, 1879-04-28

EUuItb upE
THE CONDEMNED.
Stevens WIS found, shortly nfter his escape
from the avonging Fury, sitting in the private
oilce Of tic jail, chatting with Currier about
the scene Just enacted.
"You had q narrow escape, Pctc," said tho
reporter.
"Dd II We'll, / wouldn't caro- for myself Il
she'd shut me-, Anything would be betacr thau
fourteen years."
"yo1r !no!,,er:la.}aw 9, ~, was evidently disap-
"scesns 20. nut she's been laying for mo
eyer since th!s ! :;al h,egan,-'ad tat revolver
"Wherc do you suppose allc got it1'
wife one time She's been laylny for mt slncc
tlIfs trial br9an. That's The woman / un.l nv
wife lived with, hnl shc wos too much for me. I
tell you know what Pm talking about when /
tell what aho tlone. Mills eau show her
nnd know shns a terror. should
suppose, though, sno'd think fourteen years was
had enough p,1ntshlnent for fetlow,-worAo
t!,an my she could give by shooting him
''rhcn you're not altogether pleased With the
vcrdic.4"
"Don't SEQ anything to be very much pleased
about. Ia rather hanE ttInn ro down."
"0h, pshawl" lnterIectud Currier. "You
wouldn't any such thing whom IL came to thu
scratch"
s'Ycs, would,'' vas tue reply, not ouitc 50
confident, however, US before.
.You didn't expect to, get clear, did your"
"Coarse did," was tho reply, accompanied
with half-mocklntr smile that was Inconsistent
With lhe spoken words.
"Gome, now. really, Whit did you expectf''
"We!l. Nhen the Jury came In last night for
instructions about n'atslauElltcr, expected
Nyu ycArs.H
"Well, you've gut fourteen, which means
elent years aud Ax MONTHS It you behave wc!l
"yrs," ho replied, with m absent louk tl.a.
Indicated TINT his mind was busy in thinking
over the prospect Of ta1tlnE an eight'yrar sltco
ont OF u nian's life.
tnlthough IN bu pretty old mai, -85-whsn
! come out, but anl sorry OH my faihcr's ac-
co'lutt and my six sisters. That's thu worst
Of it.n
"W!at do you think Of tho trtal In and Of
".lhc Court sas 1uat and fair, I'm auro. THO
Judge Uayn us oil llr Instructions we asked for.
1t was iiartl light. Our witnesses wcrc all I'LL.
willing witnesses, oxcept those that testified to
forc tho homicide. but I Ind a good
tic best they couia. ,iiills was 1,rotty y
rough OH 'nc.-sort Of oven!ono It, I think
a,ul son!c Of tl,e witnesses norJuret themselves
Tint Attss Wright lied, md sEe knew size lied
when sllp sa!l lacked ,IIy wife up in the c!osot
n,El lscpt lIer nut tn the hail aI night; Hui
llcnEle Is nothing hut oo,-preenlhg 10 be
q !rlensl OF nltne nntl telling such littto siIy
story as he dta. But III ratlpr servo sixteen
yeaIa thnn live over tll.ae twO weeks tIlt /
walked llp nnd down t1lfs Town nIul J!ln't know
Wlnt to do III my troubier
This Was sud with gond deal OF foc9ing, as
II lie indeed meant It.
II is nut Eencrptly believed that the motion
fnr now trtA ~lll he ,'rGssua with any seri0ns-
ness, u Indeed IL is p1cAsed ut all, Or lint II
pressed II WILL bG granted. Another triaI ,Dirlk
result n,urn untaynrAbly to vt creHs, uld unless
SONS very goal showing san 10 made why ,hcro
should be annl!cr, Il IL not at a likely that tho
Cnllrt will saddtc heavy bll1 Oh tho county 1t,
nsltlition TO .flu Une growing out OF thu Dust
threu weeks' work, In a!l probability tic next
step In tbs ease will be ID sontonce Stevens,
which will presumably ho done In few tayY.
For the Information Ut te curious It may DO
Rtatet Tint tue Jury, OIL i1rst ballot stood sePcn
Tot acquttal four for tnaHsauEhtef. a.d onu for
lnnrtior. When they compromised on Ma.I-
slaughter, the next question on which they split
was as to thu term, spna holding out for twcn-
ty-avo years, md others mng III sncrel!ulIy i'll
cllnetl tlmt They were willing tu nuke 1t three.
III the CID, they compromised oH fourteen.
STOIlGtS' IMPRESSIONS,
A reporter raicA on Mr. Ssorrs tu get his In.
prcasions regarding The trial nsll thuss conccra-
cd III It, first nskLng him ~ to The Judge.