The herald., 1897-04-03
one sluggish and heavy. THAT is my


"I don't know; I am not up in phi
losophy''
why, thought you were." exclaime
Senator White in surprise. II though
that is what you were lecturing on"
Having thus far got magnetism tan
gled up with the spirit, Senator White
assisted the witness to get still farther
into the fog.
'You say the magnetism of an anima
unfavorably affects a perSon?"
Yes; / think 1t makes us sluggish;
the elements are not good"
What do you mean by the element?'
'The nature of the thing"
"Well it weighs nothing?"
Eyes, it does; it's the meat; the mag.
netism is the meat"
That ended the examination upon thai
line and Miss Holmes was next interro-
gated about her creed. She said she is a
| Lutheran.
do you teach the principles of the
Lutheran church," counsel asked.
"A great deal"
you take something out of every
thing, don't you, from the Koran to Con-
| fucius?"
IT don't know that do"
| Have you read Mrs. Russell's books?"
Eyes, sir"
did you read Marcus Aurelius?"
Yes, he advocates good moral princi-
pies"
do you know he was one of the great
est prosecutors of the Christian church ?"
81 don't know"
DO you know where Marcus Aurelius
lived?"
mo, SIR"
you don't know then II he was a ma
tive of Iowa or Kansas"
NUMBERING A BEEFsTEAK
William r. Hunter was a plucky wit
ness. After denying all the funny busi-
ness alleged to have taken place at the
two meetings held at Belmont hall, he
frankly conceded that he is a vegetar-
ian, and largely because he objects to
taking the life of animals for food.
Inasmuch as he is a big, healthy look
ing fellow he could well afford to say he
bad lived on vegetarian diet. On cross
examination he stated that it was true
that in a conversation with T. j. Hook
he had remarked that he didn't believe in
committing murder to crafty his stom-
ach.
DO you mean that eating meat is
murder?" inquired counsel.
II do
'In first or second degree?"
You know more than I about that"
well" said Senator White. Il don't
think ii murder at all. Then what about
a hog reveling in the delights of a per-
ennial barley patch after death? Is there
a place set apart?'
There may be-"
Mrs. Joseph Merritt, a very pleasant
appearing lady of middle age and the
mother of five children, gave a descrip-
ton of the two now celebrated meetings
at Belmont hall and denied in toto all
the details of Miss Irwin's article. She
said that Miss Holmes had advocated the
keeping of the mind a. rest, but had not
advised her to refrain from reading as a
means to attain that end. She had, too
often echoed her own ideas with regard
to the newspapers. Witness thought
that newspapers were generally harm
full where there is growing family, but
confessed that she had taken The Herald
during the present trial just to see what
the public would get. She acknowl-
edged being a vegetarian. but has meat
served in her home once day. She had
heard Miss Holmes speak of the animal
soul and say that all life is derived from
the same source. but had not bestowed
much thought upon the matter.
A CLUE TO A MURDER
Robert Nikkelson, a native of Den
mark and imperfectly acquainted with
the niceties of the English language, ac-
knowledged to being a vegetarian for
about four years in response to what he
believed a Bible command. His atten-
tion beng drawn to the verse in the New
meats is mentioned as one of the signs
of those who have departed from the
faith, he had noticed that but had never
tried to analyze it. Some years ago he
found these ideas coincide with his own.
and from thence on he has refrained
from both flesh and fish.
Have you any chickens out at your
placer" inquired Senator White.
II haven't got an animal about the
place. eXCept cow"
What do you. believing as you do,
keep her fastened in lot against her
will?"
NO, We don't feed her swill, we feed
her hay"
There was laugh went around the
court at what was a very forgivaLee
mistake, considering witness imperfect
knowledge of English.
You would commit murder if you
killed an animal, wouldn't you?"
well, / wouldn't do 1t myself. but I
wouldn't interfere with any one else"
You wouldn't prevent MURDER"
animals are on a lower level and II
must be matter of conscience to
everyone"
Mrs Christine R. Nikkelson, the wife
of the last witness. was most open and
conscientious in her testimony. Like
her husband she had difficulty in shaping
her thoughts into words, even when she
had mastered the question put. She
net every difficulty as it arose, how
ever, smilingly and gave some most
amusing answers to the questions asked.
First of all, like the other witnesses,
she made specific denial of all the acts
alleged by the witness for the defense
and as set forth in the alleged libelous
articles of which she had any knowl-
edge. Senator White then extracted
from her the knowledge that she and
her husband had been to Belmont hall
on Sunday last, and as other witnesses
had testified they had been there upon
the same day, he tried to elicit from
witness what had been said in regard to
giving testimony in the case. Under or
dinary circumstances it might be sup
posed that lot of prospective witnesses
meeting together would discuss in some
shape or another the facts that each
one could testify to. Each witness had
denied that any such conversation took
place and Mrs Nkkelson, in some
measure, furnished the key to the situ-
alton.
THE Bible" said she, Says you shall
not think of anything you shall answer in
court before you get there"
Didn't you talk it over with your hus-
band?"
Yes. I talked with him, for that is
different; it is to our especial interest
and we compared as to dates"
This didn't seem as if it was just what
the witness wanted to say, but without
holding her too rigidly down to the
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