The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-31

. bench and 10 grant as many Of these
personal requests as ne could he bad
caused three rows Of seats 10 be
placed on the raised platform where
ne himself sat The co1rtroCr, 80
more than filled, II was pack n fo
suUOcatiDn- Those who couTd -,of
nc seats stood on one snother-s
toes The air was saturated with tina
ocor Of perspiration and perfume
AHS WINDOWS OF the courtroom were
so nigh that the light came down in
long, slant!Hg streams that HIuuT-
mated groups Of gayly dressed women
ana left other groups ia a Sha-r,T-y
contrasting shadow There was =
confused chattering ard murmurfnE
torrent Of noise
As the judge entered lhere was a
nuSn Tor moment These WIN were
seated rose at the criers bidding and
resumed their seats as tae Judge set
T. tied down Again the " hisp srinr and
L-uI liurlI5S and chat-eTing broke
. IoTJn- only 70 be quelled aEaiu BY
the cTIeTs gayeL The judge Orc =
the prisoner TO be brought in Er.F
was the desire 70 see the man NM
nao electrified Paris for months thar
mere was almost a stampade
4 young woman lost her balance. feIl
. ana was almost trOdden under foot
carton entered be was pale and
nasgard. out his manner BETRAYED
helther SWaggerinE confidence nor
cF1nging fear When the door through
eL--CL ne was 10 pass opened he
lowed 10 himself for the last time
VIII speak, 7 must speak" PfIf
when he saw the vast sea Of facos-
rot one OF which was the face az :
TREND and when he met the STONY
eyes OF that multitude and saw {r,
them only morbid curiosity as - -
We're a caFed lion in a circus men
agerle, he forgot his vow As he
gazeo on that merciless thronE he had
Of hate il--9
There comes a time in the life u
6EeIy man when moral torture or
phystcal fatigue IS so intense that ~
loses all sense Of suffering He bgg
reeSned the extreme limit of hum =
endurance He is insensible to r,afn
- '9n Lancled that he had reached
thls limit and was glad of il almost
IT. on the night when he had teIe-
q Ltlohed the news Of the murder IN mo
Flsnet, some one had said tok him
10 i3u wi VII De the talk Of Paris; crowds
VII mock TO your trial like flies 10
nohey. ne would have been elated
80" ne was merely exceedingly weary
&c lad iapsed into 3. lethargy f-~n
when ne could not be aroused re
aad succUmbed to the heavy blows Of
lat he could only suffer and wait.
/ After he had given his name. his
lage, MS profession and answered the
usual formal questions he seated him
SER TO hear the Indictment read -
4 him The recital pictured the blecJC-
ness or his crime as he himself hsd
never imagined It Had he bee0 IN hts
I
smiled at the ridiculous legal red7Jn-
dancles with which the document was.
charged As IL was, he was impressed
with the brutality Of the murder n
spite OF 1t all he repeated to hfmsaIf.
/ II L want to speak, can reduce that
I 10 cackle OF meaningless words. But
have the will2''
( The examination Of witnesses was
dull and UniuterestinE- There had
Ibeen hopes Of sensational revelations
Indeed, some Of the less guarded news
nc ore T--rE a.
I listened attentiveIy TO the cross-fire of
Questions and answers.
First Of all. the citv editor Of the
I Plant was called He recounted the
manner in which Barton had left the
/ Planet, after having been ASSIGNED 10
/ report the murder. BartOn's singular
/ negligence In failing 10 write auvthffv
about the case was dwelt upon Avyof
I the night editor. was next called He
gave q ightforEard account of the
manner In which he first heard of the
murder over Tia telephone on the night
[ OF the 18th He was asked If he recog-
J decided NO" After that he was dis
missed
Next came the charwoman who cared
/ for BaTton's ROOM She narrated what
/ she knew cf the prisoners habits and
I manner Of living. without skipping tho
4 slightest detail. she told how she had
2 found the bloody shirt with one sleeve
T link gone and the other in place, and
with one sleeve torn at the wrist All
{ this had seemed queer TO her. and # Il
/ were not part of a domeStic's calling 10
/ hold her tongue she would immediately
have reported the matter to the police. As
+ Il was, she had told everything TO a
+ visitor. who afterward proved 70 be "a
{ gentleman Of the secret service Sre
Ugs followed on the stand by fhA 80
fee bOv of the Planet, the ieueIer who
{ had sold the sleeve links, and the most
man who had left letters for Barton at
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