The advocate., 1895-06-26

CannO6 imagine, Mr. BreAdmOngSter, how have
grieVed in secret over my fathers alienation from
me, and over his mental and moral slavery to the
wretches who have ruined him In his old age It
win be joyful, indeed to have him be his old SELF
again. And how it will delight my poor mOtherl"
And the fond-hearted boy--the dreadful, bloody
reVolutionst- brushed tears from his wicked eyes.
How the world misjudges through ignorance the
men despotism fears The morning Of the execu-
tion of certain dreadful reVolutOnists In Chicago
not many years ago, one of the doomed wrote
letter to his children full of fathers tenderness
and sohcitude, and while the sound Of the hammers
erecting the scaffold echoed through the jail Che
night BEFORE bis voice softened the accursed sound
with the strains of "Annie Laurie while he thought
Of the wife who was not allowed to come and bid
him farewell. Another Of these awful men, while
waiting for the summons to the sCsffold that morn
ing, wrote parting letter to his beloved sister be-
ginning with, "Think not of revenge" and mani
testing throughout his full sympathy with that
other wicked 'stirrer-up Of the people" who, from
his cross prayed, Fsther, forgive them, they know
not what they do" On his way to the scsffold the
murderer, John Brown, stopped to kiss negro
child. What strange creatures these hardened
wretches are, who die for being true to the peope
Sydney Stone, the desperate REBEL now charged with
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thought Of q reunion with his father and Of his
mothers joy.
''It does you credit sir. Don't mind my pres
ence. I'm hard but could join you, sir" And
burly Breadmongsters eyes looked as if he had sctu
ally mind to 'join" the prisoner, for he was as
tender-hearted as a child. 1t was this very Sensi-
bility which made him so irresistible to juries.
'That is not all, said the lawyer after short si-
lence. tThe old man is the witness we need, sir,
He was on the road going the other way, when,
half mile the other side of the scene Of the murder,
he saw Jed Huggins step out end stop HotchkiBs
and after talking with him moment, hand him a
paper, The old man passed HotchkisS soon after
wards and he was reading letter. There you are,
sir. Hotchkiss had that note when he was killed.
That is how it came there. That's it, air.
"But," said Sydney tive cannot prove it was that
which Jed handed him unless Jed refuses to let Che
district attorney make him say it was something
else."
''We shall look after Jed, sir. He will be looked
after, never fear"
"But are we not making a mistake in giving our
whole attention to proving my absence from the
murderS l am locked up here and have abundant
leisure to think It Is my only amusement, and
have only this one case to look after while you have
many others. Pardon me- then a suggestion. l
have studied old Arisoes art Of Topics the art Of
finding arguments, you know, and l have been sp-
plying it to the facts Of this case Thus: We know
Mr.. Hotchkiss was murdered. We know he had
gone to Rutland that day to collect certain bills
We know that neither the bills nor the proceeds
were found upon the body, and that, therefore,
either the bills or the proceeds were taken from him
at or after the time he was murdered. Which had
he at that time-the bills or the money for themw
"You don't suspect that-Hoy Jerussleml-it
might have been."
az say only this: That we ought not to take
things for granted but get to the bottom Of every
fact of which we have no actual knowledge"
.Sydney, my boy, what lawyer you would makel
Think Of you burying yourself on that leased farml
Outrageous, sir outrageous shall look into what
you hint believe you are right in your guess sir.