The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-04-17

what on earth meant that cry OF murder,
behind Us, and that pursuing officer Their,
is some mystery, Henry; what say you =
We viii leave them TO their own thoughts
The bell for assembling tina morning
court session had ruug The room wst
filled with spectators eagerly reading r
/ the morning papers the details oil IIor'
ribe Murder" The Judge was in his sea.
/ the Attorney at hand, and now entered III,
Sheriff with two young prisoners. Thei'
eyes were Iullamed partly from a sleep
less night. aud partly from the effects o
drink. They were to be- tried on suspicion
Of murder. rho ,rinl resulted thus 4
murder had been committed only a few
squares from where the prisoners had been
arrested it had been committed but a
short time before their arrest, and on ,he
person OF a stranger, The corpse had loose
money in one pocket, the other being
empty aud money OF the same descf,p-
ton WAS found with tho prisoners. The
ground showed that n struggle had taken
place, and the corpse having been stabbed
several times aud BLEED prolusely, he would
certainly have stained his assaiau,s. The
prisoners were much stained. An cxsmin-
alton OF the wound Indicated .bat the
weapons OF assault had been heavey
piece Of metal aud sharp teu'inch dag>
ger; such weapons Wera found IN the
hands OF the prisoners several persons
from tho saloon testified to the incidents Of
the arrest, aud gave particular impressive.
moss to the evident terror of the prisoners
~. Z II.
pnguarded seli>impNcaiion. "Oh, VIII!
we're lott IL all the audience there was
uot single doubt as 70 their guilt.
They were remand .1 close imprison-
meut We need not d., ose the thoughts
which ngta,ed the hosom, Of the prisoners,
nor the d.smav which the arrest and tial
reused 10 their distant relatives and friends
The terror. the horror OF suspense, the con>
sc,ogsHess OF innocence and the impo.sl'
bilits oil proving it, made their prison and
their bosoms the blacklist hell. They bad
use for Their lsW-leafning NOW aud 10 am.
biii1u for fans cor have made then pro,
grcss So rapljly u gcu.ene-s as did eow
iho dta lcccsait} Of lAer pef.. rs position.
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ANY the othrr rinslcrn wears of aye
.iris,rui,., w.. ealn. dienifed passion
e.nontioa ,,a. haa.hed iroa their bring D.,
,bs .upfetacv ct intellect 4 farlul ri
tnfi IT required bot their position demanded
that. To-day THEN being .b.ald be- merged
In tbontbt and ihnusht alone. Alter - sis
lent conference via, thru counsel, hc iriRi
epsn.d Al the previous facts and many
more were diacsted aud -yt ioiih 40 a br'l'
liam, speech. hy the acute rod renowned
Attorney 81 tho Govttumcut No liaw
could be found la it, 50 convincing, so de-
chain oi iacis and cireum>
sinuess. cnlld not be shaken. Scarcely
ronld there have been douhiug auditor
nome doubted bot patents OF sisters. who