Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-10-21

and she modestly replied that she he
; no money to pay lawyer, there wa
not member of the bar who would nc
have willingly undertook her case. Tn
Judge, after looking round, for a mo
ment, fixed his eye upon me, and said
"Mr. Remeson, will you please act a
this lady's counsel" / started as thougl
1 had beeen shot. Luckily Juror hat
taken i'll, and the court adjourned unit
next morning. or l am afraid | should
have made sad work with my client
cause.
As left the court room l looked a
my watch; it was eleven, so l had bu
twenty three hours 10 prepare. 1 called
upon the District Attorney and asked tC
see the indictment taken before the Jus.
tice of the Peace. As he fumbled ovel
pile of papers, he said: 1.-The Judge
must have spite against you Remeson
to put you in such tight place, and you
green hand. No offense," he added,
as he observed the rising color of my
cheek-''no offense; 1 simply mean that
ycu are inexperienced. There are the
documents take them home with you
only be sure to bring item to court to-
morrow morning. You will see that
your client has not 4 chance"
1 was annoyed at this light reference
10 my client, for whom 1 had already
entertained the deepest respect and be-
lieved innocent; but l said nothing
Fastening to my room 1 locked myself
in and commenced the analysis of my
case. The evidence consisted of the
testimony Of James and Eunice Wesley,
Sarah Brown, a seamstress, Charlotte
Boyce, domestic. and Thomas Hanne-
gan. a man of all work employed by
the Wesleys. Hannegan's evidence
seemed straight forward and truthful,
and SO did the servant girls. | made up
my mind that they wsre not unfriendly
to my client, and that I would seek an
interview with them, although it would
necessitate a journey TO Bedford. In
Miss Browns evidence l at once detect
ed intense malice, and determined to har-
rass her numerically in cross examina
ton. Wesley's evidence was similar in
style and manner to that of Hanncgan;
but Mrs. Wesley's was full, discursive
and accrimonious-such rs that "she
had always believed Helen was viper,
but her husband upheld the trollop." To
my mind the case seemed cleared; Mrs
Wesley herself ut those things in Hell
ems trunk.
next went to the Court House, and
requested Mr.. Mace, the sheriff, who
lived in the wing Of the building. to in
troduce me to the prisoner. He conduct
ed me 10 her cell. Although the bolts
changed heavily as they sprang from the
locks, our entrance did not seem to at
tract her attention. She was standing
with clasped hands before her grated
window, gazing at the sky. The Sheriff
touched her arm, and said, "Miss Mon
tressor, Mr.. Remeson is the lawyer who
is TO manage your case, and he wants TO
see you" She started, turned quickly
around and made an inclination of the
head, 10 indicate her readiness 10 listen,
but said not a word. The sheriff left
the cell and we were alone. Conscious
that every moment was precious, l said:
"Miss Montressor, we must throw
aside ceremony, and communicate frank
ly upon this painful business. I believe
you are innocent. The thing is to prove
you so. This promises to be difficult,
but am not without hope. If you tell
me frankly what your experience has
been with the Wesleys my task may be
l then put series of questions, and !
learned that she was fifteen years old
that she had lived with Mrs. Wesley, who
had been married about eight years;
that she lived with kind old gentleman
named Gregory, who had Taught her to
call him grandpa; that Mrs Wesley,
who was then called Miss Neasmith, lived |
with Mr.. Gregory, also that he seemed
afraid of Miss Naesmith; that Miss Nae
smith inherited all his property, and
married Mr.. Wesley about month after
he died; that she told her never to call
him grandpa any more, that he wasn't
any relation to her; that the lay on
which old Gregory died he gave her a
sealed package, and told her not let Eu
nice see it, but to give it 10 certain law
yer when he returned to- town, for it
would make her rich young lady; and
then he cried that be had let Eunice have
her own way too much; that she fell a.
sleep with the packet in her lap, and she
never dared to ask any questions about
It; that Mrs. Wesley hated her and beat
her like slave, and that she sometimes
thought of drowning herself, she was so
miserable; that Mr.. Wesley said improp-
sr things TO her; that he was bad man,
out weak under his wife's control; that
IN the day on which her trunk was