Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-02

| like The one found under the train. he ad
mitted having stolen the bar from the raflwa,
company He had sen the disaster from tn.
wocos, and had run away, lest be be caught
AFTER some time he Lad come back TO find On;
par he had dropped In the woods In his fight
he had the bar With hun when caught. II,
coulo prove all this. because the bar wa;
rusty from lying In the Snow
IGe reporters or the Centreville papers who
were present called Mary Britton to the teIe
one or them placed paper before her:
" tramp has been found who admits hav
ing stolen the car, but If Is plain that he die
hot use H. All the evidence goes TO show tha'
Inc engineer wrecked the train. out OF spite q
the PIT Sideut."
These words Mary Brlt.on sent off by wire tc
the Whole United States, while her lover sar
near, already In the shadow OF advancing ca
iafDlty. The operators who read OFF these word:
In distant cities heard every word distinctly
nl'le knowing the terrible trial under which
lhe5 were despatched. Never In after life did
6ehtieGlen," said the coroner ''thiS case
seems 10 warrant me Ia referring the whole
matter TO tie grand jury for further exami-
Weeks passed. ana then the trial came on at
The courthouse at Ce5treyiile. samson Glider
lad been committed 10 answer charge OF will
fully Wrecking train.
Mary Brftton lived years in those few weeks
She could not believe that samson had con-
mitied so great wrong Yet everything was
against him. Track lay ers' bars were a9u1d-
about tie place, aG1 with it have drawn
The SPIKES from rail. Her mind
went backward and forward over TINS
hundred tfLle3 la search of something TO
prove him innocent. she sill attended 20 her
duties at the station. sending and receiving
messages. one morning, IS she sat thinking,
bitterly OF the s0rrOT Whi II had invaded her
lie, her eyes fell upon an old newspaper fallen
under her desk, the IRON TrGGe ReriPtr She,
picked IL up, opened II, and turned TO the
second page. All! why had she forgotten those
llf.l- ntatNI.
iron. n&ture-printed Given this slight cIey.
her mind leaped to brave resolve. She would
DrlnS science TO her lovers rescue how she could
not tell. She had vague idea OF what might
De done. and, asking her father TO attend TO The
Telegraph, she ran hastily out on the line and
down the road toward The village. Stopping at
certain little house, she found a young girl
who was good operator, and at once hired her
10 take her place at he station.
before night she had taken every dollar she
had In The world frOm the savings bank. and
was on her way TO The city. The Cars seemed to
drag toe slowly. Why had she fingered so long
and Samson In danger
The day OF the tIial came on. All the testi-
ihuny mat we knew and much of less import
ahce had Deen offered by the prosecution. The
defense set up the previous COCA character of
the prisoner, and that seemed all that could be
said. Mary BrlttOn had given her testimony
early 1n the trial; she had more 10 say. but was
not yet ready 10 speak. All the morning she mad
sat III the crowded c9lIrt-rO Watching the
Clock, and waiting for one brave defender TO
cone 10 Der assistance. at the last moment she
Spt ke 10 the counsel and asked for slfpht d.Iav
There might be yet other witnesses The de-
IeESe otgan 10 talk against time and a mes
Sell er was sent to hasten The tagging aid
The Knight arrived. pale thin flc3d young
man III gltS SIS appeared ana demanded ID give
his testimony. Behiid him came mysterious
with strange tools, lanterns OF SIN
guar construction. bars and rods of iron and
humber OF gentlemen who seemed to be pros.
porous merchants and manufacturers. There
came also an Old German jew and farmer
from BarstOW's. The Young man spoke 10 Mary
Brll ton with the utmost Difference. and she con-
suited him for a moment and then presented
linn TO SamSOn'S counsel.
There was slight murGlur OF surprise at this
and then Samuel Mayer was
duly sworn. He testified that he was an exDerr
In metals. He had examined The bar found
under the wrecked car, and was prepared to
prove that though it Was used In wreck;ng the
traln, IL was not the one purchased by Samson
Glider. With the permission OF the court he
would like to have the rOoaI uarkened, and 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
Jugglery was this? The Old lantern dodge IA
mlilar 1n cases Of forgery. The court overruled
the objection, and the young man produced
some pieces OF Cloth, which his assistants spread
over the windows Till the room became quite
dark. A gas jet was lighted, and in the dim
light other men set up a screen and lime light
Lantern as for lantern projections In won-
uerlully snort time there appeared on the white
scrt en- strange ngure-a cloud or blotch OF
blackLeSS.
Samuel Mayer then testified that at the re-
quest OF Miss BriJtOn he had planed one side
OF each OF the two bars till smooth surface
had been obtained A portion OF this surface
on each bar had then been etched with acid and
from this etching had been obtained nature
printed copies or prints In Ink. This weu-known
method CT etching gave prints showing the dis
pc Sltlon or the particles OF The metal and also
Its quality. These etchlDgs. and a number OF
a o nj hnr h. a
the different iron makers OF the country, had
been photographed for lantern projections, an l.
WIN me permission OF the court, some or these
would be exhibited TO the Jury. The projection
now On the screen was from the bar purchased
Dy Glider and stolen by the tramp
Every eye was fixed on the singular picture
on the screen. a5d murmur OF applause tillet
the room. Suddenly the picture was removed
and another put in It's place. II did not require
much attention to show that this represented
an entirely different sort OF metal.
This, gentlemen" said the young man. sis
natuIe-p printed etching from the iron bar found
under the car. / have compared these two
etchings with number Of others obtained In
the same way from bars made by all the iron
men In the country, and find this one CORE
spends exactly with the etchingS OF the Moor
low Iron Company'S metal My assistant will
place sample OF the cOmpany's iron beside
this"
one on the screen. The two were alike.
Another witness took the stand-the presi-
dent OF the MORROW Iron Company. He testified
TO the facts of the experiments and TO the re-
suits that had been obtained.
Another witness was calIed-the buyer of the
railroad company. He testified that the COM
pany had never used the MORROW Company
iron The bar Glider bought had been obtained
OF Ross, Duncan c., or Pttsburg, from whom
The railroad bought all lis tools.
AnOtner etching was projected. then another.
The two were exactly alike.
The picture on the right" said Mayer, lis
Ro-s Duncan'S Iron. That on the left Is the
etching shown first. and obtained from the bar
purchased by Glider"
The judge raped smartly on MS desk. This
applause could not be permitted again. The
daylight was Teadmitted and the picture faded
away. Photographs OF the etchingS were han led
10 the jurors and the various samples OF iron
from which the etchingS had been obtained We're
exhibited.
samson Glider sat with face averted. How
could he deserve such love? twas too divine
GIT. Why had he not known OF the mastery OF
mind and Will that could accomplish such re-
suits, and all for him? He did not deserve so
great blessing.
Some one else was testtfying. farmer living
at BarStow had passed a man On the road. lust
before the accident. who mutterad TO himself:
I'm have my revenge whoever may suffer-"
Abraham SamuelS testified that he had bought
the old Junk and refuse from the wreck and had
found a coat much torn, probably belonging to
a passenger In the coat was a part OF threat
eniDg letter addressed to John Morley
s. He was killed In the wreck" said Mary Brit
ton eagerly.
"Sllence! Let the witness proceed"
. This letter threatened John Morley with death
Tor some past injury, and warned OF some i'm
pending disaster. 1t was signed Fred Smythe."
IheIe was sudden movement at the end OF