The Irish standard., 1889-04-06


heen accused of the riJsU helnouS OF crimes
of which it is possible to accuse any citizen.
You have had every opportunity to present
YOUR side cs the case in its most favorable
lieh5. That you have deliberately refused
to do so can have no Weight with this court
in passing sentence for the crime OF winch
YOU nave lust been convicted. 1t is not Tor
US to act as your defender, or to extanuate
thu, circumstances Of the crime. 1t is our
Dart only to execute the orders OF the law.
and in SO doing | am obliged TO consider
that this jury before whom you have been
tried is fully competent rs believe 1t was,
TO determine with accuracy and jl.s0ce The
truth Of this terrible matter. The CRIME OF
which YOU have been convicted is one that
can not be palliated by any circumstances,
and I can not therefore permit either mercy
or any other consideration to modify i'll any
degree the penalty which the law provides
for murder Nevertheless, : give YOU one
lore opportunity to say If you have any
eason TO offer why sentence OF death should
:ot be passed upon you"
Mr. Brownlow looked at the court for
noment steadily and then said: II have
My this to say, that the result Of this trial
the most severe condemnation that could
ossibly be made of the jury system"
Prisoner" said the Judge, sternly,
vnen he saw that Mr.. Brownlow had moth
ng further to offer, "you have persistently
aggravated your situation from beglnnlng
o end. 1t would be impossible now, if 1t
ver had been, to exercise any discretion IN
he matter of regulating your sentence.
The sentence Of the court is, therefore, that
'ou be taken to the county jail, confined
here until Friday, the 2lst Of January, and
hat you be then taken from your cell and
lung by the neck until you are dead, and
nay God have mercy upon your soul. Gen
lemen Of the Jury, you are discharged.
Mr. BroWnlOW received the sentence as hs
lad the verdict, without flinching, and Go all
Efforts of either friends OF reporters to ln-
;ercede IN his behalf, or enter into CONVEX
;ation with him, he simply asserted that ne
Aae said what he had to Say. But his friends
lid net let the matter rest AS the de-
:endant's course had precluaed any posi-
,ility Of securing a new trial. all they could
10 was to try to secure executive clem-
,ncy A petition was circulated among the
influential aud wealthy residents in the
:ity praying that his sentence be &c least
.ommuted until it should be definitely
proven that Mrs. BrownoSv had died by
Violence Various obstacles lay before the
SUCCESS Of thus petition. Perhaps the great
EST was that the incumbent of the Guber-
aatorial chair was ~ thorou ghgoiug pollti-
sian. and would fear to offend the general
public by extending to a rich man q favor
Nat might without special risk have been
granted to a poor men.
When Mr Browuic,H had been taken to
he cell which f1e would occupy Until he
should be lut to death he called for the
services of a lawyer, but not for sf,e pur-
pose Of making a move for freedom. He
would not permit She lawyer to talk
about that. but limited his services
strictly to putting his afairs into such
shape that there would be nc possible
question OF their disposition AFTER his
ieath 1t was, perhaps, Characteristic of the
mar that in choosing his attorney he passed
aver the eminent men in the profession
whom he personally knew and sent for MIR,
Henry Parker, the young. lawyer assigned to
defend him by the Judge, and whom MI.
Brownlow had rebuffed so 2old!y aud
e,nphatically. The most important work for
Mr.. Parker was, Of course, Che drawing up
Of his strange clients will. NJ. PaTker's
aston1shment may, perhaps, be imagined
when Mr. .Brownlow directed tha5 all h1s
properly Wllllouh cA/SIi"foha o'AooAN A'~
given to tsMrs. I.eouora BrownloW, my
wife, when she shall return to her home. !"
Mr.. Parker was ,nada trustee for hes with
& salary of FIVE thousand dollars yearly, to
be drawn from the estate until the Lady
should appear to claim the property,
The young lawyer protested in vain at his
clients extraordinary testament, pointing
out that it made him, Parker, actually the
heir to the property, for no oae believed
that Mrs. Brownlow was alive.
'You are MISTAKEN" responded Mr..
Brownlow, quietly: II believe it''
So the will was drawn as directed and
duly witnessed by officials of the jail. But
Mr. Parker went about his duties with a
strange feeling Of oppression and doubt.
Was the law about to take the life Of an
irresponsible man, Or was it about to naur-
der an innocent mans 1t must be one Of
these. If he were hanged the viii could
not be contested successfully Ky MIR.
Brownlow's relatives, For it would be- tha
theory of the law that any question OF Mr.
Brownlow's sanity had been settled by the
trial And yet the unfortunate man
seemed to be irrational. And yet again Mr.
Parker could not help g feeling that he was
Innocent
The young lawyer decided chat in the
time intervening before the execution he
would make great effort to discover the
trutf Of Mrs. Brownlow's disappearance,
CHAPTER VII.
The young lawyer went about his work
in methodical way. He said to himself :
8: The possibilities in this case are very few
IT, chC;,}d I,e 7.ea son ably eaSy to eliminate all
things which are ;oot possible from consad'
GRAFTON. and 50 concentrate attention upon
those things which were most likely to
happen Now, then, the first point which
may be taken as clev is this: Mrs. Brown
low left the house altogether unprepared
for journey. She was not only in evening
dress, but so far as the efforts OF the detect.
ives have shown any thing, it is clear that