Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-05-25
STRANGE DI.LCSIO\.

"Prisoncr. rise anil look upon the
jury. Gentlemen, have you agreed
upon your verdict" 1t was the clerk
of the court who spoke.
I'VE have
And what say ynu: Do you find
the p1iSontH guilty ~ not guilty."
't;uilty -of murder III the first d.
gree.
- s:titl the foreman Of til. jury.
ami he hush Of death ovt1>prt*l1
tn &,ult IN the Eautl was puIit*l
nl+;n by mai. -..z
The p:i5oAe1...*= 4 tall, blonde gir!!.
it.4;! shot her <ttiia11ce1 husband OH ill.,.
htr*.t H+r futn.zr,..41 Respected MGR
chant 1T ii ltt.ii<<=zllt hiring 1l11 o.:
Gagged Henry Noltll: tAtmost ft1?nolis
criminal lawyer" !: Ills day, u dc.
TEND her Tic address 10 the jury
by North lE;u1. .llt,.:ll o1n4 ut tile most
synllatl4ct;% appeals ever made II,
Il jury 1t had touched every ter,ltr
chord III the i.,l1nln heart. II hal
Appended IT, tic jany:!ltn IN fathers
III brothers md VI husbands Every
body sud t}lut Henry North never
Lad been y, brilliant illl<1 1teyer 40 tltatsy:
Actlc. " " :* "*=.:: VI :* " !. r j.: :.
.>1l<l ytit =A4;=L>$+tl tft1il*:t1> E: M: +
The kt4*llI+.t AZ: 1l.lzz311:li WIS written
III every Tine. Vz:==:fIfh fftts{n, bit III hi
gathered ~ ll!t*iI91 l1tS&&>s b. cotnnleut~
I'd softly ~ lIl>Ilssalff E. :...* +: II
Il knew it Vt<,li|il IN. 4t,:"
l<llvW what: Il Iuw could lit. nuvt,
fo1esct,l tho xertlitt Vl1t1l every other
person III tile courtroom had coli-
1i.lc11tly expected an ac4uittal> Villa:
could l1e hu@e meant;
The gr~;t criminal i;&wyer rcg;lintH]
his co1npo>n1e In Il moment. tie
made the usual motion for a new
trial, stepped to tl1e side IF the con.
victed ,nultlercss. assured her that
hope still remained. then shook tic
long, SLENDER hand Of the staring,
statueS1ut woman as she was re-
1nuutltd for sentence. The next in
st<1nt lie WAS seen rushing hurricdly
toward the stairway.
The oyer unl ter1niner courtroom,
M everybody knows, In at tho head
Of the long, lnurble staircase leading
toward Broadway,
Hardly Il minute later, before thu
room had cleared, cry WAS heard III
the outer lr4ll 1t WAS Il shrek o1
agony and horlor'
At the tupt OF tic marble steps
gospjnS for breath, l;&y tile famous:
advocate. Henry North. tho idol Vi
his profession. At the top ut the
lunlinE North Lad been seen to reel.
and before anybody could reach linn
he hutl plunged: liendlony to the lot
tom Of tlle n;41lt. Blood rosc tn hia
lips, his cy('4 vcrc wide open, }''1t UP
pcarct} tn be stirring ut ot invisible
object The <.ll1nmy moisture II:
death was upon Ills brow.
The dying IMAM w;e% raised in tht'
arms of IL young clerk, :ts IL gaping
crowd quickly gathered. 11c hVt'
only long enough 10 say:
He has killed Inc at lust. Ho was
vrouclli1y ut tlal. head 1T the stairs
and tri},pt.d me-" THIN had come
the shrek and the &1go1lizlng words
Keep him off TO 'wa}'"
Henry North ceased to breathe.
Tho death was thu sensation Ut Il
week, The funeral WA. nlle IF the
lugost ever seen III New York. But
tho mystery surrounding his lust
words rrlnail:rd M".l: ;hc"ries wert
advanced To explain them, none u
which, to tho shame IF our common
humanity, were cruditablc to the dc
ceased, though there never had beer
a shadow ulun his na1llc.
was tho clerk who received th<
Inst condolences of Henry North