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

NO Guilty. as / Shall Answer he
fore the Awful bar of God.
accuSer-seeing all eyes fixed in hor-
ror uDOn her without the privilege OF
saving one word in her defence. and
witnessing her distress without the
means Of conSoling it-suffered more,
though he bore up better than h
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 Il
young devil she is to be surc!'
.'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 Il licensed slanderer! L
hate him. and / wish he was on trial."
cried Amelia, bursting Tito tears OF
rag and grief.
But the clerk was calling the first
witness for the crown, and all eyes
and ais were directed to the words OF
that f~unctionary.
The evidence for the prosecution was
essentially the same rs that ELECTED at
the ~coroner's inquest and at the mag
iStratc's investigation. 1t need not be
repeated in detail here. 1t is suffi-
cient to say that the first witnesses ex-
amined were the medical men who had
assisted III 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 seyereSt croSS-eXamination
Of these witnesses by the counsel for
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 In the pros
ecution-tO-wit, that the deceased
came to their death by poison-may
be considered as established. Our
next care shall he to prove that this
poison was feloniously administered
by the prisoner ut the bar"
The witnesses examined upon this
point were the household servants of
Ailworth Abbey. who all testified tn
the facts that Miss Eudora Leaton had
beer tne 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 he 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 ex
ecuted the search-warrant for exam
ming the chamber OF the prisoner, pro
duced Il small packet of s~trange-look
ing grey berries. that they testified t.
having found hidden in IA secret draw.
er of her escritoire.
The medical men were recalled and
identified these TO be the deadly fabat
Sancti Ignatii of the East Indies. the
same fatal poison which had been dis
covered in the autopsy Of me 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 IL had happened before. tn,
closest cross-examination by the pris
oner's advocate only resulted In
strengthening the testimony.
"And now concluded the queen,
counsel. 1.-The second item In the pros
ecution-namely. that the poison b,
which the deceased came to their deatl
was feloniously administered by tn,
prisoner at the bar-may be considere,
so clearly proven that we are con
tented here 10 rest the case for TIT
crown"
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