The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-02-20
TIPTON, IOWA, FEBRUARY 90, 1878

= and git his trunk afore he has Z chan,
TO burn up all the papers that's in it.
2 Constable. you will arrest DR.. Sinai
Peter Jones aud William Jones. Sen
: two deputies to bring Small's trunk /,
to court, " said Squire Underwood.
The prosecuting attorney was silen,
i, Walter then told Of the robbery .
Schroeder's, told where he and Sma
bad whitfield the fence while the Jone
entered tho house. and connrme,
Ralph's story by telling how they ha,
-een Ralph in fence corner. and how
they had met the basket maker on th,
hill.
TO be sure. said the old man, " be
had not ventured to hold up his head
after he was arrested, until Walter be-
gan his testimony.
Walter felt inclined to stop, but he
could not do it, Tor there stood Mr..
Sodom looking to him like . messen-
ger from the skies, or the bottomless
pit, sent to extort the last word from
his guilty soul. He felt that he vac
making clean breast OF II ut the risk
Of perdition, with the penitentiary
thrown in, II he faltered. And 90 he
told the whole thing "a though it had
been the day of doom, and by the time
he was through, Smail's trunk was In
court.
Here new hubbub took place At the
| door. 1t was none other than the era
~ pauper, Tom Bifield, who person
ated General Andrew Jackson in the
poor-house. He had caught some ink
ling OF the trial, and had escaped in
Bill Jones's absence. His red plume
was flying, and in his tattered aud
filthy garb he was indeed a picturesque
figure.
"Squar," said he, elbowing his way
through the crowd, II kin tell you
somethin'. I'm Gineral Andrew Jack
son. Lost my head at Bueny Visty
This head growed on. 1t ain't good
fer much. One sides later. But 10th
er's sound as nut. Now kin give
you information"
Bronson. with the quick perceptions
Of politician. had begun to see which
way future winds would probably
tlow. "If the court please" he sail,
this man is not wholly sane, but we
might get valuable information out OF
him. I suggest that his testimony be
taken for what it IL worth"
mo. you don't swar me-" broke in
the lunatic. mot IL 1 knows myself.
You see, when a feller's got one side
Of his head tater. he's mighty onsar-
tain like. You don't swar me, fer
can't tell what minute the tater side'll
begin to talk. I'm talkin out Of the
left side now. and I'm all right. But
you don't swar me. Hutef you'll send
some Of your constables out to the barn
at the poor.house and look under the
hay-mow in the north east corner,
you'll find some things may be as has
been missin' for some time. And that
ain't out Of the tatsr side nuther."
Meantime Bud did not rest Hearing
As.- .>s...- - s---AaS.~-y oA~s~ey II au
Bants before he eutered, he attack ed
Hank and vowed ho'd send him to
prison If he didn't make clean breast.
Hank was q thorough coward, and,
now that his friends were prisoners,
WAS ready enough to tell the truth II
he could be protected from prosecution.
Seeing the disposition Of the prosecut-
ing attorney, Bud got from him
promise that he would do what he
could to protect Hank. That worthy
then took the stand, onfessed his lie,
and even told the inducement which
Mr.. Pete Jones had offered him to per-
jure himself.
40 be sure" said Pearson.
Squire Hawkins, turning his right
eye upon him while the left looked ~
the ceiling, said: "Be careful, Mr..
Pearson, or l shal! have to punish you
Tor contempt"
"Why, Squar, didn't know 'twa.
any sin to hev healthy contemp' fer
sech thief rs JOnes!u
The Squire looked at Mr.. Pearson
severely, aud the latter, feeling that
he had committed some offenso with
out knowing it, subsided into silence.
Bronson now had keen sense OF
the direction Of the gale.
IF the court please" said he, II
have tried to do my duty in this case
II was my duty to prosecute Mr.. Hart
sock, however much might feel rs
sured that he WAS innocent, and tina.
he would TO able to prove his inno-
cence. now enter nolle in his case
and that of John Pearson, and ask
that this court adjourn until to-mor
row, in order to give me time to exam
inc the evidence in the case of the 9th
er parties under arrest. l am proud to
think that my efforts have been the
means of sitting the matter to the bot
tom, of freeing M-. Hartsook from sus-
picion, and Of detecting the real crini-
nals.n
ugh" said Mr.. Pearson, who con-
ceived a great dislike to Bronson.
The court" said squire Hawkins,
"congratulates Mr.. Hartsook on his
acquittal. Hsis discharg l
ed from the bar of this court, and FROM
the bar of public sentiment, without
suspicion of guilt. Constable, dis
charge Ralph HArtsook and John
Pearson.
Old Jack Means, who had always
had a warm side for the master, now
proposed three cheers for Mr., Hart
sock, and they were given with 4 will
by the people who would have hanged
him Al hour before.
Mrs. Means gave it as her opinion
that Jack Means alters wuz fool
"This court" said DR.. Underwood,
has one other duty to perform before
for the day. Recall Han
nah Thomson.
II list started her on ahead to git
supper and milk the cows" said Mrs.
Means. Amt agoin' to have her
loaiin here al day."
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