The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-25
Cbe tx1ffnesS For
Che Prosecution.

VA Afa 0NtkrE440fA SAtLA1 t--4NcA g N4AeAA-
tel mortgage. Zachsry Taylor. an old
dArky, who had been slave On the
plantation before Gordon WINNIE was
born. was called for the prosecution
Hnd took the stand
Uncle Zachery.n said the prosecutor,
were you on the plantation on the
18th Of June IastIH
FAC locked hard az the ceiling, Sc If
trying 10 remember. war that befo'
de fulI OBJ de moon, sahgs
why do ron ask that. unclesr
..Beca'se / plants nah gya'den boot
dat tlme-DebDer on de runout Oh de
mo0n."
Inc attorney paused Your honor. I
he said, u ask your indulgence
shall have difficulty with the witness
on account Of his superstition. which
always goes hand in hand with lg.
norsneer
@sup'sticionr' exclaimed Zac. TO
plant On de dark OBJ de moon an yo'
see VIVA 10 git
The questioner concluded TO try an
other line
@Did ron ever see this man, point
ing at the rather despicahie Iooking
deputy. who says that Mr.. Wynne
assaulted himY
Yes. sab.
~what was be doingT-
he come 10 NAH cabin and wanted
10 gib me two bits TO Let him into
mars house,
The questioner bit bis lip. looked
down at his toes. then up with slckly
smile. and proceeded:
eDid you see him at any other timer
Eyes. sab"
what Was be doing thenf"
sHe was waIkin UP 70 mars house.
He TUX pistol outen he pocket an
looked at de prlEnin'. den put It back
wha' he TUX II from"
The jury gave way to q smile, the
attorney forced smile. and THE ex-
animation was renewed.
I'VE shall get az the bottom Of this
matter presently the attorney said,
TRYING to make a show Of confidence.
Now. FAC, state what you saw after
the gentleman reached the house
II went into nah cabin | heered a
barkin' outside and went out to see
wha' de match. I saw DAT man run
nin', Wild be coat tails 6yin' behind
him, de dog keepin' in delr shaddeh-
De gentleman didn' wait 70 so through
de gate respectahle-like. He jump de
fence. De dog got de coat tail
The attorney for the defense inter
rupsed. HIt should be noted that ii was
the dog and not my client that relieved
the plaintiff Of part Of his clothing "
The prosecutor was getting angry
did you see Mr.. wynns stand on
the gallery and shake his est at the
gentleman thereY
no. sab; went back into de cabin
befo' / saw dat"
lyon mean you did see It."
NO. sab.
1was there not a window IN ycuE
cabin through which you could see the
hcuseT
Yes, san
did you lock toward the houseT
Yes, sab"
Estate what you saw"
II saw misses calm or de dog"
Fooled again. the attorney pretended
to be looking for paper on the tnble
beside hIm 70 gain time to frame an
other attack This he made on : dif-
fsrent line.
"zachery. do you understand what
an oath isT'
Yes, sab: rs swo'e myself
''On the BEbleg'
''No, sab: it was when dat low down
poo white oEe'ed me de two bits.s
Another pause and smokers from ell
present except the sttorney far the
plaintiff.
do ron know that II you tell the
court 4 lie you viii have to 50 to fan
for perjuryT
'rwha' daty'
Lying
n wonIdn' Tie noh0w."
.'State-uuder oath, mlrd you
whether ron saw Mr.. wynne strike
this gentleman"
"Fo' de Iawd, I didn'"
''or kick himy7
The witness showed plainly that the
question was likely to wreck his efforts
to save the case for his beloved mas
ter ne rolled bis eyes TO the ceiling.
then lowered them to the floor. Then
he said feehly.
Il saw dat specermon oh poo white
trash kicked
A CLEAN Of joy lighted the qaes-
toner's face.
by whomT'
"A boot
Whose b0otf'
Dunno. when I was lookin' froo
nah cabin Einda' I saw de poo white
gentleman comm. through de do lax a
rocket on de Fo'th O. July A boot
come afte' him. iiftin' him unde' de
coat tails. He come, down without
touchin' none oh de steps on de gal
lery nohow"
"To the best Of your knowledge and
belief. to whom did that boot belongi1
1T didn't belong to Mars wyunes
How do ron know that
1iCase it's nah wo-k to keep mars
boots shined up. an derc want no
shine on dat boot nohowT
There being no other witnesses. the
prosecutor rested hts case, The eoun-
sci Tor the defense rose snd said that,
since TIE witness had told all the de-
Tense wished to establish, they. too.
would rest On bis evidence Tha jury.