Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-05-21
pIcKENs COURT HOUSE, S. c. SATURDAY, MAY 81, 1850


cpcd in sheet of brown paper, directed
60 Everett, ESD, Woodlands Manor
House, Yorkshire :" and upon close exam
ination, small quantity of white powder,
which proved to be acetate of morphine,
was found in the flask. Suspicion of young
Evcrctt's guilt now became conviction
These were the chief incidents disclosed
to me by Mr. Sharpe, during our long and
painful consultation Our consultation the
next day WAS sad and hopeless one. No
where did glcam of cheerful light break
in, The case was overwhelmingly COM
plctc against the prisoner. The vague sus-
picions we entertained pointed to crime
80 monstrous, so incredible, that we felt it
could not be so much as limited at upon
such, legally considered, slight grounds.
business was over, ua Mr.. SharDc's
chief clerk entered to say that Sergeant Ed
wards, an old soldicr-who had spoken to
them some time before relative to il large
claim which he had against Captain Eve
Tctt, riSihg out of n legacy bcqucntlcd to
him in india, and the best mode of assur-
ing its payment 10y an annuity, as prcpos.
cd by the captain-had now called to say
that the terms were at last finally arraug-
cd, and that he wished to know Wien Mr..
Sharpe would be at leisure to draw up the
bond. " lie need not fear for his money I"
exclaimed Sharpe tartly, +" the captain will,
| think, be rich enough bcforcanothcr week
has passed over orr heads. Tell him to
call tomorrow evening; / will sec him af-
forwards. | and Mr.. Kingston took our
| leave
The Crown Court was throngcd to suiIo-
cation on the following morning, and the
excitement of the auditory appeared to be
OF the lntcnscst kind. \ true bill against
the prisoner had bccu found on the prcvi-
ous afternoon; and the rria!, it had been
arranged, to suit the convenience of coun-
sci, should be first proceeded with As
soon MS the Judge had taken his seat, the
prisoner was ordered to be brought in, and
hush of expectation pcrvadcd the assem-
bly, I'm few minutes he made his ap-
pcarnncc iii the doek. Hiss Saspcctstronglyap-
pcalcd to the feelings ofthc audience -alow
nurmurof sympathy ran through the court.
lhc jury were sworn, and the attorney for
the crown rose toaddrcss them. His speech
produced great impression upon ali who
heard 1T; and few persons mentally with
held their assent to his assertion, as he
concluded what wos evidently painful
task, "that should he produce evidence
substantiating the statement that he made,
the man who could then refuse to believe
IN the prisoners guilt, would equally re-
fuse crcdcncc to actions witnessed by his
own bodily eyes"
The different witnesses were then called,
and testing to the various facts | have be-
fore related. Yainly did Mr.. Kingston
and exert ourselves to invaitlatc the ir-
rcSistablc proofs of guilt SO dispassionatcly
detailed. " 1t is useless" whispered Slr.
Sharpe, as ! sat DOWN "Yof have done
all that copld be done; but he is doom
cd man, spite of his innocence, of which i
ieel, every moment that look at him, the
more and more convinced"
The arguments were made; the Judge
summed up; thcjury dclbcrated for few
mnHtes; and a verdict of equity" was
returned. Sentence to die on the day af-
ter the next followed, and all was over,
x n NJ
was sitting at home about an hour af-
ter the court had closed, painfully musing
on the events of the day, when the door of
the apartment suddenly few open, and in
rushed Mr. Sharpe in state of great ex-
citcmcnt, accompanied by Sergeant Ed
wards, whom the reader will remember had
called the previous day at the gentcman's
house. In few minutes Was in posses
sion of the following important information,
elected by Mr.. Sharpe from the half.wil
ling, halt-rcluctant sergeant, whom he had
found waiting for him at his office:
In the first place, Captain Everett was
not the father of the prisoner! Thc young
man was the son of Mary Fitzhugh by her
first marriage; and his name, consequent
y, was Mofdaunt, not Everett His mo-
ther had survived her second marriage
barely six months. Everett, calculating
doubtless upon the great advantages which
would be likely to result to himself as the
reputcd fithcrof the heir to a splendid En-
glish estate, should the quarrel with Mrs.
Eleanor f;tzhugh-as he, nothing doubt
cd -he ultn atcly made up, had brought
his deceased wifes infant son up as his
own. This was the secret of Edwards and
his wife; and to purchase their silence,
Captain Everett had agreed to give the
bond for annuity which Mn Sharpe was tc
draw up The story of the legacy was
mere prctcnce. when Edwards was in
Yorkshire before, Everett paciicd him for
the time witha sum of money, and prom
isc to do more for him as soon as his rcp,l-
ted son came into the property. He then
hurried the cide0dnt sergeant back to Lon
don. and ot tba l,ct in ntnr,,;o,,, H., H. I 10,