Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-12
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John Tsylor was licensed When q yeuih
oftventy-one 70 practise at q bar Of -
Hs was poor but veil educsted, and poa
ssssed Of eTiraQTdipary genius The graoeh
If hls reraon, "a ith 9bS Bu orio1
~ 81 Bic inlellSoe shabi6 hiha to'Hih shb
kand q a iashi0neblo beauty,
Twelve m6hShs blterUsfd8 Che husband
was employed BY a wealthy arm Of thas
rlEg. laeS 80 s mIslifp aisf agalfi 81 ne
West As q heavy salary was offered, BE-
bade farewell q bis vie apd SON, He wrote
back every RGe out f1oefTea nbta line II
ansWer. Six months slaPaed when the hus-
band received letter nom bis employer thai
sexplnincdaail. % aens ,a iiaaa 98
.aa. Shortly after his departure SON tla'Teet
the Eia and her father fetaraea % Aissis-
sissippi. Then bhe Immediately cbrained .
divorce b. act el legislature, hurried agsiA
forthwith, and 10 complete the climax Of
hsk cndty and wro hse ahaiI nlns d
Taylors con changed to that Of Aarks-thal
4, of her aoeond matrimonial partRsT,s trr II
This peril y heAT.5 ddf6v6 Tsyl5e iDEana
His career from that moment became eooen-
tsicin ths arsdesree- ee-zsometlns be preaoh-
ed, sometimes be plead 81 the bar until ae
lasta lever carried him 99 et ? c2mparatiye-
" early age a..'.ss Z. . .a si8ass
Tbs foll0Wing is sn aooJunt' Of one o. bis
eAcris ct the bar;
.N0AfH1 6fl5 hour 6hs he sih bf Aatil, lsto,
The Court House Ia OlarksViile, Texas, was
crowded TO oFsraoWing. Save in the waF
times, there had never been witnessed %
large q gathering II fhelRsa River counl
Try, while the strong feeling apparent il
every faoe Will sulsciently explain the mat
ter following;
At the Gloss Of, 1898, George Hopkins, one
Of th6 Wealthisst plautet8' thd Elet IA uenr
eal men IN Northern Texas offered q gross
insult 10 Mary Elliso1y the young and beam
tifui wife Of his principal overseer. The
husband threatened to chasfise himl for the
outrsqe, Whareupon Hopkins loaded his gun
went 70 Ellisona house, and shot him il his
oVnddof. H3At tifiiM AHiht i
slhe murderer was arrested, and bAiled to
answer the charge. Thepcontrencs produced
intense excitement, snd H6pkibs, ia order to
turn the tide Of popular opinion, or ct least
% mitiqate.s the general WTgth which vas
Arst violently against him, circulated reports
infamously pIejudicial to the character and
standing Of the E0maRi Who had suffered
such cruel wrongs at his hands
She brought suit for slander. And thua,
two cases-one criminal and the other
civil, and both out Of the same tragedy,
were pending Ct the April Circuit Couri
for ls40. .sE
The interest naturally felt by the com.
munity e 10 the issue, became far deeper
when it VAS known that Ashley and Pike
Of Arkansas and the eelsbFated s. s. Prem
tiss Of New Orleans, each By enormous
defence
ne trial Of indietme1t for murder con,
oluded on the Sth Of April with the aoquit
tai Of Hopkins. Such 3 result might have
web been foreseun, comparing the talents
Of the counsel engaged On either side.
The Texas lawyers we're utterly over
Ehelmed BY the arguments snd eloquencs
Of their opponents, ieIts was 9 fight Of Z
dwarf Rgsinst giants.
The SANDER Guit vas setter The 9th, and
the thFong Of spectators grew In number
Is vel IS ezeitsment. And what seemed
strange the current Of public opinion nov
ran decidedly for Hopkins. Ais money
had procured Witnesses who served hlE
powerful advocates Indeed, 30 Triumphant
kad been the sucosss en- the previous dey
that, when Che Islander case vas called,
Mary Ellison was left without an attorney.
An had withdraw. (
The pigmy petlifoggsrs dare not brave
he sharp wit Of Pike, and ths sssthing
thunder Of Prantiss. - -
Have you no counsel p inquired Judge
Mills, looki1g kindly at the plaintiff
s'tNo, air; they have all deserted me,
andI am too poor to employ any more,
replied the beautiful Mary, bursting into
tssrs.
ain such case, win not some chiVal-
rous member Of the profession volunteer p
asked the judge, glanoihg round the bar.
The thirty lawyers we're silent
al win, your honor" said q voice from
The thiSkesl Of the crowd, situated behind
TIE bar
AZ tie tone Of that voice many started
half from their seats, and perhaps there
vas not heart in the intense throng that
ala not beat quicker-it was 80 unearthly
sweet, ringing, and mournfuh
The first sensation, however, vas changed
into laughter, when 8 tall, gaAnt spectral
figure, that no person remembered to have
sson before, elboWed hisWay through the
crowd, and placed himself within the
bar. -ojfil---
Els appearance was problem 70 puzzle
the sphynx herself His high, pale brow, aad
his small, nerTously tWitching face seemed
active with the concentrated essence ard
cream Of genius; but then his infantile blue
ewes hardly visible beneath their massive
arches, looking dreamy; sleepy tlnaqst m
conscious, and his clOthing WRs 80 shabby
that the court alnaost hesitsted TO let the case
proceed under his management. ,aTul st
nHas ysur name been eklered on the
rolls Of the State 2" demanded the Judge
suspioiously,
IE- E-Is- alu--slaaiaI about my name bsing
on your rolls answered the stranger, his
thin lips curling up into hendish sneer.
I may be slloWed BY the courtesy Of the
court and bar. Here is ny license from
l1'i - tribunal Of America" and he
lAe Trial i1medIaTetg -ss,.siv,srt
eEsmihation o. The Witnessse 10 n = -,
sVihoed very little ingenuity Ss eommoSiv
thought he suffered each one 70 tell their
0Wn story, without interfbbtioh. though be
generally maaaged islaske each one telI' II
over two or three times he pnt a fsw
Gross questions, which with keen Witneolss
only served 10 correct miafakss. ana -.
made no notes, which, in mighty memories
only tend 70 embarrhss
The examination having ended, ss coun--
sci ,or the plaintiff he hsd a right to tbe
opening as vel Is the closing speech; buS
70 the estonishment Of every one, Be a..
elined the former, and allowed the defence
to lssd Of
Then shadoW might have been sean n
Fit across the features Of Pike, aud 10 daFl-s
en- the bright eyes Of Pfentiss. Fbev ~
that he had aoaueht 6 Tarlar,p but Tbo' 4
vas or how 1t happened vas impossible d
guess.