Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-10-06

you, DIR. Warren. The current of
public opinion sets so strongly against
! Mrs. Wharton that | can't induce the
medical friends upon whom / have
relied for help to have anything to do
with the case But let me hear what
you have prepared"
al have taken all that you say into
consideration already" replied,
"and i beg you, as have already
begged Mr.. Thomas. to point out any
weak point, an defective link, in my
chain of reasoning"
"Read on, then, and we shall see,n
he answered rather gruffly, evidently
mistaking my great solicitude for ram
pant egotism.
He placed his hands behind him
and paced the room as read, testing
my every word and idea in the cruci-
BILE of bis analytic mind, and when /
had concluded be turned suddenly and
said: "There is no weak point about
it; from beginning to end it is strong
as iron; we shall save her, Brother
| Thomas, never mind who the Doctor
may have arrayed against him. and
whether those | counted on come up
to the mark or not. Now, Doctor, let
me advise you to keep your argument
to yourself, so that the other side may
not attempt to refnte it in advance
"As for that, Mr.. Steele, am per-
fectly willing to submit it to the haz-
ard of any answer that can be prepar-
ed against it, for truth is mighty and
will prevail against the world, the
flesh and the devil. Nevertheless, |
shall take your advice, so as to make
assurance doubly sure. Let me give
some advice in turn : Be sure to EN-
ploy the best chemical experts that
can be found, for the attempt may be
made to produce the metal, and there
by give practical answer to every
thing that may be said in regard to
symptoms aud LESSONS. / ON positive
that there was never particle of an
timony in General Ketcbum's body,
but you must have scientific witness
es on hand to expose any trick that
may be attempted in that direction"
suid |, as folded up the manuscript
and bade them good morning, duly
satisfied with the estimate that they
had placed upon my work.
AS you, DR. Morris, were present
at that exciting trial it is unnecessary
to enter into details respecting it, and
| will therefore simply confine myself
to my personal experiences at Annap-
oils In due course / was placed up
on the witness-stand, and in lecture
of several hours duration | unfolded
the argument which had already given
SO much satisfaction tc the attorneys
for the defense. / am sure you can
bear me out in saying that its effect
on the jury was such as to render the
acquittal of the prisoner almost mat
ter of certainty / had hardly regain
ed my hotel, however, before the law
yers for the defense came to me, and
with the gravest OF countenances said:
We have come, DR.. Warren, in the
first place, to congratulate you on
your evidence, which was the clear
est and most logical that could have
been given, and to our minds is abso
lutely unanswerable, but we have to
tell you, in the second place, that the
! other side processes to be as well sat
isfed as we are, declaring that as
subtle and plausible as your theories
appear, they will shatter their founda-
tion tomorrow; that you have uncon-
sciously walked into a trap, with
which you are to be caught and hung
up to ridicule and ruin in the cross
examination. Are you absolutely
sure of your positions I Have you
an idea of what they mean by these
confident threats these bold assur-
ances p
my dear sirs,' answered, 'it is
all talk, the merest. bravado; | am
, confident of my position. | have
, weighed measured and analy zed every
, stone alike of their foundation and
, their superstructure, and will stand
, ANY test. assure you. know every
Imam with whom we have to deal, and
! / am not in the least afraid of their
| criticism"
, "Well,n they said, 1--WE are perfect
! tly satisfied with the work of to-day,
and we hope and believe that you
! will sustain yourself Tomorrow y and
, they then retired rather more cheer
ful in spirit, but still very anxious al
: to the result of the eross-questiOniBg
First one friend and then another
called afterward, each jubilant over
what had already occurred, and yet
/ appreheDsiTe in regard as to whai
5 was to follow; but / maintained K
them all the same confident and self
1 assured manner.
/ made it point to attained Q bal
. at the hotel that night. wearing ;
smiling countenance. but still annoy