The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-02-15

her. Hssaatched her veil from herfacs
and dragged her by the throat to the
nearest lamp post.
"Why do you follow me?" he asked,
hts voice trembling with passion.
She made no reply, and, cIutching
her moro firmly by the throat, h.
drew o dagger. She made no at
tempt to resist him, and just as the
dagger was about to be plunged In.
to her breast she cried out half chok-
ed and every misunderstanding death.
"Kill me John, but kiss me first. {"
Throckmorton threw the dagger
away, brushed the woman aside, and
fed before he could he tempted again.
At length Throckmorton could
stand it no longer, and Ellen Good
win war arrested ut his instance and
tried for insanity. The old court
house In Louisville, where Henry
Clay and the Crittendens had
many q hard-fought battle in the
days gone by, was packed Us it
never was before or since. The most
eminent legal talent was employed,
and the evidence was of the most
sensational character. Ellen Goodwin
was put on the stand and was given
Almost severe cross examination. Her
answers were clear and intelligent,
and utter hours of closest question.
ing the opposing lawyers were forced
tOadmit thnt they could make moth
ing of her. Poems written by her,
essays and articles were read to the
jury, and atlast herlawyer, young Ely
Parsons, arose to defend her. Hewas
n man of commanding presence, u
trained elocutionist, and a rarely
gifted orator. For four hours he
kept the audience entranced. He told,
in all it's dramatic details, the story
Of Ellen Goodwin. He went over the
scene of the midnight meeting and
argued that the woman had simply
been wronged and was seeking Justice.
He pointed to her wan, haggard face,
her delicate frame and cOntrasted
the wreck that stoOd before them
with the beautiful, tender, gentle girl
John Trockmorton had first met.
His peroration was Il masterpiece,
and when he sat down the jury, with
out rising from their seats, found
her sane. Then the lawyer and the
client were borne away by the shout
ing thousands, and such scenes were
enacted as were never before witnessed
in that sombre old court room. 4
few months later Parsons was elected
to Congress because of the speech.
From the day of her acquittal Ellen
Goodwin never again followed Throck-
morton. He left the city and died
u few years afterwards, alone OH his
plantation in Mississippi, far from
friends and relatives.
After his death Ellen Goodwin grew
weaker and weaker. The strength
which had borne her up through all
the years of her uneXampled pursuit
gave way. She wrote n full history
of her life, for which n Chicago pub
fishing house offered her $40, 900.
She refused the offer. saying the book
should be buried with her.
One day she went to Cave Hill Gene
terry, one of the most beautiful bury
ing grounds in the world just outside
of Louisville, and told her sister, who
had followed her through all the
dreary years with a perfect devotion,
that in one particular spot she wish
ed to I've buried, dressed as u bride,
with the book containing all her
trials and wrongs upon her breast.
A week afterwards she was laid to
rest there, and a little slab Mt the
head of the grave tells the story of
her most eventful life.