Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-02-06

49,. /. ~.rrct ON tie mass oi spectators. HE
prsvncr's co,.rse If dssipalion-his many
th., at ;gl;ns, he ,ousc-and The vcri fact
OF his Lu.ing l,een robbed and abused there,
We're heavy against tiiEi
The counsel !urthc prisoner made his 81 eco
which was ,bvlel aud hard. He was foolish
enough 10 intimate that if his client was
around ut Ihr back part Of the house more
than once, he must Lave been intux Gated. In
short. his plea had better betm LETT out The
ev' derce he couli nut shake, aEti be did all he
coat to surpoS, evidence, some OF it mls! i!h.
Snr and ridiculous. afterwards ca al
thu, II ,ul,un Warren had engaged that law.
yer for the youthful prisonerl The go.ern
mcnt attorney made his plea. 1t was plain,
straight forward, and very conclusive.
The Judge finally gave his charge. lie was
fair aud candid. He reviewed the evidence
carefully, and pointed un: such as bore heavily
upon the case He told us if thcr. was Il lin
gering doubt in our minds we mast g We the
e1l.:r the benefit Of it. But could plainly
that there WAS no doubt in his mind.
We-tl.e iury-were conducted to "ur room
an officer. and there locked up. A senc:
OF some minutes cnSued. Momlton Warren
WAS the first to speak. W,ll, he said,r i
s'pose there's 10 Eted Of our bein' here q
great xhilc OF course We al know that lhe
prisoner must Lave set fire to the house (!
There was something in tie manner of tint
maa, as he said this, that excited my curiosity
j won, say il WAS suspicion thcl-on!y Gu.
riositv. He spoke with Il forced elect nj
c.lmness-whrh at once perceived. The
more looked at him, the more became
strangely ners ous and uneasy; wondered wl:y
b.. should be so arXicus 10 he rid ct tn: case,
and have Ambo!d convicted. | knew that b.
h d lrcqurnled that evil house, and that he
had d, he much towards tempting Charley t.
dissipation. ! krew lie was in that house Oh
the night when Charley was rohhed--fnr Cha"
ley had told me so when visited him in his
cell. | had then asked the unfortunate youth
if he was sure Warren was his friend. ., be
was sure of it. He should have hunted him
upon the night of his robbery, only they tod
him War;, n had gone.
By the by, lie foreman proposed that we
should each take a piece of paper and write
down our opinion. and then compare notes.
went t, my hat, which ! had placed upon
table with a number of others, and took o. ("
sheet of paper. had got half way back to
the table when found had made a mistake.
had got part Of letter from another mans
hat. WIS about 10 turn back when the name
of the writer of the letter arrested my atleh
ton. looked more closely, ard read Sic
phen Grant :,ext caught this sentence:
and now, dear Charles, if not for your
own vet for your mothers sake, let me hope
you will do better
I starte as though shot had struck ME,
7 held in nv hand the other l:alf Of the sheet
which had been used to fire The house! ]
went to the table and found hat ! had taken
it from MouIton Warrcn's hat? Hooked to see
ii had been observcd-and had not pnt
the paper back, and then took piece irrm
my own hat, which was of the same pattern AS
tue other, and by its side.
| returned to the table and sat down. War
rem was by my side Hehad written his opn'
ion and took u knife from his pocket to Cut it
from the large sheet.
LET me take your knife q moment, If you
please, said to him
Without hesitation he did so. took tit
was Charles Ambolds knife the large blade
was gone! With all the power possessed, |
retained my deep emotions, and having cut
my paper handed back the knife.
WHY should he have that knife SO boldly
about him? | afterwards learned. He had
not worn those pantaloons before sinre The
pight of the fire. aud now he used the knife,
nrobablv, without the least remembrance OF
the loss it had sustained during 4 very pecu
liar piece of work, to the execution Of which
it was made subscrrient.
We talked for some ten minutes, and
found that eleven of the jury we're bent Oh