The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-07

who had been led to vls1J the mousse
by sounds of hurried footsteps out
eide his lodge little before mid
night. On entering the study,
whence the sounds of breaking glass
attracted him, he deposed to having
discovered his master lying appar-
entity insensible on the floor, and
two men engaged in rifling the
drawers of his escritoire. Heat once
gavo chase, and, raising an alarm,
brought to his assistance the butler
and two other servants. One of the
men succeeded in escaping through
the library window, but tho other
was eventually overpowered and Sc
cured
Onmedical assistance being called
in, it was ascertained that Sir Wal
ter had succumbed to q blow on the
head from one of the burglars. But
at this phase the case assumed an
aspect of almost overwhelming COM
pleyitv. Medical evidence went to
prove that but one blow had been
dealt. Sir Walter had been the vic
tim Of single thrust. Who, then,
Of the two men incriminated was re-
sponsible for the blow, for he surely
was the murderera
On this point the evidence was en-
tirely lacking, as, without positive
denial Of the assault, each persisted
in maintaining his own innocence.
The only light that could be brought
to bear upon the mystery was the
plain assertion, perhaps not alto
gether trustworthy, of the burglar
captured in the library, that he had
seer his companion deal the deceased
g. blow with a jimmy.
Whether countenance should be
extended to an impeachment of this
kind was now mooted point How
ever, its bearing was this: That,
whereas Bland, the man subsequent
Iy taken at Victoria, protested that
no violence had been used, he was,
in the nature Of facts, less to be be-
lieved than the other, to whom,
however, credenco was ultimately
given.
The counsel, wearied out, at lengsh
retired to wait the judges summing
up. The progress Of the trial had
worn the afternoon far away, but
the Importance Of the final Office
obliged his lordship to defer ad-
iournment. The jury found the man
guilty of willful murder. Amid
ominous silence, the judge then ad-
justed the black cap, the insignia Of
death, and prepared to pass sentence.
"Stopl''
Avoice sounded through the hush
ed court, hoarse and sepulchral. At
the same instant a man, pale and
breathless, dashed through the cor
don of officials ranged in the door
way, and, rushing straight up to the
court, stood confronting the judge
with hands uplifted in deprecation.
For moment The silence was in
tense. He staggered up to the foot
of the bench and then sank down
upon his knees, while the sweat
coursed down his brows i'll great
drops, like the workings of his
agony. Recovering their surprise,
the warders quickly surrounded and
strove to eject him, but he broke
away and raised his voice in appeal
to tho jurors.
tThis man is innocentl You dare
not condemn himl Stop, / say!
Hear mel"
The condemned man fell forward
and swooned upon tho rails of tho
dock, and, with that, excitement lev
eled all bounds. The walls of the old
courthouse rang with the tumult Of
voices. Men cried aloud on every
hand, first to the Judge and then to
the warders. demanding to hear the
man.
His lordship was agitated and per-
picked beyond anything he had en-
countered in his career. The SEN
tence, but half pronounced, he could
not finish. Twice he rose to his feet
and cssayed to be heard, but his
voice was lost in the deafening up
roar. Counsel and jury stood non
plused, till at length the judge sign
ed to the clerk to give the order to
clear the court. They raised the man
and were bearing him away. !
strained forward to catch glimpse
as they passed. It was thepassenger
from North Heath. .-Slletchy Bits.
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only by day, others aro nocturnal,
but ell are equally ferocious.
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