Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-07-15

right should prevail, was placed on the
stand. He was attired in his best
clothes, and he stood nervously twirl-
ing his hat In his hand, as l had seen
him do on the occasion of our last meet
| ing, when had bethought me to advise
him as to bis moral and spiritual states
He had evidently been coached by his
lawyer, and he was prepared to go
through the examination as to his
whereabouts on the day of the murder
with circumstantial precision. He ac-
complished his lesson thoroughly. His
honest air and heavy, ell-meaning ex-
preston were all in his favor. NV
spirits revived. He appeared to me to
have told a plain, unvarnished tale
enough. did not recognize any of the
names or places he mentioned; he did
not bring in those relatives of his with
whom was cquainted-Milly, Lucy
but there was an air of heavy, dull
verisimilitude over his whole narration.
Then the cross-examination began.
Isaiah had accounted for himself on
every hour OF the day of the tragedy up
to ten O'Clock at night, the murder hav-
ing been st seven. He stood his ground
quite well at first, when he was called
on to repeat his statement, but on the
down. can remember having been in
such state of mind myself, when
everything around me has all at once
become blank. Isaiah looked around
him helplessly. 1t suddenly came over
him that he had been BETRAYED by his
own carelessness in giving an account
to his lawyer OF the day before the
murder! He had been coached on that.
His dull, dependent intellect refused to
think and plan for itself on the spur of
the moment. He was too bewildered
and confused to remember. The prose-
cutting lawyer taunted him. The prison
er's lawyer tried to encourage him. But
his only answer was: II don't see
whar L am, sir; rs lost myself"
There was a ripple of unfeeling merri-
ment through the court room. 1saiah's
previous statement passes for an un-
mitigated lie. sit cold and stern. I
catch Isaiah's eye and its look of stolid
discontinue. believe in him.
At the same time-and this makes
my fears for him all the stronger-I be-
lleVe it possible that the testimony of
the other prisoners may have been a
tissue of falsehood. However, there is
nothing more to be done. Isaiah has
played the part assigned him in this
days programme. / ascertain this, and
leave.
went straight to his old mothers.
| found her occupied in patching pair
Of trousers for one of her grandsons.
She was very quiet and down-hearted.
L led the conversation gradually to The
subject Of Isaiah. She put down her
work, and wiped away tear or two.
wud nebber lib troo it 'cept fur
one ting" she said. 81 feels so cole
an hungry an miserable in my heart;
an den, sez ter myself, 'Dere is God.
dere is God an warns up, an has
enuH an ter spare. 1t don't last, ter be
sure, an ! has ter preach ter myself
ober an ober agen, but while it las /
feels so full OBJ de great / AM"
We talked over the trial. In fact. it
had occurred to me that her memory
might be called to the assistance OF
Isaiah's. She checked off the days of
the week of the murder, recalling the
incidents of each one. Tuesday Isaiah
had had job of hauling to do; Wednes-
day-step by step she recalled the day,
just as Isaiah had done for Thursday, up
to 10 P. NJ, as he had described it.
Thursday was the day of the murder.
he had made rather more than usual
on Wednesday, and had gonequite early
on Thursday on the loaf, which he al
ways constitutionally believed he had
earned after two days work Aunt Lucy
took UP her patching again at this stage.
She shook her head and her voice fell.
The melancholy fact was that Isaiah
had returned home early in the after
noon, so much under the influence of
liquor that he had spent the rest of that
day, that night and half the next day
on q pallet in the corner of his old
mothers room. l saw how it was di-
rectly. His brain had remained hope.
lessly bemudeled as to the incidents of
that Thursday, and he had confused
them with those of Wednesday. Had
any one else seen himP I inquired, hope
fully. remembering the slenuer stream
OF custom that, nevertheless, never qnite
fell off. In fact, Aunt Lucy named
three or four persons who had been in
and out for needles and thread while
Isaiah lay there. As we spoke, one of
these very persons happened in oppor-
tunely. | stated the position to her,
and s e readily recalled its having been
as Lucy related.
sc rs been a-studyin' dis myself, miss,
/ has. Sez /, how kin dis var Isaiah
ndD Cub us ydE WulC6 S6mman ire
pieces, when he is a-lyin', so ter speak,
drunk in his ole mudder's shop all de
timeP No, sar, sez l. Cotch Isaiah
Carol doin' sech ting as dat! L seen
him lyin' dar in dat ar cornersarter dark.
Tursday, myself. Isaiah Carroll, what's
more, wudn't hurt fly I knows de
boy we'll 1t are altogether different
wild dem odder two. Quinby's wife.
when she heerd he war arrested, she
say herself, Dat husoan' oh mine
allays war a wuthless Niger But
Isaiah bore no sech character.
Fortified with what had heard /
proceeded to communicate with the
lawyer who was undertaking to defend
Isaiah Carroll. 1t happened that the
name of this gentleman was familiar to
me. l had seen him once or twice at
croquet parties on our lawn. In re-
sponse to message sent him through
my brother, he presented himself at our
house. l gathered directly that he was
defending Isaiah from a sincere persua-
sion of his innocence. cit seems he
had seen me here, " Mr.. Ordway let fall,
sswhen he was walking around in the
garden. | recognized him on this hint
as protege of yours, and made up
my mind to get him off if / could. Now
for the facts, if you please.n
gave them to him, waxing diffuse, |
fear, according to my sex's falling. But
he listened thoroughly. AS he left, he
said, with little laugh, Your cham
nioushin rnakas mo fool that chou1dr,t