The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-06-21

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advises you to take loose grocery store
When awoke was horrined TO ind
myself In prison cell. The jailer
stood at the door and cautioned. Re
member anything you say may be used
against you" A great dread SAT-. like
a lump OF Ice. on ny heart. begged
him 10 explain. Anything but that
awful suspense. Then he told me
bad murdered AlssC., the old landlady.
Ny trial was set down for a dafe
about month Oh and my angel moth
er secured the best and ablest coun-
sci TO defend me- but. best OF all. she
came to me In my agony and put her
hand on my forehead. and then kissed
me and told me that she believed me
innocent How she could logically 90
Il, with evidence enough against ne
70 damn an angel, | don't know. but
she did 10 with her woman's heart. and
her woman's heart broke when. At
length, the jury told her she had been |
mistaken"
Gentlemen" resumed Barclay. after
pause. Il used to believe all lawyers
rascals until that tina But the way
that man worked for me was nothing
short OF sublime He iabored with me
day In and day out. morning. noon.
and night. striving by all means
known to philosophy, science and prac-
tice. to recover from tho sensitive
plates OF my memory the picture print.
ed on them BY rum-enfeebled spirit
between the hours OF eleven p. VI. and
two A. VI. on the night OF the murder.
But 1t was OF no use. Evidently the
films OF memory had been Temporarily I
desensitized by the Supplying info
erce Of the alcohol Anyway. nothing
could bring the dreaded pictures OF |
that awful period TO the surface.
II shall not bore you with the har.
RAISING details OF the trial. II was I
shown. however. that I hsi been dis I
covered In Miss C's room. ! was on s
he floor In drunken sleep when the
ulcers arrived. and was completely 4
dressed. even to my overcoat aud hat.
Wear my right hand. as II I had but o
'ecently relaxed my hold upon Il. fay i
ny pistol One OF the cartridges had q
zen discharged and the bullet found b
a Miss C's body fitted the empty y
hell. .,
y
nd implore me 70 use every trick and h
evice that ] knew to bring back tho u
hahn OF events OF that fateful night. b
VI could only gaze ut him stupid.
:. SO far ! could 20. but no further
{ a certain point the cloud Of obiiv.
N would drop before my mind. and Al
could not penetrate Il. I thought "
lat by thinking with great rapIdIty. a
I'd running With exact sequence e
ong the chain Of occurrences leading r.
? 70 a certain hour. the mental nom. Ne
ltum thus acquired might carry me n
rough into the realms OF my mental
Irkness- But 1t was without avail ca
'u can drive a horse at a furious pl
to right up TO the brink Of a lake
It there he will stop. and not bulge
inch further; and the bIackness Of
Q lake In front Of him r. no blacker
an the blackness OF that hoIf.born
Rod Of five OF six hours Of oblivion
Mt confronted me. o. the helplessneqs feI
II all. used 10 sit and watch my ma
vyer fight against such overwhelm. ms
: odds that the admiration felt for IT
J skin would. at times. so absorb tai
} that felt the part was taking IN pal
awful tragedy. Goa
To make a long story short, the car
o finally went to the Jury. You w ~.
70 seen the newspaper clipping. VI
0 verdict killed my mother who had
'er once left my side during the tax
u. except at night. and then only 10 8les
ume her place the first thing in A c
morning. She had been hoping era
inst hope. When mother dropped me
d. offered a silent prayer OF goa
titude that she had not lived TO TOT
ness the last act DIM
On the morning Of the twenty.Arst. fou
the clipping Gays, was brought Y
re the judge. an old friend OF nv app
err, and sentenced TO be hanged by -
neck until dead. Gentlemen
e's an experience not many ever IA
and lived 20 tell OF H. Words arc 10
feeble when one tries to describe
ak about timely rcscues IN the
1as-all nicely planned 10 occur NV
the regularity OF clockwork--why y
actually had that awful black cap ~
m over my face. and the moose al. ~
d before the governors stay ar TX
J. I heard o commotion In the w
d and wondered rather impatient. III
hat the delay was about. Then III
q removed the cap and moose. and III
10 led back to my cell. When I Ia
led my cell and sat upon my bed, IN,
nldnf realize what had occurred
pinched myself TO SEQ whether -