San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
THE : SUNDAY : LIGHT.
SUNDAY, AUGUST s. 1897.

klIA eOOIulul1Js 4Ou "ouAu bOs bOAAS'S
me any more"
''Do you refuse to swear?"
oh, no, since you make a point of
it." She stepped upon the platform
again.
''She will stop at nothing to save her
lover" muttered Mr.. Barnes under his
breath.
Mr.. Upper Asked,
"Do you still persist in your state
ment that you killed your uncle?"
IT do"
"How did it occur?"
"When returned from my meeting
with Mr.. Marvel, attracted the notice
of my uncle. who, coming from his
room, knocked on my door and called
me into the parlor. I went in, and he
asked me where had been. told him,
he became violent. and we ouarreled.
My pistol was on the mantel where l
had left it, and in moment Of rage l
grasped it and fred"
How was your uncle attiredf"
GAS he was found, of course.
Ibid he die instantly"
"I do not know. left the room at
once"
"How many times did you fret"
T"Once."
Gin making this statement you de-
sire to be believed"
81 do"
Then show me the piece Of paper on
which your uncle wrote the name of
his murderer and which am sure you
have about you"
If Mr.. Upper expected her to refuse,
he was doomed to disappointment.
Without a moments hesitation she
drew it out and handed it to him. He
read it and seemed puzzled. Then, turn
ing to Virginia, he said:
'This paper reads, If / am dead in
the morning, my murderer is Walter
Marvell' How does that agree with
your confessionr'
"You forget that there are two
wounds. My uncle wrote that after re-
ceiving the firstl'
Mr.. Upper had not expected this re-
ply, and the possibility of its being
true disconnected him.
How do you know this?" he asked.
"During the quarrel which I had
with my uncle he told me of the wound
he had received from the lawn and
charged my lover with the crime. 1t
was at this moment that, overcome
with anger, shot him."
"When' did you find the paper?"
lin the morning. think have
said enough and will retirep She step
ped from the stand and resumed her
seat on one of the benches.
There is no more evidence to be
brought before you, gentlemen" said
the district attorney, addressing the
jury, ''and no more witnesses. There
fore the next step is for you to consider
what your verdict shall be. However, I
should like to detain you a moment
that may point out one or two things
which ] think should not be overlooked
in rendering your decision. First, there
is the matter of the locket. If Miss
Lewis tells the truth, how did that
trinket come to be in the hand of the
dead man, when Mr.. Marvel admits
that it was in his possession ON that
night? 1t is plain that Miss Lewis was
ignorant of this latter fact, for other
wise she would have suppressed that, as
she evidently at first meant to do with
the paper. This brings out another
point. 1t must be remembered that her
first and her second stories are widely
different and that the second was not
offered until she saw how compromising
the medallion had proved to her lover,
Mr.. Marvel One more point-her pis-
tol has but one empty chamber in it.
She claims that IL was on the mantel
Mr.. Lewis was seen to fire some weapon
from the window. If it was not this
one, what has become of the one which
he did use?"
The squire addressed the jury in
few well chosen words, especially warn
ing then 20 think well over their YER
dict and bidding them to be most care
full in charging the commission of so
foul a deed to any one without thor
oughly weighing all the evidence that
had been brought before them, much of
which, indeed, he declared, was of a
most conflicting nature. Finally he sent
them into an adjoining apartment for
deliberation. In about an hours time
word was brought in that conclusion
had been reached, and, the jury having
returned, the foreman announced the
following verdict:
"We find that the deceased, John
Lewis, came to his death from a gun
shot wound at the hands of his niece,
Virginia Lewis, the latter having open
ly confessed the commission of the
crime"
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