Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-07-26

Crown.
Gentleman of the jury, you
agree to your veIdlctP asked the
Clerk OF the Crown.
"Yts,' responded the forman iu
deep voice.
"The blind witness, who sat 10
the we'll of the court, juDt below
me, now started up, laboring under
the most intense excitement, and
fixing his slghtless eyes on the
jury box, listened intently for the
declaration of the verdict.
"'YOu say the prisoner ls
guilty 2 continued the Clerk of the
Grown.
"'Yes, my lord, gully, respond
ed the foreman, In his deepest and
most solemn tones and with Q re.
markakle emphasis on the word
guilty.
"But it was not for the verdict
that the blind witness had been
listening. 1t was the voice of the
foreman of the jury, which stirred
him to the soul, and ahen 1t fell a
second time on his ears, be loudly
exclaimed:
"'My lord, that's the voice ]
heard in Burton Grove just before
the murder. That's the man, and,
extending his right hand, he point
ed in the direction of the foreman
of the juty.
"You can Imagine the profound
excitement which this sudden and
most unexpected scene created
among the Gro gded and over
wrought occupants Of the court
1t was the most thrilling moment
Of my experience as an advocate.
"All eyes were turned on the
foreman of the jury. His face was
livid; he Dervously clutched the
desk in front of him, aud, as II
physically unable to remain stand
ing, dropped heavily into his
seat.
The prisoner, in reply to the
Clerk of the Crown, protested that
he was innocent, while the Judge,
I'm another moment, put on the
black cap aud sentenced him to
death.
"Turner was Immediately remOv-
ed from the dock. Baron Ora
ham, with characteristic impurtur.
bableness, declared the court ad'
burned. Tue foreman Of the ury
-pallid and brOken-grOped his
way rather than walked Olt OF the
building avoided by everyone with
instructive apprehension"
"But what was the end of the
drama?'' l asked Grlmshaw, "Was
Turner hanged?"
ono; he was not hanged replied
Grlmshaw. THE attention Of the
entire comfy was aroused in the
case, and immedIatel a demand
arose for fresh investigation. 1t
turned out that the FOREMAN of the
Jury was james Clarke, another
Barchester shopkeeper, and one OF
the rejected snitors Of Miss Dicey.
The Crowns theory with regard
to Turner was actually true OF
Clarke. The continued attach
ment of the lady to oTurner convihc
ed Clarke that Miss Dicey would
not be his, and, filed with mad
jealousy, he decided to kill her.
On the day of the murder he went
on a fishing expedition to GOrleA'
ton, which is reached by IA dIi-
ferent railway line. He then walk
ed from GOrleston to GOrtOn by an
unfreq 'ented road, and concealed
him self In Burton Grove In the
hope of meeting Miss Dlcey. I'm
happily, he did succeed in meeting
her, as she vas returning to GOrton
through the grove, after having
parted With Turner. Then he
waited beside the raj lway line, at
some distance from the station,
until the traln-the S:00-c0n'
veying her lover sped past her
and vanished in the distance.
What occurred in the grove yOn
already know. After the mnrder
Clarke made his way back to
GOrlestOn, and thence returned to
Dorchester the sane evening. |
may tell you that this is his own
confession"
But what has become of poor
Turnor1' | asked.
"Turner," said Grimshaw, Gre
celved her MaJesty's gracious par
dOn-tor q crime he never CON-
mltted. He went out to Canada,
and | believe succeeped in max
ling a considerable fortune. He
acted very generously toward the
blind witness, and am told that