The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-04-12

the middle 81 bis ihroats iroin ear ~
, ear, was > huge chssm-his arms lay
outside apon the sheet, and close to
The fingers Of lis right hand vas the
handle Of q large elasp-knIle.
There was CONSERVATION at The
Five miles from any where. An in
quest was held, and verdict OF
wiltul murder WAS returned against
J J. The position Of The kuile WAS
pronounced, on The authority Of the
medical evidence, clumsy attempt
10 suggest suicide. The kuiie, too,
had j. j. upon ihe handle. Old Joe
could speak 70 The dispute, and to j,
J : ihreat---in fact, there was 10 doubt
at all about il. So j. j. was put on
trial Cor his liles and tie most singu-
lar feature about the whole ease vas
this: The murdered mans money bag
had been ritied, and all the gold and
silver distracted but, oddly enough,
only ore bank note and this very
bank note j. j. got changed on tile
day after the murder. This was
pretty strong evidence against him.
But, besides all this, there we're tie
bootp prints on the gravel. which !. Us
boots exactly fitted, and The spots Of
blood found on his shirt.iront. II was
remarked that, when the evidence
about the footprints was given, the
accused tutned deadly pale, seemed
suddenly 10 recollect something, NUT
tered a few words TO himself, and
then, burying his face in his hands, took
10 further notice Of any thing until
The usual question was put to him, as
to any reasons he might have why
sentence Of dealhshould not be passed
on him.
He then started up---he had refused
/ the assistance of eounsel--and said
simply that the only reason he knew
was that he was innocent He was
aware his early life vas against bis
being believed bat the facts were
simply these;
He had quarreled with Mr.. Noman
(but he declined to say what aboutl ;
he had been dismissed the service, and
the bank note was accounted for by
the fact that Mr.. Norman bad paid
him on the spot The wages due TO him ;
he had found it impossible to sleep,
and had dropped from the window
from au angry desire 10 get away nj
once that the footprints could not
have been his as he had taken off his
boots, lest Mr. Noman should hear
him moreover that the rain had not
commenced until after be had been
gone about ten minutes, and that
though it had been short rain, it had
been heavy one - quite heavy
enough to have washed ont the marks
of his boots, even it he had worn them
that tie blood OH his shrt-irout was
accounted for by bleeding at the nose,
to which be was subject when excited ;
that, if he could have saved Mr.. No
mans life by exposing his own, he
would have done IL; and that what he
most regretted was, The charge oil IN
gratitude which had been made against
him.
The learned Judge was exceedingly
moved but tie prisoner at the bars
bare assertion could not be allowed TO
outweigh 50 many creumstant al
proofs, and j. j. must die the death.
When the execution was over, from
the crowd which had collected TO see
it emerged a burly, weather beaten,
freckle- handed an,who turned quick
ly up the nearest alley, passed one
ireckled hand over the weather-beaten
face, and muttered
BY gum, but e was a plucked IN
--'e might a made il awk'ard abnt
them boots and old Joe Snow I'D "a
swore there's very few but i'm and
me knows O The closet under the cad
0 Tie bed
What think you Of the ver,lcl
The weather-beaten man, when he
lay, some weeks after, on the border
Of the grave, told tie parish priest
lhat II should have been Not Guilty