The sun., 1862-06-25

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..Is' mudat' said The iant,lsdy.
The child |" Gicd the Landlord ''h9s ~
/ Q child Z"
"wh.. ea,,d p said Mn. Brown, "Ido.s
see any child berc.r
Upon this the lsndiady uttsred terrible or.
| and from between the ted on which Anna wsS
and the wall, abe had lifted the lheles asd
murdered body Of little Ernest
The lttlo one was stabbed to the heart with Q
steel ornamental paper knife. The sistess
had been robbed at Liverpool, or on board the
vessel from Ceylon, Of trunk in which that
paper knife might have been. But one fact wss
admitted. The knife belonged to Anna, and
she bought 1t at Columbo. This WAS the cas-.
On hef recovery from swoon which lasted
many hours, Rachel made the following state
mepti
Soon af,tr the csnversstion We have recordsA
with hcf ister, she had gone to sleep with ~
| child on her arm, but finding him restless asd
starting ocosAionslly, abe had gently withdraw.
her arm from him, and had been persusdsA
that he s,ept undly. How long che had n.
msined in this state she knew not, but vhe1
awakened her was . faint kind Of sob, which -
felt certain was the last sound uttered by little
Ernest In life. II aroused her In Q moment, saA
she sprane out o bed on finding that the child
was not with her. and mechanically ran 70 ~
door Of the room, which she flung open.
And here comes q remarkable statement m
Rachel. give II In her own words
'" On opening the door ! saw that from soms
| light below, Chat was the oil lamp In the pss-
sage,) there came up strange reflection on tie
wall Of the corridor, which was to the righs
hand and through that reflection, passing
| along II, ~ STOPPING to avoid 1t, if possibls.
l saw the shadow of . man, large, and nct vsgy
well defined, owing To its exaggerated dimsn.
sions but still, there It was and 1t passed awsy
into the gloom at the further end Of the coridcs,
and disappeared"
Al a
not what, Rachel fell into that swoon in which
she was found 10y the people Of the inn.
Such was the statement of the half distracted
mother, on examination before the Northamptso
magistrates Of her sister Anna whose innocence
| Of the murder Of her child, she declared herself
a. thoroughly satisfied u. as Of the existence a
| heaven.
Sir Ralph Heritage was sent for and the
shock go completely unnamed him that, Al
though filling the office that year OF high sheriff
Of the county, he was compelled TO 10 home,
where lie took to his bed, from which IL did noi
seem probable he would rise again.
Several VI the seniors Of the bar had shrunh
from Undertaking the defence of Anna Heritage.
and the case was brought to me. took IL, and
| from the momon, | lid 90, felt u conviction
| that there was some fearful mystery In II, which
unlc's elucidated, would leave the youthful 40
cu-cd to be iudicially murdered.
Aud 80 | thought and ponderei over the afah
into some abnormal condition, and ] would Be-
unable 20 do what human means could do fR
Anus Heritage.
| saw her nut once before the trial. I shan
never forget the manner in which she Looked ct
me, as she gently shook her head saving
They will kill me, SIR but Heaven know
| am innocent. Ii my darh would bring bach
to poor Rachael her boy, (here Flo buIst into
tears should be willing 10 die but as IL is, ]
nm vory, very young To b, murdered J"
! could say but little. pressed both he
hands in mine, and only gnspel out some COM
mon-place expression OF hopeful consolation, and
thea left hci.
The was fearfully strong against ha.
There wac but one sulPosi,On in her favor.
The shadow--the phuntOm-ke form seen by
the molher--who was he Z Was it this Mr..
Brovu5 Who ard what was hep hunted
! him up--i o"',i dyed pcop..- to dog and watoA
him. It oil cams TO nothing. lie was commc-
c!nl traveller for house in Marseilles, and Wa
engaged in trying to do business al NorthAmp-
ton.
Several old counsel, TO whom spoke Of the
| case, were Of the opinion that the shadow sssn
| by Rachel was either no shadow at all or Wa
| the work Of her imagination, or the veritabls
shadow Of some u tho people Of the inn, who.
alarmed at her cries, were Fastening 70 h9
room.
And so, at length, the morning Of the trial
| came, and full of anxiety a. I was. It came - .
positive relief to mo. The then lord chief baron
Of the exchequer presided. lie ~ss y calm, a.
| lishtcnod judge, who never permitted his own
prejudices-as some Of his successors have doas
Ito warp either law or justice; and come what
might o. the matter, ! knew that the young
prisoner would have fair trial.
The court was crowded 70 excess. positive
disturbance at the door hndcrci the commence
mcnt of the days proceeding, for fall half an
hour, aud it was only }ueiled by force.
The attorney general had come down from
London TO prosecute on behalf OF the crown,
md the counsel's seats were 40 closely PACKED
thn' no ono could stir, except thnsngased In
the cIso.
The jury looked grave and Lalf-frish,enod.
The .ul. l.;c was pale and more serious looking
tha' usual AMI as ior me, ! felt sick at heart,
and when the uneasy kind ~ hush that pervsd-
ed the court let me know that Anna Hcritags
was placed at the bar 1t was some tow moments
heVie could muster up courage TO look at her.
How pale, how wan, and yet how beautiful shs
looked
Hcr fair hair was Dress in the most simple
s'yla possible AND $40 wore dTrs, oi ,'ray siix
which ntiel clls,!" around H. nc.s terminal.
ing in narrow p.l.tclt. llei ipi ,Irl1blod,
and her gciltir eve. seemed to shr..k behind
heir ahur mt Ia 20 les she met the .azc Of
friend an! ioo in that crowded colf'-ti.t is, II
one - young 30 far, and So inu0cvit, could
have foe.
| could see the iuisc take long look at bar
hoi'n'h Bis hen.-9own blow-, ani then -
r,.icl vi, i.4l on hi, hanls, anl appeared b
dcep tnou,'i'. The attoriel general tossed .
scrap O. paper ever the table to me. 1t con-
taiI,l .h'st wcri':
"Thc Wines Brown hs4 .bscc.lci; mats
wha. use Of the fac ypu caH.
Iuoll"i .rn ,fullv, md ic.t that he would
only Just lo hi. duty n.'n'nst he prisoner.
| lA'I t,crr wI- a .'r'r-', halt siy' h0lf hush,
on ,Aru.h the an itory nnl a lu'y in deep