The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-06-05

weeks. She could not believe Samson
had committed so CREST 8 wrong. Yet
everything was against him. Track
| LAYERS bars were abundant enough.
He could easily have found one about
the place, and with it have drawn the
spikes from 8 rail. Her mind went
backward and forwsrd over all this a
| hundred times in search of something to
Lroye him innocent, daily sending and
receiving messages. One morning, as
sh5 sat thinking bitterly of the sOrTow
that had invaded her life, her eyes fell
on an old newspaper fail6h bnder the
desk. She picked it up and opened 1t.
The Iron Trade Review. She eagerly
turned to the second page. All why
| had she forgotten these pictures
Strange black figures, etching Of iron,
nature printed. Given this slight clew,
her mind leaped to a brave resolve.
! She would bring science to loves rescue.
How, she could not tell. She had
vsgue idea of what might be done, and,
asking her iRthef to attend to the tele-
| graph, she ran hastily ont on the line
| and down the road toward the village.
Stopping at a certain house, she found
| young girl who was good operator,
and at once hired her to take her place
at the station.
Before night she had taken every del-
| lar she had in the world from the savings
bank, and was on her way to the city.
The moving cars seemed to drag too
slowly, Why had she fingered 20 long
idle, and Samson in danger?
The day of he trial came on. At
the trial all the testimony that we
already know, and much more of less
importance, had been offered by the
prosecution. The defence set up the
previous good character of the prisoner,
and that seemed about all that could be
said.
Mary Britton had given her testimony
early in the trial, and that seemed all
that she could 10. She had more to say,
but was not yet ready to speak. All the
morning she had sat in the crowded court
room, watching the clock, and waiting
and looking for some one, a strong and
brave helper, to come to her assistance.
At the last moment she spoke to the
counsel, and asked for 8 slight delay.
There might be yet other witnesses
The defence began to talk agsi-st time,
and q messenger was sent to hasten the
tagging aid.
The knight arrived. A pale, thin
faced young man in glasses appeared
and demanded to give his testimony.
Behind him came a marvellous array
men with strange tools, lanterns of sinn
gular construction, bars and rods of
iron, and number of gentlemen who
seemed to be prosperous merchants and
manu- lacturers. There came also an old
German and q farmer from BarstOW' g.
The young man spoke to Mary Britton
with the utmost Difference, and she con-
suited with him for moment, and then
presented him to Ssmson's counsel.
There was q slight murmur of sur
prise at this demonstration, and then
Samuel Mayer was duly sworn. He
| testified that he was an expert in metals.
He had examined the bar found under
the wrecked car, and was prepared to
prove that Samson Glider could not have
used it in wrecking the train. With the
permission of the court he would like to
have the room darkened, that, with the
aid of lantern, he might project some
nature printed pictures of the iron used
in making the bar.
The prosecution objected. What
scientific juggler was this The old
! lantern dOdge familiar in cases of forgery.
| The court overruled the objection, ana
| the young man produced some pieces of
cloth, which his assistants quickly spread
over the windows, till tt room became
quite dark A gas jet was alighted, and
in the dim light other men set up 8
screen AID lime-light lantern as for
lantern projections. In a wonderfully
short time there appeared on the screen
strange fgure-a cloud or blOtch of
blackness.
S.muel Mayer then testified that at
the request of Miss Britton he had planed
one side of each u the two bars till a
smooth surface had been obtained. A
portion OF this surface on each bar had
been etched with acid, and from this
etching had been obtained nature printed
copies or prints in ink. This we'll known
method OF etching gave prints showing
the disposition OF the particles of the
metal, and serving to show its qua ity.
Theie etchings and a vast number of
others taken from other bars and rods
made by the different iron makers Of the
country had been photographed for Ian
tern projection, and, with the permis-
sion of the court, some OF these would be
exhibited to the jury. The projection
now on the screen was from the bar pur-
chased by Glider and stolen by the
tramp.
Every eye was fixed on the singular
picture on the screen, and a muTmur of
picture was removed. and another took
its place. 1t did not require much at
tention to show that this represented an
entirely different kind of metal.
"This, gentlemen" said the young
man, is a nature printed etching from
the iron bar found under the car. /
have compared these two etchings with
s great number of etchings obtained in
the same way from bars made by all the
iron men in the country, and l find this
one corresponds exactly with etchings OF
the MoOrlow Iren company's metal. My
assistant will place sample of the COM
pany's iron beside this."
At once another picture sprang up be-
side the one on the screen. The two were
exactly alike.
Another witness took the stand-the
president of the MoorloW Iron company.
He testified to toe facts of the ex, eTie
ments and to the results that had been
obtained.
Another witness was called - the
buyer of the railroad company. He
| testified that the company had never
used the MoOTlow company's iron. The
bar Glider had bought had been obtain
ed of Ross Duncan & Co., of Pittsburg,
! from whom the railroad obtained all its
tools.
Another etching was projected; then
another appeared by its side. The two
were ezsctly alike.
The picture On the right" said May
er, is " Ross, Duncan & Co.'S iron. TDat
on the LETT is the etching shown first and
obtained from the bar purchased by
Glider"
The judge raped smartly on his desk.
This applause could not be permitted
again. The daylight was re admitted,
and the pictures taken away. Photo
graphs OF the etchirg were handed to the