The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-03-19


~CSenslemen Of the jury said the
Judge. when all the testimony hari been
heard. y don't think that II = necesssry
20 20 INFO an argument coHcerning this
case. The gull, Of these men Is 50 appa-
reut that il would Be eriminsl % Use tie
cornty's money in proIonginz t5is trisi.
Vow, prisoners. the best thing you can
DO IS to cOufess your guilt and throw
yourselves u7on the mercy ~ This Court-
Ease YES any confession n make. Mr.
White
'-N,. your Honor. eSecps that { ans in
n0crnt
Have you any coaiession. Dir. Miller
None, except 70 say that had moth
ing 70 do with the killing Of OR friend
Peters
: -AR right, said the Judge. Il see
that you do not desire any mercy Bot
If yoa expect TO escape punishment By
making prolonged fight. let me tel you
that you will meet with nothing but dis
appointment am here as the fearless
agent Of justice. have made up my
mind. am determined that you are
guilty, and nothing on earth can change
me. Gentlemen Of the jury, you may re-
tire and agree upon a verdict
The jury, without leaving the box rem
dered verdic. Of guilty
Gentlemen said the Judge, TO ex-
pedite matters and thereby save expense
10 the county, 1 viii sentence these men
nov. The law may be in favor of delay,
but justice isnot The law might permit
the sheriff to take these men 70 jail and
feed them, AZ the county expense, until
some distant day Of execution should ar
rive. bat Justice. the bright flower in our
great Judiciary garden Of weeds, looks up
and saws: No, Dir. sheriff; these men
must be hanged forthwith 50 Take them
out. when the death sentence has been
passed, and hang them - the neSrest
tree. Prisoners at the bar, stard up and
receive your sentence
The prisoner stood mp, and Just as The
Judge had pronounced the last words Of
the sentence, the wife Of Mr.. Peters Ut
tered a shout and bounding towards the
door. threw her arms around q man who
had Just entered the court room A siid
eommotion followed.
What's the matter" the Judge de-
manded. ~who is the man the bereaved
widow IS hugging -
Il Iain't no beresved widow, Judge,
/ the woman answered, -fur this i my
husband safe anu we'll"
~silence woman,1 the Judge demand
ed.
you ought TO have better sense than
to interrupt the Court
aYour Honor said a lawyer, j sup
pose my clients can go free
"And why 50, SIR
~Csn your honor ask such a question
when Mr.. Peters stands here before you -
~who IS Nr. Peters,
'Your Honor, cannot understand
you
aBut you will pretty soon. The Mr.
Peters that this Court has tax en- into con-
sideration is dead
40. I'm not, exclaimed Mr. Peters
stepping forward
"You may think you are not, Mr.
Peters. bu. ron are. Never in my pIofes-
sional cancer the Judge went on have
| I seen facts that 50 clearly ard strongly
establish the guilt Of two men,
@But, Judge, pleaded Peters, shat
I cannot be, for no murder has been com
mit;ed."
~Mr. Peters, you have not examined
the evidence as closely as I have
@But here stand in reiutation Of all
evidence"
@1Ir Peters, you have not rad as many
text books on evidence as I have The
case against these prisoners is perfectly
clear. They swore they would drown
you, and your coat was found near the
river. Il that not strong evidence
Yes. but
Hold on. The body Of a man was
taken from the river and identified as
your remains.
Bat I an here to refute the identih-
cation"
@Ah, you are here to throw a. obstrue-
ton in the way Of justice, are YOU
have heard on several occasions that you
are a man who has very little respect foI
the decisions Of court. And you have
come around here TO bully me, and that
too. in the face OF the strongest evidence
that was ever brought in a court Of jus
tice. Mr.. Sheriff, issue bsneh warrant
for the arrest of this man on the ground
Of contempt Of court, and then Proceed
with the hanging. This Court. blind a. 4
Is 10 everything but justice and the true
form Of law, is getting tired Of beins
browbeaten.-N. \. j. Wor'd-