The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04

moment OF entering the library he h.
not once left his seat at the writing
table till he was reused from doze in
to which he had fallen, by shrek that
appeared to come from his wife's room,
and that caused him Immediately to as
cend the small staircase that commune
Gated with her apartment.
On being reminded that the gardener
swore to seeing him standing by the
door on the other side OK which l. ord
Lowell and his wife were conversing,
while in confirmation OF his assertion
the door was next day found unlockt l.,
Mr.. Eyre replied indiifenntly that Dig
geS must have seen double, and the SER
want herself had probably unlocked the
door, for he knew no.h.ug of it.
Cross-examined as to why he had
babe the servants seize tlr gardener,
he said that for the nom mt he did not
recognize the man, AMI supposed the
crime to have been CONN tied for the
sake of the diamonds. va
HE was no longer of ti,t opinionY
mo; the murderer, or rather MUIR
deress, was standing in the dock at that
moment"
If none present had saAn testers eyes
before, they saw them SAL. "A, with an
indescribable gesture III, hung her
head back and lo0i'd /. Mr.. Eyre
across the court. u riy held their
breath as the eyes OF Ia ltlsar and
the accused met, her l"S parting as
though forced asundrr ~ tho torrent
of fire that strove to es 40 from them
for moment she look Il II dangerOu
creature, an unknown Il .Tnlity of ev
that by its own force / .ir' ssed itse,
physically on the un FRS. Iilings o
those around her, appa"iiG them with
q sense Of tragedy of Witt! both cause
and issue were unknown: tinn dragging
her eyes from his fac. sat down, a
death-like rgidity 81 ,re'!ing to the
violent emotion that G,'i cunvulsed her.
you were SO firmly ga WINGED Of the
prisoners guilt that yoa actually COM
mitted her to jail OH no otner grounds
than your own suspicious
Il did"
''At that time you had not heard the
man DiQges' evidence of wnat had hap
pened the night OF the MURDER"
Not a syllable"
you knew Of reasons why she was
likely to have committed tic murder?"
Il did"
At this moment Il su!"ued hubbub
was hpHri outS.de the court. and two
conStaN,t'a ent rel. o"c of whom bore a
sealed pacArt. tina W!th certain whisper.
ed intelli sellcc was immediately hand
ed up TO the j III e.. Tna second con-
stable led i'll josephine, pale as death,
with every siSn OF guilt written on her
face.
A cry OF 1.-The diamonds" thrilled
the court, as the Judge broke the seal.
and there fell out glittering cascade
of jewels on the notes that lay before
him.
> He lifted one in his hand, and as the
light fell full on it, Mr.. Eyre, who was
extraordinarily long-sighted, leaned
forward and looked at it intently.
II have seen that jewel BEFORE" he
exclaimed, and requested that it might
be handed to him, together with the
rest.
He looked at without touching them,
and when asked if he recognized them,
"Certainly."
They belonged to your late wife2"
''To whom. then.?"
"To the prisoner"
Asked il his acquaintance with her
ing to every one of these Jewels as her
property, he replied that there was not
trinket there he had not purchased
himself.
A thrill of excitement passed through
the court as he spoke; but scarcely was
time given to guess at what was COM
ing when he went on
Il gave those gewgaws some seven
years ago to the prisoner, who, was
then my mistress. That there may be
no misapprehension in future on the
subject, and the reason for her murder
of my wife be better understood, also
declare myself to have been the father
of the child for whose murder Janet
Stork was tried in this court, and SEN
fenced to fifteen years. Imprisonment
in May last"
A dead silence succeeded this speech,
as if those present were unable to take
in its full significance; then Hester's
counsel darted quick, angry look at
her, and made a gesture as If he threw
up his brief.
The Judge looked for Lord Lovel,
but, finding he had left the court, shook
his head, and glanced coldly at Mr..
Eyre, who stood, with folded arms and
Indifferent eye, waiting till vulgar sur
prise and curiosity should exhaust it
self, and permit justice to proceed. But
lawyers dI6 luuItu W SUI pIlSSo, duu
there was no very appreciate pause be-
tween his speech and the next question
put to him
IF the trinkets belonged to his form
er mistress, how did witness suppose
they had come into the possession of
his servant?"
"They had probably been used to
bride the woman" Mr.. Eyre said, with
a look at Josephine, beneath which she
trembled; and the evidence of the con-
stable who had brought her being then
gone into, it was proved that the jewels
had that morning been found hidden
beneath plank in the nurses room,
and that she had exhibited such extra
ordinary fear on their discovery that
much closer examination was now be-
ing conducted, in the expectation Of
finding other boards.
Then suddenly flashed across Mr..
Eyre's memory the cupidity of the wo-
mans eyes on the night she had seen
her mistress dressed in the diamonds,
and he glanced at her keenly, but in the
same moment put the thought by-he
was so convinced of the guiltof the wo-
man who stood in the dock before him.
Cross-examined as to his reason for
practicing such deception, and asked
II he considered it the act of man Of
honor to allow his friend to be publicly