The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-12-30

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aminatiolof witnesses. The testimony
closed an the pleading began.
First oil. Fowler, Pike and Ashly
TALL famo lawyers at that time in the
southwes spoke in succession for the
prosccutn. They about equally partl-
toned tEr cloquence betwixt the prs
oner amber advocate, covering the lat
ter with lch sarcastic wit, ralllery and
ridicule S made it matter of doubt
whethere or his client was the party
then on ial. As to Denton, however,
he seemt to pay not the slightest atten-
tion to IL opponents, but remained mo-
tionless. 18th his forehead bowed on his
hands. lie one buried in deep thought
or in stu ber
When is time came, however, he sud
denly spmg to his feet, crossed the bar
and took position almost touching the
foreman If the jury. He then com
menced ia whisper so wild, peculiar
and indeaibably distinct rs to. fill the
floor fronlail to galleries.
At the utset he dealt in pure logic,
analvzinaand combining the proven
facts. til.the whole mass of confused
evidence oked transparent as globe
of crvstalthrough which the innocence
of his cliet shone luminous us sun
beam. whe the jurors nodded to each
other sigr of thorough conviction. That
thrilling uisper, and concentrated argu-
ment. andanguage simple as child's,
had satistd the demands of the intel
lect, and lis, too, in only twenty MN
utes. 1t as like the work OF a mathe-
NAUTICAL DEMONSTRATION.
He therhanged his posture so as to
sweep thear with his glance, and, like
a raging ln, rushed upon his adverse
ries, tearig and rending their sophls.
tries into oms, His sallow face glowed
like red.h iron, the forked blue vein
swelled al writhed on his brow, his
ewes resemIed live Goals, and his voice
was the chgor of trumpet. L have
never, hefe or since, listened to such
appalling lenunciation. 1t was ike
Joves Gag charging flock OF crows.
1t was likeJove himself hurting thun-
derbolts the shuddering eyes OF In
ferior gods And yet in the highest tenn
per of his ury he seemed wonderfully
calm. Hemployea no gesture save one
the fash Il long bony foretinSer d.
rectly at til pallid faces of.his legal foes.
He paintedheir venality and unmanIy
baseuess in lalescing for money to crush
friendless imale, till shout of stified
wrath brok from the multitude, and
some of thesworn panel cried Shame.
And thus tn orator had carried another
poin: aroused perfect storm OF
indignation lgainst the prosecutors-and
this, also ii twenty minutes.
He chhyed his theme once more.
His voice grew mournful as a funeral
drge andsis eyes filed with tears, us he
traced a vivid picture of mans crueltles
and woma' wrongs, with special appll-
cations tothe cases Of his client, till half
the audieice wept like children.
But Ii Vas in the peroration that he
reached tie zenith both OF terror and
sublimitv. His features were lvid as
those of corpse; his very hair appeared
to stand u end; his nerves shook as
with pal5; he tossed his hands wildly
toward he,s ZEN. each finger spread apart
and 1uiverng like the flame of n candle,
as he closet the last words of the de-
ceased Hirm Shore, Tell my mother
that am dad and gone to hell! His
emphasis d the word hell embodied the
elements o. all horror. 1t waa a wall of
immeasurdle Despair wild howl OF
INFINITE ton ure No language can depict
its effect h all who heard it. Men
groaned. Imen shrieked, and one poor
mother w3 borne away in commissions.
/ he entird speech lasted but an hour.
The iur, rendered a verdict of mot
guilty Without leaving the box, and
three trent ndous cheers, like successive
shocks OF IN earthquake shook the court
house from dome to cornerstone, testify
ing the iot of the people. At the same
moment tie beautiful milliner bounded
to her fdt and clasped the triumphant
advocate i her arms, exclaiming:
go, myhusband! my dear husband!
Dentont smiled, seized her hand, whis
pered "a w,rd in her ear, and the two left
the bar I'd ether, proceeded to the land,
ing and embarked on a steamboat bound
for New orleans. 1t seems that they
previously parted on account OF his
causelessiealousy, after which she had
assumed false name and come to Little
Rock. Il low he learned her danger,
could never ascertain.