Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-03-01

All hskene1 and Ieter carter sAl
down in front Of me with snser on
his thick ugly lips.
Il told my story thus:
"On the evening I had the words
with Monster Bazine. / had big stick
i in my hand. the one shown here TO-
day. ] did loiter about the house,
not very near. for an hour or more
after leaving the doorstep. I hoped
! 10 see Jean. ! started in desperation
q last. to knock again at the door.
When I reached the fence, thought
what foal | was and stopped. The
s'los cam % me. ! threw my club as
him. then walked away and went to
my home. I didn't sleep much, and
early next morning I went to a point
on High Rocks, with my fathers spy
glass and lay there looking for Jean
to come out to milk the cows. !
wanted to 60 and make up. l could
see all the Bazine farm and the lake
from where | was. and the spy-glass
made things pretty clear to me. I
didn't see Jean, but did see some
things that l thought nothing of then,
but can understand now"
eff what you saw has anything to
DO with this case, you may state il, ;"
said the Judge.
turned my eyes full on Peter Car
ter as he sat facing me. His brown
face was dirty white, his hands trem
bIed; there was no sneer on his lips
now. He tried hard to face me and
couldn't.
"As | lay on the rock" said with
my eye to the glass, about quarter
after 3 o'clock, ! see Peter Carter com.
ing up the road from Miller Davis
house. When he reached his uncle's
he opened window in the side and
jumped in. In about five minutes he
came out of the door, looked around,
picked up stick, which must have
been the one threw over and saw
again to-day. He stood with it, heft-
ing it, for little time, then went into
the house. 1t was full twenty min
utes, guess, before l see come out out
with big bag or bundle on his back,
and this he carried down To Razine's
boat in the lake, that was tied to tree.
He put this load in the boat, went
back to the. ..house and came out with
another sack or bundle and carried it
likewise to the boat; then he got in,
stood up and sculled the boat into the
middle Of the lake, where he flung the
load overheard. Then he came back,
went into the house, and in 10
minutes or so was out again with
third or smaller bundle. He laid this
down near the fence, went off and got
a spade, dug like fury until he made
hole, and in it hid the bag. Then
he filled in the dirt, tramped it down,
and seemed to scatter rubbish over it.
By this time I had concluded Jean
was not about. | had heard so much
Of Bszine's queer ways OF doing that
thought little or nothing of Peter
Carriers action. I have told the truth,
as God is to be my Judge. never
harmed that old man nor woman nor
saw them after that evening. The
man who killed the two sits there, and
his name is Peter Carter
During all my story Carter had
shown symptoms Of terror and desire
to rush from the courtroom. These
evidences had an effect upon those
present, but my story was so unex-
peeled that none could believe it yet."
Directly | stopped my lawyer
bounced in
May it please the court he said,
1t is known that Mr.. Bazine had two
large, very prominent front teeth; that
they were filled with gold that was
Very conspicuous. 1t is also known
that old Mrs. Bazine, shortly altar
she came here, fell and fractured her
skull, that DR.. Morrow removed the
splinters and over the cavity put
silver plate. have some silent wit
nesses. The good neighbOrs here.
believing the old fable that Round
L Ike is bottomless, dld not search
iiirrein for the bodies. had it done
last night, here are two results. and
opening a valise he poured OIL on the
table lot OF bones; from these he
picked two skulls, one with great,
rrjrctive, gOld-pluggei front teeth,
an'l The other with a snsl! silver plate
on is top held there by slight bit
Il sc,lr.
There was an uneaithiy yell from
C,Ii. r. the first souni he had uttered
since | began to speak; he threw him
sell upon the floor as the two terrible
Ol cts were thrust under his eyes.