, 1877-07-14
'.CE FIVE CENTS.

: e the arrivals aud departures Of trains.
arrested he showed much confusion, hut
quickly recovered himself, and protested ITS In
noc=nce, declaring that at the fimo tho murder
VA committed he was at hone in bel, q fact
which he stood realty to prove by several per
s%on1: % At the coroncrfs Inquest lie was brought
aad when looking at the pailid and distorted
lace said, "l}c Ravo nc this scar here, and
hated him worse than tho devil. but / an gjai
had nothinK to do With putting him whers he
I; II shaws shost T. hess i faat ssare me-"
bcnea: Of bail. After being Imprisoned few
days he escaped: but va. captured after
wcck's liberty: lie was Indicted In November,
ruary. 1871. Though tho tcstfmonv for ihc
prosecution was altogether Of cifc,lmstantjal
and presutnptiyo nnture, the chain was complete,
an;i of hueh strength that no theory Of tho
and not aaw could be discovered that would
wcakcn. faith in the prisoners guilt. John 4.
Stewart, tho arst witness for tho prosecution,
sta.e;l that about dark on tue evening Of tho
SOD to borrow 4 lantern. She did not hare ono
1t homc, hut Polndcxtcr said they had ono at
%Sohn % shar's, and offered to go With Stewart To
r. sn sn to fet af ap ahey wsnt sn
Stewart told Edn,ondson he wanted tho lantern
70 nse at Copp's housc, whcre he and William
Shaw were REind|nE sorEhum. Edmontlson IN
qnired II Shaw would bc working thcro that
night, and was answered In the affirmative.
In response to an Invitation to 70 over to
Copp's, Edmonlson said he would not 60
where William Shaw wa, and that he and Will
". This conversation occurred two hours be-
fore the shouting touh place. Samuel Cooper
testified that while he was ox-hunttug on tho
morning Of The
Fiunr Or TIE MURDER
lie tn Nrk Hrnc $,o,,a Iy~t,
there had conTetsatton with Potntlc1tcr. Ho
remembered particularly TINT roindcxter asked
lln In sls1iaeant manner, ~ man kills an
pnn.e Tor f M I'M. csineins VI 9 dese d stt To po.s @
himself on the statutcfef limitations concern
tng murder, Alexander Caldwell testified ttst
subeeaucnt to tI'o fight between Shaw md Ed
r,ondson. in which Shaw used brick 80
effectively he heard Kdmondson say he
{Edmondson}4 }4nd Shaw "coultl not lIrc In the
same country and mt get hurt, !" that he "slId
not give I-tl for the scar Shaw left on him."
but that he would ...drax moro blood aud icavo
bigger scsr " on Shaw than Shaw Ind left On
him. Daniel Chrontstcr teatti1ed that when Ed
rnondsofi brekc jail he fed lin, and Was TAX
Ing l's preakfass to him In tho wood. when no
WA WA Intercepted by tho Sheriff and arrested,
and that Edmondson w8s reraptured few
minutes afterwards. While tho officers wcre
/ securing Eslnunlson he whispered to Chson!s-
say b. twas at home when the killing Ok
rtrrcsl, and to tell them that II they dtl mt
swear to thta, b. would be bound to hang, aud
to 10y to hts brother John. II he would swear
Of hts daye."
The dctcnsc consisted Of tho Testimony OF ths
mottcr, brothcrt, and sisters Of the prisoner, all
VI whom kWorc that he WIS In bed until thu
screams OF Alrs. Shaw wcrc hearl al sue passed
on tho way from her home to wl,cru the mur-
dered man was; that when they hcard her
charge The crime IN ltDfutlcrtcr and swear thnt
she wou'41 have him Killed 1t the risk Of her
IN fF1 In U7Ak ft,r
and that It was kotcly OH aceuunt of their en-
treaties TINT he left hume.
TAh Twn SIsTERs,
Amanda and Mary, testified that at the hour tho
tmpeaching witnesses wcrc introduced by the
prosecutions Who tcsti'lcd that both these girls
had previously. declared, that Roiodex-
d @ no. Know s %sre t. was " Thc s sttempt ane5 q
prove m altt[ wns complete failure, and
verdict Of murder In the lint 'iegrte WAS
om tho ground tllat the indictment DID not
alicgs on What part Of the body of t1.c deceased
the mortal wound was Indicted. The supren'o
aruund that "the statutes prevented tnteEtcr-
en.e with a Judgment simply becunse the In
ti!ctmcnt does not contain N a,cFMent . which
osd ts not to b. proved Wners thS
from the limbs aud head, Il is
not neceasary to aver; nor on what part
Of tue trunk the wound 10 m1dc.' When tho
iSsy [ssufe rs!e o. Elty thsy naasa to
communication to iniptt*dnncnt for life. This,
with letter from tho Judge and Prosecuting
ATTORNEY, aud also petition from cIttzcls, weru
crutlye clen,cncy. Tho Governor declined to
excrclse his ncrciful prcroEatiyc, and tic death
warrant for Edmontlst'u'a execution. ww signed
May , IT, lfmo pa.ycd aud ls tnc dreadful day
which gave 4 glamour 1T ROMANCE to IdtuCn4-l