The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-11-17

described the traces of footmarks left
by the deceased in his passage across
the garden ara Into the room Where
he had been subsequently found dead.
He added hat the strictest scrutiny
had failed to discover the foot marks
Of a second pair of feet. Ha the de-
ceased been followed through tie gar
den, no trace Of his pursuer a re-
manned behind.
These witnesses having been cross
examined by Mrs. Dumbarton's solicit
tor, ne proceeded to state his defence;
and he, being recognized as n of
the cleverest men in his profession, the
jury settled itself to hear him with ex-
p~eCtation and interest. =.
The case before them. George Corfs
said, in a low earnest voice, and with
plain impressive manner. was one or
the most extraordinary that had ever
come before that or any other court;
extraordinary not merely because or
the interest it had created, but be-
cause Of the circumstances under which
the crime had been committed and of
the suspicious which these same cir
cunstances cast upon an innocent
woman. Inasmuch as none Of those
who gave evidence had actually seen
the blow dealt to the deceased by
Which he had lost his life, their testi-
mony was therefore entirely circum-
stantial.
Now, evidence in order to carry on
| viction should not only be plain. direct
and clear, but it should be incapable
OF any other reasonable solution than
that which it was brought forward to
sustain and the evidence Just rendered
was not of that description; it was,
as he would show, capable of, and in
mystery other than that Which sug-
frnGfp1 itca1f at nrpCaOf T6eI5 was M
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ried life led by the deceased and his
wife, save to Point out the vicious
reer ne had Followed v~iciousness.
which, doubtless became the agent Of
his death, though the perpetrator of his
murder was other than the woman on
whom suspicion lay.
ia man could not only ALLEVIATE the
affections, but injure, deceive and
abandon his wife. his best friend, the
mother of his child, how badly could he
behave towards others of her sex? He
had for years led a wandering and
misguided life among companions as
reckless as himself; and, what was
more probable than that he had been
guilty of one OF those wrongs which
the law is slow, if not powerless, to
punish, but which, touching men on the
tenderest points Of their affection n
of their honor, they are sure to aVenge.
Here was the probable key to the
mystery surrounding the crime. some
man who considered himself injured
beyond endurance a sought and
found revenge for his wrongs. 1t was
lawful to presume that while approach
ing his wife's house the deceased had
met with the eng When to seek
help and refuge, David Dumbarton had
rushed through the garden II into the
presence of his wife, who on his ask
jnp for aid had Gra wn from his breast
the knife with which an unknown hand
had fatally stabbed HIM.
The whole bearing Of the case would
point to such a conclusion, and to the
innocence Of the woman who was the
unhappy victim of suspicion. AS she
5 had stated she neither knew or sus-
pected that he would call upon her
+ that evening. Had he desired to have
t an interview with her there was nc
/, reason why he should not have come
to h hall door instead of rushing
across the grass and flower beds tc
t enter by an open window.
T Then, as regards the knife by which
l the murder had been committed. The
servants, in their cross examination
had sworn that they had never seen i
before the night of the tragedy. 1t wa:
i surely impossible to think the weapon
had been bought and secreted by thi:
lady for the purpose of as~sasinating he,
: husband at such a time and under sucl
circumstances as would favor the deed
No. the knife belonged to the person
= who had struck the blow to aveng
= himself for wrong perpetrated by tn
deceased.
Indeed, there was not sufficient mo
tive apparent for suspecting this in
jured woman of committing this hor
>. rlbie act. Nothing could have bee
!, more easy than for her to have OBJ