Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-09
And YOU made no concealment o.


And you made no concealrnent o.
your name or rank?"
81 will not say that" replied Butler
"You were under feigned name
then, sir?' inquired Innis, as st. Jer-
myn seemed confounded by the answer
he had received.
81 was called Mr.. Butler, sir; my
rank or station was not communica'
ted"
Your dress?"
"Was an assumed one, to avoid in.
quiry."
"This man, Horse Shoe Robinson
said St Jermyn, was known to Adai1
as Whig soldier?"
well known" replied Butler; "ano
I was also represented as belonging
to that party. Adair himself led vi
to believe that he was friendly to ouH
cause"
Here several members Of the court
smiled.
Had you met any parties of loyal
ists," inquired Innis. 'in your journey
between Catawba and Broad?"
I'VE had-more than one"
How did you escape them?"
by assuming feigned characters
and names"
Your purpose was to join Clarke?'
II am not at liberty to answer thai
question" replied the prisoner. "Suf-
flee 1t, sir, was travelling through this
region on a mission Of duty. My pur-
pose was to act against the enemy. Sc
far the charge is true, and only to this
extent. l came with no design to pry
into the condition Of the royal troops;
l sought only a successful passage
through a contested, though sadly over
powered country"
you offered no money to Adair,'
said ST. Jermyn again, as IL insisting
on this point of exculpation, but what
you have already called moderate
requital for his entertainment"
None" replied the prisoner ex-
cept," he added. "a guinea, to induce
him to release, from some wicked tor
ture a wolf he had entrapped."
1T will not do" said Colonel Innis
shaking his head at st. Jermyn; and
the same opinion was indicated in the
looks of several of the court
II was at Walter Adairs that night
and saw the gentleman there, and
heard all that was said to him; and
am sure that he offered Watty nc
money" said our little apple-girl, who
had been listening with breathless
anxiety to the whole Of this examina-
tion, and who had now advanced to
the table as she spoke the words. "And
1 can tell more about it, il am ask
ed"
And who are you, my pretty maid?'
inquired Colonel Innis, as he lifted the
bonnet from her head and let loose q
volume Of fiaxen curls down upon her
neck.
II am Mary Musgrove. the miller's
daughter" said the damsel, with great
earnestness of manner, land Watty
Adair is my uncle, by my mothers side
he married my aunt Peggy; and
was at his house when Major Butler
and Mr.. Horse Shoe Robinson came
there" ... ...-. --..
And what in the devil brought you
here?" said Habershaw, gruffy.
"Silence!" cried Innis impatient al
the obtrusive interruption Of the gross
captain. What authority have you to
ask questions Begone, sir"
The heavy bulk Of Hugh Habershaw
at this order, sneaked back into the
crowd.
II came only to sell few apples
said Mary.
Heaven has sent that girl to the
rescue of my life" said Butler, under
the impulse Of a feeling which he
could not refrain from giving vent to
in words. Pray allow me, sir to
ask her some questions"
1T is your privilege" was the an
swer from two or three of the court
and the spectators pressed forward to
hear the examination.
Butler carefully interrogated the
maiden as to all the particulars of his
visit, and she, with the most scrup-
ulous fidelity, recounted the scopes to
which she had been a witness. When
she came to detail the CONVEX
sation which she had overheard be-
tween Adair and Lynch, and the
events that followed it, the interest OF
the bystanders was wound up to the
highest pitch. There was simplicity
in her recital of this strange and event
full story, that gave it force to which
the most skillful eloquence might ir
vain aspire; and when she concluded
the court itself. prejudiced as the mem
bers were against the prisoner could
not help manifesting an emotion Of sat-
isfaction at the clear and unequivoca
which this plain tale infer
red against the testimony of Haber.
shaw and his confederates. Innis
alone affected to treat it lightly, and
endeavored in some degree to abate Its
edge, by suggesting doubts as to the
capacity Of a young girl, in circum'
stances so likely to confuse her, tc
give an exact narrative Of such com
plicated train of events. Every cross
examination, however, which was d.
rected to the accuracy Of the maidens
story, only resulted in producing
stronger conviction of it's entire truth
This concluded the examination on the
second charge.
The court now proceeded to the thirc
and last accusation against the pris'
oner.
To this there was but one witness
called-James Curry. In the course o.
the examination this man showed grea'
address and knowledge Of the world
He gave some short account of him
self He had been a man born to
better condition of life than he now en-
joyed. His education had been Hberal
and his associations in life extremely
various. 1t was to be inferred from
his own relation, that he had fallen In
to some early indiscretion which hae
thrown him into the lowest stations o.
society, and that his original delin'
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