Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
WEBS OF CIRCUMSTANCE.

't-tsi H. tiiC ltItONltD ilcl'stilt l. gwen
an claimed by Il le.al writer on the
subject To b. fully authcn Gated. 1t
"'. urrcd in an English coast Town, in
ri1, later part of III. .Vrnteen.h CEN
tHry. Two brothers were lod ing ut
an mn in the town. They had COM
int possession OF som. roptrty. con
CCrnnG the dI-rOS Ii n or division o
WI ch thev 90 III not a-crrc- and bad
fr.. ! cnt qrIarrrlS One nj ht they had
been Dir nhInw hard, and hal become
80 uuarrcIsru;o thIt friends were
ui,li. ell 10 Interfere To prevent Il fight.
- In-l HEY We're I'Iitel, and retire /
thuat f',rther III turbaucc- iil,y lrpt
lu Il iuubl"-bcd>i"ad room. In t;tr first
Try dawn OF the mprnin" IN" OF the
irntacrS was awakened hy Il Violent a.
tax of h,cei.ng at the most. A'i>inr
and part ally dressing himself, he
walked out to the >caShorc. Here he
WAS % unfortunate aS to surprise u
band of Nmu~ ~glcrS in the act OF
>ccrctin@ uoat-load ot brandy
G.: skS. who made him their prisoner.
Not wanting tn kill h!m. ard not
daring to let him - back t. the
town, lest he migi [ brtray them
L. the excise OiiI -cr>, thcE carried him
~ To their ship. wi,ho:t the harhnr,
and took him oil with them Ip tn Lar
In ! l. en- aroused bv the IIo ror stricken
inmate, of the tavern who found him
..-lrrp. II : brothers led being empty
and TIN piliov drcH .lr"d with blood.
IA,.Ilail of blood spot wa lrliuvr Il
r.,. sea shore. and tie roncltt~.on >r:.~
inevitable thit tie one bro:hcr tad
uurI rel tn. other daring In" ni.rht,
aud bad dra s.srd the dc;ri lao " o,Il
aud thrown it into the sea. The sup
posed murderer WAS tired, condemned,
aud hanged on the rem In of tn" tc>ti-
mrny of facts against hlm- Happily
fl. hin, Ec haI Il most elevated and luy-
inr sweetheart, who had not only made
every effort tu ~c-urr hi> release. AMI to
,pIrIr him when his death hai re
on certain. but had hire Il ser an;
10 cut down his lItr.c>> b,dy :i> soon aS
In.~-ihic, and LrinT it L. hrr that she
might see il dcccnilN buried: w hat W..
their a>toni~hmcnt To fl. d when alb bput
t. place this poor victim 81 rlrcum-
stances in hi> c'ilin tH.it he WAS not
quite dead. Medical aid was >um-
mnncd, the man revived. Then. a
there was "reat danger that the law
would seize upon him again il the fact
If hi, rc-u elton were known, he WAS
H.S ily welded tn his devoted n " love.
and the pair took as>agc that night or
the W,St Indies. i.a-dIng at the Ia
h-d IeS the first p .r>"n the man mot
Wa, hi~ broth"- for who's murder he
hal 50 l, Gently been trI. d and convict
cL by the law
In this east. the law overlooked one
important rinciplc, StrcnUuu>lN insisted
upon hV later authorities. winch WAS to
~.-rrIrc proof that Il murder had been
committed. >-Ir Matthew Hale declared
ia he would never conv.c: any person
l..
BODY OF the murdered one had been
tnini. / his nee >>arv o. idcncr OF the
a.tual -umn.i>S on of the crime WAS
wanting in thr conviction and cNccu-
l.on. in lGGr. ~ am. den. ur., of John
and Hichard Ferry. and Their mo her,
Joan Ferry. fur the suppose murder OF
William Hanson. who, two Years later.
r.appcarci in the Vlla@c. alive ami
Will. In this case u~tlCe WAS doubl :
c'n'u~cI hs the fact that John Perry,
through me strange Ill tlir ., haired.
urc that his moth"r aud brother had
'"mu:ittrd the murder. and that he had
supply been II ccS~orl to the al y
h" tuId while in prison other und"uJ'-
'i.l false stories. it was ,haiitablv
ifd eel later that the man was mad
tut TIN : Judgment WAS not arrived n
soon enough to save him OF his unfnr-
Anoih II instance whc:c.n the full
PENALTY of the law was c\actcd for Il
4 imr that had never occurred was de
tailed, we are tod. by >ir y. atICw Hale
a. having come within his rcr> ,'nal
knowledge. \ gentleman of somewhat
Ea>ty temper had i niece placed under
his Guardianship, who proved most
wi ful and iutr;i table charge. Vt on"
timc. being in ,nscI Tga nSt her for
= me act uf waVwar,inc-S, lie punished
her, and she was heard 10 cry V.
Don't kill me. uncle, don / Kill me =,
\ few hours lat,t the child had ,li>ap-
reared. and suspicion of murder was
turned against the uncl". who was her
h,.ir at law to c0n>id :aNlc properly.
The excitement increasing II" went III
search of the child. but not rndin;r her
VI here he had t .pectcd, ne was induced
l.y his fear 10 bring another child of
milar complexion and appearance.
and pass her OF rs the missing girl
1 he Ge, option proved Il fatal enc. The
gentleman was aric~tcd- tried. CON
virtcd, ami hanged i, Years later.
when of are. the nricc rcappcarrsl. hav-
irr taken refuge from her uncle's stern
rule. with some friends OF her parents
many miles Il stant-
\n eminent lawyer gave ii aS lis
ta .hcl IL circumstant;al cy. den g had
lcau the means of nun shing some in-
nuccnt persons, it ha fl oltcnrr al
lowed the guilty 10 escape the Just pun
i>hmcnt of their deeds Thus in the in
>tauce of tn trial of G0ldShnrOu"h. in
England, me thirty years ago. for the
murder of W iiliam Huntlev. il : thought
that 4 too rIgij restriction ot III" jury's
consideration to Immediate circum-
stances WAS the acquitt n OF a man pre-
>umpti> ely guilty of Il horr bic crime.
WI lam Huntlrv had disappeared: one
Of tho last persons seen with HIM had
been GoldsEorouoh Iiun:lCy had sust
come into possession Of considera Die
money. and had previously announced
his intention of hu!ryinY q to America
hctorc he should he OBLIGED to ray some
debts that IL. owed. Gold>borough told
half dozen conflicting It 'rrs about
Huntley's departure. and wa seen to
nave :, number of articles, clothes. TWO
watches. and other things of Huntley
IN his possession. ard made no effort TO
to.ccal them. but said that Hunticy,
suinT to America. hal left them in his
charge. What was still more rcmarka
hlc, from having Lccl a very poor man
he seemed to have become quite wesl-to-
do, and spent money lavishly- When
the village folk asked him: .-HEat have
YOU done with Huntley?I h. always
looked embarrassed. but sometimes Il d:
go. YOU will see h III again if YOU VIII
only wait long enough As il was MT
known whether Huntlev WAS really
dead. no act on was taken ag;s.nst the
otAe and very tile search was ma;ie
or the missing man. q, ldsbororgh
loon after left this village, and going to