Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-04-12

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must be deeply laid, and am more than
ever convicted we act wisely in not show
ing our hand in this preliminary exami-
nation. Our time is not yet come. Bet
ter to bear suspicion unjustly for time
than to escape in the end and leave a
stain of doubt upon her character. Her
reputation is as dear to both her and you
as her liberty or life. Now first of all,
90 round to all the stores in the city, and
leave secret orders TO have the bills or
the Globe Bank of Boston, answering
the description of those which have beer
lost, particularly watched. The CLERK
assures me that they are a new issue
and not yet in general circulation. Af-
ter that is done, we will make other ar
rangements for the Defense
The interval of time between the pre-
liminary examination and the day of tri-
al was not spent in idlcness, although the
defence'gave no clue to the course they in
tended to pursue. Other circumstances
had come to light which seemed to fix
the crime still more surely upon Miss
Kendall. 1t had been ascertained that
her father had received a package of five
hundred dollars about the time of the
theft, with which he had paid off the
mortgage on his farm. The moment
he heard of his daughters arrest he had
hastened to see her, and was Immediately
subppnaed and compelled to recognize to
appear as a witness in behalf of the peo-
pie, and against his own child.
The tide Of the public opinion, which
at first was in her favor, set stronger and
stronger against her, as one fact after
another came to light, on which the pros
ecution depended to make out their case.
1t seemed that some active agent was at
work in secret, to prejudice the commu-
nifty against her; but where it was or
for what object remained concealed
The paleuess of her cheek-the depres-
sion of her naturally buoyant spirit,
weighed down by the terrible suspicion
that was fixed upon her, and the dispo-
sition tc shun all unnecessary intercourse,
or to alIude to the coming trial, were in
terpreted 70 her disadvantage, and set
down by the gossipping newsmongers as
unmistakable evidence of guilt. Her
intimate friends, however, interpreted
them otherwise, and read with anxiety
the effect of that agony of mind attend
ant upon the consciousness of impending
but unmerited disgrace--a burden which,
unless speedily removed, would end in
a broken constitution, and an untimely
grave. johnson had gone, she knew
not whittier. He had obtained leave of
absence for few weeks on the pretence
of visiting friends in Ohio. The deser
ton of one whom gossip had fixed upon
as her champion and lover was also in
terpreted against her.
AT length the time arrived for the sit
ting of the criminal court, The grand
jury were empanneled and found an in
dictment of grand larceny against Miss
Kendall and the case was set down for
trial on the next day but one. At the
the opening of the court, that day OF
trial, dense crowd that had been wait
ing round the door, rushed in and filed
every nook and corner Of the spacious
courtroom. Hope and fear, anxiety
and doubt and curiosity were depicted on
very countenance. The prisoners aP-
pearance, unlike the calm and dignified
demeanor We are apt to associate in our
imagination with innocence, in a trying
scene like this, was pale and agitated
shame and fear and grief were written
on every lineament of her wan face
Her father, white-haired old man, was
sitting by her side, and Counsellor n
was consulting with them, while the cri-
er was making order in the court, and
the court were empanneling a jury to try
the case. The District Attorney ther
proceeded to open the case on behalf o
the people, and stated in substance tha
he expected to prove, by circumstan tia
evidence beyond all reasonable doubt, the
guilt of the accused.
The clerk of the corporation was frs
called and sworn. He testified that on
Saturday before the arrest of the prison
er, he had been paying off the operatives
in the mill-thst he had taken from the
safe about the amount of funds necessa-
ry for that purpose in packages Of from
one to five hundred dollars-that all the
bills paid out were on the Lowell Bank
but that in addition to the sum paid, he
had taken from the safe a package, in q
brown paper envelope, of five hundred
dollars in tens and twenties, on the Globe