The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-04-27

Oup euO Ucdutilul stranger, IT,
jected them all alike with unutterable
scorn and loathlng.
H Among those disappointed admir-
srs was one Of character from which
the fair miIIiner had everything to
fear. Hiram Shore belonged to a
family atsonce iopuient, influential and
dissapited He was himself licentious,
brave and reveugeful, and duelist Of
established aud terrible fame. TWAS
generally known that be had made lad-
vances to win the favor Of the beauti-
full Emma, and had shared the fate Of
all other wooers-a disdainful re-
puise. .asul3 sa
AT 8 o'clock on Christmas evening
1873, the people Of Little Rock we're
startled by a loud scrsam, as if from
some one in mortal terror; while fol
lowing that, With hardly an interval,
came successive reports Of FIRE arms,
one, two, three-a dozen deafening
explosions. They few to the shop of
the milliner, whence the sounds ema-
mated and pushed back the unfasten-
ed door. A dreadful scene was pre-
scented. There she stood in the GEN.
tire of the room with a. revolver in
each hand, every barrel discharged,
her features pale, her eyes flashing
wildly and her lips parted with an
awful smile. Aud there, ct her feet
weltering in his warm blood, his bos-
ON literally riddled with shot, lay the
all-dreaded' duelist, Hiram Shore,
gasping in the last agony. He artic-
ulated but q single sentence, ~Tell my
mother chat / am dead and gone TO
hell /" and instantly expired.
"In Gods names who did this ~
cried the appalled, spectators. ~
II did it, " said the beautiful mil
liner, ia her sweet silvery accents.
II did it to save my honor"
Such 10 the brief extract Of the es-
seDtial circumstances as developed on
the examination of witnesses The
testimony closed and the pleading
began
First Of eli, Fowler, Pike and Ash-
ley, all famous lawyers at the time In
the Southwest, spoke in succession
for the prosecution. They abont
equslly partitioued their eloqusuce
between the prisoner aud her advocate
covering the latter with such sarcas-
tic wit, raillery and ridieule. IS 10
make It matter Of doubt whether be
or his client was the party then on
trial. As TO Denton, however, he
seemed not to pay the slightest atteo-
ton to his opponents, with his fores
head bowed on bis hands, like one
buried in deep thought.
When his time came, however, he
suddenly spraps to bis feet, crossed
the bar and took position almost
touching the foreman Of the jury.
He then commenced ia whisper SO
Wild, peculiar and indescribably dis.
tinct as to Gil the hall from floor 10
galleries.
At the onset he dealt 10 pure logic,
analysing and combining the proven
facts, tiIl the whole mass Of eonfused
evidsnse looked % transparent as =
globe, through which the innoeepee
Of his client shose Iqmiqous . : sau .
beam, while the jurors nodded TO each
other signs Of thorough conviction,
That thrilling whisper had soDeeu.
tratea argument 10 language simple
IS q child; had satisfied the demands
Of tia intellect, aud this, too, In only
twenty minutes. Il ves Ike natk.
smaisal deponstrstiou,
he thsa ehsnged bis posture 50 50
to sweep the bar with glance, and
Ikea raging lion, rushed upon his
adversariss, tearing and rendering
their sophistries into atoms. His sal.
low face glowed like red hot iron, the
forked blue veins swelled and writhed
on his brow, his eyes resembled live
Goals and his voics was the clapgor Of
q trumphet I never before OF since
listenea 70 lsuch appalling denuncis-
ton. It was like Jove himself hurl.
ing thunderbolts ia the shudderine
eyes of inferior gods. And yet in
the highest temper of his fury BE-
seemed wonderfully calm. he EN-.
ployed no gesture save one, the fash
Of long bony forefnger, directed al
the paliid faces of his legal foes. He
painted their venalty and unmanly
bsseness in coslescing for money to
crush friendless female, till a loud
shout Of st,fied wrath broke from the
multitude and some one Of the sworn
panel cried "Shamew And thus the
orator had carried another point-had
aroused perfect storm Of indignation
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