Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-03-26

fore the Awful bar of God.
accuser-seeing all eyes fixed in hor-
ror upon her without the privilege Of
saying one word in her defence, and
witnessing her distress without the
ear of ~consoling it-Suffered more,
though he. bore up better than She
did.
Upon our simple family party from
the Anchorage the effect Of the at
torney-general's opening address was
very profound.
Dear, dear, dear" sighed old Mrs.
Stilton, whose simple mind received
every word uttered by that high dig
nitary as gospel truth, because how
could such a learned gentleman be
mistaken; Dear. dear, dear! what a
young devil she is to be sure.'
"Yes-a real young Indian demon! a
genuine little cobra-di-capello-an in
FAINT Thug! They'll be sure to hang
her. that's one COMFORT said the adj
miral.
1T is false, The attorney general is
no better than n licensed slanderer! l
hate him. and | wish he was on trial."
cried Amelia, bursting into tears of
rage and grief.
But the clerk was calling the first
witness for the crown, and all eyes
and eafs were directed to the words Of
that functionary.
The evidence for the prosecution was
essentially the same rs that ELECTED at
the cOroner's inquest and at the mag
istrate's investigation. 1t need not he
repeated in detail here. 1t is suffi-
cient to say that the first witnesses ex-
amined were the medical men who had
assisted at the autopsy Of the dead
bodies, and the analysis of the tam
arind-water. Their testimony clearly
proved that the deceased had died
from the effects of ignatia, and that
the fatal drug had been administered
in their drink.
And the SevereSt crosS-eXamination
Of these witnesses by the counsel for
the prisoner only served the more
strongly to confirm the facts, and the
more deeply to impress them upon the
minds of the jury.
And thus said the counsel for the
crown, 1.-The primary item I'm the pros
ecution-to-wit, that the deceased
came TO their death by poison-may
be considered as established. Our
next care shall be to prove that this
poison was feloniously administered
by the prisoner at the bar"
The witnesses examined uDon this
point were the household of
Allworth Abbey. who all testified to
the facts that Miss Eudora Leaton had
been tIe constant attendant upon the
sick beds of the deceased: that she
had prepared all their food and drink,
and especially the tamarind-water.
and that she was with Miss Agatha
Leaton at the hour of her sudden
death.
These witnesses were carefully cross
examined by Mr.. Fenton. but. alas!
with no favorable result for his un-
happy client!
Finally, the police officers who had ex-
ecuted the search-warrant for Exam
lining the chamber of the prisoner, pro-
duced u small packet of strange-look-
ing grey berries, that they testified to
having found hidden in n secret draw
er of her escritoire.
The medical men We're recalled and
identified these 10 be the deadly fabae
Sancti Ignatii of the East Indies, the
same fatal poison which had been dis
covered in the autopsy Of tne dead
bodies and the analysis Of the tamAr-
ind-water.
These were the last witnesses exam
ined on the part OF the prosecution.
And as il had happened before. the
closest cross-examinatiOn by the pris-
0Her's advocate only resulted In
strengthening the testimony.
And now" concluded the queens
counsel, 1.-The second item In the pros
ecution-namely. that the poison by
which the deceased came to their death
was feloniously administered by the
prisoner ut the bar-may be considered
so clearly proven that We are con
tented here 10 rest the case for the
crown"
CHAPTER XxU.
MIR. Fenton arose TO. the doforsc