Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-15

ent, so thin were they, walked slowly
into the room where Justice BloXam
held his court. With bowed head and
wistful air the old man tiptoed silently
to the rear of the room and sat down
in an Office chair which had lost its bot
tom and become incoherent about the
joints.
In addition to the lawyers, litigants
and loungers who usually frequented
the courtroom, there were many
strange faces-morbid seekers after the
sensational-to be seen on that morn
ing, for a murder case was to be brought
up for a preliminary hearing. Chubby
faced young attorneys hustled to and
fro through the throng, bent on keep
ing up appearances and making them
selves conspicuous. At intervals re-
porters would glide into the rear office
behind the judges seat and make whis-
pered inquiries of the hau ghty clerk,
who lost no opportunity of asserting
his American independence by snubbing
those who came to him with civil ques-
tions.
A case in which shrcwd bankrupt
was pitting himself against two no less
shrewd lawyers was before the court,
and the audience, which cared not a
pieayune which should outwit the other,
occupied itself with whispered CONVEX
sation.
The old man looked drcamily out
through the window. His eyes We're
lifted above the tin roofs of the ada
cent buildings that were glittering un-
der the morning sun. He looked be-
yond the dizzy height of the chamber
| of commerce out into the broad eX-
panse where f1eecy bits of cloud were
drifting and rifting into soft couches
and snow-lil1e columns. The old mans
/ eyes were dim with the radiance of the
morning and the memorie S of other
mornings.
81 beg your pardon, sir?' A sandy.
haired youth with a match in his mouth
was speaking to the dreamer.
Putty horrible case that, the KILN o
that doctors wife. Out N Evanston
warn't it, mister?"
Il don't know, sir" was the meek
reply. Sandyhair let the front legs o-
his chair come to the floor, unclasped
his hands from around his knees anC
gazed at his neighbor with astonish,
ment and disgust. Then with q NUT
tered 'pshaw" he spat out the match
and stuck an unlighted cigarette in tn,
corner of his mouth.
At that moment stir ran through
the audience. and those who had not al
unobstructed view craned their necI
forward that they might see the muir
derer. The old man clenched his hands
tightly and held his breath as the pris
oner was brought through the doc
guarded by two officers. His hands
were cuffed together, but before he tool
his place in front of the bench the cuff
were unlocked. With a grin of indit
ference for the horror on the faces be
fore him and conceit at the attention h,
excited the burly young ruffian extract
ed half a plug of tobacco from his peck
ct and bit off piece as large as a wal
: nut. Then he began to chew, rolling
his quid about and splitting at a cooper
alive cuspidor. His eyes were small
and bird like. They were set deep in
low, fleshy forehead. His head wa
square and closely clipped. From tn
top of the head to the base of his thic
neck was straight line.
The charge against him was a doubl
one: house breaking and murder. II
had broken into the house of a d.
Kingley, in Evanston. After rifling th
china closet of what solid ware he coul
find, he made his way to the doctor
bedroom, with the intention of takin
his watch and money. Mrs. Kingley,
very light sleeper, was awalSened~b
some noise, and, seeing n strange fgur
in the room, screamed. That screaI
was her death warrant, for the robbie
drove his knife deep into her bosom
Before the assassin had time to lea
through window DIR. Kingley, VIII
| had been roused hv his wifa,s cry