Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-12-08


tha syes of Giles Ellis fixed balefully
,1rou rro him, He did not trust himself to
ldot Of tie Judges, but gazed steadfa-tly
,'non rUU tho floor. Sir Thomas made sign,
and Proctor resumed
sTba phys clan stripped the BODY IN
o,r nres' nee and we beheld terrible
synn,,J male by sword or knife, sufi'-
r;ent to cause instant death. as the paper
dnlv certified by Us and signed by the
physician and now III your po'seSion
plainly proves , ~.
tered hoarse cry, lifted his hands
w;ldiy M IN the air, and fell in fit. Griz-
1la Meade. seeing him lying at her feet,
turned her heal slowly. Awe, hatred
md terror we're depicted in every Inca
n,ent ne looked at Arthur Proctor.
up "Proceed" said Sir Thomas. "'Tis as
vel Daniel Mea1es ears are closed 1or
@Ibere was wound in the head. caused
! bv the bullet from Martin Lees pistol.
! Rut the physician, after examining IL
carefully. declares it could not have pro-
duced death. if it even stunned the rlan.
II WAS scalp wound. Death was caused
instantly by the thrast of the sharp In.
strument. which cut the heart in twain.
As these terrible words were uttered
Grizzle Meade turned greenish hue,
nurple spo.s suddenly shot into her
cheeks. that were livid until now her
eyeballs were disiended with horror.
Then she, too. fell on the floor beside her
husband. A..
There was hustle and contusion; the
iajler and his wife brought help and bore
them out. Giles Ellis and Ann Bigger
approached the entrance, followed oy
Ezra Easty. but the iailer at sign sud
denly closed the door.
Since the murder Is as good as COZ,
fessed said Justice Danfo.th, We VIII
nroceed with other matters connected with
This unnatural crime. And now tue
counienance of the Deputy was as sci
and hard as the hinges of fac. Grea'
iniustice has been done John Lees wfte
and daughter. fear, aud it will go nara
with all who have been instrumental III
misleading the authorities AS for THESE
here" he indicated the apprentice, AM
Rioger and Indian Joe with sweep o.
his hand. they will one and all lie mere
and await our pleasure. But, here jus
lice Danforth looked sternly at his kins-
m n. who strove, but in vain, to NEE
his look. "as for my kinsman there, th'
punishment he deserves is much g'eater,
aimee he has, it seems, brought reproacl
both upon his father that was my cousin
and disgrace on his own head. Speak
, said the Justice, sternly, as no turped u
The Indian. who was it you saw IN JON
Winslows field? You swoie twas Mar
! t n Lee here. -,
The Indian crouched; he looked qulcki
, from one to the other, and, seeing scor
! in their faces, suddenly stood erect.
lied He" pointing to Giles, woul
have killed me-. =,
"Then it was Giles Ellis you saw IN tn
> field"
!. Joe nodded, gravely.
j "To perjury and suborning witnesse
9 vou have aided a crime which must D
v sxniated on the gallows, Giles Ellis,
u u said Justice Danforth. But you nav
soid I am an upright and impartl'
q iudoe' and SO l charge you TO prepal
within one week to make answer 10 IL
charges brought against you In 'He pro
o ence of the people of Salem. AS for yo
e Dorothea Lee and Janet. you are Tree
Vt accompany us to Salem. :,
}, So saying, the Justices witnout Iurtn l., sa
/. speech, departed from lps"lCn jan, ~
a lowed by the Lees, Arthur PROCTOR, ~ u
uncle. and Tom Jones walking all
/ them.
l. The news spread from Ipswich to sale
in adv ance of them.
n Strange as it ma seem. when the Le
W were we'll housed again, and Martin IL
Q. reioiced at the recovery of his d'amonu
10 which we're found concealed in Clio
Al. I'd nd
I'd hoped they would never be dlscovere
s. there was not one in Salem that did
Id openly rejoice at their release, ina, Juu
Of ing from their own testimony many Ii
ne predicted it,
I And now that there was nothing to pl
to vent it. and as all the country knew th
e- we're betrothed, Arthur Proctor and jar
n Lee were speedily married
The morning after their marriage, wo
ca was brought to Salem from lpswlch
nv The death of Daniel and Grizzle Meat
The judges set day for their trial'
Id end promised to be speedy. Inc prlso
n crs, upon learning that the damon
were found, no longer denied the cna'
elf that they had appropriated the m9l mo-
in his nurse. as well as the silk bag
/
flied that he had in the purse "upwal
I'd of sixty guineas and notes to the value
eighty pounds" Moreover, it WIS
made plain to all that the counterpart
MS the curiously made pulse-and the OF
ice one of which anybody had any kno'
a edpe-was in the possession of Ja
ho Lee. a present ma7e to her by Mar
ere Lee before he made his last voyage.
to own had never been out of his possess
est save in tie interval covering the time
ad was wrecked, and prisoner in Afr
Tn the meantime it lay in the hands
t." ;eweler in Liverpool. The shrewdn
Arthur Proctor displayed in obtain
,av from John / ee Janet's purse, and I
aid ducing it in the presence of the landl
of Globe Inn and his wife, ther
his obtaining the first clue that
zle 10 their exposure, was commen
upon more than the exhuming OF
ice remains of the landlords son. Th
las THINGS being freely commented upol
the presence of Grizzle Meade and
has husband. dreading the scorn they kl
ith thew would be subjected to dur1ng p
,ell lie trial for their crimes, they music
,iel sufficient courage to hang themselves
-ew Inswich Jail. When their fellow prs
inc ers awoke one morning, they behelo
the gray light, two forms hanging aga
rn- the prison walls. When Ezra Easty
ad- held them, he fell in q ht, and when
and revived was simpleton, and died a
pleton. Ann Bigger was detained m
owe months in Ipswich Jail.
AS for Giles Ellis, he presented pl
hey BILE spectacle during his trial, which
net nlace within fortnight and whel
! as was hanged on Wills Hill twas saic
bey man or woman betrayed such cr'
&C nnirit as he who waptonly killed