Worcester daily spy., 1861-09-30
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THRILLING SCENE IN A JURY ROOM.


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"e Jug many gave MS chaige' he was
Iaii anu canui'' ne reviewer the evidence
S"ieluily, anu Poi'i'eu OUT sucU as bore heavl'
uPon tle case he told Us II there was a
.inseIlHs uou"' III gu. uIiHuS we must give
tne P'isoher tle UeheIt OF IT. But could
p'a'H'y see 'na' tHere was no uouot IN his
hilnu'
"eltie ~ jury were Cohuucted 10 our room
~ an olllcer, ana there locked up. A silence
Vi sum- minutes enSueu' Moultoh warren
was az lne :, i,st ~ " speah.
"e',' ne SAUL pose lnefe no need
OF our pelu mere great while. vi course
we an hno" tlat the prisoner must nave set
IRE 70 the mouse
lhefe was solIel'iiug IN Inc manner OF That
inan as ne saiu tntS "ilich eXcited my cnrlosl'
W "on1 say IL was Suspicion theh--ony
curiosity ne sp0Ke WIN forced ehort at
cal'llhess "hich l at once perseived. The
more lookeu at nun the more became
sUoney nervous anu uneasy wondering why
ne siiouiu oe 50 anxious 10 yet RIA OF tlle case,
anu "",o A.noo'u coit ic'eu' kne" ti'at ne
Tequeh'eu .i'a' eVlI Housei ana t"at ne llad
done muG'i toward tempting Charley to dissi-
pauon' knew tiiat he was IN that house on
inc nighi OH "nicn tie prisoner was robbed :;
ior Chariey 'laI '9'u me SO wnen visited hm
III ms cyl u'u 'I'eH ~, asNei Tue unfortunate
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", ne was sure Vi H. ne s"otiu nave hunted
nm up Oh II'e hie,'t oi Tue ROBBERY, only they
tol1 MN mn, warren , ,,au gone
.IJ Dy-a"u E pS' ,'t t io,e''an proposed tilal we
s"ou'u e"o" '"N0 up P'eGe VI paper aha
"rlte uQ"h our oPi'iioh' anu then compare
ho'es' wG"' " ny nat "i'Ic" ! nau placed
upon 'a',e WIN Hulhotf OF others, and
,ooH o"' q Si' VI P"teT' mac got nan way
pach 10 ''t ,"",' -" ''e., lpund nag made
'his'aKe' '"u s"I part oi letter from an
otler man hal, was ABOUT 10 turn back,
wheh lhe nau'e 1i writer OF the letter arrested
my attenuon' 1 looked more closely, and
read stephen Uraht' Next caught this
sentence :
ana now, uear Charles, II not Tor your
own, yet Tor your mothers sake, let me hope
you will do better"
l started as though shot had struck me.
held in my hand the other half OF the sheet
which had been used to fire the burned house
went to the table. and found that | had taken
it from Warren's hat looked up to see if l
had been observed-and had not. l put the
paper back, and then took piece from my
own hat, which was the sane pattern as the
other, and by its side.
l returned to the table and sat down. War.
rem was by my side. He had written his
opinion, and took a knife from his pocket to
cut Il from the large sheet
Let me take your knife n,oment, if you
please sad TO hln.
Without hesitation he did so. | took it-d
acaS Charles Am6odS KNIFE = ME LARGE blade
,caS gone! With all the power possessed |
restrained my deep emotion 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 since the
night of the fire and now he used the knife
probably without the least remembrance of
the loss it had sustained during very peculiar
piece of work, to the execution o! which it
made subservent.
We talked for some ten minutes, and found
that eleven OF the jury were bent on rendering
verdict of guilty though most Of than were
IN favor OF recommending Inc prisoner 70
mercy. Moulton warren was dtclded' lie
had no mercy at all.
Presently started up and pretended 10 be
faint sad must go our ior rev iAohiohts;
L kicked al tue uoor anu 'ne uePu'J s"tiAH
came lie heard my pea ana leI me out,
As soon as we had gained saIe distance
told him all. lie was astoniSneo, ana went
away when ne came pack ne Drought tie
district attorney ana the ulstricl Juuge anu ''lg
sheriff. told them again whal had seel-l
assured thetii tlat kue" t'ia' IL was no '"e'e
suspicion. And l explained, toe, Warren's
manner IN the jury room, ana liis toimer con
nectlons win the prisoner ana MS KNOWN
character
The Ohcers went away, ana at tle eha 0,
ten minutes they returned, a cohStanie auIed
20 their number ana this Gohstaoie haI I,
freshly written il'st' uihelt III ms manu- ne
sheriff bade me 10 pOlut OUT the NAT 10 'Deih
as soon as we entered Tue loo'n'
Ihe door oi 'lle room ,,, o3eiieu anu l pointed
them 10 me nat Ahv s"eIln ttooH II anu
asked whose II was. ar[eh eapeu ~ HIS
teet ana seizeu II. OUT was teIu o"cH'
Woru was lns'"i''y sem ~ the J"ose 'na'
the jury couid NOT agree: lAey were uis'
charged anu men N1ou'toh " "ar!eh was St"rCh-
ed Inc Khiie iouhd upon nun anu MS oe'
havlor at once exposed MS gullt' Inc presence
OF that letter was accounted lor py MN III
dozen different ways wilhin an hour.
A new jury was inpaneled, and Charles
Ambold was acquitted Shortly atterward
Warren was trieu. IL was planly proved
that the moman who kept it was to have been
burned up in 1t, as he contrived 10 lock her in
ito her room shortly after setting the fire. She
had incurred his displeasure IN various ways,
and this was his revenge. Not only she but
two OF her glls had suspected nm from the
first, but they dared not complain, FIR fear he
would not be convicted and would be sure to
murder them.
The hardened villain confessed his guilt at
ter he had been condemned, and then 1t was
that he told how he happened to be so care
less in regard to the paper and knife. 1t was
he who had robbed Ambold, and when he
took the old letter from his hat to use II tor
torch in setting the fire, he did not notice
what il was, and even when that partly burned
halt had been exhibited i'll court. he had en-