Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-09
Herself, your honor"

Herself, your honor"
Herself, who has, in his opinion, most
important evidence to offer in this matter.
You viii carefully guard against giving it
any undue weight, coming - It does In
the form Of . surprise
Call Patrick Murphy, said his counsel
Murphy came in. @Now, you remember
you swore that you saw the prisoner indict
the wound on the deceased
Il did. saw him a clearly ~ I see you
now. It was q bright, full moon, IS Light
q day. Isaw his face plainly"
THAT will do Call Phelim O'Curra. T"
He came @You said just now you saw
the prisoner innict the blow on the de-
ceaseds"
ibid, sir; saw him As well as 1 see
him now"
what kind Of night was it,'
Full. bright moonlight. Is light almost
as it is now"
You can go, Call Lenora Warrington.
The girl in the counsel's seat rose and
went into the box.
~Your name il Lenora Warrington"
~Yes."
~What are you."
sTeacher at the Brooklyn Female COL
lege"
@Do You know the prisoner"
$40"
Nor the deceased,"
@No."
@Now will you state to the Jury what
you know about this raatter!"
"The evidence against the prisoner
turned upon his identity, which was estab-
lished by his having been seen. It occurred
to me that it would be worth while to try
II it were possible that he could be seen
The table in my prayer-book shows that
the Paschal full moon, by which Easter il
determined, fell, in 1854, on the 18th Of
April The period between full moon and
full moon is twenty nine days, twelve
hours and forty-four minutes. II, then,
the full moon fell on April IL, 1t would
fall respectively on the 18th Of May, the
10th of June, the 9th of July and the Sth
Of August. On the ed Of August it would
be new moon; it would therefore be i'm
possible to see him, as they describe, for
there was at that time no moon visible {"
There was . dead silence while she spoke
and for about q second afterwards and
then the court house rang with shouts
People got up and shook hands with one
another; my counsel pressed up to me and
shook my hand and slapped me on the
back, and for five minutes 1t seemed a
perfect babel-men and women crying and
shouting.
~Silence in the courtl' exclaimed the
monotonous voices Of the ushers.
aAnd besides the book and the calcula-
lions which hold in my hand, what other
evidence have you of the truth Of this
statement, which We are of course unable
to deal WITH"
/ have, your honor" said my counsel,
"the Nautical Almanac for the year 1854,
and you will see at once that there was no
moon on that night-the 36th of August"
Has the counsel for the prosecution any
question to ask this witness''
"Yes, your honor. Now, mind, witness
you are on oath. Do you know the pris-
onerf"
@No."
@Never saw him before,"
Never, till saw him in the dock to-day.
heard of the trial, and knew the name
of Rydon well; it was the name Of my
late fathers oldest and best friend. and
thought it possible this might be his son
or a relative"
~And what is your opinion, now you
have seen him; DO You think he Is the
son of your fathers friend,"
II am sure Of il as I could be Of any
thing, if the portrait my father had Is
correct"
aYou may retire. Miss Warrington, said
the Judge, land carry with you the thanks
of the court and the jury for your assist
ance"
She left the court with but one glance of
sympathy at me. I knew and felt was
safe. She had no sooner left the box than
the well-to-do tradesman occupied it.
want to give evidence in this case"
@Swear him, usher" said the judge. i'm
patiently.
@Now," said my counsel, state what you
know. my good man."
II am jeweler and matchmaker. be
lieve the seal to Phelim O'Curra's watch
chain Is q seal made for Nj. Smithson
before he went to Europe"
"Will you swear to it,"
@Yes, if may handle it for a second"
O'Curra was brought in and the mo-
ment the jeweler touched the seal the for
mer slung down as IL struck
what are you doings" he asked in .
voice husky with passion and fear.
THAT is the seal, your honor, and this is
the watch" said the jeweler a. he
pulled gold repeater out Of O'Curra's
pocket.
was acquitted without the jury leaving
their seats, and in few days 1 had the
satisfaction Of hearing that the other man
had confessed that the two together had
committed the murder for Smithson's
watch and his money. The mans wearing
the watch and seal in court was one Of
those instances, SO abundant In the an
mails Of criminal life, of men forgetting
nothing but the very thing necessary to
secure their safety
Hay for days and days with a brain
fever, carefully and faithfully nursed by
my officer friend, and when awoke to
reason thought was madden than ever,
and in the land of angels, for saw one
seated at my bedside. How the officer
persuaded her don't know: but there she
was. and as grew better she nursed me
like sister, and being both alone in the
world, what wonder that We drifted
nearer and nearer to each other, until ut
last there could be none nearer or dearer,
Mai Stewart Harrison.