Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-01-30

vented his seeing clearly, and he fell {
into cnair by the pine workable In c
ft of distracted musing. Hair an hour I
later he left the house, which was In
old Isaac's care pending the result OF a
the trial, with light in his eyes and a {
smile on his lips such as had not been
seen there for months.
Keep up your spirits, old fellow lie
said to Paul when he visited him In MS
cheerless cell in the Tombs next day;
Il think 1 have struck the right lead
now, but Pm going to keep 1t to myself
until 1 am CERTAIN and Paul, who had
momentarily reused from the apathetic
state IN which he had remained ever
since his arrest. could not get another
word, good, bad or Indifferent, from
his friend. From that day until he sat
listening to the impasSioned appeal TO
the Jury made by the District Attor-
ney, who appeared himself for the
prosecution instead OF leaving the case
to his subordinates. Paul never could
gain from Harold the least hint as TO
what had so suddenly raised his spirits.
He only noticed that as witness after
witness for the prosecution took the
stand and gave evidence which he him
self knew was unimpeachable, and yet
which was slowly, but surely, planning |
a rope around his neck, Harold and |
Richard Ellery, the counsel for his |
defence, sat with smiling indifference, |
| taking an occasional note. The park |
| policeman, whose name was Matthew |
| Horgan, was allowed to step down |
after the brlefest of cross-examinations,
which only served to fix with absolute
certainty the time at which he saw
Paul enter the house. The doctor who
made the post-mortem examination,
and who viewed the body soon after II
was discovered, was also questioned
closely by Mr.. Ellery as to the probable
time at which the murder was commit
ted, and gave It as his opinion that 1t
was less than six hours before he was
called to the house. As this latter
time was shown to be eight O'Clock, 1t
followed that Mt. Warren was probably
struck down between two and three
O'Clock in the morning. A recess was
taken after the doctor had stepped
down, and during this interval Paul
was allowed to converse with MS
counsel and Harold, who introduced 10
, him as possible witness in his behalf
DR.. EIlendorf, the celebrated German
aurist, though how he was to help him
Paul could not imagine, and was too
depressed to inquire.
After recess several witnesses were
CdllCu. MlO AllS AAooSAOaN SSAApNA
, of both Paul and his uncle, and the
visit of the latter to his lawyer with
the object of altering his will SO as to
: disinherit his nephew. This, as has
= been pointed out by the District Attor-
ney in his opening address, offered
r direct motive for the crime. Then old
D Isaac stepped feebly up and told his
| story, He identified the ring as Paul g
' property, and as being always worn by
: him; he was questioned as to the events
Y of the fateful night, and stated that
e after he had retired TO his bed, which
g was on the ground floor, he had heard
n Paul, whose step he could not fan 10
n recognize, enter and go up stairs tC
: bed; with evident reluctance he went
J., on to say that an hour or so afterwards
,, he heard him descend and enter hi;
= uncle's room; that he heard the mur-
IS mur of voices lasting half hour or so
n followed by heavy fall, and, after {
< brief interval, the exit from the room
t of Paul and his passage up the stain
ID again toward his bedroom. This wa
" the only part OF the evidence of an.
" witness which Paul, OF his own knowl
re edge. knew to be inconsistent with tn
e. real facts, unless. as he had sometime
10 thought, he had been victim of som
4, nambulism. 1t was much more likely
I'd though, thaS old Isaac had been dream
w ing. and 50 he and Harold had oftel
e. concluded. He was surprised, there
ed fore, when Mr.. Ellery began TO eros:
IT. examine the witness. whose agitatio
be was painful to behold, to find that b
ot began by simply asking Isaac If hi
NO hearing was IN any way defective.
he Il can hear better than many
nd younger man, sir, was the answer, an
ur on this point Paul himself could haV
We backed the witness up, for he kne
.r- that Isaac's sense of hearing was peel
alf liarly keen. He began to feel annoye
mt when Mr.. Ellery harped on this que
ew ton, evidently wishing to prove thi
.en even if he had been awake the old ma
ad- could not have heard what he describe
led and he felt almost angry when he foul
,y- that the object in retaining DR.. Ellie
an dorf as a witness was to obtain eXpe
zen testimony as to Isaac's auditory nerve
ner So when, by permission of the iudg
ave ! DR.. EllendoIf, after having been swor
IcII and stating his profession, and so tort
his produced the apparatus with which
the intended to experiment, Paul's patien
CRY finally left him, and, leaning over
ere Mr.. Ellery, he exclaimed, You
, of losing time and hurting my case
the this nonsense. Old Isaac can he
mt, better than you or me, as happen
ler, know Keep cool, Mr.. Harley,
cen the answer. We are doing our be
two and l think are on Tue IlghI ILac
tied Meanwhile DR.. Ellendorf had produC
ock a square mahogany box, about two f
dds SQUARE, along the lid of 1t being cut
slit about an inch wide. protrud
/ by through which was long rubber tu
fore terminating at the opposite end IL
ated Y shaped piece, with fat black rub
eing ear.piece on each side of both branch
rold These were carefully arranged by
: of doctor over the ears of the witt
and Isaac, and two wires leading from
and electric battery, which an assist
and placed on the table, were conneC
ther with two brass knobs, on one END
his the mahogany box. Then somett
IN to inside the box was touched by the {
mo tor, and whlrrlng souhd als Vi uell
icult machinery was heard to proceed f
had within. Isaac, while all this was g
night on. sat with a look OF puzzled ap
and hension on his wTinkled face, rend'
ed a almost ludricrous by the flaps of b
have rubber which covered his ears. J
nails old boy thought Paul. AS If it '
had not bad enough for him to havt
:rime testify against me, even If he Is
IesIre taken, without toTmenting him in
case. ridiculous fashion. to no purpose
niary Suddenly he noticed the expires
eased on 1slac's race cnange, anu d 100
nand deadly fear distoTt his features
case, made an attempt to raise his han
listed seize the apparatus which covered
out ears, but the doctor was too quick
In his forced his hands down, The loo
were agony increased, and a faint I
Tnion. issued from between MS Whltened
=, but but again the doctor gIasped ms
Q day and forced him into ms seat.
He instrument, whatever IL nlghI
room the mahogany poX whlrreu anu Mhi
mmit- Suddenly, with colvulslVe enoi
.heory doctor could not restrain, Ihe olu
ng in rose from the chalr, thre" ms
u the wildly above his head, and shr
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