The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-07-26

was sorry when the journey was over"
"And so was L" interposed the pris-
oner
eyes, that is his voice. IF you make
him say, Oft in the Silly night my
lord" said the girl, "you would under
stand"
"Shall l ask him to sing it?" said
Mr.. G.
Really" said the Lord Advocate
this is quite unusual and irregular -
He was rather nettled with the evidence.
" No." said Mr.. c., {" it is a case of
identity. Identity of voice may be as
important as that of feature. Do you
wish to be confirmed in your opinion by
hearing his voice 2"
" | have no doubt about him. But he
says it very sweetly."
Prisoner" said the judge, "you have
heard what has passed. Can you say
any of the verses?"
Thus adjured, Power recited the sec
ond verse Of that sweetest Of all Moore's
melodies, with great taste and expression,
The witness listened with delight, and at
the end exclaimed, Il was sure Of it.
Nobody said all but ne departed but
himself"
He had said so and the evidence was
irresistible.
The waiter at the Western Club, the
clerk at the coach office, and the guard
of the mail, all spoke Of his having been
in Glasgow on Monday until four o'clock.
and having left it,by the coach that even
ing. He arrived in Edinburg, as the.
Crown witnesses had said, at nine that
night. The chain was complete, and all
idea Of concert was excluded by the fact
that none of the witnesses knew when
they came into court the reason of their
being summoned. The case looked like
one Of mistaken identity; but the re-
markable thing was that the accused had
never denied that he was the student in
question, and seemed from the first to be
familiar with all around him.
The crown had no choice but to aban-
don the prosecution, and the prisoner was
acquitted; but the mystery which the
trial had thrown over the whole affair
created an unpleasant impression, and he
left Edinburg the next day.
Very shortly afterwards fact trans
pred which rendered it at least doubtful
whether the crime had been committed
at all Two medical students, who were
friends of Johnstone, resided at the top
of the same staircase. Both of these
students had left Edinburg rather sud
donly, Immediately after this event, and
it was not known where they had gone
But it transpired that they had been in
che habit of making experiments on them
selves-not an unusual thing at that
time; and it came to be believed that
Powers counsel at the time Of the trial
had information that Johnstone came by
his death in that way, and that the others
in their terror had lain down his body at
Powers door.
The nine days wonder soon subsided,
and gave place to new topics and it was
many years afterwards that / heard the
true version of this singular tale
1t seems there were two brothers, twins,
of the name Of Power, who were left Or
phans, and almost without relatives or
connections, when they were mere chill
dren. They were so wonderfully alike
that those who knew them best could
rarely distinguish them, and the old ma
ternal grandfather who reared them took
care that they should be educated sepa-
rately. Reginald the eldest assumed the
name Of Reynolds, as he succeeded to a
small property through his mother. The
brothers, after the death of their grand
father, being alone in the world, had the
most devoted, even romantic, affection
for each other, although at the time of
this story they had not met for several
years.
Reginald had received writership to
India, and when the events have spoken
of occurred was on his way to pay his
brother a farewell visit. Johnston, and
Power had met that afternoon, and Pow
er had knocked him down, and was hor-
riied an hour afterwards to find John
stone lying dead at his door. In his
alarm he Immediately started off by the
coach, which left for Glasgow at six
O'clock, to meet his brother and. consult