The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-05-17


produced a very powerful effect. 1t WAS de-
livrrcd in a firm and impressive manner. and
its simplicity and artlcsSnese gave to it an
Appearance Of truth. The houSek ecppr was
| then put into the box, and examined by the
counsel for the prisoner. According to the
custom. at that time almost universal, OF eX-
GLIDING witnesses from court until their tes-
timonv was required. she had been kept at
house near at hand. and had not heard a
house near at hand. and had not heard a sin
gle word Of the trial. There was no thing re-
markablc in her manner or appearance: she
might be about thirty five or Il llttlc more;
with regular though not agreeable features,
and an air perfectly free from embarrassment.
she repeated, almost in the prisoners own
words the story that he had told Of his hay
| ing called her up, and her having acc0mia-
nicd him to his room adding thut, after leav-
! ing him. she had retired to her own room.
and le:n awakened by the man servant in
the morning. with an account # the tlavcl,
| icr'S death. She had now to undergo a cross
examination, aud may state here that
winch, though not known to me till after
wards, will assist HE reader in understand
ing the following scene The counsel for the
prosecution had, in his own mind, attached
considerable Importance to the circumstance
mentioned 10y the witness WHO saw the light
that while the prisoner and the hous,keeprr
were in The room Of the former, something
| like door had interviewed between the candle
and the window, which was totally rrocon-
rilcabc with the appearance Of the room
when examined: and lie had half persuaded
! himself, that there must he a secret closet
which had escaped the search Of the Off '2rS
l.oi Justice, The opening of which would ac-
count for the .Appcarance ailGdpl to, and the
existence If which might d:covcrthc PROPER
" which hal so myStcriou>v disappeared.
Ills object. therefore, was to obtain from the
hou.ckc,pcr, CHE only person except the
prisoner who Couid give any clur to thS)
such information as he could get. without
alarming her by any direct inquiry on the
subject. which, as She could NO, help seeing
lis Importance. would haze led her al once 10
positive denial. lie knew moreover, that
rs She had not been in court, she could not
know how much or how lit,lr the inquiry
had already brought to lght and by him',if
treating III" matter rs inniatclial. hc might
lead her to consider it so also, and by that
means draw folih all that she know. After
some unIlnporlant questions, he asked her
in y tone and manNcr calculated rathrr to
awakcl-co1ij'l nee than to excite d4,tr'l}.:
During the time You were in tlr. Smith $
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thcrr.-A pause; ne answer.
:, "'t "a" - ~ go i'','t0 ''"" "'t''
, ''',:t I " '"N,'i ''t' "'' Oh ''e
'',i Nv ,.''. vac "'o'' Vi u'o 1t 'e''"'''
'i1T',, :, "'"' ~.
.'I' !. wa '!'''"" "E"''! io' ,''e purpose
" way" ~ ''I 'o,''e' N'a IL ~ Was
t;,2 Nv" ''''S ~ WIS open Ii''
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M NJ w. w., wv ~, NV, '''G "eI '-t>'Ne''
,, ~ '''i ' 1T ',''"'n. Always
az ''''' ''o,''e'' ,"' witness cha'icto 10
',''.' Nv W aus we "l"' "nc'c tl'' prs
WV" W., 't''" ''1' '''e e'tct was almost ','cii'
a. ~ wv u"t'' Nv I, n''"' upon ms "'o"'
"t'a ''!a '"'e I'd" ''rt al ''' t"or' n'"pl"er-
w " Nv ~ ".nT' VI "'''n' ono nat, no soon
r., ga ''''' '''"'' S',t S"'''N'" an" '|''','u'
~ e''n''I .'',''S ~ i'F' answer" ii'Hn'" a.
II"sS "c' '','''u' ere ''"'' oeth so tho'"uGh-
y u's''N'a " ' me, manner "i '''9 "G'',
r"'e ana u! me l','ic importance ne i"a
''n," 10 ",'"ch |" fcr statements, 'l'"' sue
''"" 'V'' "" "' ny o"c I"cS'lo,' 10 "'o'ner'
,l'''a she ',"o 'oIa h''h all 'ha' ne W"i,t'd 10
Nm"W. a ,h'olca' man was imm'o,H'e'y
"nc'"u 10 a''vhh hcr' ana during NE inter
VA o'I'!','l'' ~, ny 'ii'S m''r,"fNon TO inc
I'i%'r =, "'''E> 'h' N''''''I' i"F inc prosecution
NV ''c '''u'', III S''nft n'''c inc gentle,
.''"' no ia" "'''''oIo 'ie "''h'SS rc'urnt"
','o COURT a,'l STATE" 'hat IL was imno>Hlhit
'naI sue c""i,' ut if'S,h, resume her place IL
'"v p'H ana H',SS'Stca ,Hat II W"o'G Dc
''"c' nc',or 10 allow hcf TO remain Hh hour
w 1M"' u ~, was no" ABOUT we've IN inc Gay ::
ana i''" -i8",iic,o' having oiNleNptc'ca tha'
CSC jury Sho"Ie he nccoihlncd"trd Win
room "hefr 'h'y could be Kept ~ themselves.
aol"''fheh me court Tor two hours HE rrIS-
oicf was '&"th phck to lail, ard the witness
10 an apartment IN the ,ja'lcrS house and
S'lict oihrrS were g,''n that sI" should he al
IoW'd 10 Communicate with any one, tE-
cVp' III t'e presence and hearing OF the phys
'c!an, 1t was between i"ur and five o clock
Whti tie Judge resumed his scat ulon the