreeA) q The yftVnAaeh
and ct powder Which was u z4n from AAe pOthe
ol he deceased adjannet mini ne xl Fricay mbfa-
ing. lhhs pcslH9fius heir verdict
Witnesses ltside4 n,gsfiOasp point sfcciinGthe
Circumstances FL his death. w q them said ahey
noticed tnsI d. Gal1iher, whil3 10 theeoHu adase
put seale small substance ia kis moata Saics hey
Ill drst supposed Il be tobacco icrum6s, and alsn
touched his lips with wstei and ffein .his lEey
81 nose he al ihatftitRs swsiieWed toe ts!. df4g
We have merely STUDIED % lhe iessiaauy eur
limits pEeclnding fall report II the Interesting