Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
but she was the greatest sufferer

but she was the greatest sufferer
there! All, no. He who stood behind
her, hearing this terrible charge, with
out the power of contradictlng her
demonstrating all eyes fixed in hor-
ror upon her without the privilege OF
saving one word in her defence, and
witnessing her distress without the
means of consoling it-sutfered more,
though he bore up better than she
did.
Upon our simple family party from
the Anchorage the effect Of the at
torney-generars opening address was
very profound.
.Dear, dear, dear" sighed old Mrs.
| Stilton, whose simple mind received
every word uttered by that high dig
nitary rs 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 ad-
miral.
| at is false! The attorney general is
no better than a 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
I! and ears were directed to the words of
that functionary.
| The evidence for the prosecution was
essentially the same as that elected at
! the coroner's inquest and at the mag
F., istrate's investigation. 1t need not be
repeated in detail here. 1t is sutti-
Gent 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
more deeply to impress them upon the
minds of the jury.
"And thus" said the counsel for the
crown, "the primary item in the pros
ecution-to-wit, that the deceased
came to their death by poison-lnay
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 upon this
point were the household servants of
Ailworth Abbey, who ali testified to
the facts that Miss Eudora Lcaton had
been .ue constant atteiuant 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 I'M
happy client!
Finally, the police officers who had cx-
ecuted the search-Warrant for eXam-
lining the chamber Of the prisoner. pro-
duced small packet of strange-look-
ing grey berries, that they testified to
having found hidden in u secret draw
err of her escritoire.
The medical men were recalled and
identified these to be the deadly fabae
Sancti Ignatii of the East Indies. the
same fatal poison which had been dis
covered in the autopsy of the dead
bodies and the analysis Of the lamar
ind-water.
These were the last witnesses exam
ined on the part of the prosecution.
And as it had happened before, the
closest cross-examination by the pris-
oners 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 at the bar-may be considered
so clearly proven that we are con-
tented here to rest the case for the
crown