The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-01-09
VOLUME XVIII.

the trial 81 epe william \. Hendricks.
charged with ob,ainlng money uudcr
false pv,snees. The prosecuting witness
vas Henry wlfkius, yoang msa from
Gold illil, who appesrrd boiling with
rAge and impatient to pour Into the ear Of
lhe iasilce The ssory ot bic wraxs. He
stated that be possessed AiAste fot anllqae
and rare ia art, and vas especially de.
+ lighted with choice souvenirs Of dislln.
gnished people As be expressed II, A
tender flower irom The tomb Of some 10.
spirsa poet, a bit of wood from some
great cathedral or a delicate iwig from
some fnmoas historic spot 10 10 me .
source Of extreme delight. lie thea told
bow The deiendent had sold him cabine,
Of rare cuflosiIies for 500, representing
Al ihe time that they were a collection
from the old World, when 10 reality
everything 10 the lol had been found o.
/ picked up ln Story county, lie consider.
ed his feelings, taste aud general love Tor
I
the cruel conduct Of the accused
/ Mr.. Hendricks then took the stand
/ He admitted ali that had been charged
against him lie had iornd wilkins
man with an abnorml love for curiosi.
ties, man continually hunting ior old
autographs, rare postage stamps, faded
flowers, and old pieces Of tree bark from
famous places. lie bad accordingly man.
uiaetured lot OF these relies.
The articles sold 10 wilkins where pro.
duced by Mr.. Drake, the prosecuting al.
torney.
Mr. Drake (piokiug up a piece OF old
iron) What is thisl
/ Witness (grinnine) That, sir, Is
piece Of the cannon ball that wounded
Napoleon at Waterloo.
Mr. Drake Where did you get IN
Wiiness--At the Fulton foundry, on
the divide. Laughter IN court
Mr.. DrAke-H Here Is another relic, la.
belled st. Pau's catheredral before The
fire. Where did you get thalr
Witness From the wood pile.
stained Il age. More merrimont.
Mr.. Drake-~And thIsY
Witness. Twig from The grave OF Victor
Hugo.
Drako--But Hugo Isn't dead.
Witness (muoh astonished) --ls that sof
! thought he kicked the bucket last year.
Loud aughter,l
Mr.. Drake Here Is a brick.
Witness From the house Of Oliver
Cromwell; got II on street. That bunch
OF grass you have there didn't really grow
on the grave Of Mary Queen OF Scots, but
! made wilkins think 30, and got u for
II. gathered II down by the bonanza
reservoir. All these other traps picked
up round town aud labelled tSem proper.
ly, as your honor can see. Those. auto.
graphs OF Washington, Garibaldf, Lin
coin, Wilkes Booth, Lafayette, Talley.
rand, Voltair and Marcus d. Boruck
wrote myself, sAd then laid 'sm away 10
a damp place to give them age.
Mr.. Drake Did you ever fool anybody
else on these relicsl
Witness sold an old oil painting to
Henry Smith for S250,---a sketch by Ito.
garth told him. AS matter Of TACT, II
was an old vinegar bitters picture, 40
smirchod you couldn't SEQ IL. He paid
me sl00 down and never went alter tho
rest. Tremendous merrlment, suppressed
by Constable Norton
The Court-Ain't You the chap that
sold me an original etching by Rem
brandt last summer?
Witness (coolly)-Yes, yonr honor,
aud also the pen that John Randolph
signed the Declaration OF Independence
with.
Here howl OF laughter went mp, aud
even The stolid features OF Constable Nor.
ton relaxed. The court said that Il bad
heard testimony enough and reserved de-
cision. Justice Moses Is now hunting for
some law which can be 30 construed as
to consgn the defepdeut to State prison
for life