The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-20

than infthe breast, and placed
the prisoners dirk in my hat
to show him the way which !
meant"
,HH0w did it correspond with
the length of your hat9"
at Wds about half an inch
shorter than the crown"
t"Is hat your'hat you have
in your hand" srzaa nos
at is" ,..,.
"Will you have the goodness
to see how this weapon which
you have identified as the pris.
oner's corresponds with that
measurement" .- -.
The witness did as he was
desired, when to his own as
tonishment and that of the
audience by which the court
was thronged, it proved one
inch longer than the hatl
A suffocating murmer of
half suppressed emotion ran
through the court room.
"There issome awful amis,
take here" said the witness,
gentlemen of the jury, |
haye-"
"Stop, sir" exclaimed the
now deeply excited counsel,
rising from his seat with a
countenance flushed to the
brow, ~ want you now to tell
this jury what Mr.. Raymond did
with the dirk after you took it
out of your hat and returned
it to him."
81 recollect distinctly" re-
piled the witnesses, she laid it
between the. leaves of a large
bible, which lay upon the low
,er shelf of his book case"
"Sheriff, the book, the book"
exclaimed the counsel, sand
on your life open it not till it's
produced in court"
The sheriff left the court and
In a few moments returned,
bearing with him a large bible
which was identified by the
witness on the stand as the
one in which he had seen Ray
mond deposit the dirk.
The sheriff was next sworn,
and testified that he had kept
the key of Raymond's office
from the first hour of his ar
rest, and that no one but him.
self had ever had access to it,
and that he had found the bi-
BILE in the very situation de.
scribed by the last witness.
"Now, gentlemen of the Ju.
ry," said Col. H., rising, sit re.
mains to consumate the proof
of my clients innocence, for
myself ihave not the slightest
doubt that the weapon which
belonged TO the prisoner will
be found where he placed it
previously to this unfortunate
occurrence. Gentlemen exam
inc for yourselves" and he
handed the book to the fore.
man. AS the latter raised it
upon the desk before him, a
dirk dropped from between the
leaves, the very counterpart ol
the one which had been sworn
to as belonging to the pris'
oner, in every other respect
but length. 1t was placed ir
the hat and correSponded ex
actly with the description Civ
en- by DIR. s. A wild and thrill
ing shout arose from the as
sembled multitude, loud above
which might be heard the
shrill notes of a female voice
1t proceeded from Ellen Nun,
roe, who was the next momen
clasped in the arms of her nov
freed lover-he had been &C
quilted by exclamation anC
without the ceremony of a vote
among the jurors.
A month after the termina
ton Of the trial, a deserter
when about to suffer for hi
crime, confessed that out O
revenge for some fancied in
dignity, which he had ono,
experienced at the hands O
Captain Henderson, he ha'
committed the murder fo
which Raymond had been s,
nearly convicted. At the da,
appointed, Ellen and Raymon,
were united, but he could no
forgive tn. friends who had s,
easily deserted him, and in
few weeks, accompanied b,
his lovely bride, he departe,
&. for Texas, where those VIII
have been conversant with tn
history of the struggle Of the
State with Mexico, have me
NTH HE {,sso n q mo that ~fD