Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-09-07
The Eyes Of the Woman
By EDGAR WILTON CO0LFT.


nTR1NG the entire progress Of he
TRIAL she hs6 been present En- the
courtroom she had listened 60 every
word Of the evidence and had mar
vele5 that men could SO Eght-heart-
edly give uttrrsnce 20 words that were
60 end brofhcr-s life
she wak not handsome: hardly
pretty. bas her eyes were like twiz
oRvEers. for they seemed . pierce
che through and shronEh- She was
q slender woman. small and rounG
and delicate. and her trim figure YVES
Eownsd n sombcr black from head 70
foot.
Day after Cay she sat in the same
rear seat. emotioniess. calm dispss-
Eionate. and rested her ewes upon the
face q a man who SAT- opposite 70
her Net once did she remove her
gaze from his face. not once did she
case her cold. constant stare az his
features
he WzE q big. broad-sh oulder=d fsi-
sow. With . bronzed face and o mass
81 hair. he kept his eyes riveted upon
@hs couri ard the jury and the pris-
uner- he hung upon every WORD that
was uttered. leaning anxiouEly for
ward. rigid and notinuless-
But a. Intervals he turned hts facf
towards the woman IN black. only 70
BE- t-znEhxe6 nv the gleam % her
ryes- Ther he would starr. turn g
shade p2ler and grasp the arms Of his
chair
ne prisoner Vas Tour- nan 49,
Ene. clear en-. features and blue eyes.
Is beardieEs a. boy and as Efoical
a. craven IMAGE. Although BE- knew
his life Was in the hands ~ The - nen
a. his right hand. not once did the ea-
precision 81 indifference leave his face.
though against him TNs given TIE
most ds ANA ging testimony
Twice Only. each dsy. did he show
any Interest fn rs rur-z=szs5ings. A.
The opening % each session when he
entered the courtroom haudcufYef 60
<bs sheriff. hr east one quick. search
ing glance towards the rear ~ the
Toun His glance net that % The
woman fn black. and for . brief in-
sfant . softer giesm shone IN the
eyes - each
Tightly and relenfieFsyr VAS n
hound with an uubroker chsfa % rfr-
missing Erery r8orenent. every at
teranee 81 his on The nfght % the anur-
der were described IN detail Fron
1be snomept that Be had guarded
with the man who WAS afferwards
murSered. 80 the hour when Re was
srresfed. every step Sc had taken was
traced.
u was shown thai he had followed
his riefim With murder g5sspsfng a. his
heart. that. rs che presence OF M
rn~rous witnesses. he had sworn 20
take The mans Efe; that after the
quarrel the man who was slain had
1urDeS his steps towards his home.
taking a roundabout route; that the
prisoner had made use q Z short eur
and had lain 81 ~aff behind thiclzet:
that he had suddenly leapeS upon him
and bad stabbed HIN % the heart wifh
5 knife that Was Afterwards fOund in
che prisoners Possession. the blade
SIN scarlet With blood. and that hs
vas later seen running away from the
setae % the murder.
Against this awful array % evil
Senee. the defense made % resist
aDoe- introduced no testimony. The
argurnents were made. The attorney
Tor the state welded anew the chain
- guilt: the COUNSEL for the defense
weakly attacked the reliability of eyi-
cenee purely circumsfanftaL ane
begged that The 5vry be szoE 90 hang
nsn ~then al direct evidences q bss
81 Vas lseiasg, gbsE - <sFy rx.