Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-04-07

! ted, received only unsatisfactory and CON
Trajectory answers. The judge requested
/ her to remove it from her fuger. She re-.
! fused. An officer in attendance soon re.
! lIeved her Of the ornament. which he ban
ded up to the bench. The judge looked at
1t careful ly, and then no read from the
inside, miles Allen. To the gIrl love
/ best"
There was general litter through the
/ court room. | glanced at Miles. lie was
/ smiling and blushing but showed no shame
! or embarrassment. 1t was Il4in he thought
| II no unmanly thing to give ring to the
4 girl he loved best, and he was not unwil>
| ling to have it known that the pretty,
understanding Selma White was that
g RI, though she vas now in the prise
! ner's dock On TRIAL as u clearinghouse
| thief
| Now, said the judge. tLrnirg t. the
clerk, 81 think we W II look at those sto-
len clothes again" They were produced,
and on being examined. there was f und
fastened to some bead trimming which
ornamented the dress bit of brown flush,
the same 10 shade and fabric with that
the clerk had secured. In the meantime
an officer had returned from Mary Muir
rays lodgings (where he had gone at nv
suggestlon) with a brown plush can,
which she had lately flashed. and, on
comparison, it was found that its material
was the same with the shreds before the
court
The testimony was now all in, and |
arose to make the defence. | went over
the evidence and show ed there was 10th
ing against the prisoner but the one fact Of
possession, always strong one, | admit
ted, but in this case outweighed by the too
apparent malice and guilt of the grl MUIR
ray, who had not only hated and III tied to
ruin her, but had stolen from her herself.
In proof OF this, alluded to jealousy, her
threats, and her too great readiness IN
throwing suspicion upon Selma. dwelt
on the circumstance that a bit of nlush
which appeared to be a cutting from Mary
Murrav's work, was found upon the
stolen dress, although it had been packed
away for long time previous to being
found In the prisoners possession. 1t had
rot been shown that Selma White ever
had any plush, or had ever been in Mary
Murray room to obtain it. Then, how"
l asked, "did this detective shred find an
Opportunity to fasten itself upon dress in
sudden transit from its owners trunk to a
strangers traveling-bag? Perhaus," sug-
gested, MARY Murray might til US. She
had similar shred attached to Der shawl,
and IS 1t not possible, nay, probable, that
she could tell how and where its fellow be-
came attached to the trimming Of the sto>
len dress. Might it net have been caught
in temporary Judgment in her room, or
10y contact with her own clothes? How
else? In view of all the circumstances
proved, 1t was easIer TO elieve that Mary
Murray had stuled the clIthes and then
pat them in Selma Whites carpe,>bar
IN order to ruin her and get her out of the
way, than that Selma hal stolen them"
then touched upon the garnet ring
showing that it had undoubtedly belonged
TO the prisoner, and had been taken from
her carpet-5ag when the stolen goods had
been deposited there, and eaded with
lew words to appeal to the conscience and
sympathy Of the Judge, intended TO pro-
duce 1t effect on thu spectators rather than
the person addressed. The Judge wbisper-
I'd moment with one Of the officers near
him, then rose and pronounced Selma
White innocent of the charge preferred
against her. There was lou .urs; .. an
rIause. took Seliua's little cold hand in
mine, and It'd her she had be t.r Lave
with me at once. We had Just reached the
door when Miles Allen joined US, shaking
hands and laughing and talking 10 fast
that one could hardly understand him.
learned this, however, that be auI Selma
loved each other too well TO be far eenara.
ted; that S.llna had come to get work near
Miles at bis suggestion, that, owing to
series OF blunders not 30 easily EXPLAINED
as frequently met with, she had failed to
h"d him on her arrival, tut that, certain of
meeting him soon, she had spent her time
in looking for emplD yment, ii she was ar
rested aud lodged in Jail. Miles declared
hImsei! to have been surprised beyond ex-
preston, so much, even, as to huVs been
suspicious OF his mental state, when, on
gong to the court room to make complaint
oil some wrong done to himself, he saw the
very girl he loved the best in the dock on
trial.
But the lovers were happy now. ADD SO
was l, notwithstanding my old overcoat.-
don't know whether or not Miles Allen
noticed that was thinly clad, and that,
spite OF strong effort Of will, / showed
great sensitiSness o! the cold on reaching
the outer air, but this l know, the warm
hearted fellow gave into my bend II don't
cay pad, for of course ney err CHARGED him
or Selma anything)-he gave me the price
" Wv VI VIZ WI JCob UNbTCD1tS i ever
wore, within q week of the time when I
first met him in the police court room.
There may be some who are DESTROYS to
know whatever more can tell about the
garnet ring will, therefore aii11 that,
soon after the trial have described, the
morning papers reported Mary Murray to
have been convicted of steal ng a ring. and
fined twenty dollars, failing to pay which
she was sent to Jail.
And this, further. No longer ago than
last summon / met Miles Allen on a Meas.
ant Sunday afternoon, leading fine little
boy, who looked the very image of Selma
White as when first saw her. Leaning
CT Niles right arm was Selma herself and
what was curious, on her little left hand,
which chung to the strong, muscular arm,
was the identical garnet ring that had
proved her innocence. PERHAPS she was
proud of it, and DESTROYS Of having 1t seen
and admired; perhaps it was 50 large it
might have torn or misshaped her glove
AT any rate.whether herr eason for so do
ing may have been, she wore it in nlaip
sight, and knew it as well as Miles ALLEN
swore ne did, long years before.
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