The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-08-17


! large blade was gone. With ai tat
powers possessed | restrained my dctI
. emotion, and having cut ms papers
handed back The kuifc.
& Why should be have that knife SO bold
! " abon, him aflerward learned n,
bad not worn those panialoons befor,
since the night Of the Gre, and now b,
used the knife, probably without lb,
! least remembrance Of the loss !, had sus
tanned during the very peculiar piece 81
work, 20 the execution Of which i wa.
made subsuryisnt.
We talked for some ten minutes snd
found that eleven OF the jury were bent
J on rendering a verdict Of guilty though
most of them were In favor OF recon.
mending the prisoner TO mercy Moutou
Warren was decided. lie had no mercy
al all.
Presently started up, aud pretending
to be faint, | said must 20 ont for a
few moments. ! kicked at the door and
the deputy sheriff came. He heard my
plea and let me out As soon as we had
gained safe distance, told him ALL
He was sstonished and went away
when he came back be brought the dis
trict attorney, and the district Judge and
the sheriff, told him again what had
seen-I assured them that Il was no
mere suspicion. And | explained, too,
Warren's manner In tho jury room, and
his forme. connection with the prisoner,
and his known character.
The officers went away, and al the end
OF ten minutes they returned, constable
added to their number, and this consta-
bic had a freshly written instrument in
bis hand. The sheriff bsde me to point
out the hat to them as soon as we entered
the room.
The door of the room opened: aud |
pointed them to the hat. The sheriff
took it, and asked whose Il was. War.
rem leaped to his feet and seized It, but
was held back.
Word was instantly sent / the Judge
that the jury could not agree. They
were discharged, and then Moulton War
rem was searched, The knife found up.
on him, and bis behavior at once exposed
his guilt. The presence of that letter
was accounted for by him in dozen dif-
u
lerent ways within an hour.
A new jury was empaneled, .aud
Charles Ambold was acquitted. shortly
aiterward Warren was tried Il was
plainly proved that the woman who
kept the house was to have been burned
mp 10 IL, as he coDtriyed to lock her into
her room shortly after setting the fire
She bad incurred his dispeasure in var-
GUS ways, and this was bis revenge. Not
only she, but two other inmates Of the
house had suspected him from the first.
Dut tuvy a~,- -as narnrlaip FIR foa~ i.e
would not be convicted, and would be
sure to murder them.
The hardened villain confessed his
guilt after he had been condemned, and
then 1t was that he told how he happened
to be SO careless in regard to paper and
knife. II was he who had robbed AM
bold, and when he took the old letter
from his hat to use it for torch in set
ting the fire, he did not notice what il
was, and even when that partly burned
half had been exhibited in court he had
entirely forgotten that he had torn off
the other half aud put it back in bis hat,
as he must have done. The letter had
been found in Ambold's pocketbook, aud
he had kept it, because in it the youth
was warned against his influence
lie confessed that be had slight idea
of calling the writer to an account when
il should become convenient. With re-
gard TO the hnife, II was as before
stated. lie took that also from Ambold's
pocket and put il 10 bis own, aud on
the night Of the fire be had used il 10 pry
up the sash, and when he had broken il
be put il back in his pocket and forgot
il.
Thus was Charley saved land saved
from more than au ignoinnious death,
too. He was saved TO be a noble, viru.
Gus man, aud his mother once more took
ample delight and joy 10 lhe love aud
tender care oi hcf only child.
When Csarles Ambolj knew that
Moulton Warren had expi.ted hi. crimes
upon the gallows be sat down aud pom
dered upon bis past life. The thought
Of his companion being hanged sent
strange thrill through bis frame But he
was able TO trace out clearly and logically
this terrible result from the course Of lite
the Inflated man had pursued, lle
shuddered as he remembered how far be
bad gone ia The same course himself; and
he was able TO see the only safe path f5f
any youth.
Not only must we sbun temptation
not only Keep clear OF even the appear
ance Of vice bat, above an, must wu
shua evil compauion.bip q youth may
make all The good resolutions thought
can afford, bul if he continues Que cyii
oompanionship he il not safe.
A demure-Iookiug CHAP hailed d char
coal peddIer with tbe query;
Have you got charcoal IA yoar wgggny
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