The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-06-10

ment should give his countenanco to the
new so-called spiritualistic crazs, which
was the revival of al old deluson much
more worthy of the dark ages than the
present. AS for the journal which threw
out the suggcst ton that the unfortunate de-
ceased had procured the corpse Of soma
other person to represent his own, and thus
complete hiso villanies by carrying off
large sam Of money and getting away to
some other country, he thought it mistake
for the writer of that article to waste his
imaginative powers upon morc ne wspaper,
instead Of writing stories for The London
Journal, or compiling dramas for tho trans
pontine stage. No man, he believed, more
than himself appreciated and valued the
freedom of the press, but in this matter he
confessed he thought both editors and cor.
respondents hal outstripped the line which
divides liberty from license.
Pas sing from this feature of the case to
the closing of the painful business before
the Jury, he SUMMED up the evidence with
great care, dwelling at some length upon
the rights Of the crown in refe",nco to any
property tho deceased might have left, and
in anticipation of the jury finding verdict
Of felo-d:-S, In ordinary cases, be said,
Northumberland he regretted to say it
any evidence to show that the d deceased was
not perfectly sane when be arranged to take
his own life and did take it. The only sug-
gestion to his mind, even of eccentricity in
the matter. was that be should drive him
self up to the spot where he was discovered.
This was no doubt a strange thing to do.
Nevertheless, it was clearly by forethought
and design. On the day when he felt that
Byles, Grant & Byles would, within twenty
four hours, have discovered the secret of his
foreeries, he had resolved to commit sui
eide, purchasing the drugs for the purpose,
sending his two men servants into the
country, writing his last letters, and max.
ing other careful and Intelligent arrange
ments to close his earthly career It had been
suggested that Hampstead heath was
fayorua resort Of the deceased, and that
he had frequ ,ntly been seen walking and
driving there walking moro particularly
during the last two weeks, about the heath
behind Juck Straw's Castle, and near the
spot where his body was found. He must
repeat, il was curious thing that he should
get Lis servants out OF the way, for that was
evidently the inten ton of the opera and the
suppers, himself putting his horse into his
ldF luPs, SlVtIIo upon Iuc wa o-N - .
it, evidently late at night and possibly
through Il storm OF rain and thunder, TO
Hampstead heath. That was the only in
dication in the entirs story that could war
| rant even thought of insanity; but this
was overbalanced tremendously, i'll his esti-
nation by the other facts OF the case.
With these suggestions anu instructions he
left the verdict in the hands of the jury,
and thanked them on behalf Of himself and
all concerned for their patient attention to
the painful details of one of the saddest
cases that had come under his attention Tor
many years.
The jury, after short deliberation, gave
a verdict OF felo-de-se, which it was gener-
| ally understood meant q midnight burial
with something worse than manned rights;
but in this case the body had been pre-
viously removed to the deceased's residence
in Portland place, and on the fifth day
after death it was inferred at Kensal
| Green, in the presence Of few private
| friends and relatives. And in due course
there was written on a black and silver
plate over the remains of Joseph Norbury
the dishonored name of John Needham.
Moan while strange instinct OF fear and
| mistrust in regard to her brothers welfare
| took possession Of the mind Of Kate Nor.
bury.
| TO BE CONTINUED.