Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-04-03

asked; and he trusted in God and in the rIch,
eousness of the cause in which he was enga
ged, to be able to show the character of tn
accused as pure and spotless as the roonda
| sun in heaven.
There was a breathless stiffness throughou
the courtroom during the progress of thes
remarks. The confident manner In whicl
| they were uttered, in the face of testimony 81
astounding, which had carried conviction t,
| almost every mind, of the prisoners guilt
awakened redoubed interest, and caused
painful idea in the minds of the more reflect
ing, that possibly, in the silent workings O
their own thoughts, they had condemned tn,
prisoner too soon.
The gentleman who had held the mortgage
was the first witness called by the defence
He came into the courtroom few moment.
before with the drover to whom he had paid
the money, accompanied by William Johnson
who, it now came out, had been to seek him
in Ohio, and bring him back as a witness in
the case.
him to the drover of the SAME bills he had re
cefved from the prisoners father, but he
could not identify the bank.
The drover, however, Swore positively that
they were on the Granife, and not on the Globe
Bank. That he noticed and REM EN- bered them
particularly, as ten and twenties, check letter
'sB, I" and that he had paid them out for stock,
in small amounts at a time, excepttwo or three
of the bills which were then in his possession,
and which he produced in court.
After having been searchingly cross-ques-
toned by the District Attorney, without va
rying in the least from the previous statement
he was permitted to withdraw, and William
johnson was called upon the stand. After
having been shown the letter which accompa.
led the package of money sent to the prison
ner's father, he was asked
fhaf lo%fo haf
eyes,
"Can you, or can you not, identify the
hand 7''
s'I can. I,rrofe that letter myself, and sent
it, with the money that accompanied it to Mr..
Kendall. drew it from the Granite Bank,
of Boston, on check in my own name. From
motives of delicacy, It was kept secret at
the time and when explained it to the ccun-
sci for the defense, by his advice it has been
kept a secret until Dow.''
There was confusion and excitement in the
courtroom, and it was some time before qui-
ct could be restored.
He said, in answer to the District Attorney
on the cross-examination, that he had no Sc
cresy or delicacy about the matter now chat
he had been some time engaged to the pris-
oner at the bar, and that unknown to any one,
he had taken on himself the privilege Of dis
charging the Indebtedness of man whom he
had known and honored in early life and who
was the father of his intended wife.
The teller Of the Granite Bank fully corrob-
GRATED the drawing of the funds by johnson,
and produced the indentical check on which
they had been drawn.
Miss Mason was now recalled, and asked if
she had lately purchased shawl OF Campbell
4 Co.; to which she answered that she had
and that the price was twenty dollars.
Question-"Of whom did you receive the
money you paid for it2''
.7nsuer-s.Of Miller, one of the witnesses
for the prosecution"
The clerk of Campbell < Co., produced the
bill, which was paid by the last witness for
the shawl, and it was identified as one of those
which had been stolen. Miller was seen at
this moment to be making for the door in ev-
ident haste and confusion, but the eyes of the
whole Court were directed toward him, and
he was Immediately taken into custody by
warrant from the Bench. The trial was sus-
pended for short time, while search was
made Of his apartment, and nearly all the
missing money was found in the bottom of his
trunk.
The case was then submitted without argu-
ment or charge. and the jury at once return
ed verdict ssNot Gnilty.''
The most intense excitement prevailed in
the city. A crowd assembled before the Jail,
threatening to seize the william Miller, and
tear him limb from limb but being overruled
by better counsel, they repaired to the Court,
and as the prisoner (now prisoner no longer)
came down the steps leaning on the arm of
Johnson, sent up loud, long cheer to heaven,
tina: made the welkin ring again. The coun-
elor and his fair client, with her father and
Johnson were placed in coach, from which
the horses were embarrassed, and drawn by
the ready hands of excited men, in triumph to
their hopes.,.
Mi&er and Julia Mason were indicted for a
conspiracy, and the trial set down for that
very term of the Court; but nolle prosequi
was entered in her behalf, on condition that
she would disclose the plot. She said that
Miller had promised her marriage on condi-
tions involving her own dishonor, and had af-
erwards refused to fulfil them. That he had
renewed his promise with the
most solemn protestations, in case she would
aid him in fixing the larceny he himself had
committed, upon Miss Kendall-in order, as
he said, to avenge an insult which he had re-
ceived at her hands-and tLat he had given
ler the twenty dollars which she had given to
Campbell & Co.-that after many promises
md threats, she had at last consented in the
hope Of retrieving her own disgrace, and that
'he had placed the envelope, which was given
her by Miller for that purpose, in the place
where she testified it was found.
Miller was tried, found guilty, and senten-
Led to the State Prison for ten years Coun-
elor M reputation was established as eel
,brated lawyer; and Lucy Kendall, with un-
,lemished character, was restored to her faith
n, her lover, and her friends.
There was awholesale execution of river
pirates at Canton, China, lately; not less than
wo hundred being decapitated on the bridge
where such executions occur. The whole bu-
iness took bnt half an hour. The execution
RS, of whom there were several, Wed to see who