The National tribune., 1884-04-17


sionailg, 50 that he msv Get down his words.
What became Of the plateg" asks the fore
man.
= let it in Captain Adams room, just as l
found it,
sWhat became Of the tin-foil impression you
spoke OFF,
4 have il here, sir.n replies the captain. as
be takes il from his pocketbook and hands IL
to the foreman.
The whole jury leave their seats and crowd
around the foreman TO get a sight OF the bit OF
tin-l0il. The captain takes half-dollar note
and a microscope from his pocket, hands them
10 the foreman. ana says:
Compare the lines on the note with the
lines on the plate: il is a perfect copy"
One corner is missing" says juror.
No odds" says another, who means 10 be a
lawyer some day; it's an oaense, all the same,
10 counterfeit part Of note"
"Nhy lid you leave the plate in the counter
feiters roomg asks an Old gray-haired juror
To give him time 10 finish the plate, sir,
is that al you know about the case?" in
ouires the foreman.
Yes, sir that's all /" replied the witness.
"Gentlemen Of the grand jury, does any Of
You wish TO question this witness?" inquiries
the foreman, looking down the table.
4 modest old man, who has not before been
on any jury, and who is so constituted as to
believe that q man should not be compelled 10
stand trial for felony who is not even charged
with Intentional wrong, ventures 10 inquire:
Had you any other proof that the accused
gentleman had that plate in his possession,
more than that you found it in his room, and
during his absence2"
The witness hesitates; very unusual thing
iog him to do. AT length he answers:
Il think I have, sir; bnt / cannot state it
now. because il VIII interfere with the ends Of
justice ia some other cases
The clerk has written down all these ques-
ti0ns and answers. and he reads them to the
witness. The witness puts his name to the
paper, and the foreman tells him he may re-
tire.
Then the foreman calls for the only other
witness Thomas Pendlet0n, clerk at the
Planters House,-who is sworn, and cOrrobO-
rates Captain Tyndals evidence as 10 the hnd-
ing OF the electr0tspe plate in the room Of
Captain Adams
The foreman takes the vote Of the jurymen:
+ this bin a true billy" And ali vote IN the
affirmative, except the modest old man who
asked The foolish question.
The foreman Endorses on the paper the
words: "a true bill, and the job is done. Ii
needs only that the district attorney shall
draw up the indictment IN due form, and a
man innocent Of any eYl intention and Of any
thing evil in fact, is put upon his trial for
felony
been arrested, a newspaper reporter, ever on
his watch. bad gone TO the commissioners
Office in search Of an item. lie found it IN
Captain Adams arrest and being bound over to
await the action of the grand jury on the
charge of cOunterfeiting. And the first person
al The Hermitage to read that item next morn
ing was Miss 6eneVieve Cauldwell. She was as
II thunder struck. But she took the paper into
the library, and showing the item TO DR.. Char
1eTvale asked him what ii could mean.
Ii means," replied the doctor, that my
friend Adams has been imprudent told him
how though he might multiply printed copies
OF some small engraved plans; he tried the ex-
perimout to learn how it would work on a pos
tai half-dOilar. IL succeeded but too well.
Without telling me at the time, he took il to
his rcon Tor he did the work in my labora-
tory, and left il on his table. The chamber
maid, or some one else, informed the Govern
ment detective and his room was searched,
the plate found, and he was arrested and
charged with counterfeiting."
They cannot punish him, can they, doctor?
lie showed me the plate, told me how he
made il and why, and called my attention to
corner al the note which he had cut of TO
render the plate imperfect and avoid the posi-
bility OF mischief If it should ever fall into
dishonest hands,"
les, he told me he had shown it to you,
hut had forgotten, unfortunately, 10 show ii to
me Ny testimony would perhaps have been
important"
@Mky did he not summon 1ne7v
] sPokeof that; but he declared he would
rather risk an nnjnst conviction than 20 sub
5ect you 10 such humiliation as 10 call you as a
witness in q "a klic court
Why i shAlld have testified in behalf Of
the meanest negro to save him from unjust
punishment Surely il would be no humilia-
flon to 80 into court 10r a friend whom /
esteem"
81 hardly think they can even find an in
dictInent. The district attorney must know
that no conviction can be obtained on such
slight ground as this
Ten days later Geneyieve received the fol-
lowing characteristic letter from her brother
IN Mississippi:
ATg IaEAR SISTER NIEyE: Some one at St Louis
laH ~eiit ME the Enclosed note informing me OF the
zrrest of Cur Yankee captain for counteTfeitine
am noN more than ever glad did not reply 10 the
ieloy 2 letter concerning you.
Btit not quite able TO understand the ami
Ct fiis incicsed letter Ii has no signature as
SoU Wal see but j. evidently written by someone
who knows me ana you. as well as the man
AGau2s and do mol doubt that the note IS written
1n your lses interest. asd by friend Of yours
At any rate. the fact which 1t announces does not
surprise me. and should congratulate ourselves
tllat the captain Is likely 30 receive promo
fion, aao have another opportunity TO serve the
She renitrniiary.
l.ei me bear The result. We've, and excuse this
Dl1ci IiJte. - ana very busy.
Your brother. II. CATLDwEzI.
To say that Gencyieye was ast0nnded al this
leiter would be nnlId. Eer face burned with
3ndi ig1a. ion. a host Of conflicting emotions
were aroused Who had written that anonv-
IR0uk note 10 deepen the unjust prejudice Of
her brother against Captain Adamsg Who
could have any interest in interfering against
Captain Adams in her brothers estimate OF his
Character M as the note really intended 10
1DjuEe TIE captain, OF was it not rather in
tended 10 increase the obstacles between him
anc berselft OF one thing she was sure: il
was not meant to be. as her brother supposed
~ her interest, and il was not written by any
friend OF hers. For a moment she suspected
Jane Waterbury Of its authorship. She was
mot unaware that Jane had been strangely
smitten with love at tlFst sight On meeting Cap-
tain Adams. but she also felt assured that Jane
was struggling 10 suppress her infatuation with
maiden nodesfy, and was too honorable 10 write
anonymous notes which might affect the rela.
lions 81 Captain Adams with another
CenesieFe opened and scrntinized the nott
snelosed ia her brothers letter 1t was adj
dressed 10 Colonel Marshall Caldwell -
Spelled without the a. Jane Waterbury would
mot make that mistake. il was in a somewhat
disguised hand, and evidently woman's Ba
II WAS not Jane Waterbury, hand: Geneviev,
knew her writing too well 10 be mistaken
Then. who could the writer be2 She gave !
mp f0r the present. She could not even decidl
whether the note was the offspring Of malic
o. Jealousy, OF only Of q marpl0t love Of mis-
Chief She could only wait events, trusting 4
know more hereafter