The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-15

6uect WDen ne gave MS testimony ue 70
the identifi cation OF the handkerchief be-
longing to his murdered brother, which
was, in tho language OF the prosecutor.
cunningiy woven into gu estions "volun-
tary. confd emily. and upudently ex-
hibiled by the prisoner TO sustain his pre-
posterous story" Poor Mar' Wal had
TO go on the stand and testify that Dorm
had been with her, talking and convers-
ing in the edge of the wo DDS less than
half a mile from the Van Deust home
stead, on the night of the IN urder, and
that he left her about 9 o'clock. Wit
ness were brought from New Haven to
testify TO D0rns arrival in thai city. the
morning after the murder, with his
clothes bloody. head cut and one ankle
sprained and to his admission that he
had received those injuries while running
through the woods on Long Island the
night before.
Not" exclaimed the prosecuting at
torney. "as he would have it believed, long
before the murder but when he was flee
ing red-handed, conscious that the brand
OF Cain was on his brow
The prisoners counsel protested against
this sort of Interpolation of comments as
irregular and unfair, aud the court sus-
tanned him in that view, but the ma ority
OF the Jury looked "a il they would have
thanked the prosecutor for expressing
their sentiments 80 forciblv.
Then other witnesses were called to
prove. "a experts, that man would have
time after the hour At which 1t was be-
lieved the murder was committed-say at
midnight-to run to the Napeague inlet.
take sailboat and reach New Haven
early the next morning. One, indeed,
testified that he had tried aud accom-
piished the ieat.
time in trying to console her with loving
words and foolish hopes so that neither
of them said or did anything particularly
reasonable or worthy of the telling here.
And then Mary went back to the room
that had been assigned her in the tavern
and cried so all night that In the morning
her ewes were red and swollen almost sui
ficienty 10 justify in some measure the
gratiiied assurance of Aunt Thatcher,
that she "looked like fright"
AS for Lem Pawlett, il must be admit
ted that he acted In what seemed to his
friends a most reprehensible and unac-
countabie manner Following even too
strictly the iniunctions of MIR. Pelatiah
Holden about saying nothing to
anybody, he would not even
give them the satisfaction of know
ing positively that he had found his man,
and that the much needed evidence would
be forthcoming in due time. He did 20
so far under Ruth's most severe pressure,
Gs TO assure her that he il would "be all
right" but beyond that the little maiden
found that for once her power was set at
N, lught. He felt resting upon him a re-
snf visibility that temporarily outweighted
his ! owe. and the gravity of his stubborn
6; ent e swed the girl and made her look
nnon him with a new respect. But how
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his wei. 'hty secret made him feel that
virtually 0orn's salvation depended upon
him. and should anything happen by
which that a violence would not be forth
coming and Dorn should be hanged III
consequence on its fai ure he would be
neither more n or less than the execution
nj his friend. The next most un-
bannv man in the town that night,
alter the pris. 'ner himself, was
Lem Pawlett. WI en-, from sheer ex'
haustion he fell aslee,0 nearly ut daylight.
he had horrid dream that he was tied
hand and foot and pONyerless to speak,
while his witness was dee;ng swiftly away
from him on horseback and that Dorm
was standip " before him under cue gai,
lows tree, " 18th a moose about his neck ana
a horrible Look of haunting reproach In
his ewes From that dream he aWoke with
a howl of fright, and, fear 'ng TO go 10
sleep again, spr VnR up, DIRE ssed himself
and hurried out into the de, Nerted MAN
street OF the still s,umbeTing to 'wn.
He took his W ay toward the wharf
Sometimes" he said to him veil, the
packet from New York gets o early
hardly so early as this, but then 81 Ne migh'
have had an eXtraor binary good breeze
last night" His road led him by the jail
Heshuddered as he passed the grim, e ray
building, for never before had it seem eI
TO him so big, so strong, so terrible. M
one living thing did he meet in his lonely
walk and when he reached the wharf the
most profound silence surrounded him.
The tide was rising, but without the
sound Of it's accustomed wash on the piles.
Its influx was indicated only by slight
ripple around the Obstacles it met. As for
out az he could see the surface OF the bay
was as smooth as a mirror. Going down
on some Shiny green steps to a bost-land-
ing, he dipped one hand into the water
and held it above his head. There was
not even breath of air moving. With
sullen resignation he seated himself upon
O pile of lumber and waited.
The dawn appeared. then suddenly the
eun rose up behind the town, casting upon
the CLASSY surface of the water before him
long shadows of the tall warehouses, and
OF the people who now began to busy
themselves in the vicinity. Not the
smallest ripple broke the outlines OF those
shadows He looked anxiously up at the
sky. Ali with what JOY he would have
seen. in the direction of New York, a
MYRIAD of those ragged feecy clouds which
sailors call mares tails, and believe to
be sure harbingers of wind. But
there was not one to give
him hope. The sky looked like monster
dome of unlocked. FURNISHED brals. 1t
was high tide and dead calm.
With groan he turned away and re-
traced his steps to the tavern. An un-
wonted excitement began to be percepti-
BILE in the streets. the continuation OF that
OF the preceding day. Already people
were fiocking in from the country. deter
mined to be nearest the courtroom doors
when they were thrown open. The tay-
ern bar-room was crowded even before the
sleepy barkeepsr had his eyes we'll rubbed
open, and sort of general picnic scene
was presented by the people breakfasting
on cold lunches in the shade of the elms.