The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-04-27

sure enough, on the face OF th
section Of stone taken from the mill
appeared the dim chayaeters in
: tremulous hand:
, 10.
The effect was electrical, the an
diencc giving expression to thei
feelings by hand-elappinga and stamp
ing feet.
+ Order was quickly restored by th;
Justices gavel, and Hawkins con
| tinued:
AS strong as the silent testimony
Of the boot marks and the stone are
have something here drawing q
small bottle Of diluted alcohol from
/ his pocket and placing a small piece
of human curticle taken from it on
| the object glass of the microscope
that should prove peradventure the
/ correctness OF my theory that Jonas
Mcintyre was the murdered Of Les
lie Thompson.
Il have noticed" continued Haw-
ilins, that since my acquaintance
with Mcintyre, that he has invaria.
bly, worn q standing shirl collar.
have also learned that before the
murder he invariably wore turn
down collar, it being much more
comfortable and becoming to a per-
son possessed of such a Bashen-like
neck. II the court please, will he
order the prisoner to remove his
collar"
The counsel for Mcintyre demur-
red against any such childish pro-
cedure, but Hawkins insisted and
the justice decided the collar should
be removed. On its removal three
long scratches were plainly observa-
bic on the left side Of the prisoners
neck.
The interest in the court room was
intense.
Il am ready to show" began Haw-
kins, that the pieces of cuticle be-
meath the object glass, and taken by
me on the morning Of the murder
from underneath the finger nails Of
Leslie Thompson, came fron the
neck of Jonas Mcintyre. That its
texture is thc same; that a part of
a freekle, the same as on the priso-
ner's neck, and a part Of a hair, cut
of with the finger nail, Of the same
color as the short red hairs seen on
the neck OF Mcintyre. al this
and more viii be explained and YER
lied at the proper time, and ask,
in the name OF justice, in the name
of that which protects the innocent
from the guilty and fastens the crime
on the perpetrator Of foul deeds, that
Jonas Mcintyre be held to await
the action of the next grand jury"
The crowd, which was at q fever
heat OF excitement, checrcd Justify
as Hawkins resumed his seat, and
was not brought to order until the
aged justice had nearly exhausted
himself and gayel.
If Mcintyre was pale before, he
was liyid now.
His counsel tried to show that
nothing had been proved that any
body could make marks on n rock
and bring it into court; that the
boot-heel business was u farce, and
the microscope dodge a clever trick,
and asked the discharge of his eli
ent.
The justice, however, thought he
had better be held, and he was held, /
and he was held and remanded to /
the county jail.
About a month after McIntyre's |
incarceration he was found one |
dead, hung to his cell-door
by his suspenders. He LEFT a well I
written defense, which was publish I
ed in full in the RoXboro dailies, /
in which he acknowledged the
choking of Leslie Thompson, but |
the thought of murder was not in |
his heart, and remorse had driven /
him to self destruction. He also |
said the conversation reported by !
Hawkins before the justice, between /
and Thompson, was untrue |
(and, in fact, it was in Il great meas 1
ure as Hawkins imagined it,. All
the talk between the two WAS re-
garding the sale Of the property, /
Mcintyre losing control of his feel /
ings and falling upon Thompson in !
his anger at the owners pertinacity. I
But little mere remains TO be |
said. The old mill still stands, |
weatEer-beaten, mossvcoyered, and |
unused, with the shadow Of death /
olinging to it. The creek in the |
rear murmurs merrily over the shall
lows, through the ruined dam, but |
the old mill is not reused from its
reverie. Summer sunshine and |
winter storms fall alike on its irreg- !
ular outlines, while within all is 7
dark and dismal. Countless webs I
have been woven across its window /
panes, and depend from It's beams {
and angles. while the no;seless bat
holds high carnival in the silence |
unbroken save by the hoarse croak-
ings in the pool below.
Aunt 10 died broken hearted |
old woman. Her wealth to her
vas as dress when the light Of her /
life went oUt, and she spent the few I
years that she lived after her sons |
death in deeds of mercy. leaving |
her large fortune TO the founding of |
al orphan asylum,
Tn letter III which was enclosed |
the $50, came, as has doubtless
been suspected, from the lady of the |
Oaks, and three years after
the occurrences narrated, be- /
ing Il widow, she bestowed her
hand and worldly goods (not her |
heart for that was buried long be- I
fore) on Hawkins the detective !; |
and he, understanding womank;nd I
be.ger than the majority Of men,
made her happy home.
Leslie Thompson peacefully |
sleeps in Mount Hope, bis grave |
by a solid, substantial gran
ite block, typical Of him whom It
with .ha simple /
N The language of
James Shirly more than two hun
drcd years ago. but none the less
true to-day.
anI,- .ha oc,io,,s of' the itlst