The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-26

might rn1suf6ciept to alIay the
/ pangs of his hunger.fs shall show
you howshe gradually and insidiously
| erept into the confidence of his bene-
\ actor, and how basely he abused that
confidence. [ do not deny him the
possession of abilities-but would to
God, gentleme d. that he had employ
ed them to better purpose! l shall
show you how his kind and unsuspect-
ing employer became in time his dupe
and his victim. How by an artful
beystem Of fosgeries and Justification of
accounts, hesinduced. Mr.. Block to
believe in the depreciation of his ,busi-
nssslto a Considerable extent {profes =
sional accountants and experts will
give evidence on these points which
will not fail to carry conviction to the
minds ofevefy 6hesofsyou, y land then
MFsuaded the deluded gentleman to
admit him, the prisoner At the bar to
a share IN the profits OF his trade, and
to promote him from the position Of
servant and clerk to that Of equal and
partner 81 Bat. gentlemen, Mr.. Block
was sufficiently aman of business to
require that a consideration for this
arrangement, SO advantageous to the
prisoner, should bespaidto him. The
prisoner represented that he had
friends prepared to advance him the
NECESSARY funds and accordingly lodg-
Sdin the hands, Of Mr.. Block, q bill
which will beS'put IN evidence-for
the amountsofa one thousand pounds,
which he" had made payable at the
banking house of Messrs. Perciyal Of
Lombard Street. tSs'Or~'SS<'@
FM I shall show you that the story as
/ 10 his moneyed friends was entirely
false; that he had no account at that
banking house; no relations whatever
with those bankersa shall show you
that he had no means. and that he had
Attempted no arrangement to meet
that bill. 1 shall show you that that
bill RscaWe .dus, on the very day Of
gentlemen, is Il not evident, that bis
falling to meet that bill would induce
distrnst and disquiet, inquiry and in.
lyestigationa until the whole scheme, of
his fraud and his imposture would be
discovered and disclosed, and fall to
the ground like, a house built with
cards b. Gentlemen,4 alarmed at, the
perilops condition in which he stood.
he resolved that his forgeries should
renal n undiscovered; that Mr.. Block.
should never know that the bill had
not been met, but, should rather per
sish 10 that sudden, and frightful and
Ebarbarous manner with which you
thave been already made acquainted.
kGeatlemen L shall prove all this by
+ the clearest and most direct testimo-
Fny, and then I shall ask you, whether
| have, not indeed shown you, that
kmotiye sufficient existed to induce a
theartless and reckless man, such as
Ethe prisoner atithe bar, TO plan the
fdestrnction of his fellow creature, and
EEto carry, out that plant to its full and,
tmost fearful ends"i-s 70 .-,As9nnssJ $50
/ A model of Mr.. Blocks house and
Epremises was, produced In court, and
fthe impossibility of any escape by
| means of the river or over the pals.
Ladies on either side of the wharf was
tplainly demonstrated 1T seemed
f.clear that the murder must have been
committed by some one who was an
inmate of Mr.. Blocks house at the
time. As the case proceeded, the web
of evidence drew very tightly. and
closely round the prisoner. Mr.Gar-i
row. proceeded to consider the manner
in which the crime had been effected.
sThe weapon" he said, with
which, according to the theory of the
prosecution. the crime was perpetra-
ted, viii be produced in court before
you: a pocket-pistoi recovered in the
presence of a police officer, by one
Qayyl Jones, the apprentice Of the de-
ceased-recovered, say, after infinite
pains and difficulty from the thick
mud Of the river. (Great sensation in
court at the mention of-that fact
sThef apprentices, moved by the cirl
cumstance of his having been at one
time himself an object of suspicion, or
hasI would rather believe, by sincere
desire that the murderer of his kind
and good. ! ! master should be dis
covered and brought to justice, atthe
risk Of his own life sought and found
the weapon now before you, in the
deep mud of river. / shall be
able to prove to you that the pistol
was seen to be. In the possession of
the prisoner at the bar only a short
time before the night of the murder"
Further upon this fact the learned
counsel dwelt for some time, and then
| proceeded. And now gentlemen, we
! approach the final catastrophe, the
last few minutes of Mr.. Blocks life
on this cart The prisoner as it APP
1 paafs blythe disposition ofsMr. Block.
| OMITTED the room facing the river, to
bring a. particular boo (, from another.
part3gof the house. Now, mark gentle
| nien-he did not return with tie
/ 'volune required. oaWhy?a Because.
| before he could obtain it, he was dis