The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-02-06

ana ne lett the DOA. wen, He ndu Oeen
stabbed: he had been obliged to go into
court aud to state that fact What good
would it do to go into other matters!
People must not be stabbed even by
girls who have been deserted. Person
ally. he was horribly vexed about the
whole business, not to speak OF the pain
caused by the wound. But what could
he do? He was very sorry for the girl,
but it would not help him if all the story
of his ENHANCEMENT was proclaimed III
open court. Observe that when a young
gentleman like Mr.. Harry Stoke behaves
in this kind of way it is always an en-
tanglement into which he has fallen,
and, among his female relatives, the
other party entangled is always the most
crafty, the most subtle, the most design
ing, the most foreseeing, the most far
reaching she-deyil that ever wa4ked
about with intent TO entrap and destroy
the sons of women.
The next witness was the h0ase-
keeper at fhe chambers, who deposed
that, being engaged in the &C. dining
room, she heard voices in dispute that
one of them was woman's voice; that
she heard scudle of feet and a heavy
fall, followed by q woman's Shrek;
that she ran into the room and saw MIR.
Stoke lying on the floor in a pool OF
blood, and the prison + standing over
him.the dagger DIR piping with blood in
her hand, and that all she said Was,
Il have killed him! l have killed him!
Another witness was the medical man
who had examined the wound. He said
that he was called in about balf-past
seven that evening AMI found man
lying on the floor unconscious and
bleeding from wound, OF which he
proceeded to give minute description,
which caused the conduct of the assas-
sin to seem very deliberate. and even
scientific. Had the weapon passed an
inch more to the right or to the left, or
to the north or south. it must have gone
through the heart, or severed the peril
cadillac artery, or pierced the vascular
integument, or penetrated the femoral
tissues, in which case death would have
supervened. He said, however, that
there was nothing to prevent the wound
having been accidentally caused by a
scuffie and fall.
The counsel for the defense dwelt
strongly on this possibility. The
wounded man, he said, had no recollec-
ton of any such scufile; on the o.heI
hand. he had no recollection Of the
events at all after the girl had taken VI
the knife. He callc1 ON the jury to
give the prisoner the benefit Of the
doubt.
The counsel for the Crown ridiculed
this theory. Here was girl, probably
with a grievance, al or fancied-ii
was not for him to plead that grievance,
and his learned brother had not thought
proper to advance it. She waited fol
the wounded man on Sunday after
noon when nobody was about-probably
she reckoned ON being able to walk OF
unseen-and she attempted to murder
him. Nothing could be n ore clear; she
had made no defense; she refused t.
take advantage Of the power to give
evidence on her own behalf; she hac
nothing to say; her counsel would plead
nothing but possible-and very Inn
probable-accident.
With that the counsel sat down, ant
the Judge summed up. He, too, hal
moi thing to say in favor OF the prisoner
1t is difficult for a person 10 speak wht
refuses to speak, or to let others speak
for herself.
The jury, without leaving the box
found the prisoner guilty of stabbing.
During the trial. there was anothe
! sitting in the body of the court besid'
the solicitor for the prisoner. Anothe
girl, evidently friend OF tie prisone
for she was in deep distress, and sa
with her handkerchief to her eyes near
ly all the time. But the prisone
showed no sign Of any emotion. Whei
the man whom she had stabbed wen
into the box she looked up curiously
after that she remained perfectly still
her head was bent, her hands wer
crossed, her eyes were raised; she re
eeivcd her sentence, and she walked on
/ of the dock afterwards with the sam
apparent calioasness. 1t was the othe
girl in the body Of the court who, whel
| the Judge concluded, shriekei aloud
| and fell faint.ng on the foor-
Mr.. Harry Stoke walked Guickl
| away. This was the end OF that roman
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