The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23

( things not set forth by legislatures
+ law men and judges affect jury, am
/ the slight salutatiOn caused the mep
, bers Of this one TO glance at one an
other. for IL seemed to imply that the
exquisite lady in white not only knew
| Claudine. but knew that she had spok
en- the truth. II was after this that q
feeling favorable to the defense now
and then noticeably manifested Itself
In the courtroom. Still, when the evi
dence for the state was all In the life
Of Happy Fear seemed to rest in a
balance precarious indeed, and the lit
tie man, swallowing pitifully. looked
at his attorney with the eyes of a 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 knowp
very well The second witness, also a
stranger had been even more intimate
ly acquainted with the dead man, and
there began to be an uneasy compre-
henslon Of what Joe had accomplished
during that prolonged absence of his
which had so nearly cost the life Of the
little mongrel who was at present
most blissful Responsibility lively
cOnvalescent in AriePs back yard. The
second witness also identified the re-
volver, testifying that he had borrowed
1t from Cory in st. Louis to settle a
question OF craftsmanship and that ON
his returning 1t to the owner the latter,
then working his way eastward, had
confided TO him his intention Of stop
Ding In Canaan for the purpose of ex-
ercising its melancholy functions upon
a man who had once "done him good"
In that city.
BY the time the witness had reached
this point The prosecutor and his as
slstants wore on their feet, excited
ly shouting objections, which were
oVerruled. Taken unawares,
they fought for time. Thunder was
bellowings Everybody
lost his temper-eXcept Joe. And the
examination of the witness proceeded
Cory; with that singular inspiration to
confide in some one which is the char
acteristlc and the undoing of his kind,
had outlined his plan Of operations to
the witness with perfect clarity. He
would first attempt, so he had de-
,lared, to incite an attack upon himself
~ playing upon the Jealousy of his
Victim. having already made q tenta-
i've effort in that direction. Failing in
his, he would fall back upon one Of a
lozen schemes for he was ready In
'uch matters, he braggedD, the most
likely of which would be to play the
He would talk of his
,ood intentions toward his enemy.
peaking publicly Of him In friendly
nd gentle ways, then, getting at him
ecretly, destroy him In such fashion
s to leave open for himself the kind
ate of self defense. In brief, here
vas the whole tally OF what had actu- |
lily occurred. with the exception OF |
he last account in the sequence which |
adj proved that demise for which Cory |
ad not arranged. and it fell from the
ps of witness whom the prosecution
ad no means of impeachng When
e left the stand, mshaken and undis-
redited after frantic cross examina-
on, Joe, turning to resume his seat,
t his hand fall lightly for second
pom his clients shoulder.
That was the occasion of a demon
ration which indicated a sentiment
Ivorable to the defense Ton the part
ut least three of the spectators, and
was in the nature of such ham
Dor as effectually stopped all other
'oceedlngs instantly. The indignant
dge fixed the colonel. Peter Brad
Try and Squire Buckalew with his
ittering eye, yet the hammering con-
lued undated, and the offenders
rely would have been conducted
nth In ignominy had not gallantry
evailed, even in that formal place.
ne Judge, reluctantly realizing that ,
me latitude must be allowed to these
ed enthusiasts, since they somehow !
emed to belong to Miss Tabor. made :
, remarks general with the time |
Urn threat TO clear the ROOM where q
ON the loyal survivors Of Eskew re- '
)sed into unabashed silence. I
L was now, as Joe had said, clear '
ough ease. only the case itseh. I
wever. was clear. for, as he and bis b
ends feared, the verdict might pos Z
'ly be neither in accordance with 4
, law, the facts nor the convictions u
the jury Eugene's detection had b
altered the tone of the Tocsn. n
III day long crowd OF men and II
~ hung about the corridors of the 8,
irthouse, about the square and the a
ghborlng streets, and from these
e somber murmurs, more and more g,
inous The public sentiment of "a
like Canaan can make Il. n
felt inside a courtroom, and II was Q,
Dngly exerted against Happy Fear M
p T0csln had always been a power IN
agent; Judge Pike had increased it's w
ength with STAFF which was thor Nh