The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-02-17

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He said he was innocent Of tho crime
imputed TO him. He said that he had threated
to burn that house down-that he had said Il
bout all that had been sworn to. And, further
more, he was around the house on the night oI
the fire. lie was not ten rods OF when the
fumes burst forth, and he was one of the first to
give the alarm He hid uttered one cry of fire
when he noticed where the flames must have
originatel, and the thought clme to him if he
was rounl there, he m'ght be suspected ofhav-
ing set the fire; so he ran away. He also said
that three nights before the conalgration, he
had been ro5bel in that house. His pockets
had been emptiel ofevery thing in them and
his peck ,t-b bo * containing SID in money, and
soma valuable papers had been TAKEN He had
gone th.re on the night of the fire to try and
persuade them to give hlm back his money
and papers at least to get back what he
could When ne got there, he saw man 80 in
whom he did not wish to see, so he had hung
arounl waiting FOR him to dcplrt. He was a.
round BY tn, buck Of the building once-an1
that was an hour before the fire brok1 out
H.kls nothiny -aothiny. lie claspcd his
han H. anl with his fearless eyes raised toward
heaven h. called on God to witness th.th was
innocent.
! | have told you that knew him well. /!
knew him 50 well, that from that moment knew
him to be innocent! knew his very SOUL
knew how free and open it was-ah, how sinfuly
80. | knew there was no falsehood in the story
he told us.
"My boy is innocent! Myboy is innocent"
| heard tho cry--and saw an old woman
sink back into the arms Of male companion,
| 1t was his poor mother. Her heart was we'll
nigh broken. Yet saw that all this had but
little effect upon the great mass ofspsctators.--
The prisoners course Of dissipation--his many
threats against the house---and the very fact ol
his having been robbed and abused there were
heavy against him.
The counsel for the prisoner made his speech
which was labored and hard. He was foolish
enough to Intimate that if his client was around
| at the buck part of the house more than once,
he must have been intoxicated In short, his
plea had better been left out The evidence he
could not shake, and he did all he could to sup
pose evidence, some Of it most absurd and ri
dculous. afterwards learned that Moulton
Warren engaged that lawyer for the youthful
prisoner! The government attorney made his
plea. Ttw4s plain, straightforward, and very
conclusive. f #t a
The Judge finally gave his charge. He was
fair and candid. He reviewed the evidence
] carefully. and poin c1 out such as bore heavily
upon the case lie told us if there was 4 linger
ing doabt in our minds we mist give the pris-
oncr the benefit OF it. But could plainly see
that there was no doubt in his mind.
We--the jury--were conducted to our room
by an officer, and their locked up, A silence Of
some minutes ensued. Moulton Warren was
the first tospeak: .h
"Well"he said 81 s'pose there no need of
our ben here great while OF course we all
know that the prisoner must have set fire to the
houset'
There was something in the manner of that
man as he said this which excited my curios-
Ii:y--I won't say it was suspicion then--only
curiosity lie spoke with a forced effort at
calmness which at once perceived. The more
looked at him the more became strangely
nervous AMI uneasy, wondered why he should
be so anxious to get rid OF the cause, and have
Ambold convicted. knew that hchad 'reqnen-
| ih,fo oxIho nd ba har haI dnna MN
towards tempting Charley to dissipation.
knew he was in that house on the night or
which the prisoner was rohhed-for Charley
had told me so when visited him in his eel
was sure Warren was his friend. 0, he was
sure of it. He should have hunted him up or
the night ofrobbery, only they told him War
:, ren had gone. ,r' 5 g w % vs.
BY the by, the foreman proposed that W.
should each take up piece OF paper and writt
down our opinion, and then compare notes.
wentto my hat which l had placed upon tahlt
with number ofohers, md took ont shee
OF paper had got halfway back tothe table
: when lound | had made mistake. I ha(
got part of Il letter from another mans hat.
was about to tilfn back vixen the name Of tn,
letter arrested my AT rahtion. booked mor
! closely, and rept---"Stephcn Grant" Next
y caught this sentence. y n haAsat baa iE
'tAni no dear Charles, if not for your own
yet for your mothers sake let me hope you will
! d. bittcrn eyru o3 gre OBJ tgBie li gy
started back as though shot had struckme
held in my hand tho other half of the shee
which had been used to fire the burned house
: went to the table and found that had take,
. it from Warrens hat! looked to see If ] ha,
: been observed--and had not. Ippt the pa
per back, and then took piece from my owl
i hat, which was of the same pattern as the 9th
er, and by its side. I Mf
o returned to the table and sat down. War
\ ren was by my side. He had written his opin
q ion, and took knife from his pocket to cut
d from the large sheet. Ees M Ia 18th s-g
4 LET me take your'knife moment, if yo
o please" said to him. .e 3aoiaa a4
n Withou, hesitation he did SO. took it t--it svo
]. Charles naJolaisInie!tle large baas sops goat
i With all the power possessed restrained m
deep emotion, and having cut my paper ! han
. dad back the knife. ...- -g, .s..,,.
VI Why should he have that knife SO bold !
y about him. / afterwards learned. lie ha
2 not worn those pantaloons before since II,
e night ofahe fire; and now be used the knif
/ iprobably without the least remembrance of tn