The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1857-02-19
Gbrilling STONY.
From the Nation.
TAg DEAD, ALIVE. 8
BY 8. II. BIGELoW.


written to depict the uncertainties, and
not frequent injustices, that arise from
the results of trial, the prosecution o.
which is founded purely on circumstan.
tial evidence; still juries do not seem tc
heed them, and when prejudice is once
raised against an accused party on ac,
count of certain suspicious circumstan-
ces by which he may be accidentally sur
rounded, they seem to blindly seek his
conviction. and as quickly return verdicts
10 that effect when, if the wisdom OF the
Bench does not detect the fallacy and un-
business of the proceeding, the unhappy
but innocent prisoner is doomed to pass
weeks, and months, and even years of
suffering, in an agony Of spirit that none
but those who have been thus martyred
on the altar of public opinion, can appre-
ciate or imagine. More terrible is it, when
capital crime is charged and apparently
sustained-when sentence is passed
when the day Of execution arrives, and a
fellow being is deprived of his existence
swung into the mysteries of eternity,
by virtue of the administration of an
'even-handed juSticer--while myriads, of
whose guilt there is positive, overwhelm-
ing, and direct testimony, escape through
the dodge of sharp practitioner, or by
reason Of some technical illegality or i'm
material proceeding on the part of the
prosecution, not according TO the strict
letter of the law, which would not howev-
er in the slightest degree affect the in
trinsic rights of the accused. Justice may
well be represented as blind, for, as she
presides in our courts, her shafts equally
destroy and ruin the innocent as they fail
to reach the guilty but well-defended vii
lain.
Some FIVE years since, on lovely day
about the middle of August, party of
children, whose parents resided in Le-
coYk, Rhode Island, started on black
| y kexpedition. With elated spirits,
free, bounding step of unsuSpici-
%, gleeplsome childhood, they sought
the neg ghboring woods, fully expecting
the holiday they were thus improving
would be one of unalloyed and uninterruP.
ted pleasure. Their only protector was q
larger Newfoundland dog, whose sagaci-
ty was equalled only by his symmetrical,
bounding form. Away went the party
over hills and across the cultivated fields,
to their destination. The wood, to which
they bent their steps, lay upon the side of
gently rising bill, somewhat retired from
the public roads, and was a favorite sum-
mer-day resort for parties fpleasure from
the surrounding country. Arriving on
the spot, they soon found the greatest pro-
fusion of berries, and accordingly alter
nately engaged in picking and romping.
Not long had they thus amused them
selves, when their bosterous mirth was
suddenly checked by scream of alright
from one of the youngets Of the party,
who, in company with two or three others,
had sauntercd short distance from the
rest. fastening to the spot. they all, with
universal Shrek of horror, fed rapidly
towards their homes. The sight that met
their eyes was one that was well calculated
to ill their young minds with the utmost
CONSERVATION. 1t seems the dog Bruno
had been scratching in the ground at a
place which on examination bore the
marks Of Eskentl emo esS: In 50 doing he
had exnose8 ew tho face of human
being 1ssFhieh had been covered with
cbloTiae of lime. Announcing the dis.
very by succession of sharp batAe. he
! had drawn the attention of the young chm
dren to the place. The horlible intelli-
gencce spread with almost lightning speed
through the usually unexcltable town of
Lecouk, and a crowd rapidly fastened to
the fatal wood, where they speedily ex-
humed the body. 1t was Immediately
recognized as the body of woman whose
husband, being a sea captain, had left
Providence the day previous for Norfolk
by the way of New York. A coroner's
jury was Immediately called, and testimo'
ny taken. Dozens recognized the body
as that of Captain Loder's wife, and
swore to that fact The sister of the de-
ceased identified the dress as the one she
usually wore, and also her ear rings. The
murderous deed had evidently been COM
mitted some two or three days previous;
several marks of violence were found.
some of which appeared to have been
made with a knife. Her countenance was
so disfgured that her features could not
be recognized, but her sister remarking
that her relative had lost tooth from the
center Of the upper front row, on examina-
ton, that tooth was found to be missing,
and no further doubt remained as to the
identity of the body.
1t had been a matter Of gossip among
the neighbors, that trouble existed be-
tween Captain Loder and his wife, which
was very manifest from the frequent quar-
rels that would take place between them
whenever he was at home. Several tes-
tilted to angry words having been heard
issuing from their dwelling buta few days
previous. Both were well known to be
in an illhumor, and were suddenly MISS
ing, but it was supposed that she had ac-
companed him to Providence, as she oc-
casionally did, when her husband was a.