The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-06-20


succeeded in penetrating to the court
room, but the others. who hung about
the corridors or outside the building.
and the great mass Of stay at homes.
who read the story in the Tocsin)
found each moment of 1t enthrallinS
enough. The states attorney. fearful
Of losing so notorious case and not
Understanding his opponent. had
! modestiy summoned others to his aid.
and the attorney for the defense sim
gle handed faced IAN array Of legal
talent such as seldom indeed had hol-
Tered at this bar" faced 1t good ma
turedly, an eyebrow crooked up and
his head on one side most Of the time.
vet faced 1t indomitably. He had a
certain careless and disarming smile
when he lost a point. which carried
of the defeat as Of only humorous
account and not at all part Of the Sc
rious business in hand. and in his
treatment of witnesses he was plausi-
BILE. kindly. knowing that in this case
he had no intending perjurer to, en-
trap: brought into play the rare and
delicate art Of which he was master.
employing in his questions subtle sug-
geStionS and shadings Of tone and
manner and avoiding words Of debat-
able and dangerous meanings-a fine
craft, often attempted by blundererS
to their own undoing. but which. prac-
ticed by Joseph Louden. made inartic-
ulate witnesses articulate to the pre-
Csc effects which he desired. This he
accomplished as much by the help Of
the continuous fire Of objections from
the other side as in spite OF them.
He was infinitely careful. asking never
an i'll advised question for the other
side to use 20 his hurt and. though ex
hibtin- only a pleasant aaSineSS Of
manner. was electrically alert.
\ hundred things had shown Ariel
that thr feeling OF the place. influenced
by "puhlic sentiment without. was
su6tly and profoundly hostile to Joe
AMI his client She read this in the
spectators. in the jury. even in the
judge. but 1t seemed to her that day
b. day the inimical spirit gradually
failed inside the railing and also in
those spectators who. like herself. were
enabled by special favor to be present
throughout the trial. and that now and
then kindlier sentiment began to be
manifested. She was unaware how
strongly she contributed to effect this
herself not only through the glow Of
visible sympathy which radiated from
her. but by a particular action. Claud'
Inc was called by the state and told as
much Of her story as the law permitted
her to tell, interlarding her replies with
fervent protestatlons, too quick to be
prevented. that she never meant to
bring no trouble to Mr.. Fear" and that
she did hate to have gentlemen start
ing things on her account" When the
defense took this perturbed witness
her interpretations became less fire.
quent. and she described straightfor-
wartlly how she had found the pistol
on the floor near the PROSTATE figure
Of Cory and hidden it in her own dress.
The attorneys for the state listened
with a somewhat cynical amusement
to this portion Of her testimony. be-
lieving 1t Of no account. uncorroborat-
ed and that. IL necessary. the state
could impeach the witness on the
ground that 1t had been indispensable
to produce her. She came down weep
Ing from the stand, and, the next wit
ness not being Immediately called. the
eyes Of the jurymen naturally followed
her as she passed to her seat. and they
saw Ariel eabor bow gravely to her
across the railing. Now. q thousand
things not set forth by legislatures.
law men and judges affect jury. and
the slight salutation caused the mem
bers Of this one TO glance at one an
other. for il seemed to imply that the
exquisite lady in white not only knew
Claudnc, bat knew that she had spok-
en- the truth. 1t was after this that
feeling favorable to the defense now
and then noticeably manifested itself
In the courtroom. Still when the evil
dence for the state was al in the life
Of Happy Fear seemed to rest in
balance precarious indeed. and the 1T
tie man. swallowing p:tifn'ly. looked
at his attorney with the eyes of sick
dog.
Then Joe gave the prosecutors an IL
Illuminating and stunning surprise and.
having offered in evidence the revolver
found upon Claudine. produced as his
first witness a pawnbroker Of Denver.
who identified the weapon as one he
had sold to Cory, whom he had known
very we'll. The second witness, also
stranger, had been even more intimate:
ly acquainted with the dead man. and
there began to be an uneasy compre-
hension Of what Joe had accomplished
during that prolonged absence Of bis
which had so nearly cost the life Of the
little mongrel. who was at present
most bllssful Responsibility n lively
convalescent in Ariel's back yard. The