Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03


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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
contided to him his intention of stop
ping 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
sistants were on their feet, excited
ly shouting objections, which We're
promptly overruled. Taken unawares,
they fought for time. Thunder was
5loosed-forensic bclowings. 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
acteristic 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-
clared, to incite an attack upon himself
by playing upon the jealousy of his
victim, having already made tenta-
tive effort in that direction. Falling in
, this, he would fall back upon one Of a
, dozen schemes for he was ready in
such matters, he bragged), the most
likely of which would be to play the
peacemaker. He would talk of his
good intentions toward his enemy,
speaking publicly of him In friendly
and gentle ways, then, getting at him
secretly, destroy him in such fashion
as to leave open for himself the kind
gate of self defense. In brief, here
! was the whole tally of what had actu-
ally occurred, with the exception of
the last account in the sequence which
/ had proved that demise for which Cory
had not arranged, and 1t fell from the
lips Of witness whom the prosecution
had no means Of impeachlng. When
| he left the stand, mistaken and undis-
| credited after frantic cross examna-
ton, Joe, turning to resume his seat,
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upon his clients shoulder.
That was the occasion Of demon
| stration which indicated sentiment
| favorable to the defense ION the part
of at least three of the spectators), and
( 1t was In the nature Of such ham
mering of canes upon the bare wooden
floor as etfectunlly stopped all other
proceedings instantly. The indignant
judge fixed the colonel, Peter Brad
bury and Squire Buckalew with his
! glittering eye. yet the hammering con-
tinued undated, and the Offenders
surely would have been conducted
forth in ignominy had not gallantry
prevailed, even in that formal place
The judge, reluctantly realizing that
some latitude must be allowed to these
aged enthusiasts, since they somehow
seemed to belong to Miss Tabor, made
his remarks general, with the time
worn threat to clear the room, where
upon the loyal survivors of Eskew re-
lapsed into unabashed silence.
1t was now, us Joe had said, clear
enough case. Only the case itself,
however. was clear, for, as he and his
friends feared, the verdict might pos
sibly be neither in accordance with
the law the facts nor the convictions
of the jury. Eugene's detection had
not altered the tone of the Tocsin.
All day long crowd Of men and
boys hung about the corridors of the
courthouse, about the square and the
neighboring streets, and from these
rose somber murmurs, more and more
ominous. The public sentiment of q
community like Canaan can make it.
self felt inside courtroom, and it was
strongly eXerted against Happy Fear
The Tocsin had always been a power.
full agent; Judge Pike had increased Its
strength with staff which was thor.
oughly efficient, alert and always able
to strike center with the papers read.
ers, and in town and country 1t had
absorbed the circulation of the other
local journals, which resisted feebly al
times, but in the matter of the Cory
murder had not dared TO do anything
except follow the Tocsins lead. The
Tocsln. having lit the fire, fed it-fed
1t saltpeter and sulphur-for now Mar.
tin Pike was fighting hard.
Tie farmers and people of the less
urban parts of the country were ac.
customcd to found their opinions upon
the Tocsin. They regarded 1t as the
single immutable rock of journalistic
righteousness and wisdom in the
world. Consequently, stirred by the
outbursts of the paper, they came into
Canaan III great numbers, and, though
the pressure from the town itself was
so strong that only Il few of them
managed to crowd into the courtroom,
the others Joined their voices to those
somber murmurs outdoors, which in
creased In loudness as the trial went
on.
The Tocsin, however, was not hav-
ing everything Its own way. The vol
ume Of cutlery against Happy Fear and
his lawyer had diminished, it was no.
ticed. in very respectable quarters"
The information impaired by Mike
Shcehan to the politicians at Mr.. Far
bach's had been slowly seeping through
the various social strata of the town,
and, though at first incredulously re-
jected, it began to find acceptance,
Upper Main street cooling apprecably
in its acceptance of the TOcsin as the
law and the prophets. There were
even few who dared to wonder in
their hearts IL there had not been a
mistake about Joe Louden, and. al
though Mrs. iFlitcroft weakened not,
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