Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-01-03
Continued.

"Were you III lhe Woou ny hPpo'h'
ment" from Mr. Braxton"
eyes"
"Did the torn letter produced refer
to the appointment"
eyes"
"Was 1t written by the priSonerF'
Furious onslaught on the part OF Mr..
Hawkshaw, interposltion of Mr. jus
tice Mandy, and repetition OF the
question in different form.
"By whom was the letter produced
wrlttenW
Silence Oh the part of witness. At
last, after delicate manipulation on the
part of Mr.. Braxton, at was written
,oy the person | met in the wood"
Sensation In court, which was crowd
ed, and included few ladies OF love
ly feature and rich attire.
Alma continued, amid repetition OF
skirmlshes between the two counsel,
and many rebcllfons against Mr.. BraX-
ton on her own part, to give the FOL
lowing evidence. She had been stand
ing on the spot where her father sub
sequently fell for some minutes with
the mysterious friend, who was dress,
ed In the fatal gray suit, ana carried
the stick produced In court. lie of
fered her money for her chIlds sup
port--a bag OF gold. This she had re-
fused many times, when her father
appeared suddenly.
He carried n stlCk-a rough and
heavy stick, fresh cut from the hedge
was angry and excited, dashed the
bag OF gold to the ground, stamped
ON It, and began upbraidlng the young
man. He ordered his daughter to
leaye them, and she did so. She
waited outside the copse, listening,
and fearful that something would
happen. She heard voices indstlnctly,
and Mt last sounds like men strug-
Cling. She turned faint, and when
she recovered II little there was 81
lence.
She was returning to the wood,
when figure rushed toward her,
bleeding In the face, the gray suit
torn and stained, and covered with
brambles and dead leaves. lie said ~
here thd witness broke down and
wept 80 bitterly that she could not
speak for some time he said that he
had killed her father by an accidental
blow that he had given In defending
himself; that Lee had assaulted him
with great violence OF which he bore
the mark; and at last he entrcated
her to save him. 81 promised that |
would never bctrny HIM" said Alma,
with calm simplicity, ms she drew her
black drapcry round her, 'and |
never Will" She related further that
she bid him leave the spot quickly,
before her mother returned from Nal
bourne and met him, and that he did
so; and that she herself rcgnIncd her
home ms quickly as possible, land went
to bed, being very Ill, aud knew and
heard nothing Of the search for and
discovery OF her fathers body until
her partial recovery weeks later
The evidence of Judkins was fuller
than that he gave at Oldport. He de
posed to seeing Alma enter tn, wood
shortly before Evcrard entered II from
the opposite direction. Ingram
SwaynestoNr also witnessed to seeing
her. or rather Il female form which
he supposed TO he hers, among hhc
haZrs which hordcrcd the CopSc, ms
he rode up the meadow before he met
the gray-suitcd figure. Swaynnstonr
had often seen the two together In the
spring. knew that EVernrd visited
Mrs, Lee twice II day, and had seen
Alma accompany him on his home
ward way some distance In earnest
conversation With him, ludllns, in
describing these meetings, said, In
the witness box. "thcy walked slow
and strolllng, like people who keep
company"
All this Alma admitted. DR.. Ever
ard made her accompany him through
II field or two sometimes she said,
that she might have fresh air, which,
he said, she needed. He used to give
her directions about her mother, and
received her account OF her symptoms;
he used also to ask her about plants,
explain them to her, and ask her TO
procure him specimens They could
not say much respecting the symptoms
before the woman who helped to nurse
Mrs. Lee, because she was indlScreet,
and told all to the patient. DR.. Ev-
crard had given her book or some
trihe every Christmas since she was
six or seven years old.
Alma was told OF the peril OF con.
coallng felony, she was threatened
with commlttal for contempts, she was
informed that She became an accessory
to her fathers death after the fact II
she continued to conceal the name OF
his murderer; but she was stubborn
trembling and turning pale ut the
words accessory after the fact
She was further told that her oath re-
qulred her not only to say whether q,
no the prisoner was the man who deal,
the fatal blow, but to reveal the name
OF the actual murderer, surprising tn,
accused to be innocent,
Alma trcmbled more and more M
her examination procccdcd; tho heav,
air made her glddy and faint and til,