Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-03-25

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| go and see him. l am sure your heart
would warm to him ct once" s,
so the kind hearted and eccentric bar.
rister promised to look In on the prisoner
next afternoon.
He found him sitting with the chairman
and the vice cf the supper party, in per
feet torrent of merriment, little appropri,
ate either to the circumstances or the
1 place. The young men knew Jtheiistin,
| guished counsel, and rose and bacame ST.
lent when he entered. Power, however,
although he bowed courteously, did not
seem to recognize his visitors name, even
when it was announced.
! 81 have come to pay an afternoon visit
| to my friend here" said the barrister. "I
am glad to find him with two such sup
porters-salvage men. But my friends
the savages, you had better withdraw. l
| wish to have your prey all TO myself"
The two accordingly departed, and Mr..
| @. was left alone with the prisoner
Il suppose l should make an apology
| for my intrusion" said the lawyer, "but
| all the strange hooks of this city are flmil
lar to me; and, ladde, l thought friend
In need might not be unwelcome."
In the homely kindliness of his address,
and the Doric plainness of his speech,
there was a dignity and elegance about
the demeanor of the visitor that bespoke
the well-bred gentleman. Power was at
first startled, and then suhdued by his
manner. ->
at am sure l am much beholden," he
said. Might ask to what am indebted
for this honor9"
To your going to be hanged" said the
other, bluntly
But there go two words to that" said
! Power. "They will not hang an innocent
man in this blessed country of yours"
Won't they thought They hanged
Burke, after my friend the Dean had
proved him to be saint"
| A pause ensued, for Power had little to
| reply to the hattering parallel.
SIN plain words, my lad, am sorry for
you. There is secret which you do not
wish to disclose. do not know who you
are, or where you come from, but | am
| sure you are stranger, and believe that
! you are innocent. Friends are not so
easily found by the stranger and the
wrongfully accused that you should reject
an honest offer. Confde in mel shall be
secret as the grave"
| Power looked at him for a minute, and
then, a sudden revulsion seizing him, burst
into flood of tears.
"Iam ashamed" he said at last, "to
give way thus, but am quite alone-how
much you do not know--the most unfor-
tunate of men, and, in this, wholly inno-
cent"
Tell me the tale plainly, my boy, and
may be may find remedy"
The prisoner told his tale. What it was
the sequel must disclose.
The day of trial had come. The prison
er was placed at the bar, the judges, in
scarlet and white, defiled into court, and
the clerk called, in loud voice: "Charles
| Power, stand up, and listen to the indict-
ment against you"
The appearance of the prisoner excited
! great interest in court, which was crowded
with students and the public. The Lord
Advocate, rs public prosecutor, sat on one
side of the table within the bar, assisted
by other counsel. On the other side sal
Mr.. G. and a junior counsel.
A strange smile came over the face of
the prisoner when his name was called
He rose, however, with a glance at his
cousel, and pleaded "Not guilty" with a
firm voice.
The case made by the Crown authori-
ties was one which startled the students
by its strength and compactness. They
called the students who were at the Grain
that Power did not go to College on Mon.
day, the 25th of January, that Johnstone
was seen to go up the common stair on
the afternoon of that day; that persons
who lived next door heard violent alter
cation in Powers room about four o'clock
that the person who passed the policeman
and gave the alarm was Power; and that
Power left by the Glasgow coach at, six
o'clock, and returned to Edinburgh that
night, remaining until Wednesday at q
hotel. The medical men proved that the
cause of death was ooncussion of the brain
accompanied by stranguiation. In all in
stances the prisoner was distinctly identi
fed. The notion of an ali6I was appar
emily hopeless.
Mr.. G. made but little attempt at cross
examination. He extracted some merri
ment out of an irascible stage-ceach, and
succeeded in creating some confusion a
to where and when Power left the Glas
gov coach. But the proof of his return
was quite clear.
OF the doctors the counsel only asked
few questions.
"You spoke about strangulation. How
was it produced?"
" / cannot tell"
"Pressure on the throat produces stran
, gulation?" ?"
at does"
"Any sort of pressure
"Any which is sufficiently close an,
tight"
Hanging produces strangulation ?"
eyes"
"Was this man hanged, doctor?"
, "No, of course not"
! "Why, of course not?"
Because there is no reason to think h
was"
Amy other reason for of course not3'
, "No"
"You may CO." and go he did, after say
ing more, and implying much more tina
; he meant.
closed by he Crown reading the n0tdIadul
made when Power refused to answer tn
: sheriffs questions
. The audience were greatly excited, bu
the prisoner himself maintained a dt
> meanor perfectly tranquil. He was rathe
moved when the witnesses described th
r grief of Johnstone's family, but except {
5 this stage of the trial he eYinced no emo
> tion whatever.
"Call Admiral Seymour" said Mr.. @.
A tall weather-beaten man, somewhS
}, stately, stepped into the witness box, an
was sworn.
o "Admiral, do you know why you hav
been asked to come herep
"No, sir, do not, and think it woul
+ have been more civil to have told me.
4 know nothing about Mr.. Power, or an
!, one of that name"
No one has had the civility to ask yo
what you were going TO sayS"
Yes; gentleman came from Ill
Crown Office; told him he knew as muc
as did" |A
y II believe you left Belfast by the steam
: er which sailed on the night OF Sunda,
8 the oath Of January Z" fstr
/ 81 did,
I DO you reeollect conversation yo
J. had with young gentleman about vo
canoes p"
Il remember il and him very well. II
9 was a very intelligent fellow, and W
talked together most all the night"
"Were you fellow travellers up III