The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-03-13


twice"
"whcn was lhe last imc''
"khe did not remember
ibid fonTcf Waik home viii hgTo ON the
nigh! Of the er'
"Noi part n the way Pr
YES part Of tho way"
ibid PesIos sometimes wear q black, shiny
Lat?'
"NO-yes she did not remember"
"Whero wa Pearoe rt"f~
"She didn't know"
"IlAd hs disappeared since that Sunday
evening"
"shs didn't know"
Had sh0 seen hiw'inoo"
"llad Wilson ever threatened 10 discharge
her Tor insooncc 90 Mrs, Armflrong 3'
"iea but shs knew he was not la clruost
"Wm not the clasp,knic that had been
found always len in the kitchen for culinary
purPosrS"
"No-nol always generally but not ms
time that Armstrong went away, she was
sure"
"Mhry Sirugnell you be q false sworn wo,
mAn, before God aud man. interrupted The
male prisoner with violence Of manner,
The outbreak 81 the prisoner was checked
and rphuked by the judge, and the cross cN
counsel been allowed 10 follow up his adVnu- I
tsge by On address Ia tho jury he would, |
doubt not, spite Of their prejudoes ngainsl I
the prisoners, have obtained an acquittul hut
as Il waS, after neutral sort Of charge from /.
the Judge, by no means the nbcst that then /
adorned the bench, the jurors, having dclibc- |
rated for something more than half an hour, /.
returned into court. with verdict Of "guilly" /.
sgsinst both prisoners, accompanying il, how .
ever, with a strong Recommendation 10 mercy /
Mercy said the judge "What for On .
Whist groundP"
The,ju o-s stared ~ each other and NJ the .
judge they had no reason to give! The fact .
NAa, their conviction Of the prisoners guilt .
had been very much shaken By the cross-tN-
animation Of the chief wilnc,, for the pfosc-
eution, n this recommendation was COM
promise which conscience made with doubt .
] have known many such instances.
The usual ridiculous f'rmllity Of asa NC
the wrstchcd conyicts what.thcy had 10 urge
why sentence should not he passed upon them
was gone h ough the judge, with unmo,cd
feelings, put on che fatal cap aud then a new
and startling light burst upon the mysterious,
beNildering affair,
stop, my lord" exclaimed Armstrong,
with rough vchemei &C. "lIcht me speak I'll
tell ye all about III l will indeed, my lord.
Quiet, Martha, tell Sc, It's my lord not
the wife Doant hurt the wife, and Use till
We all about H. ] ALONE am guityj not the
Lord he praised, Of murder but Of robbery"
"John John {" sobbcd the wife, clinging
passionat0ly TO her husband, "lct US die to
gether"
.Onict Maaiha-I-t,. ll s-,.t ~, nv i6Td, :
Ise tell We oil about IT, ! was gone away,
wife and /, for more nor q week, tnrccciyc
money for Mr.. Wilson, on account Of Snug
gled goods that money, my lord, as was
found in the chest When We came home on
that dreadful Sunday nightsmy lord we went
in the back way and hearing u noise, went I
up stairs, and found poor Wilson stanc-dcad
on the floor. ] were drcadhlly skcarcd. and
let drop the candle. / called TO my wife, and
told her of lt4-Shc Acrcamcd OUT and anaisi =
tainted away. And then, ny lord. all ui once
the devil shot into my head 10 keep the mon
ey had brought and knowing rs the keys
OF the desk where the mortgage writing was
kept was in the bedroom, crcpt back, as the q
false hearted woman said, got the keys, aud
took the decd, and then persuaded wife, ,
who had been trembling in the kitchen all
tho while, that wc had better go out quiet
again, rs there was nobody in the house hut !
-==f-ti=frt tETrFt- That wumaUS doOf-and VIC /
might perhaps he taken for the murdcrcrs. I
And 80 We did and thatsthc downright hon.
est truth, my lord. I'm rightly served hut :
God bless you, donnt hurt the woman-my !
wife, my lord, these thirty years. Fivc.and- I
twenty years ago come may, which | shall la
never see, VIC buried our two children. He'd l.
they lived might have been n better man
but the place they lcn empty was soon filed r
up by love of cursed lucrc, and that has {
brought me here deserve it but oh, pcr- Il
cy, my lord mercy good gentlemen turn :.
ing from the stony features of the Judge, 10
the jury, as il they could help him-"not for ;
ME, but for the wife. She %e-us innocent ms n
n new born babe. It's | ! !! scoundrel that o
he, that has brought thee to this shameful ..
pass The rugged mPn snotched his life
10 his breast with passionate emo =
ton, and tears Of rcmorsc and agony stream 81
ed down his rough checks. fl
was deeply affected, and felt chat the man :,
had uttered the whole truth 1t was evident
y one Of those cases in which person liable It
10 suspicion damages his own cause byrcsort- al
ng to trick. No doubt, by his act of theft, v
Armstrong had been driven to an cxpcdcnt n,
which would not have been adopted by
person perfectly innocent. And thus, from q
inc thiHg to another ti1u charge OF murder W
rad been fixed upon him and his haplcss wife. ci
When his confession had been uttered, felt u.
/ species of sel-aceusation in having contrib =
lted TO his destruction md gladly would ! -
ave undone the whole days proceedings p'
The judge. on the contrary, was quite undis-
urbed. Viewing the harangue of Armstrong IN
- mere tissue of falsehood, he cody pro- =,
'ounced sentence Of death on the prisoners Pi
They were to be hanged on Monday. Ehis W
vas Friday c.
"A bad job :" whispered the counsel for n,
he defense, as he passed me. THAT witness 6,
If yours, the woman Strugncll is the real ~
llprit." &c
tasted no dinner that day: was sick at tn
earti for felt as il the blood of two fellow SC
features was on my hands. In the evening .,
sailed forth to the judges lodgings. lie >.
listened to all had to say but was quite III
The obstinate old man was sat III
SIZED that the sentence was as it should be-
eturned to my inn IN despair Without 1,
he Npprovalofthe judge knew that an APP -
,ication to the Secretary of State was futile. III
here was not even time to send to London
nlcss the imdge Ind grnnicl-n rnsnitn lr