Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-17
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waiting for--the question of motive
Why should the prisoner, man of eyl.
dent refinement, a gentleman on be.
half OF whose character my learned
friend, his counsel will no doubt bring
n cloud of witnesses, commit this aw
ful crime Why should he shoot this
woman? My answer is because she
was his wife"
A thrill shot through tho court and
MS the crowd seemed TO stir and sway
with astonished excitement, q faint
cry rose from Olivla's lips
Faradeane heard It, and for a mo
ment he raised his eyes and looked at
her--a look that pleaded for forgive
ness, for mercy. White as a ghost
she chung TO her fathers hand.
'It-it-i8 not true!' she breathed
His wife; the woman who, in a
moment OF passion a8 unreasoning as
that IN which he slew her, he had Sc.
cretly married 1t does not become
any man to speak Ill Of the dead but,
gentlemen Of the jury, It will be my
painful duty to produce evidence to
prove that the tie which the prisoner
had In rash moment contracted
with the deceased was of so calling.
80 uncomfortable nature that he vas
compelled to fly from her. Most men
would have severed the bond The
prisoner could have sought and Oh.
tanned a release in the divorce court,
for she had given him cause; but
there were reasons why such stop
should be unacceptable to him. MY
lord, gentlemen, up to the present We
see In the prisoner only an ordinary,
private gentleman living In a quiet
country spot secluded from the eyes
of the world But such was not al
ways his position. The prisoner has
not always borne the name of Harold
Faradeane; and II is my painful task
to ask YOU to recognize In him the
person of the earl of Clydesfold!"
A murmm quite audible, and not to
be suppressed rose from the crowd
The barrIstens put their heads to-
gethor the Judge leaned forward and
looked at the prisoner
The Earl of Clydesfold!" went
from lip TO lip
Olivia uttered no cry, but sat white
and statuesque.
His Wife, His wlre!" rang in her
ears.
She understood that scene in the
wood, when he had held her in his
arms and called her his love, and then
drawn back Hike man stepping from
the edge of u preciplce His wife'
"rho earl Of Clydesfoldl' continued
the counsel, Witnesses will be called
who viii tell YOU the story of his un-
fortunate, his Inflated marriage; Will
show you how n man, gifted by nature,
favored by fortune of ancient and no,
bic birth, possessed of enormous
wealth, was induced by mad passion
to forget all that was due TO his rank,
TO the honor Of an ancient name, and
to marry young, gypsy girl whom.
blinded by that passion, he believed to-
be all that was Innocent and pure; but
who before the honeymoon had
passed, proved herself utterly I'M,
worthy to bear the name of any hon.
eat mani"
He paused and arranged his papers.
Consider his position. Consider
the nature Of the prisoner. He had,
all unwittlngly married this woman.
was it possible for him having dlscov
cred her true character, to drag tn
story of his shame to drag the honor
of his name through the mud of n d..
Norce case? AS many n man In his
position has done before, he elected t.
hide his misery and his dishonor from
the eyes of the world in which he
had held So lofty place He put
aside the name rendered famous by a
long line of distinguished ancestors
and, leaving the woman who mad
ruined his life, he came and hid hin,
self In this retired spot For q Unc
he succeeded IN concealing himsJ r.
The woman--his wfe-was free to
live In riotous splendor upon his
money and he may have laid the Hat
tcrlng junction. to HIS soul that abe
would be content to leave him IA
peace. But gentlemen, the couse.
Quonccs of such a folly as the prisoner
committed are not TO be avoided on
escaped, The woman to whom he had
given his name, In an evil and ill.,
tated moment resolved that she would
compel him to own her before the
world or lay bare the story Of his
shame She succeeded in tracking
him TO the place of his coucealmeut,
She had an interview with him on the
night before her death The incidents
some of the words that passed at
that interview shall place before
you, An appointment was made for
the morrow On that morrow she was
found lying dead at his feet, the
weapon by which she was slain re
side her, bearing his name. Such cvi