American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-07-23
EXCITING TRIAL ATNEyV Or.
LEANS

IHfS HHN S,eA - i""A eOA VI q VIII
tury--for tho killing of Charles II. G.
Stone, IA native of Yirginia,) q young
man of previously irreproachable char
acter, and q junior member, Of one of
the largest and most respectable mer.
camille houses of that city, took place
on the 18th inst, and was briefly al
luded to yesterday. The killing grew
out of the charge that Stone had sedu-
ced the daughter of Hardy, and then
refused to marry her. The trial seems
to have created intense excitement,
and the courtroom was throngcd with
an anxious multitude. The defence
admitted the killing but contended that
under the circumstances, it was iusti-
fable. Mr.. Durant counsel for the ac.
cusod, made On interesting and power
tul statement to tho jury. Miss Car.
ollne M. Hardy, the daughter who had
been seduced, was among the witness
es on the trial. The Crescent says:-
She was neatly dressed, disclosing a
graceful, but rather small figure, and
was closely yelled. After receiving
the oath she took her seat in the eleva-
ted chair still vcilcd, Mr. Noise told
her politely that it would be necessary
for her to raisa her veil. She raised
the heavy brown veil which hid her face
leaving black veil still hanging. Her
face could, however, be plainly seen.
She was very pale but very resolute
looking. In reply to the questions of
MIR. Durant, she gave her answers in
o clear and firm voice and in language
which proved she had the EDUCATION Of
lady. -. ... -. ~. g.. r.,
Upon being asked by Mr.. Durant in
a manner as decorous as the case would
allow, if Stone had seduced her, and if
he was not the father of her child, her
firmness deserted her. She bowed O.
var, the arm of the chair and cried and
Scbbed bitterly. Her father also gave
lSyay, and the feeling spread among tho
Jurors. spectators and everybody. -
We never saw SO much silent weeping
in any crowded assembly as there was
on this occasion whilst the father and
daughter sobbed together. The sccno
laSteu sovcrai mlnptCS.
The main points Of her testimony are
embraced in the remarks of Mr.. Du-
rant. She swore positively to the Sc
duction, and Stones promise to marry
her, and his subsequent refusal to COM
ply with his promise. ...
The prosecution having INTRODUCED
two witnesses who swore that they had
criminal intercourse with Miss Hardy
and that she had asked Stone for mon
ey; she was. recalled to the stand.-
She mounted tho steps firmly, and in
stead ofseating herbclf, stood up rails
cd her right hand, and in q clear, loud
voice, which fell with electric force up.
on the brcathlcss assemblage, said:
| "Before Almighty God, and by all
my hopes hereafter, 1 do solomnly
swear that what those mon have sworn
about me is-5alse-tal8e-ta
[stamping her foot.] IF ten thousand
ltOes depended on at, 1t as all false. I
don't soc how any man could come here
and talk that way before my fathor,
and" ''o o. s.'"' ...
Hore she fell into the chair end gave
way to q hysterical ft Of weeping and
sobbing. The court was fairly stun
ned by her vehemence and the dramat.
ic force of the scene. Upon recover
ing herself, Miss Hardy stated that it
was false that she ever asked joseph
Stone for money. lie had profess; ;.,i,
great sorrow for her dist. ssses, and
had offered hcr the money, and insist.
ca or ner ..aKing it. She had written
AIM notes to come and see her but she
had mover asked him for money. She
never had criminal intercourse with
any one but Charles Stone.
The case was submitted to the jury
without argument, md in few min
utes returned d verdict of mot guilty.
|The result produced a scene seldom
witnessed in such o place. Cheer Of.
ter thcor resouhded through the build
ing, and the indignant rcmonstranccs
of tho judges, and the repeated orders
lof tbe sherifs failed to quiet the en-,
thusiasm. The demonstrations ycro
renewed outside the courtroom until
Mr.. Hardy succeeded in getting away
from lis friends and driving off in o
carrjge with his daughter.
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How to stop t,1ooa.~-Tako the fnc
dust Of teas, or the serapings Of tho in.
lsido Of tanned lenthcr. hind IT, close