The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-05-14
TRIAL OF Miss CATRxEs-we have Weld.

TRIAL OF Miss CAIRNEs we have Weld
cd this week to what seemed to be q general
desire, and filled our columns with the DO
cecdings in the case of the trial ofMiss Martha
Jane Cairncs, tc the exclusion of other mat
ter. The trial Of this young lady was no
mockcry, but n fair and full trial, managed
on both stiles with signal ability, and in all
things according TO the rules of law and the
practice of the courts. The accused demean-
cd herself during the trial with the utmost
propriety, while the vast concourse of PEG.
pie daily In attendance observed in praise
worthy manner the rules of decorum and
good order We should not have felt called
upon to take any further notice ofthis matter
than that which Immediately precedes the
publication Of the testimony, but for the
many untounled rumors which have got in
to circulation, many OF which have found
their way into the newspapers,
The reports that Miss Cairnes, during
her Imprisonment and during her trial, held
levccs, ate at the public hotel table with the
guests of the house, and promenaded the
are, we are authorized to say, utterly without
the slightest foundation in fact. On the con-
trary, we have found upon inquiry of the
persons who are familiar with the facts that
during all the time she remained in Bel Air,
she never at any time left the hotel where
she was placed by the Sheriff, and rarely her
room, until the day she was taken to the
Court House to be tried; and that her whole
department was strictly in keeping with her
situation, as will appear by the card of the
Sheriff to the editors of the Baltimore Sun,
published below
During the trial, the department of Miss
Cairnes was quiet, sad and thoughtful her
eyes usually resting on the floor directly in
front of her. She was neatly dressed, rather
handsome, although her face was pale and
colorless, except for moment or two while
her mother and some of her more intimate
friends were testifying. She maintained her
apparent calmness throughout the trial, but
when the Jury, after an absence of about ten
minutes, answered to their names, and on
being called by the clerk for their verdict,
pronounced distinctly through their foreman
the words mot Guilty" she gave way and
had to be taken from the crowded room to
one OF the jury rooms, where after getting
the fresh air she revived. During the trial
she was attended In court by few of her
female friends, who occupied seats hear her.
The following is the card of Sheriff Young,
alluded to above:
-. Rel An Nay 10, 1890
MesSrS. Editors of the Sun In your cor
respondence from this place dated Nav g.,
as published on Saturday last you say that
Miss Cairnes "is under no surveillance what.
ever eats at the public table, moves in and
out of her room at pleasure and has been
in the habit of promenading and shopping
on the streets until this week" | do not
know from whom your correspondent re-
ceived his information, but must say, MS
well in defense of the young lady as my.
self, that he was cgregiously, if not by
some one Intentionally, misinformed. She
was in the custody of the sheriff during
the entire time of her incarceration, never
was outside of the house promenading,
shopping, or for any other purpose, from
pc time she entered il until the morning
of her trial, when she was taken to the
court house by the sheriff Neither did
she hold levees, but, on the contrary, was
never visited by any one excepting her i'm
mediate friends, her counsel, committee
Of the grand jury and by the sheriff and in
all respects she deported herself under the
trying circumstances in manner to chal.
lenge the respect and gain the sympathy
and support of the entire community.
Yours, &c.