The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-03-25
NUMBER 9.

grace. Oh Sod, help me-help ma to sus-
tain thai bitter. bitter hour" And then
the poor man would throw himself On his
bed aud weep
But the parting with his ~ife and chill
dren. What pen can describe that terrible
interview They kuelt in PRAYER their wo-
negone cou0 tenances sUGuscd IN tears. aud
with hands clasped convu isiyely toget ethcr.
The scene was too harfowiIg and sacred for
the eye Of = stranger. I rushed from the
cell, and buried myself IN my lodgings,
whence did not remove till all was over
Next day James HoTvcy, = victim Of cir
cumstantial evidence, and of ba1baTUus
criminal code, persisted on the scstfyIi
Three weeks afterwards the court arrived
at a FeFuluGs city in the 1eS. Of England.
II had iu the interval visited another assi25
town. aud there Judge A. had left three
for execution. The trials of these men, how
ever, / had not attended. So shocked bad
been nay feelings hy the mouruful event
which hac taken place at -, that ! had
gone into Wales for the sake Of change cf
( scene. After roaming about for fortnight
amidst the wild scenes Of Caorn9rvonshiie.
took the stage for the city which I knew the
court was 10 visit, and arrived ou the cay
previous to the opening OF TIE assZes
Nv ell, are we TO have a heavy csleudar}''
| inquired next morning of brother uarTis-
ter on entering the court.
Rather light for a March assze.'' replied
the impatient counsel az lie hustled cuga,d.
There's Cartwright's case-highway rob
bery-in which ! am for the prosecution -
He'll swing fer it, and perhaps four O. i've
others"
a good hanging Judge is A-,'' said
slE. r4r,. -
us, rubbing his hands, ii pleased with The
prospect of a few executions. No cGaucs
/ Of The prophecy ycnter cORling true, ! sup
/ pose g'
mot in tLe least" replied the Uusll:ug
counsel. lie reycr looked better Ills H.
! ness has gone comp pIeteiy off And this days
I work viii brighten him mp"
CaTtwHght's uil! came Ou. l mad never
( seen the man before. and was not aware that
/ this was tie same person whom Harvey had
( incidentally told NE he had discharged for
theft the truth being. that til the iast tao-
mont Dt his existence, that uufoTtuuate man
had not known how much he had been
sacrifice to this wretcil's malice.
I he crime OF which the villain row stood
accused was that Of rubbing a farmer OF the
paltry sum of eight shiiIugs, in the neigh
4 U0ThUUG O.. ftaCUubc. lie pleaded not
guilty. bat pat in no defence. verdict
was recorded against hiIn. aud in due time
A. sentenced him TO be hanged. An
preston Of fendish mliisuaucy cleaned
over tl5 haggard features Of the ieloa as he
as e. leave 10 address a few words To the
court. 1t was granted. Leaning forward,
and raising lis heavy Sowing eyes 10 the
Judge. Le thus te-au There l. something
on ny mind, my lord-a dreadful crime
which. a ! am to die ior the eight shiiiiugs
I In, I -elt
fess. You may remember Harvey. my lord. &.
whom you hanged the other day at -?'
What Of him. fellow 20 Ieg lied the Judge,
his features flushing rTinsou-
why. my lord. only this-that he Was
as innocent If tie crime for which You hang
ed hun as the child yet unborn. ] did the
deed! | put The watch in his trunk -
And 10 the uuuttcrabIc horror OF ths entire
court lie yeIated the full particulars Of the
transaction, the origin OF his gruGge against
Harvey, and bis delight on bringing AIm 10
tie gallOws-
..Iuhuman, execrable villain = gasPed the
iudge in extreme ezcitemelt.
.Ceyerly done thought Was it not, my
Iord p lei ineG the ruffian, with bitter irony.
The evidence. YOU know, was Irresistible f;
. the crime a. clear rs the sun at monday /;
and If, in such plain eases. the Just and peces-
/ sarv law was not enforced, society would be
/ dissolved. and there would he no s=curity for
property! These were your words, think
( llo.v on that occasion / admired your lord
slip's iudcment and eloGueuce! Society
would be dissolved if an innocent man were
not hanged! Ia !-ha hal Capital =
capitali" shouted the ieroci0us felon with
demoriac elee, as he marked the effect ol his
words on the conuteuance of the judge.
.Remove the prisoner - shouted the shor-
A oh. f..E i Inst IN,
Judge motioned him to desist His lordship's
iearurcs worked crnyulsigeiy- lie seemed
striving to speak, hat the words would not
come.
Il suppose. my lord" continued Cart
wright, in low and kissing tones. the shad-
ow of unutterabe despair grew and settled
/ on his face-s'F suppose YOU know that his
wife destroyed herself The corouer's jury
said she had fallen accidentally into the wa
ter. I know better. She drowned herself
u1der the agonies Of broken heart! ! saw
her corpse. with the dead baby in lis arms
and then / lelt-knev-that was lost =
Lost. doomed 10 everlasting rerdition But
my lord !'-and here the wretch broke into
a howl wild aud terrifc-"ecs shall go down
toqether-down 30 where your deserts are
known. A-h-h! tlat pinchcs you. does
it? Hound cf a judge legal murderer =
coward ] SPUN and spit upon thee -
The rest of the appalling objursafion was
inarticulate. as the monster, foamiRg and
suffering, was dragged by an officer from
the dock.
Judge A. had fallen forward on hii
face. fanting and srecchess with the vio
lence of his emotions. The black cap haC
dropped from his brow. His hands wer'
stretched out across the bench, aud various
members Of the bar rushed to his assistance
! The court broke up in fristtful c"mmo:ion
j Two days after tie county paper had ih'
, following announcement:
Died at the Royal Hotel, -. on the
9th instant, Judge A.. from an attach
, OF fever sUpervening from disorder iron
which he had bat imperfectly recovered -
The prophecy was fulfilled!