M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-02-24

person and features"
cat what time was this9"
"About the middle of June"
"Can you state the precise date ol
your arrival there?"
"No. | think it was on tile 18th OIL
10th Of tile month"
Then turning to the court the wit
ness added:
~ am not clear, your honors, as ia
the exact day; but if your honors will
allow me to send to my hotel, where
am temporarily stopping here, can
obtain my memorandum book which
will assist me, your honors permitting
it."
Leave was given aC once, and in a
few minutes a small trunk was bro't
into the court from the strangers
room at the little hotel.
Upon opening the box the diary was
found, and the witness turned to the
10th Of June, under which date the
following item occurred:
"Mem-Paid porter for carrying
luggage to lodgings in AIdboro, half
a crown. Arrived at p 2. NJ"
The Judge now asked again.
"And do you state that this prison.
er was the identical person who did
this service for you, Mr.. Edgeford,
at that timep
- am perfectly clear, your honor,
in this belief"
Here was singular statement that
staggered the court, the jury and the
! populace1and by no means least, The
honorable member of Parliament who
had been robbed on the highway. II
this account was correct, Aldboro' be.
ing near a hundred leagues distant
from harrington road-surely Bur.
rows could not have beer in both pla-
ces on the same night, to wit: the 10th
Of June, 1914.
81 paid him a half crown piece,
your honors, which had an unusually
large hole in it; ard | remember a re.
mark that he made at the time-that
it had been sadly Jew'd, alluding to
its lightness from this cause"
MIR. Edgeford sat down, and the
! prisoner asked that the officer who ar.
rested him might be called for a mo,
ment, who was subsequently, required
to produce the contenes of the prison.
er's pockets, found on him when ia,
ken.
Among the small amount of silver
thus secured, was a mutilated half
crown piece, which was shown to Mr..
Edgeford, who Immediately declared
it to be the one he paid the porter to
the best OF his belief.
This settled the verdict at once
The crowd applauded, the Judge sat
down in amazement, the case went to
the jury, and the result was an un-
qualified acquittal on their part with
out leaving the box.
That same evening "1Ienry Edge
ford, ESQ.," and John Burrows left
town OF B. together. They were two
accomplished confederatcs in crime,
both being gentlemen of the road"
Burrows was the robber Of the M.
p, lie was really guilty, but his friend
and companion in evil assumed the
disguise Of gentleman traveller, and
being aware of the circumstances OF
the case from the beginning, found
no difficulty in coming story adapted
to the moment and the imminent en-
ergency OF his associate.
His letters were forgeries, his bills
Of credit the same; he learned what
coins were found upon Burrows when
he was arrested, and his determina-
ton to clear him was entirely success
tul. There was no time or opportu-
nifty for rebutting the testimony Of
EdgeforG-his whole plan was a per-
feet coup de 9race--and to his confed-
crate in crime he proved eminently,
on that occasion, a timely witness.
AN AVAILABLE CANDIDATE.-lf
there be any who think that Mr.. FIRE.
mont cannot run as well as he did in
1856, the following item from the Mar
iposa Democrat may serve to enlight'
en- them:
"On Thursday last Fremont was
seen to pass through Quartzburg, and
take his way down the Stockton road,
in a buggy, at a rattling speed. This,
of course, excited the peoples culios.
ity, but before any conclusion could
be arrived at as to the probable cause.
the under sheriff hove in view at full
speed. Whether he effected the ar
rest we have not yet learned. Tho
Colonel is hard to catch when he gets
a good start"
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Among, the recent cases of pardon
as given by Gov. Bingham, of Michi-
gan, in his message on the subject,
was one granted in part, in the Ian
guage Of the worthy Governor-'upon
the uDyielding opportunities of his
mother