Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24
HELEN J3>EpIi:iE.

HELEN J8>E.pH:iE.
The Vulgar Display cf Monday.
n. Y. TIrral,,'s r"ror; "i tn" stokes trial
Ih" great attraction of the day was
the appearance Of the modern Cleo
patrL in court. who i> known in this
fight rs Helen Josephine Mansfield.
and her cousin. Mrs. Marietta Viii
tiamS. in addition 10 the mother of
Mrs. Williams.
Mrs. Mansfield came into court at
tired i'll all the magniilcrnrc that
gold. silks. diamonds and lacc> could |
bcstow. She had descended from her
carriage in Broadway. and. Il Great .
many people have curiosity to
know how this -A>pa~ia dresses. it
will be "ivcn. First. there was a
heavy black silk undrrskirt, covered !
over with some white lilmy fabric |
which came to the throat. and over
handsome black lace shawl pinned III
front nj the shoulders. Around her
neck was q massive gold chain, pen
t!amt from which wa. an equally mas
sive gold cross. and to make it COM
plcte. at her wrists were massive cod
bracelets richly chased. Ms. Mam<-
field wore Il Henri Quairc hat, with
Il rich black veil and long lavender
/ hid gloves. In her ears were large
hoop earrings of geld and sapphire
She sat behind the reporters during
the day. and on her right was her
mother, Mrs. Mansfield. who was
dressed in black silk. and VIII" i still
very prepoS>r>>ing woman. Mrs.
| Helen Josephine Mansfield is Il
woman Of extraordinary fairness Of
! skin. Will" her mother is darker,
stoutcr and shorter in stature. Helen
Josephine has dark, liquid eyes, and
her cousin. Marietta Williams. is a
blonde, with tawny hair and gray
blue eyes. Her dress was also Il
tawny-colorcd silk dress of two
shades. and she had Il tawny and
black hat on the top of her head. and
everything that WAS not rich in
her person was tawny witt. the cx-
ccption of the heavy gold hoop car
rings, similar to those of Mrs. Mans
field.
When Mrs. Mansfield saw stokes
yesterday morning in court ii was
for the first time since lis couiinc-
ment for the killing of Fisk. on Jan
uary 9th. This woman. who is Il
magnificent Mcdusa. took long ten
der look at stokes and seemed for 4
moment to drink lis every feature.
Still the Ncdu,a kept her nerves
we'll i'll hand. and thought. no doubt
of the m:niy STANCE things that had
six months amo. nj the Iorkvillc
Police Court Oh that mcmorall"
SATURDAY. morning. Stokes looked
at Mrs. Mrnsticid an,: just bowed in
return to the look, and Mrs. Stokes.
the mother of the prisoner. who i
said to be woman Of strong rcli-
gious feelings. regarded Mrs. Mans
field with Il look that only mother
could fIthom.
EXTRAORDINARY SrUHY.-!uayii-
Inn u y I /
lived very quietly upon their litIic
property. Both had carefully pur-
chased their collins some years amo.
, aS is often the case among country
folks. The cuiiins were placed in ii
stable. and were used as Il receptacle
: for different things. c~p"ciall, for
storing up baked fruit and other arti-
clcs intended to be kept for winter
! use. Not long ago the old man died
suddenly. The son (who WAS sol
. dirr. Iuartercd ut Brrlin}. ha>tcd at
the summons to pay the last respect ;
. to his fathers remains. In the mean
time the mother had. with til" help of
: another son who lived with hcr, pat
all the articles together III one Of the
collins. and in the other had duly
, placed the mortal remains ofhim VI hu
: for 80 many years was the parturi' OF
: her lifelong journey. The coffin WAS
carried To the grave hy the hands "t
: stout country Youths. and followed
hv sorrowinm relatives and Svmpa-
thizinm ncimhborS, while the bells
! tollrd out their melancholy dir ~r.
The following day the son had 10 re-
. turn To the garrison. The anxious
/. mother wished to give him some "l
, the fruit. etc. that wa. packed away
: to take with him on his journey and
= on going to the remaining coffin foi
that purpose what was her horror 10
I. find the body of her husband. In the
confusion of the moment the wrong
q coffin had been borne to the grave,
and now there remained nothing els,
to be done than 10 dig the first cottii
7 up again and bury tho dead body
-, while n second funeral Grafton had tt
: be pronounced by the village pastor
!, 1t is useless, it is madness for me,
y in this age to talk of getting rich n
any business that docs not require
work. That n man must work in or
! der to succeed. OF even to be man
y. is blessed law.
p BctrothaI parties are all the cX
Il citemcnt in New Iork-and are 5
delightful. One young lady has ha
% five the past season. and thinks tha