The advocate., 1895-07-10
CHAPTER V,
He that diggeth pit shall fall into it.
-ECCLEsIAsTEs.Y
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-SHAKEsPEARE,
The trial was delayed until so late that it was still
in progress the day before the wedding of Gertrude
and DObbins was to occur, every preparation for
which had been made. Before the last witness had
testified some of the elite of Boston and Cambridge
were well on the way and they began arriving atSti
wells within an hour after the conclusion of the
trial.
The testimony against Sydney was similar to what
it had been at the inquest-With two additions. A
witness told of having seen Sydney near the place
of the tragedy the afternoon it occurred, and it was
the witnesses decided impression" though he could
not speak positively, that the prisoner had gun
He was sitting on a stump in the wood not far from
the road side at about the point whence the shot
which killed Hotchkiss must have come, and
seemed in deep meditation. The other addition
was the testimony of the Hermit, who was sum-
moned suddenly near the conclusion of the Com
monwealths evidence When he appeared there
was stir and universal stare; and every ear was
-triggered when the District Attorney asked the
witness his name. That long yesrnedfor informa-
tion was to be obtained at last Alas for curiOsity
The witness calmly answered: 'My name is the
Hermit"
"Whst is your name, srP" repeated the District
Attorney, with frOwning severity "ThSt is not
name. You must give your real name here. sir.
"That is the name by which have been exclu-
sively known in this community during all the years
have lived in it."
''What name did you bear before you came to this
communityw
"It matters not. Whatever my name may have
been, am here in my own proper person to give
such information as l, by whatever name Imay be
called, chance to possess. What difference can it
make as to any facts may depose, what my name
once Was?'
"I am not to be catechised, sir. You must an
swer my question, or take the consequences"
"Then it were well to prepare the consequences,
for shall not answer your impertinent question"
"Why do you not wish to tell your nameP" asked
the District Attorney, somewhat taken aback by
this recklessness of consequences.
"That being question which no gentleman would
ask save in case of necessity, must decline to
swer it,
1--WE shall see sir, how far their honors will en-
dorse such contemptuous conduct. L insist, your
honors, that the witness shall answer my question:.
Bresdmongster was mad. He kept Strengthening
himself up till he lowered above the District Attor
ney like giant,
"Insulting, sirl You are insulting, and the court
should commit you for abusing your privilege as a
lawyer and trying to tear open it may be- the grave
in mans heart. You are wretched ghOul, sir,
proWling about the grave of human affection. The
witness shows more sense and a good deal more
knowledge of law than you, sir. What odds is it
whether he has any nsmep The man himself is
here, and more of man than a whole regiment of
insulting lawyers. Ask him about the facts you
called him to prove and leave his secret to him. 1t
belongs to him. sir, not to you. Fglory in his man
hood in withstsnding your threats, sir, and if you
could find judges that were such hopeless fools as to
commit him for it, then l should express my con-
to mpt for them, sir and insist going to jail with
i b i'm You lack either sense or the instincts Of