Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-09-08

'N by, IN the early stage oil TINS trii,
when you first heard the denial of jenkins,
why did you not come forward at once
and tell all you knew u
Il had hoped that Other evidence would
have saved the fsisc r, and would have
rendered mine aso' sss, for | was engaged
to marry Jenkins, and though since the /
night Of the murder, | have cast such
thoughts aside, did not want TO be his
accGscr.'
'Aui this is all you have TO say? This
is a favorable turn in the evidence for the
prisoner, but merely proves that he told the
truth respecting the cloak, and that his ac-
cuser swore falsely
| 1T was not all. When l heard the
noise in the inn, was in the parlor laying
the fire. | ran up stairs, intending to re-
turn to my bedroom, when | say Jenkins
at the other end of the gallery, coming
from the murdered mans room with the
cloak wrapped around him. He threw it
off and stepped into the prisoners room,
where he left it. In moment after | saw
the prisoner pass cut of his room into the
murdered man in his night clothes. Twas
frightened, and l heard Captain Moore
say, This is capital, he is walking in his
sleep. We will secure him. l then heard
a scuflle, and soon there was a crowd OF
people in the house. made my way to
my room, and locked myself in; this is all
| know about the matter
The witness was requested to stand aside
: and ray Of light was opened to me.
had hitherto been at loss to know
how | had got into the room, but now
S recollected that once or twice in my boy
hood, when excited after long journey,
Y had frightened my mother by rising from
c my bed and walking in my sleep.
8 | bcckoned my counsel and was abou
;: to ask him to send for my parents to prov
d that had a habit formerly, of walking il
y my sleep; but before l could there was
e general murmer in the court, and all eye
e were turned in one direction. Mr.. Lelno
. turned and pointed out Jenkins to me-
P His face was awful pale, and he appeare
< as though he was about to faint.
y At length he burst out into wild CT
le which terrified every one.
'e Spare my lifo-spare my life, he criet
and will tell all-spare me-l did it-bl
8 captain Moore tempted me. He said tf
man had money enough to make us bot
n rich-Oh 'iod, spare my life.
IS The effect which this had upon tt
crowded court was electrical. Every OF
IS rose to his feet, and it was some momen
It, before the Judge, who himself rose, cou
10 command hearing.
lie babe the officers place Jenkins al
De Moore at the bar and then told Jenkins
d. tell all he knew. This unhappy man di
'er Tho two villains had resolved to char!
as me with the murder and for this purpo
eet jenkins had pcrpetrated it, dressed IN n
'eo cloak, and seeing me come into the root
erS as described by the servant girl, they h
ny Immediately accused me of the murder S
the thrown open the window which was
more than fifteen feet from the ground,
W. lead to the i'm preston that l. was ~on
ION point of escaping when arrested.
'na The Judge asked Jenkins where the po
ad- manteau was, and he replied that it h
vas lno, L,c 1ol h,, him tn Noore. who h
pccl lan'lCl ny MN w Ntooi"' "0 Al
hi d,n it in the stable.
se- The officers were sent to search the 81
eN- indicated, and both it and the knife W
me found.
The trunk had not yet been opened
IN it was examined in the presence OF
10 court and found to contain upward OF Il
our thousand dollars.
The prisoners wore trird, convict
'n' sentenced to death and executed, with
''l9 the expression of one word Of sympa
by the crowd who witnessed the exc
nu ton.
lose Inccd not say my parents were o
we're whelmed with delight, and Mr.. With
family who, after all, were good sor
the people, were sorry for what | had uni
!, iy suffered, that they placed me in 81
ana ton far above my expectations, and
pro- haps this dreadful episode in my life
the real stepping stone to my prospern
AN business.
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