The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-11-15

and Preutiss. The lattef brought the
house down with cheers, IN which the jury !
joined. IS
1t wa. now the stranger sturn. lie rose
before the bar, not behlnd.it, and so near
the wondering jury that he might touch
the foreman with his long, bony hnger lie
proceeded to tear the argument OF Ashley
which melted away at his touch like frost
before sunbsam every one looked SUI
| prisad. Anon he came 10 the Wit OF tue
| LAWYER Pike. Then the curl of his lip grew
| SHARPER, his smooth face began to klnd.e up
and his eyes to open, din aud dreary Ne
longer but vivid as lightning, red as hre
! globes, and glazing rs twin meteors. 1he
whole soul was in his eyes; the fall heart
streared out of the face. Then, without
bestowiny an aliusion to Prentiss, he turned
short around on the peruled Witnesses OF
| Hopkins, tore their testimony Into tn eaaS,
and hurled in their faces such terrible IN
vectives that all trembled like aSpens, and
two of them fled from the court house. The
excitement OF the crowd was becoming ire
mendous. The united lite aud soul seemed
to hang upon the burning tongue OF the
stranger, and he inspired them with the
power of his passion. He seemed to have
stolen nature long hidden secret OF attrac-
IL.
come.
His eyes began to glance at the assassin
Hopkins, as his lean taper finger assumed
the same rection He hemmed he wretch
with wall OF strong evidence and lmpreg-
nabe argument, cutting off ali hope of rs
cape. He dug beneath the murderer feet
bitches of dilemma, and he'd up the SIAN
derer to the scurn and contempt OF the pop
uIace Having thus girt him about with
circle Of fire, he stripped himself to the
Noni of massacre. r4 ...-.
Oh, then 1t was vision both glorious and
dreadful to behold the orator. His actions
became as impetuous as the motion of the
oak in a hurricane His voice became IA
trumpet filed with wide whlrlpools, deaf
euing the ear with the crash uf power. aud
mingled all the while with a sweet under
song OF the softest cadence. HIS toreh. All
glowed like Il heated furnace, his counter
auce was haggard like that of maulac.
and ever aud anon he flung lii. long bOny
arms on high as If grasping after thunder
bolts. He drew picture OF murder IN
such appalling colors that IN comparison
hell itself mig hit seem beautiful he palnted
, the slandercr so black that the sun seemed
dark at MONDAY, wnen shining on such d
monster. And then, fixing both portraits
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there forever The agitation of the audi
ence amounted almost to madness
All at once the speaker descended from
the periious height. His voice walled out
for the murdered DEAD and LIVING
the beautiful Mary, more beautiful every
| moment. "a, he tears flowed fa>ter-tlll men
wept aud subhed hike children.
He closed by strange exhortation to
the jury and through lem to the by,tan
ler,; he advised the panel after they should
I bring IN verdict for the plaintiff, not to
Offer violence to the defendant however
T richly he might deserve III ID other words;
, not to lynch the william, but to leave his
punishment with God. This was the most
aritui trick of all, best calculated to insure
vengeance.
The jury returned verdict of fifty thou
sand dollars and the night afterwards,
Hopkins Va. taken out OF hi, bed by lynch
ers auI b.,,en almost to death. As the
court adjourned he stranger said:
john Taylor will pre- ~ h this evening at
can'iic llyht.
lie did preach AMI the house was cro~d
/. lci. | h.v. listened to Gay, Webster
. aui C,ihoan-to D.lsht, B,-com and
, Is ,ect,.r. bu, never heard aayr ming In the
, Inr,n Of >nbine word. even appraxina
tnx To the eiuqu.nce OF John Il. inr-nIas
>ive a> a tnounta.u, .ni wildly rushing Is a
cataract are.