The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-07-19
Torrance procee,il1.

per and say whether or not your sigma
ture as wiS7less is genuine
CHANGING az Che paper, he answered.:
'tIt is, SIR
us that the case with the othcrs?''
No, sir; it is not
by whom were they appended
there? And, Mr.. Carruthers,'' he added,
his voice risen TO disgust that seemed
sicl1ening TO feel, by whom was that
papeT-teSt, clauses, and attestations
by whom was the whole OF il writ
temp
by me, sir"
Tho witness is with you, Brother
Watson
Hand me that paper said Watson,
in q tone of angry command.
You see your orders are Instantly
obeyed, my brother" D said Torrance.
delivering it with assumed high re-
spect Watson, turning it over to his
client. asked:
What have you got to say about
this thing now?"
Anderson looked at it closely for sew
eraf moments, then with a groan of
anguish handed it back, saying, In
piteous tones:
Don't leave me, Mr.. Watson"
well, OF all the rascals have ever
known, ANDERSON, you are the cussedest
fool. My advice to you is to go to hell,
where you belong"
The wretched man rose and SUNK
away.
Il have no question for the Witness.
said Watson, rising and throwing
courageous glance around Il beg
your hOnors to strike my name from
! the docket as counsel for Wiley Amer
! son in all the cases thereon And I
trust thet it is not necessary for me to
declare that I had not the most remote
) foresight of the revelations which have
just now been made. My client has
anticipated me in withdrawing from
this contest; but ask your honors to
issue orders for his apprehension. and
assure your honors that it viii give
me particular pleasure to offer my as
sistance to the solicitor general In hay
ing him sent to the penitentiary'
! The words of my brother Watson"
quickly said Torrance, 'arc of the
sors expected to come from the
| mouth of ore so far above the uses
for which he was employed by man
whose baseness there was not full op-
portuEity for him to discover, nor even
to suspect. | sympathize in his lust
/
| his admitted great powers in covering
| fraud Of such magnitude. 1t is in
| deed true that he needed to make no
| disclaimer of participation. Yet l
must beg your honors not to comply
| witrhis request in the matter of be-
| ginning prosecution against that Up
| happy man. 1t was the dying wish of
! his Wife, who seemed to fOrcSee his
+, ruin, that he should not be made TO
undergo any punishment beyond what
| the law would regard ncedful for the
| vindieation of it's majesty, and it is
now the earnest wish of our client that
| there shall be no pursuit of him for
| such q purpose. At least l trust that
| she will be allowed to be tho prose-
! cutriX, and abide her own time for
| moving"
AS he turned, Mr.. Flint, who felt it
| to be his duty to make some sort of
| scene in the tragedy before is close,
| and who had broken away from
his keeper, appeared before him, and,
| putting his hands upon his shoulders,
| begged, with tears, to be let make
few remarks.
May it please this court cried
| Torrance, in a voice high above the i'm
/ passioned din OF the audience, my
| very dear friend Mr.. Elisha Flint de-
| sires To offer some words of cxplana-
ton, and | respectfully bespeaz hear
| ing for one who is we'll known 20 be a
man OF veracity and all honor"
Johnny Ingram, planned tho good
man, not trying to wipe away Or keep
| back the continued flow, and you
| Billy Simmons, and the rest Of you
| jedges that lSnowed your parents be
fore you vas horned, il SKY one ii
ever knowed me to tell a lie and stick
70 it, you're welcome to tell il on me-
amt a-denyin' that in my old age
! I've told one and swoIc to it; but God
Almighty know | didn't know till
.jeens Raincr told me SO this mornin',
| that ne know my hand write and
| don't. But if has to serve my time in
| the tenchary, that | never ex-
| pected in all my born days. | hope
| it'll be took into consid ration that
| hadn't been for that Owen C'ruthers
! ia never done it. and want it knew
| that take back every blessed thing
swore the lie to, which if the good
| Lord'll forgive me this one time, III
| never sign no paper o no kind long as
| he let me live"
Torrance, amid the roar of general
| laughter, graspec his hand and gave
| the consolation which none so well as
| ne knew how to frame.
| Not only friends and acquaintance
| but quite 4 number of others came i'll
| to congratulate Hannah. who, her
| eyes swimming with tears. had never
seemed SO lovely Watson, catching
her friendly glance towards him. ap-
| preached, and said:
Mrs. ANDERSON, am sure that the
| congratulations of none are more cor
/ dial than those ! beg to offer to you. Z"
Il fully believe so. Mr. Watson" she
| answered, extending her hand
The last of Torrance.
| . "Oh. Mr. Torrance! Mr. Torrance"
she began, as another gush came to
| her eyes.
Say no more, madam, beg you.
| Whatever thanks you may feel to owe
| for these results, next to Heaven. are
u the greatest part due to Mr.. Dabney."
| He turned at once and Immediately
left the room, when his colleague con-
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