Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-09-30

panied by herd. named Connor. He
Was seen standing on the side Of rOsd.
leaning on hi. gun. bis back to the fence,
in eonversAtiOn with a man who was fac
ing him resting on api,ehfork, and with
in few feet Of him. This view Was had
by a man named woodlock, the leading
witness for the prosecution, and bis eyes,
with the exception Of ,hosa Of the murd-
erer. were the las, which saw the unfOr-
tunsie gentleman alive
When the Attorney General "a, down
some formal evidence was gone into amid
almos, breathless silence. When n length
the name Of wcodlock WAS called. there
~As an impatient stir and = murmur.
Every neck Was :raned 10 ~, view Of
thi. man Who wss supposed to hold the
balance Of life and death. lie was a man
over seventy yesrs Of age. His appear
anes was very shabby. The grave nature
Of bis position gave him an anxious su'-
piciou. aspect. which did no, tell IN bis
favor.
The Crown took him In hard very gin
gerly. lie ". uesied with kindness
and consideration. His answer were re-
osi,ed with smiles. and As be ven, on he
was made to feel a, every step ,ha, be
Was putting the righ, FOO, forward. And
% be wA.. Hi. evidence was given clear.
ly. consistently and quietly. lie told bis
tale with deadly precision he Was driv-
ing on bis dOnkey cart. lie saw two
men in conversation by the eide Of the
road. facing one another One q them
bad hi. back 10 the fence. and bis face to
the road. That man was NJ. Thiebaul,,
whose mAngled body was subsequently,
found there. Did be know The other
man Ye. Look round and tell us II
yOs ean zee him. standing up. and look
ing steadily a, the dock. be pointed a, the
prisoner Yes. there be Is. Tom Halo
ran A groAn wen, up from the body Of
the court. These words should certainly
be HAllo1n's death knell.
Mr. MeDonah. the advocate for the
prisoner. was smiling. and aPParenily
joking With one Of the Crown counsel.
Suddenly. be ,hO; piercing glance at
the witness. and then commenced. Sot,
a. the smile Of mother. grateful .s the
eooing Of babe. were his frs, accents
lie asked some trivial questions Of for
MAJ nature. and before one minute had
elapsed the look Of AnIie,y and fear had
lef, the face Of the witness, and was sue
oeeded by one rather easy and Indifferent.
A. soon a. this stage was reached aehange
rather slight though abruptly came over
the manner Of the advocate A harsh
ness erep, into his tone.
"wAs there no, an inquest in this case.
Mr.. woodlock ,"
And the witness said there Was, and
Tia, he had been examined =, il. And
thea with Por,en,ous gravity and an IN.
ereasing hArshness Of tone :--
"DOes your evidence here to day fairly
represent what you told the coroner .
"Ths witness unhesi,stingly said ,ha,
il did"
Without no,ioe-and | shall never for
&c. the tone. harsh. grating and scornful,
while the whole appearance Of the man
changed. bis head thrown a little forward.
hi. shoulders slightly raised. bis eyes Fixed
on the witness and sein,illa,ing like dia-
mond. in the gs.hgh,-,he counsel call.
ed out. Repeat thA, answer :" And
before woodlock could comprehend the
change. he thundered At him. as II he
were an already discredi,ed witness,
"look a, the jury, cir
woodlock started. looked at the jury.
and reluctantly repeated the answer. IL
was s Il the whole eour, were electrified.
Word. could no, describe the intense snr-
isty that awaited the eviden, crisis tha,
va. coming snA,ehing upa paper the
baris,sr asked -
Had you ever a doubt about the
identity Of the man you saw speaking TO
Thiebanlt -
The answer came promptly. "No.'
Then" asked the counsel, why did
you say. when the coroner asked you Il
you knew the man. How could | know
him when | never saw his face
The witness denied ever having said
such a thing. With withering wrath
came the denuneistiOn and query
"YOu contaminated perurer, do you
deny your own words y
One can better imagine than describe
the exeitemsn, that now took possession
Of the crowd. The attention Of every in
dividual in court was strained There
was a silence ths, no one would break.
The witness denied ever having used
the words imputed to him. From the
frs, be had never had any doub, tha,
HallorHn was the man he saw speaking
to Thiebsul,. All the experience and the
ability piiied against him could no, move
him. He adhered to his present state
men,. that be had no dOub, a to the iden-
tity Of HAIlonn with the man he saw on
the roadside. and tha, he never expressed
any such doubt. From this position be
could no, be moved. Nothing could
change him.
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