The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-09
CircumstantiaI Evidence Interesting {,


Story.
The Atlanta, Georgia, IntcUycncer re-
iates as follows
In the recent trial of the parties charged
with the murder of Captain j. Il. Gruber,
Mr.. Tull,v, one of the counsel for the
defense, narrated the following theory:
The whole case was made up of cir
cumstantial evidence of the loosest charac-
ter and to illustrate how guardedly even
the best and strongest circumstantial evI-
dence must be taken, he referred to
trial that took place in this very court
| about thirty years ago
Judge Canonge then presided in the
court, and Mr.. Muzurean was the Attor-
| ney General. There then lived ON the
bayou road man about 25 or 80 years
| old. He was not an educated nor
wealthy man but he was honest and had
| good heart. Having had limb broken
he was very inirm in health. He made
his Livelihood by going to the Bayou St.
John tvery evening and catching fish t'sell
in the market next morning. One moon
light evening while sitting on the bank of
the bayou, fishing as usual, he saw a lady
dressed in white in company with a gen
tleman, walking on the road beside the
bayou. They were quarreling as they
passed him, and his attention was attract
ed by hearing them quarrel.
After they passed he resumed his fish
ing, aud waited until he had caught his
usual supply. He then started home
| with his basket. As he reached the place
known as the ''Coquet' he heard a loud
cry, and soon after a feeble cry. Ad-
| vancing in the direction of the sound, he
saw a woman in a white gown lying on
the pavement and coming to the woman
he perceived that dagger had been
stabbed into her bosom. Thinking TO
relieve her. he took the dagger by the
handle and drew it out. AS he did so,
4 watchman grasped him. The woman
was killed.
The poor fisherman was tried for the
murder. The case was made out clearly
against him. He had been detected in
the very act, bending over the body oil
the deceased with the weapon in his hand
He was convicted, and was hung at Con- &c
square. About six months after, a trial
was going on in Judge Cononges Court
\ citizen called as a juror said he did not
wish to be on the jury, and wished te
udge allowed him private conversation
Supposing that he might have scruple:
about capital punishment, the Judge
, asked him if that was the reason he OBJ
) jected to being on the jury NO h.
answered, ssthat is not the reason. / saw
| the fisherman hung for the murder of my
, wife. He did not do it. l killed he
myself, from jealousy" The Judge sa
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escaped and has not been heard of since
A WREcK-Gcorge Alfred Townsend
, writes to the Cincinnati Gazette, in let
ter descriptive of tho incidents of Sc;
voyage, the following item of interesting
personal in. diligence:
r But the central figure of the ship is al
old, paralytc man in whose lost ane
struggling intelligence you sec rcminls
cences OF long command. 1t is Comman
der Hartstein, who was an officer OF th'
. United States Navy thirty-threc years
e When the war began, his instincts
though South Carolinian, were all TO
the Government But his wealthy wifi
: Influenced him first to passiyeness, thel
: to rebellion. lie gave up his commits
: sion, which was his history, and, like
;. lost energy, wandered to and fro Ii
e Charleston, full of dark premonltions o
a the success of the great Government h
had betrayed. When the fire was opene
: upon Sumter he strolled in the sam
g abstract way to Fort Moultrie, and locke
i at the gunners driving iron into th
faithful. old castle. There was no enthr
n siasm in his regard Next morning
h when the flag of Fort Sumter fell,
|. stroke of paralysis fell upon Commando
e Harstcin God spared him the work {
!, a traitor, if not his detection. They ca
v ried his wrecked body to blockade ruI
IS ner, and he lay stunned and remorscf'
o in Paris three years, filled with bite
d upbraidings against his counselors. The
l. fed him with spoon, like a baby Il
Is has returned home TO find his broad acr'
ct laid waste; his wife's homestead is III
Or tenable. Lonely and wearily these tv
with their daughter arc returning to E
rope to spend the rest of their life
h almost indigent exile.
81 When Kleber was in Egypt he su
u tanned during five hours, with only tv
20 thousand men, the united efforts
VI twenty thousand. He was nearly su
rounded, was wounded, and had only
~ narrow defile by which to escape.
"a this extremity he called to him a chef
&c battalion, named Chevardin, for whom
had a particular regard, and said to hir
aTaks a company of grenadiers, and ST.
the enemy ut the ravine. You will ]