The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-11-08

ticipation in what is charged against
me as crime. Having spoken with
candor about myself, l claim the right
to be believed when l assert that she
did not help me. If there be blame, it
Is mine only; if punishment, 1t is
alone who should suffer-"
Rose again raised her face from his
shoulder and whispered to him.
mo, no, Louis! Not that sacrifice,
after all the other-not that, though
you should force me into speaking my
selfr'
hum of curiosity broke from the
women Of the audience. Some rose ca
gerly from the benches and cried:
Listen, listen! She is going to
speakw
my lord the PRESIDENT she began.
Her next words were drowned in a
volley of Kisses from the women.
"Ah! Aristocrat, aristocrati None
of your accursed titles herew they
cried.
She would have spoken again despite
the uproar and execration, but her
brothers voice overpowered her.
Citizen president, l have not con-
cluded. | demand leave to conclude
my confession. / implore the tribunal
to attach no Importance to what my
sister may say!'
Let her speak, Let her speakp' ex-
claimed the women as Rose, without
looking at her brother, without seem
ing to have heard what he said, made
another attempt to address her judges.
"Silence." shouted the man with the
bludgeon. THE citizen president is go
ing to speak,"
1.-THE prisoner Trudaine has the ear
OF the court" said the president, "and
may continue his confession. If the fe-
male prisoner wishes to speak, she
may be heard afterward. l command
silence among the audience, and if |
am not obeyed / will clear the hall.
Now, prisoner, proceed. No more about
your sister. Let her speak for herself.
Our business is with the man and wo-
man Dubois now. Are you ready to tell
the court who they areY'
Il repeat that am ready" answered
Trudaine. "The citizen Dubois is
servant The woman Dubois is the
mother of the man who denounced me-
superintendent Danville."
Hundreds of spectators, all speaking
at the same moment, followed the an
swer. No officer of the court attempt
ed to control the outburst of astonish-
ment. 1t spread to the persons on the
platform, to the crier, even to the
judges of the tribunal. A man then
shouted from the throng behind the
presidents chair:
Clear the wayI Superintendent
Danville is taken illw
Danville suddenly appeared at the
table Of the president, and every one
stretched forward to hear what he
would say. His lips moved, but his
words were heard by few. Then he
left the table, supported by a police
agent, who led him out into the air.
Addressing himself partly to Trudaine
and partly to the audience, the presi-
dent said:
'The Citizen Superintendent Danville
has been overcome by the heat in the
court. He has retired, by my desire,
under the care Of police agent, to re-
cover in the open air, pledging himself
to me to come back and throw a new
light on the extraordinary statement
which the prisoner has just made. I'm
I'll the return of Citizen Danville | Or
der the accused to suspend any further
acknowledgment of completely which
he may desire to address to me. This
matter must be cleared up before 9th
ers are entered on. Meanwhile, in or
der that the time of the tribunal NAV
not be wasted, authorize the female