Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-10-21
EBENsBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 90, 1868.

refused to believe that her brother was
guilty, and in deep distress followed him
to- spriscn. One or two casual incidents,
however, to which she alluded, proved of
unhappy Importance on the trial. Even
then, however, though well aware of the
fatal effect of her answers, she spoke
feseslessly and truthfully-with Spartan
like honesty melting out her brothers
doom. A fearful dilemma, inGeed-one
where even falsehood cannot be vigorously
judged, but where stern and rigid truth
cannot be too highly esteemed 4 noble
Highland heroine, with her bloodless lips
and white, fearless facial honor to the
gentle womanhood that is yet too noble in
its maiden honesty for lie
Cameron, though unable to account sat
isfactorily for the money, was on the
point of being liberated, when a singular
incident occurred. A workman, NJ Leod
by name, had on three successive occa-
sions, dreamed that he had seen Cameron
| follow MDonald to the water side, strike
him a number Of heavy blows with a
| hammer, rife his pack, cast the body into
| the tarn, and conceal the articles he had
taken in a cairn near his own house. The
story was soon bruited about, and the
| dreamer was brought before the Sheriff.
! So strong and vivid, he said, was his
recollection Of the incidents of the dream,
! that he could undertake to point out to
| the criminal officer the exact stones under
which the property was concealed. They
went togeth er, and ultimately discovered
| the articles in question concealed under
/ ubich NJ an1 1aolar
! ed exactly resembled those impressed on
his memory. Here was an important fact
to begin with-the property of the MUIR
dercd man found in the immediate prox-
Unity of Cameron S own house. Next day
another link was obtained. A week or
two previous to his apprehension, Cameron
walked one rainy morning to the other
side of the island, got wet, and at coun-
try inn obtained from the landlaGy pair
of stockings, leaving his own behind to be
dried. These were now produced, and
after some hesitation, a cottcrs wife
declared that, from popularity in the
work, she could dcpose that they were Of
her own making and added, that the day
before his disappearance, the pedar had
Sought two pairs from her for his own use.
That now produced was one of them the
ot, or was discovered in Cameron house.
A variety of similar circumstances gradu-
ally came out, and after considerable
delay, occasoned by the difficulties of the
case, Cameron was brought to trial.
The trial took place at Inverness. II
lasted from ten O'Clock on the first morn
, ing Of the assize, till the same hour next
. day-twenty four consecutive hours, dur.
| ing which time judge, jury, and spectators
, sat uuinterruptedly. The prime Interest
) to the superstitious Highlanders lay in the
mysterious fact Of the vision, and the see,
: was an object of special interest when h'
| appeared In the witness box. He suffered
D a severe cross examination from the pris
e oner's counsel, without the substantial
e value Of his evidence being affected. N
/ one who heard his examination coulC
4 doubt that he was stating what was actu
;. ally true, no one could believe (and this
c of course, was the object of the cross exam
i ination) that he himself was the criminal
f or IN any way implicated. 1t was pro
e tracted and difficult case of circumstantia
f evidence The candles (gas was not i
a those days. which had lighted them i
l. their vigil through the long autum
e night were extinguished, and the sun wa
high in heaven when the jury returne
F into court, finding the prisoner guilty, q
!, libelled. The verdict had been recorded
q and sentence of death pronounced, whe
o Cameron (who preserved throughout til
g trial the most profound composure) ros
- and with the utmost solemnity and calm
:, ness, called God to witness that he was
- murdered man.
r The sheritf-to whose eXertioDs tt
d success of the prosecution was mainly
,e be attributed-was making his way to h
Of hotel through the excited crowd, when
If message came to him from Cameron, r
IN auesting to see him When lie reachf
N the cell. Cameron, who still manifested ii
m same complete composure, at once sal
ne ~ am now going to tell you what L ha'
ID never breathcd to mortal man the verdi
ne was quite right did the deed :" |
le then made full and detailed contessiu
ed relating the whole story with peric
ed frankness-a demeanor he preserved t
his execution. The murder, he said: W
It's committed on the night of the Assy
n wedding. He had seen MDonald leav'
by had followed him unobserved had MAJ
of up to him, and walked along with him
lis the tarn then with heavy hamm
-lv which he was carrying home, he b
AS struck him several blows from behind, a
Ter after rifing the corpse, had thrown 1t IL
ID. the water. For some weeks 1t had
tIy mained at the bottom-at least