The state herald., 1893-07-21
JOE ANDREWS TRIAL,

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bic that Joe Andrews should provide
entertainment for the hangman. APP
ratently. In tho minds OF Judge. fury,
couhcil and spectators tbs bhrbsrous
rope was as, good ,as placed about his
peck. A life had been taken through
Violence and everything In the way
" incri.niHatiSg evidence pointed in
dubitably to Andrews as the criminal
He was young fellow with q wifo
and child and OF fair enough repute,
save that at intervals an apparently
inherited weakness for strong drink
eeercsme lin. In the course of ono
Of these lamentabie ruptures III lhb
young mans self-respect and attacks
upon tho peace and forbearance OF
Twinvillo stranger had appeared in
town, and, tho saloon being obviously
Ms Common place Of entertainment,
he had fallen In with Andrews, evil
IDENTIFY very much to the strangers
pleasure ard profit
Theh sonSivialr olatioiiship, inter
spefst with hours OF gambling, had
continued through several days, at
tho end Of which time the stranger
had disappeared, and Andrews, his
spree being over, awokc from his
squalid. pleasurablc dream to find
himself pcnniloss. He then swore in
the presence Of more than one wit
ness that, should no ever find oppor-
tunity, no would certainly take the
life Of the man who had wronged
him.
Before week had passed the man
OF friendly cups and nimble fingers
iode into. Twinville again, stopped
over night at the hotel, and the nest
morning took the road to Darcy, u
town ten miles to the southwark. He
was fashily dressed person, hand
some but Manufactured, and past
middle-life. The name he left on the
hotel register was Thomas Brad
ltugh. The samG day oil which he
left Twinviile for Darcy he vas
found dead in the road midway be.
tween tho two towns, with numerous
savage cuts upon his person and the
fatal knife still buried in his heart.
The weapon, n short dirk. was the
wcll.known property Of Joe Andrews,
and sworn witnesses testified that
the unfortunate young fellow had
been seen hunting in that vicinity
upon the day Of the tragedy; even
Andrews himself confessed as much,
but night and day protested his inno-
ccncd,
Surely Lawyer Laliln. prosecuting
attorney for the state. had never con-
Quoted an easier case. For ten years
Lailin. ostcnsibly u bachelor. had
been citizen OF Twinvillc; in every.
day life quiet, cold. Indifferent sort
OF a man, In court keen and eloquent
advocate. When he stood before the
jury In the present case. pale and
seemingly profoundly moved by tho
gravity OF the verdict he must urge,
he had pronounced one OF the most
remarkable pleas ever heard at the
Twinvillc bar After long pause
In which ho seemed hcsitating ~ TO
his course, and In which the room
grew hushed. his lips suddenly
opened. and he cried out like peal
Ing trumpet whatsoever sheds tho
blood Of man by man shall his
blood be she'd Gentlemen, disobcy
Gods command II you darc!" and
then sat down.
Two hours afterward tho Jury
brought in verdict OF murder In
tho first degree.
Andrews was crushed; hc seemed
to sink In upon himself like u falling
ruin. When commanded to stand
up and receive sentence. he had to be
held upon his feet; his young wife In
voluntarily rose with him, and stood
staring at the Judge like one In u
fascinating, horrible dream. The
baby babblcd and tuggcd at her
skirts. unconscious OF tho awful doom
to be pronounced upon his father. ind
Indirectly upon Its own innocent
hcad. A dcath-llko silence fell
upon the room; the world seemed
wrapped In IL. nil save the little
child cooling by Its mother. and u big
ny buzzlng and mumbling against u
window pane. Tho Judge moved I'M
easily In his chair and looked at the
littlc family whose happiness his
next words must forever destroy.
His lips began TO move with tho fatal
sentence, when suddenly Laflin. tho
prosecuting attorney. arose and
stepped out hcforc tho judges desk.
Ills face was strangely pale. but he
spOk. ia his dry auict tones.