The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-04-23

nave DeeLA sumo Fel1tlOn X ~ NICbOAJE"s =
and there must have been something bad to make her
change her name.
This information made a deep impression on my
mind taken in connection with what Helen had told
me: besides the name Eunice Gregory seemed floating
in my memory as though 1 had seen it contested with
some event which had faded from recollection, ana
was dimly recalled. -
Murch. the jeweler, told him who I was. and for what
| had called. He remembered the hait-eagte ousE
ness-in fact it was on his record. he tufneu y
ON what day the hole was made IN tie nan 80 asy
was Wednesday, the 18th of March--the very oay
Helen's trunk was searched. asked at What nou,
the coin was delivered to Mrs. Wesley. he repueo
that she called for it about IL in the forenoon OF sane
day. m
IS That looks rather strange said L "Woula
you have any objections to attend the trial tomorrow
with your books and testify 20 -
"None at ALL he replied. -
turned to depart. AT that moment Wesley en-
tered the shop and vas accosted by the 1eweier, IN
gave me q wink to indicate who he was. NC nSo
never before met, so I regarded him at my leisute-
He was an eyillooking man., over MS iet eye &c
q oueer-shaped scar, which ran crookedly across MS
forehead. The instant [ saw the scar, L felt as tnousu
the whole thing was clear. The scar, the descrlp.In
of which 1 SO well remembered, brought inc why
story freshly to my mind. L rememoefed no" -
name of Eunice Gregory-the child murderess-ano
there stood her accomplice under an assumed haWe'
Giving the jeWeler p warning glance, l hasteheu 70
my carriage. drove furiously home, shut myself Ia
my room, and determined to pass the entire night'n
necessary, in preparation for the contest. l "lSneo
to clear my client of the charge made against her,
expose the Wesleys and oblige them to make reSIi'u-
ton to the wronged and pllaged orphan. ~
| ransacked my memory to find something uAnS,o
concerning the past career of Eunice Gregory ana net
accomplish, but could find nothing. l hau reauthS
story many years before in p newspaper, the haine
which [ could not remember. | could not prove tnd
the Wesleys were the same parties; ana shoufo =
mention my suspicious in court, the district 9.ernes
would scout them as ridiculous anu malicious nlNen-
tions of my own, and the Judge would charge eo
jury to pay no heed to them. l must sap the char-
acters of the Wesleys in my cross-examlnatlons OF
their witnesses, and thus try to effect q preach una-
cient to justify q direct assault, on q Charge OF cum
spiracy against Helen, and crush James Wesley on
the witness stand. And / wove my meshes ir the
victim, until the morning sun rays streamed through
nay windows.
The court was opened, a jury empanelled, the case
called, Helen Montressor placed in the prisoners ooA,
and the District Attorneys telling, mercIiess opening
of the case. completed, in what seemed TO De put y
few minutes Of time. Helen seemed TO look more.
nocent than ever, and / resolved that fun JasUce
should be done her, if my resources could compass
such a result. 1t is in such q hour that the lawyer
feels the honor and dignity of his posltionIt Is then
that he also feels it's responsibility. 60,
The first witness was Charlotte beyce. one hao
been called by her mistress TO go up ana see neaens
trunk searched; she went up and saw the oreas.pih
and money found in tucked away in one corner.
/ BY my eross-examinations / elected the Iact tnat
Helen had just come home from an GRAND ION Whlch
she had been sent over an hour,) when hr truhA
was searched, and had on her bonnet and shaw, That
she looked quite innocent and unooncerned until the
things were found, and that she seemed astonlsheu.
On dismissing the witness, | gazed at the .Jurys pue
they sat with stern faces as though resolSep ina ma
nothing should make them eleart the eulprlt- iea!ieu
Miss Boyce back, saying | had forgotten q very I'm,
portant point. This excited some attentloh, anu
when I asked her if Mrs. Wesley was in the hapit OF
ill-treating the prisoner, everybody pricked up their
ears. The girl hesitated and stammered, and hnaiiy
said she was. And why do you think so:D 1
asked.
Because Mrs. Wesley beat her once with a large
oJu1 o,d ro,tan - iii bar and was SpOlQIOQ her.
But don't ask me any more questions" she safaehiy
exclaimed, cor | shall lose my placer
l glanced at Mrs. Wesley, and saw that she was
regarding her servant with q look Of intense nlaiIg-
nifty, and to annoy her, l appealed TO the Court 10
protect the witness against the threatening looks OK
her mistress. This brought all eyes to a focus on
Mrs. Wesey's ugly countenance, and she turneo
!; fairly white with indignation. The Judge told the
witness to speak without fear, and if she lost her
place by telling the truth, she would find plenty OF
better ones. Being satisfied with the impression
made, 1 told the witness she might go, anu the DIS
trict Attorney permitted her to pass without questions
ing. ~ -
The next witness was Miss Sarah Brown, the seam
stress-a rat-eyed, hatchet-faced, dapper little crea-
ture. ssShe was at work far Mrs. Wesley at the time
the theft was discovered. She met Helen the day be-
fore the trunk was searched, coming out OF her mis-
tress's room, and she looked SO guilty she suspected
1 she had been doing something wrong. The same day
Mrs. Wesley spoke to her about the things being
gone, and she told her suspicious. Thereupon she
thought it would be a good plan to search Helen's
1 CfuIiks pFOpOSSu 10 10 II e ONCE, DuI- 4dfe. "tcfSy
preferred to wait. When the trunk was searched,
the things were found in it, just-as she expected they
would be.
When the witness was passed over to me-, [ asked
! in q careless tone, how she knew the money was In
Mrs. WeSley's room the day she had met Helen coming
thence.
"She knew it because Mrs. Wesley had told her.
Couldn't be mistaken, for Mrs. w. had spoken about
the half eagle with a hole in it, which she was going
to present to the minister's boy -
This | made her say over and over again, until
there could be no mistake about it, and then asked il
she knew who made the hole in the half eagle.
"Yes; Mr.. Murch, the jeweler made it."
!" Is he in the room 20 / asked. =
Yes; there he is said she, pointing.
o l told Miss Brown she could go, and the District
Attorney requested that Mr.. Murch should be sworn.
The Attorney handed Murch the Identical half eagle,
and asked if he recognized it. He said he did; thas
the Magistrate who committed the prisoner had made
q mark upon it.
"That's all; the witness is yours, Mr.. Remsen. "
"Do you ~membe Mr.. Murch, on what day OF
the month you made the hole in the half eagle 20 I
asked. ~.
IS 1t WIS on the 18th of March, - said he. - =
Why, that was the very day the prisoners trunk
was searched, was it not .'' said T, turning to the
District Attorney. -
THAT is the day mentioned in the Indictment 50
he replied.
Turning again TO the witness, I said, s.Mr. Murch.
! please to recollect with precision; you heard the wiz
/ who 200 ron -na AHA& n ~ q 2~I1