The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-29

by "a blaze of excitement in the Manistee
region, and created sensation through
out the entire State.
\ most formidable mass of circum
stantial evidence was collected against
the prisoner, and in the winter following
the tragedy he was tried in the Circuit
Court of Manistee county for Herbert
Fields murder The progress of that
trial was watched with the greatest
eagerness in all parts of this State, and
its fame soon spread abroad. 1t Gel
taiuly bristled with points of interest.
The list of witnesses included the most
prominent men of the town in which the
tragedy occurred. The evidence covered
the most div rse subjects-the direction
and force Of lake currents, the chemical
distinctions between blood corpuscles,
the variations in the clocks of a town
without standard time, the physical eft
fects of certain diseases, the topography
of Manlstee, and the more direct testi-
mony as to the acts of the prisoner and
the proofs of guilt found in and about
the bank. The case of the prosecution,
based wholly upon crcumstantial evi
dence, was an exceedingly strong one,
and vet the defense assailed ii with
great effect. The trial lasted for nearly
two months, and ended in the conviction
of the defendant, his sentencing to the
State Prison for lite, and his immediate
removal to solitary cell at jackson.
This termination of the case was at
tended by a widely-extendeG conviction
in the State that the feeling at Manistee
had been so intense that it had injurious
ly affected the prisoners standing with
the jury This conviction finally as
sumed practical shape, and subscrip
tions of money were collected in all
parts of Michigan to meet the expenses
Of securing new trial for the convicted
man, the citizens of town in which he
had formerly lived and had borne high
character taking the lead and appointing
a committee to manage the matter
One of the shrewdest attorneys in the
Northwest was at once retained for Mr.
Vanderpool, and he soon carried to a
successful termination an application for
a new trial and for a change of venue
The second trial took place last fall
in the Circuit Court of Kalamazoo
county, and surpassed even the first in
the extent and depth of the interest it
aroused. This was partly explained by
the introduction Of new testimony and
the completeness of the preparations of
both the defense and the prosecution
for the contesting of every point, but II
was mainly due to the reputation of the
council engaged. In their number were
the leading criminal lawyer Of the Cat
caeo bar, the most brilliant advocate of
the Detroit bar, the Attorney General
OF the State, and an attorney whose EN-
inencc has made him twice the nominee
Of his party for a position on our su
preme bench, This trial was yerita-
bic battle of the giants and the case ac-
CURED a celebrity which has not been
surpassed in the criminal history OF the
Northwest Itresuitcd, after occupying
several weeks, in disagreement Of the
Jury, and the ordering of now trial
with another change Of the venue.
Toe third TRIAL has just concluded in
the Circuit Cou,t for Barry county
Public inter-, ST still followed the detail.
of It's daily progress until it euded il
the acquittal of the prisoner, who afteI
two years Of jail life-a few weeks of il
spelt in the cell of convicted and sen
teuccd telon---is again free man.
The great Ianderpool trial is thus Al
an end. 1t will be long remembered
by mos as romance, graphically writ
ten, intricate in plot, stirring in incident
dealing with a terrible tragedy aud al
impenetraolc mystery, would be remcm.
bered It has Left fearful sin uupun
isaeo, an has added 30 the lisc Of mys
FERROUS or mes for which uusltistici jas
t.ce stu demands a righteous We qeauce
murder most oul and unnatural "