The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-06-27
THE LAWYER \ STORY
BY CHAS. 2. LEWIS.

Granted, SAID the old lawyer, thai
uot one man out Of d thousand who has
been convicted by a jury was innocent
and granted again that circumstaatIa
evidence is stronger than direct proof
yet / can tell you Of q case which vii
shake your confidence in both jlrIes
and the sort OF evidence named. II
occurred d good many yeas ago, bat
10 OLD lawyer has forgotten the partic
ulaTs
The town Of Cane Hill, say, had
about 1000 inhabitants. and beng IL
a western state had an element OF
t0ugAuc5s. Murder was not d rare
crime and robbery and assault were
very common ones One day a strang
eT arrived who gave out that he In
tended 10 establish a private bank
having a cash capital Of about $4,000
he name he gave was Charles vii
Hams and 1t was understood that hew
FROM Chicago He was middle-aged
gg4tpoI man and was well received III
the town. He stopped at the hoteI
while making alterations 70 the
bUjidiDg he had secured. and after q
q week or 50 was known by sight OF
name to everybody.
One morning the dead body OF a
mau was found in the water wheel OF
the grist mill. winch drew its supply
from tie race. and it wa soon identi
liad as that OF Charles Williams. The
skull had been fractured ID, blow.
and money and jewelrE Were gone. Vt
the inquest Is many as twenty differ
enc citizens who had me- Williams
testified chat it was his body, Not
cne Of them testified it by any parjic
ular scar or mark. but only in a geuer
al way The idea that they could he
mistaken never occurred to them ii
had the general appearance Of WI
Iiams, oud therefore was Williams.
\ murder having been committed
some ono must be arrested for the
crime. The landlord was sure h7 SAW
linn at supper time but not after. The
clprs was sure he saw him talking 10
the landlord an hour later One
cham5ermaid saw him upstairs at 6
O'Clock, another at $3.50. One man
saw him at the depot at >, and at the
same hour some one saw nm d
mile away Y0u. who iuvpigh against
tie delays and and tecunicaltles Of
the law and the cunning oi lawyers.
are asked to note tte-e side issues Of
my story. Right ii that small town
where Williams couldn't have moved
arod without being recognized and re
marked, lie couldn't be traced after &
o'clock in the evening. Men who had
talked with him at ). (, and ) O'Clock
couldn't be sure, when called upon.
whether il was that afternoon or the
preyio2s one.
An arrest was speedily made. A sus-
picious character named John Carnes
gO5 drunk and displayed arolI Of mon
ey. and when charged with the murder
he exhibited what is termed every
sign Of guilt" The sheriff was con
graduated. Carnes was locked up and
everybody was satisfied On the prclim-
mary cxaminationit turned ont that
he had only SD Being a murderer he
ought to have fled, but 50 far from
taking any step in that direction he
had hired ont to work for a livery
stable for three months. Sifted down,
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of the evening OF TIE murder In fact
he didn't try t., and / may as Well tell
reason right here He was engaged
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'eif ANXIOUS -, 'u"I Oalne9 snouId "e
convicted. " n,.l ne IVA, d 5 60 "a. -
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count lor ms lllne ,;it on me nlsnS 4 q e sDe
murder ne i1lAei nILn7ell ! " up: :, anu anu lI I,
any fethp7eI lil'o d uoSStI silence =
was oelIeNed that ne an" Sarhe7 We're ere
partners IA the CRIME III ana ao'Iu .I 'Ie
enterpIlSInS ShefiH was anIy conPh-
menteei me name oi the Ia7t man
vas Joel | lShef
Y leI 5lie 'ile 9eS5.i'i l'Li7l'1:el i, Nc Ne
examined ne N'S0IouSlN :, ueIilto e, 'He 'H
murder e0' iiAe Oarnes'- ne I"I!ed 70 =
account ior MS us ',lli' i al!eL cIosA =.
lie tfie4 To- au4 "hen II was seen tilaS u
nc vas l!iAS' Ine p4oI!c Iulu9 seIlleG !
/ uplu MN do the culel murderer,