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

ribbed white cotton STOCKINGS. .WQrn
by the prisoner of that fatal night,
have been found secreted in his
chamber. They will be produced in
court, and properly Identified by dis
interested, witnesses. And your at
tentiou will be drawn to the fact that
they are soiled and stained as noniy
stockings could be soiled and stained
which had beeai worn without shoes
on the wet, soft, yellewbclay of the
wharf of the tlnfortunatei MIR. Block"
An extraordinary excitement followed
this minute statement Of the probable
manner in whichthe murder had been
perpetrated.n st s'hF 'git5 sait# ~.
- The case Of the Crown was 1farely
borne out by the evidence adduced Z
The prisoner, when cali upon for
his defence, Seemed to be overwhelm-
ed by the weight of the case against
him. He contented himself with
prostestations,' again and again re ;,
peated, of his entire innocence OF. the,
charge. brought against him. !, He de-
scfibed lit as conspiracy to destroy
him. He stated that the death of his
partner, SO. far from: being profit to
him, had involved him in ruin and
Bankruptcy and that he was not so
destitute of worldly means but that he
could have met the bill for athousand
pounds If he had thought proper to do
so. and If Mr.. Block had ;notsconsent-
ed to the payment of the bin being de-
ferred. He denied that the pistol
found in the river had ever been seen,
in his possession. ~" p s.'-'',s' ~
Amidst some murmuring in court,
with difficulty BY the ush--
ers, he declared that til ose who hid the
pistol knew best where to. fnd, it, and
he boldly accused Dayy, Jones of the
murder of his master, ana charged
Miss Block With completely in the
crime. Had the apprentice he, de-.
manded,i mo interest in, his masters
death b. Was not the apprentice the
lover of his master daughter? Gould
he have hoped to win her during his
masters life, orinr any other way but
by his masters sdeath2 And for the
daughter, was it to be wondered at
that she should prefer her lever to her
father? Had not the jury heard be-
fore Of such daughters?o What was
an old mans life compared to a young
mans love? To what would a woman
not consent when her lover impiored
her?p The Judge even interposed to
assure the prisoner that observations
of this kind would rather injure than
assist his case. The Indignation
against, him in, court hardly knew
bounds. So am to be sacrificed to-
preserve the reputation of an unnatu-'
raj daughter p he exclaimed, !, But he
proceeded with greater caution after,
wards a He eridiculed the notion of.
convicting him by reason of his soiled
stockings S OF course there were
stockings soiled with clay to be found
in his possession. Why not? Was
he not a ,shipbreaker? Did not hrs
business take him Constantly into the
mire and clay of his wharf? Did
mems lives depend upon the state of
upon such evidence the Jury would
consign himsto the scaffold In such
case, who was ssafe2 3 Then there had
been talk of white hands. White
hands, forsoothl since when, he want
ed to know. had AFFAIR complexion
been hanging matter Besides-iti
was altogether monstrous! would not
any. ha nd lock white, thrust outof the
dark ness Of the night into a lighted
room? What dependence was to be
placed upon the dim vision of an in
valid2 But white or black, it was
nothing to him; and but5thats the
murdered mans daughter ha6 for
sworn herself, determined that he
should hangrather than that her lover
should be brought to justice, he could
have satisfied the jury that he was at
the back OF, the house, and not at the
front, when the fatal shot was fred,
and therefore that it was not possible
he could have been, the assassin of the
late Mr. Block .ssa 4-ft's 4. a-s ~ E
y He ended his peroration, as he had
begun his speech. by assuring the
court of his absolute Innocence, and
then called several witnesses to testify
to his general humanity and good con-
duct ;aas 10 i 10 si30E-4 6ftg .3.ssstea as
1a The Chief Baron summed up the
evidence distinctly and impressiyely;
but, it was said in court, strongly
against the accused. i 80 =. =, :
4 The jury, withoutquitting their box,
found verdict of s'GUILTY.noI AZ, +, ~.
The presence of mind of the pris-
oner now seemed whollyto abandon
him. He was atonce insane from ter
ror He Interrupted the judge in
passing sentence, with protes tations Of
bis. iiinnocence,s with cries., .shrieks,
threats, and imprecations. He be-
sought Miss Block to save him; on
his knees he impTored Davy Jones to
say a good word for him.. He chung
to the spikes in front of the dock,
praying the jury to Reconsider their
verdict, and to spare his ifegrsThe