The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-12-11
4 i FRIDAY. Ri DECEMBER IL. 1868.

"When he came down the next
morning"
Police constable 1I2 2 was called to
prove that the watch and other articles
we're found by him at the prisoners
lodgings, No. 1877 Zebedee street.
While these witnesses were being
examined, an old gentleman had made
his way into court. He now sat be-
side Edmund Carew; he wore large
pair of gold spectacles, from beneath
which there beamed a pair of benevo-
lentlooking eyes He never looked
about him, but kept bic eyes fixed on
the witnesses, as one By one they fled
into the box.
Edmund CareW cross-examined the
witnesses, for the prosecution. His
interest was reused; he was working
for another; his own troubles we're
forgotten. others besides himself were
friendless; it was new JOY to him to
find some one whom he, helpless and
useless, could befriend, He threw bis
whole mind into the case and he cross
examined with keenuess and Vigor, and
the parchmentfaeed attorneys nodded
now and then at one another.
Mr., Ebenezsr Grant lost bis noneahs-
lent manner and his tone of supercil-
ious Indifference, as the young barristel
lpressed home few pointed questions,
The bar-maid ceased to be coquettisb,
and the waiter to be positive. 3
Finally, the barrister declared his
intention Of calling witnesses for the
defense and began BY calling upon Mr.
Blehkinsopp.
When Mr.. Blenkinsopp entered the
the box poor John Hentborn gave way
altogether; he leaned forward, buried
his face in his hands and sobbed, and
Mr.. BIenkibsopp's voice. trembled
little as be described himself as th'
senior partner in the firm of Blenkin
sopp, Fussel u Fudge, attorneys. He
identified the watch, and notes, and
other articles as his own. He deposeC
Ito having given them into the charge
of the prisoner on the afternoon of the
day on which the robbery was alleged
to have been committed.
Would he tell the Court the circum
stances under which be had entrusted
these articles to the prisoners
Yes. He was summoned on the day
he spoke Of to attend large and i'm
portant meeting in the city. He lef
| his Office about noon, and on his way
to the place of meeting he turned intc
the "Blue Boar to get some lunch
He met the prisoner in the common
room; got into conversation with him,
While there he discovered that he haC
brought bis watch and notes Of value
and some few trinkets With him; h'
ihad done so unintentionally, as ht
made It an invariable rule to leave al
articles of value behind him when bt
attended public meetings.: he gave
them to the prisoner to take charge Of
'Did you tell the prisoner you
ipsmeT"
0No"oo3.ol usaHia7
sHOw we're you to receive YOU
properly ~ -8r
81 agreed to call at the the prisoner
lodgings in Zebedee street"
.''Did you calltherei'
t'Yes, and heard from the landlsdl
THAT Mr.. Henthorn had been arrested.
The counsel for the prosecution here
asked a question. "Excuse me, Mr.
iBlenkinsopp, was it not rather foolisl
thing 10 intrust such valuable prOpert!
Ito q total strangerl' i1aels za5ua
"Not when you have studied mel
and their faces as long as l have
An honest man carries his character il
his face"
The watch maker was called to prov
that he sold the wgtch to Mr.. Blenkin
sopp about q month previously.
A clerk from Mr.. Blenkinsopp's ofic
was called to witness the numbers Q
THE notes which had been drawn from
1.-The bank early on the day before th
robbery, and the numbers entered il
his private pocket book, according t
.leustom. m .3
| Mr.. Ebenezer Grant would gladl
Ihave closed the trial at this stage, bu
This patience was doomed to furthe
ItriaL 5csmgs5 ziil a-H
1 An inspector in the detective fore
was called and he gave evidence as {
THE character Of Mr.. Ebenezer GRAM
and in the course Of it, a slight histor
fIof the commercial travellers caree
came to light. He was q traveller, bu
the firm for which he travelled was nc
to be found in the directory. BefoT
he left the court be was arrested Q
more than one charge, aud there wa
lsome talk of iudicting him for perjury
/ John Henthorn was acquitted,
course, and he and little Lucy wer
Invited together with Edmund Care
Ito dine with old Mr.. BlenkiusopE
4 And then John Henthorn told his story
After receiving the watch aud notes b
remained at the ''Blue Boar" in th
Hope Of hearing Of some employment
, While waiting helmet Mr.. Ebenezs
Grant who had been most afable an
most prodlgal of his promises to g
John employment John sdmitte
THAT be was very much taken with b
lcompsnion, and that he had conide
! ltoo much to him. He told him Of th
curious old gentleman who had entEu
ted his property to him; he Shove
} him the watch and the notes; and N
IEbenezer Grant had taken a great de-
! of interest in the story, and had e.
, amined the watch and the notes, an
: pronounced on the quality of bot
He had endeaYored TO persuade John
, igive them up to him to keep; he ha
J declared he knew the old gentlema
, lquite we'll and when he found th'
; this tack was unsuccessful, be mad
-Ihints which John did not understan
, then, but the meaning of which he no
: understood fully, viz: that the
should 90 of with the money an
5 divide the spoil
J, John then told more of his Ow
history. How his mother had die
} when he was young, and his father onI
lately, leaving his sister and himse
{ totally unprovided for; how they hs
| sold the little furniture in the cOttag
in the little country town where the
; lived. aud be had come up to town
: seek their fortune, and how all the
t little fund was spent,
When the little dinner party brol
: up, 1 think everybody went home ha
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