, 1886-05-19
A ARROW ESCAPE.
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Tho jury Withdrawing Immediately after
ward.
sat there looking at the scene In a sort
II stupefaction, when suddenly l felt that
l was an object Of extreme interest to n
very beautiful young girl In the gallery.
She was looking at ole and yet not Mt me,
but rather looking through me Mt some
thing beyond. My eyes met hers, which
were full of tears, and broke the spell; she
looked another way. Presently as / looked
| saw her start, turn pale and fall back in
her seat. 1t was oniy u momen She sud
denly tore-literany tore-ofr her gloves
and taking her pencil and tablets, and
what looked like "A prayer o from her
pocket, leaned upon the rail in front and
seemed to be making some calculations,
putting down figure after figure. L
watched her in silence for n quarter of an
hour and then saw her, as she put away
the pencil and book, look down at me. a
smile of triumph lighted her face as she
brenthed out to me with her lips the word
Hope
She struggled through the crowded gal
iery, came into the court, and. speaking to
nm usher, was Brought to the counsels
seat. She spoke to my counsel and showed
him her tablets and books.
He seemed thunderstruck, and said
loudly enough for me to hear him ms l
leaned over the dock-rail: my God How
could | have forgotten III My dear girl.
sit still"
A messenger was at once sent for the
judge. who presently came into court.
"Your honor" said my counsel, " have
taken this most unnatural course because
] have at thism oment only received from
the witness, whom | shall put in the box,
n communication which is of the greatest
moment TO my unhappy client, the pris-
oner mt the bar, and | nave to beg that
yonr honor will be pleased to summon the
jury from their room to hear tie STATE
ment ofthis witnessp
IA most unusual request" said the
judge. wv viii consult with the other
judges in the other courts and let you
know" and he left the room.
What could that girl, who sat so silent
and so pale, have to do with me' | traced
back and thought of every face l had seen,
but hers was not there. | had never seen
her before.
What n weary time 1t was. Messengers
hurried to and fro; the officer who had ar
rested me, and had since proved my friend,
was everywhere. First he anne in with u
thick quarto volume, over which my
counscl and his junior and the girl looked,
and, pointing out II certain page, seemed
quite satisfied and happy; then he pushed
up near the witness box an individual who
looked like n well-to-do tradesman. The
ushers cried pray, silence in the court
as the judge re-entered.
~ have consulted with the other judges,
who think that under the circumstances
you may recall the jury"
The jury came in, looking, In their sur
prise, like men Weakened out OF sleep.
Gentlemen of the jury" said the judge,
"the counsel for the defense wishes you to
hear n witness who has suddenly presented
himself"
Herself, your honor"
Herself, who has, in his opinion, mos.
important evidence to offer in this matter.
You will carefully guard against giving il
any undue weight, coming as 1t does il
the form Of a surprise"
"Call Patrick Murphy, said his counsel.
Murphy came in. Now, you remember
you swore hat you saw the prisoner infiict
the wound on the deceased"
81 did. saw him as clearly as | see you
now. 1t was n bright, full MOON, as Light
ms day. Isaw his face plainly"
"That will do. Call Phelim O'Curra."
He came. "You said just now you saw
the prisoner iniict the blow on the de
ceasedf"
II did, sir; I saw him as well as | see
him now"
what kind Of a night was its"
Full, bright moonlight, as light almost
as 1t is now
You can go, Cali Lenora Warrington.
The girl in the counsel's seat rose and
went into the box.
your name is Lenora Warrington
"Yes."
what are your"
Teacher at the Brooklyn Female col
lege.n
"Do you know the prisoner
NO"
"Nor the deceased"
NO
"Now will you state to the jury what
yon know about this natter"
"The evidence against the prisoner
turned upon his identity, which was estab-
lished by his having bon seen. 1t occurred
to me that 1t would be worth while to try
il it were possible that he could be seen.
TIT table in my prayer-book shows that
the Paschal full noon, by which Easter is
determined, fell, in 1854, on the 12th 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 -, it would
fall respectively on the 18th of May, the
10th OF June, the 9th of July and the sth
of August. On the 23d OF August 1t 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 n lead silence while she spoke
and for about n 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 it seemed a
perfect babel-men and women crying and
shouting.
"Silence in the courtlr exclaimed the
monotonous voices of the ushers.
"And besides the book and the calcula-
tions 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 hat there was nc
moon on that night-the Goth OF August. y
~Has the counsel for he prosecution any
question to ask this wlenessY"
ayes, your honor. Now, mind, witness,
you are on oath. DO YOU know the prls
onerg7
no"
Never saw him beforefT
Never, till | saw him in the dock to-day.
! Leard OF the trial, and | knew the name
Of Rydon well; 1t was the name OF my
late fathers oldest and best friend. aud j
thought it possible this might be his son
or n relative
"And what is your opinion. now you
have seen HIM Do You think he is the
son Of your father's friendf"
81 am sure OF ii rs | could be Of any
thing. II the portrait my father had /.
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