Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-19
CHAPTER XIV.

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The trial Of HeEbsIt nade a great
sttr. Hs vas young, good-looking and
Intelligent, and possessed that telling
requisite of the first-class murderer-
be was 2 member Of one of the best
families In the state. For several
weeks the case had been lost sight Of,
and now that it was actually set for
trial for the first Monday In Febru.
AIRY, IT became again the sensation of
the day. The general impression was
that if Herbert frankly admitted kill
ing his unnatural parent, the jury's
verdict would have been-to quote the
irreverent language of Frank Hills
man: well done, good and faithful
servant; go and kill him sohe more
The popular sympathy was with
HIM Though the popular Judgment
considered him guilty. Curiosity sent
hundreds of people. among them q
number At indies, to the court house
g ,' witness q fhs trial.
Those who were present made y
mental picture Of The scene with de-
tails IKE these: Fhat the face of the
Judge was aminously severe and
solemn. that the prosecuting attor-
Aey was easy and self-satisfied; that
the voice of the clerk was rasping
and International in its staccato-like
enunciation, reading an Indictment
for murder as II it were railway an.
nounccment to dinner; that lawyer
Everett looked rudy and uAcon.
cerned; that Col, FFankliA, who sat
elnnpng the attorneys present, frowned
heavily. and evidently disapproyed
very heartily OF the accused; that the
prisoner seemed to have no apprecia-
ton of the gravity OF his situation,
but was apparently more uncon-
cerned than anyone else in the court
room; that his wife was well-dressed,
plump, rosy-cheeked, and evidently
very well contented with her. h,is.
band, herself, and. the lHsaila At large,
except, thu aAa was a tritie excited
at Haihg so conspicuous In the court
Iaom. This was the picture pretty
fully outlined.
Herbert Wright was very much i'm.
proved since the day WAen', ks en-,
tered the Office Of thS chief Of police
eAa 3ala' HIS. story of the finding Of
his fathers sbody.. He had been well
taken care of by his friends at the
jail supplied with Whalespme 1ood
and aressy clathesi and now, we'll
GFhamed, cleanly-shayen and serupu.
lausly neat, he looked the gentleman
he had always been.
A few hours were consumed in
obtaining the jury, the prosecution
doing the major part Of the challeng-
ing, the defense apparently being
willing to try the case before any y
men in the court our rrassala. While there
were & .s19AtWaFA signs of it, the
IfaseeAtion was not a little SUR
prised at this manifest indifference
Of Lawyer Everett. who was usually
d most painstalsing critic of the i'm
panelling of a jury.
The jury selected, the Indictment
was read and the trial was begun.
The case against Herbert Wright
was presented with what appeared
to be miraculous completeness. 1t
was proved that on the day before
the murder there had been a quarrel
between young Wright and his
father; that the former had asked
for money, which had been refused,
and that he had gone away in I'M
angry frame of mind; that his wife
was sick and without the nesessataaa
of life, and thRt he WAS utterly DIES.
Iexate. Nwas then shown that Her