Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-07-13
Try soul-I knew. how free anc


very soul-I knew how free ant
open itswas~ah, how aslnfully so
4 j, knew there was no falsehood. il
thesstory he told U.s., .5ea sslA
- ssMy boy lis innocent h MY
boy is innocent !Hss D. taaot IS
81 heard the cry--and j saw an
old woman sink back into the arms
tof finale companion twas biz
poor mother. Her heart was
well nigh broken! Yet / saw that
i'all these had but little effect upon
the mass Of spectators. The pfis
oners course of dissipation his
man VI threats against the house
and tie very fact of his having
n-robbedSand abused there were
heavy against him. gs. z=sy
The counsel for the prisoner
madehis speech, which was Ia
bored and lard He was foolish
enough to intimate that if bis
client was around at the back part
Isofsthe house more than eonce, he
must have been intoxicated. In
short his. plea had better been left
out. The evidence he could not
shake. and he did all he could 1 to
Isuppose evidence, some of it most
absned and ridiculous. | after
wards learned that Moulton War
ren engaged that lawyer for the
youthful prisoner The govern
ment attorney made his plea 1T
was plain straight forward anlYery
conclusive. ,sl ..... s4ss-vi
- The judge finally gave his
ch arge. I He was fair and candid.
He reviewed the evidence careful
I =, and pointed out such as bore
heavily upon the case. He told
ussiffthere was a lingering doubt
in our minds we must give the
prisoner the benefit of it. But l
could plainlyasee that there was
no doubt in his mind. We-the
iury-AWere conduetedtoour room
by an officer, and there locked up,
A silence of some minutes ensued.
-MQnlton Warren was the first to
speak z - = = 2 = = e = -
"Well," he said, Il s'pose there's
no needsof our bein here great
while. OF course we must all
knew that the prisoner must have
set Ere to4he llodse?H aSSs
E There was something in the
lnapnerlf Of that man as he said,
this, which excited my curiosit "
| won't say it was suspicion then
--olily curiosity Hes spoke with
forced effort at calmness which
I at once perceived. The more |
looked at him the moreI became,
stronglynervous and uneasy won
deredwhy he.should be SO anxious
TO get rid OF the case and have
Ambold convicted. Il knew that
he frequented thatseyil house, and
lthSt hegt had done much toward i
tempting Charley to dissipation
I KNEW that he was in that house
on the hight on which the prison.
er was robbed; for Charley bad
told me SO when Visited him inl
his. cell. az had then asked the
unfortunate youth if he was, sure
Warren washis friend. o, ihewas
sure of it. He should have, hunt
ed him up on the night of liisrob-
berry, only they told him that War |
ren had gone. H sssrl al
By-and-by, the foreman proposed
That we. should each takea piece |
of paper aud writeidown our opin-
ion, and then compare notes. /
went % my hat. that | had placed !
upon the table with a number of !
Others, and took out sheet of |
paper. | had got half way back |
to, the. table when.-Lno that |
had made sad mistake, torTl |
undoIlha6 got part Of "a letter
from another mans hat. | was
about to- turn back, when the
name of the writer of the letter
arrested my attention. | looked
more closely, and Iead-''otephsn |
Grant" Next i caught this sen
tence: ,.sg4. 4ss syea
sn,sEAnd now, dear Charles, ,.if not
for your own sake. for your moth
er''s sake, let me hope you viii do
better. Pc fa' t1.J
l started as though a shot had
struck me- | held in my hand
the other half of the sheet that
had been used to fire the burned
house! i went. to the table, and
found that I bad taken it from
Warren's hat!3 looked to see if
/ had been observed-and had
not / put the paper back, and
then took a piece from my own
hat which was of thesame pattern
as the other, and by tsside.
1a Ireturned tothe table and sat
down. Warren was by my side.
He had written his opinion, and