The Washington times., 1910-03-22

with the judge the particular question
before the court and its admissibility.
Many In the court room had watched
the prisoner, and had commented on
his Jaunty cir Apparently he was a
man without a care in the world.
Periodically he turned toward his
friends In the audience with a smile
upon his face. Few noticed that as
he turned thus he glanced furttvely.
but regularly r.er the heads Of the
crowd and at the door which closed
the main entrance beyond.
He did this not once, but twenty
times. and each time turned back with
an inaUdible siRh-Of relief or disap-
pOintment2
On one occasion he looked steadily
at the door for a minute, or a minute
or, and turned again and faced the
Judge
A tall, dark man had been standing
at the enJTauce-he had lust arrived
the crowd and up the center aisle.
and. leaning over. addressed the prts-
oner-
The prisoner looked up. saw who 1t
was, and Immediately engaged the
man in conversation They talked long
and earnestly, but in low tones
There seemed to be protests on the
one side-entrea-ies on the other. The
faces Of both men became flushed with
anger and excitement
Finally the prisoner raised his voice
so that it was audible in all parts Of
/ the room.
well. 90 ahead and do it them he
exclaimed in a loud voice, you white
There was a hubbub in the audience
Immediately The attention Of the
crowd, which had been upon the Judge
and counsel, Immediately became To-
cused on these two men
The lawyers on both sides started
back in protest at this Unseemly inter
ruptiOn. The -udEe. angry at the -un-
/ accustomed disorder, started up and
raised his gavel 20 pound for silence
When half way up the Eavei dropped
from his hand and feH 10 mis- desk with
a great crash
He spraug w IN establishment. The
| lawyers. the officers. the crowd. were
transfxed with surprise
There was a universal gasp OF as
! tonishmert from every man and woman
ia the court room Their gaze was
/ glued 20 the spectacle before them
And IL was no wonder
For there. in front Of the judge and
( facing the court and jury, were two
men, Ike as two peas-two H Stan
/ leigh StorUes.
Not a sound was heard-there was
not the rustic 4 a skirt or the scrape
OF a shoe upon he floor The gather
/ ing was SpellEuCnd-
/ The prosecutor was the first man 10
[ recover his senses Il may be, after
| all, that he was not quite so much sur
pTlsed rs ne had seemed 70 be.
/ He smiled significantly. and drew from
! his pocket q bulky manuscript The
! crowd now rustled eXpeCtanUy. and
/ turned SIS eyes on the prosecutor.
He drew himself Up and bent his
I gaze upon the two men who were the
/ center OF attraction.
Isis Mr- Wesley WaTburton in
/ court ." he said IN a loud voice, with
! one eve on the two men and the other
] on the crowd.
E Without any hesitation one Of the two
men stepped forward. He glanced eX-
! peCtantlv al the district attorney, as
4 though ne did not know exactly what
/ 20 do.
Take the witness chair" command
/ ed the prosecutor.
The man seated himself He seemed
: somewhat nervous. as vas natural
! The prisoner looked on with apparent
I amazemeut at tFis new phase Of the
p proceedings. :. 10 this time he had
been calm. cool and collecred-nOw he
seemed embarrassed and as though he
knew not what 20 do
HIS agitation was apparent 20 ali