The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-02-13

h'. lot to marshal thj evidence tn.
was to blight the prospects and hla.
the character, and annihilate for eve
% able and promising young mar
but that the law knew no difierenc
between the educated aud the unedu
Gated. aud that for his part he though
Hsrtsook most dangerous foe to th
psacs Of society. The evidence airead.
given fastened suspicion upon him
The prisoner had not yet been able I,
break its force ut all. The prisone
had not even dared to try to explair
the reason for his being out At nigh
to . young lady. He would now con
cluds by giving the last touch to til.
dark evidence that would sink the
once fair name OF Ralph Hartsook in 3
hundred fathoms Of infamy. He
would ask that Henry Banta be called
Hank came forward shespishiy, and
was sworn. Lived about = hundred
yards from the house that was robbed
He seen ole man Pearson and the
master aud one other feller that he
didn't know come away from there
together about one 0 clock. He heerd
the horses kickin', aud went out L
the stable to see about them. He seed
two men como out of Schroeder's back.
door and mest one man standing III
the gate. When they got c!oster he
knowed Pearson by his wooden leg
and the Master by his hat. On cross
examination he wss little confused
whsn asked Why he hadn't told of il
before, but said that he was afraid tc
say much, bekase the folks was q
talkin' about hanging the master, and
hs didn't want NO lynchin'.
The prosecution here rested, Broh-
sou maintaining that there was
enough evidence to justify Rilph's
committal to await trial. But the
court thought that AZ the. deienda
had no counsel and offered no rebuilt
lug testimony, IL would te only fair Ia
hear what the prisoner had to say in
his own defence.
All this while poor Ralph was look
lug about She room for Bud Buds
actions had Of hate been strangely con-
Trajectory. But had lie turned coward
aud deserted his friend: Why else
did he avoid the sessions Of the court ?
After asking himself such questions as
these, Ralph would wonder at his
folly. What could Bud DO If he were
there? There was no human power
that could prevent the victim of so
vile conspiracy as this, lodging in
that worst Of State prisons ut Jeffer-
sOnviiie, place too bad for criminals.
But when there 10 ho human power to
help, how naturally does the human
mind look for some Intervention of
God on the side OF Right. Aud
Ralph's faith In Providence looked in
the direction of Bud. But since no
Bud came, he shut down the valves
and rose to his feet, proudly. defian.Iy,
6srcely calm.
Its Of no use for me to say any
.sA-s.-es1es. s.~s.s@-s~..~. s.s.s swOtn 70 q
deliberate fatsehood, and he knows it.
He has made his wife psrjurs her poor
soul, that she dare not call her own"
Here Pete's fists cIenched, but Ralph
in his present humor did not care for
mobs. The spirit Of the bulldog had
complete possession of him. 1T il of
no use for me to tell you that Henry
Banta has sworn to lie, partly to re-
venge himself on me for sundry pun
ishments have given him, and partly,
perhaps, for money. The real thieves
are in this courtroom. | could put
my finger on Them"
ITO be sure" responded the old bas-
ket- maker. Ralph looked at Pete
Jones, then at Small. The fiercely
calm look attracted the attention of
the people. He knew that this look
would probably cost him his life be-
fore the next morning. But he did
not care for life. ''The testimony of
Miss Hannah Thomson is every word
true. believe that Of Mr.. Pearson
to he true. The rest ia false. But l
eau not prove 1t. know the men |
have to deal with. shall not escape
with State prison. They will not
spare my life. But the people of
Chfty will one day find out who are
the thieves" Ralph then proceeded
to tell how he had left Pete Jones's,
Mr.. JOnes's ted being uncomfortable
how he had walked through the pas
ture; how he had seen three men on
how he noticed the sorrel
with the white left fore foot aud white
nose how he had seen DR.. Small
how, after his return, he had heard
some one enter the house, and how he
had recognized the horse the next
morning. There" said Ralph des-
perately, leveling hi, finger at Pete,
"there is y man who will yet see the
inside of y penitentiary. ! shall not
live to see it, but the rest of you will"
Pete quailed. Ralph's speech could
not of course break the force of the
against him. But it had its
effect, aud it had effect enough to
alarm Bronson. who rose ami said:
II should like To ask the prisoner at
the bar one question.
ASK me . dozen,'' said Hartsook,
more like king than q crim-
inal.
"Well, then, Mr.. Hartsook. You
need not answer unless you choose !;
but what prompted you to take the
you did in your walk on that
evening""
This shot brought )salph down. To
answer this question truly would At
tach to friendless Hannah Thonlsou
some of the disgrace that now be-
longed to him.
II decline 70 answer" said Ralph.
"Of course, do not want the pris-
oner to criminate bimselr' said Bron-
son significantly.
During this last passage Bud had
come ia, but, to Ralph's dissppeint-
mspt he remained near the door, talk
,, tn Walfne Iohnenn who had ennno