Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1857-12-18
NUMBER 6.


4 the under-sherif, who at this moment join
] ed Us, rubbing his hands, as if pleased with
= the prospect Of few executions. No
, change Ofthc prophecy yondor coming to
| pass, / supppscp, v s
-'Notin the least replied the bustli6g
! counsel HE never looked better. II;s
illness has gone completely of. And this
days work will brighten him up
; Cartwright's trial came ON. I had pey-
Ter seen the man before, and was not aware
! that this was the same person whom Harvey
| had incidentally told me he had discharged
i for theft; the truth being,that till the last
moment of his existence, that unfortunate
man had not known how much be had been,
a sacrifice to this wrctchs malico., f,,.g
I The crime ofwhich tho villain uow stood
accused was that of robbing farmer ,os
1.-THE paltry sum of eight sbillings, in the
4 neighborhood of Ifracombe. He pleaded
mot guilty, but put in no defence. "A YER,
dict was recorded against him, and in due
form A, sentenced him to be hanged, An
expression of fcndish malignancy CLEAN,
ed over the haggard features of the felon.
as he asked leave to address a few words to
the court 1t was granted. Leaning for.
ward, and raising his heavy, scowling eyes
to the judge, he thus began; There is some
thing on my mind, my lord---a, dreadful
crime which, as I am to die for the eight
lshillings I took from the farmer, l may as,
we'll confess. You may remember Harvey
my lord, whom you hanged the other day
at-4-?' What of him, fellow replied
the judge, his features suddenly flushing
crimson.
Why my lord, only this-that ho was
as innocent of the crime for which you
h hanged him as the child yet unbornl l did
the deed put the watch in his trunl!'t
And to the uhutterable horror of the en-,
tire court he related the whole particulars
of the transaction, the origin OF. his grudge
against Harvey, and his delight on bring
ing him to the gallows. ~
'lnhuman execrablc villain! gasped tho
Judge in extreme excitement.
'Cleyerly done, though! Was it not, my
lord? rejoined the rufian with bitter irony.
The evidence, you know, was irresistiblc;
the crime as clear as the sun at MONDAY,
and if, in such plain cases, the jusl and
necessary law was mot enforced, society
would be dissolved, and there would be no
security for property These were your
words, / think. How on that occasionI
admired your lord,hip's judgment and ell
Ioquencel Society would be dissolved if an
innocent man were not hangedI .Ha l-hai
.-ha Capital !--capitalr shouted the fero.
cious felon with demoniao glec, as he mark
ed the effect of his words on the counten-
ance Of the judge. .al
Remove the prisoner cried the sheriff.
An officer was about to do SO; but the judge
motioned him to dcsist. His lordship's
features worked convulsively. lie seemed
striving ospeak, but words would not come.
Il suppose, my lord, continued Cart
wright in low and Kissing tones, as the
shadow of unuttorabc despair grew and
settled on his face suppose you know
that his wife destroyed herself. The cor
oner' jury said she had fallen accidental
ly into the water. / know better She
drowned herself under the agonies Of
broken heartl ! saw her corpse, with tho
dcadbaby in its arms; and then felt, knew,
that was lost! Lost, doomed to everlast-
ing perdition! But my lord, land here tho
wretch broke into howl Wild and terrific
-'ioc shall go down toSether--down to where
your deserts are known. A-h-hl that
pinches you does it1 Hound ofa judgei
legal murderer coward! spurn and spit
upon thee!' The rest of the appalling OBJ
jurgation was inarticulatcd, as the mon
ster, foaming and sputtering, was draggcd
by an officer from the dock. .t.f,
Judge A--had fallen forward on his
face fainting and speechless with the vio-
lence Of his emotions The black cap had
dropped from his brow. His hands were
stretched out across the behcby and vari-
Gus members Of the bar rushed to his as
sistancc. The court broke up in ffightful
commotion
Two days afterwards the court paper had
the following encouragement:
Died at the Royal Hotel ,-----, on the,
27th instant, Judge A., from access Of
fever supervening upon a disorder from
which he had imperfectly recovered
The prophecy was fulfilled s
Tux HANDK KRRcnIEF-The hlndker4
chief is now, in Paris, one OF the most
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