The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22

pure astonishment. I saw 1t 50 sud
denly and 1t looked SO different. All
the ~disheveIment. the defiance and an
ger were gone. Ills black hair was
brushed down smooth and FURNISHED
us a crows breast. The stock and the
great black sntin bow beneath his chin
were MS immaculate and as perfectly
arranged as fathers. and his face it.
self was calm. almost sweet in ex-
preston.
I had been expecting to find n pris-
oner In a dock. and here he was, dress
ell like any other distinguished young
gentleman in the courtroom and sit
ting among the lawyers. All mt once
he put up his hand to push back his
hair. and | saw hat his hands were
free. | felt a sense of ~unspeakable re-
lief. as If he had already been acquit-
ted. The only thing that seemed to
set him apart from others was that
expression of his, which was troubling
in its very sweetness. as II he were
not trying to combat or oppose any
thing, as If he had foreseen to the end
what would happen and had given
himself up from the first.
Then a voice, high and sing song,
seeming to come from nowhere, began
calling out something which I couldn't
understand, and the Mexican [ had
seen in the witness room rose from the
crowd and shuffied up into the little
rallied Enclosure. The gentleman who
was sitting with rIr. Dingley got up
and began asking questions in n weary,
monotonous voice, to which the Mexl-
can replied that his name was Manuel
Cora, that he was a Mexican by birth
and by occupation a ~barkeeper; that
at present he was without employment,
but that previous to the 18th of May
he had for ten years been in the en-
ployment of Martin Rood.
| could hear the stir all over the
courtroom, and my own heart began to
beat.
"Ah!' The gentleman who was on
his feet seemed to shake off his apa-
thy and grew very emphatic. Nov.
Mr.. Cora, on the night of May 6 where
were you?"
The man answered in a low voice
that all that night he had been in Mr..
Rood's gambling hall.
go on, tell us and the gentlemen Of
the jury all that you remember of the
occurrences Of that night and Of the
morning of the 18th until $50 O'clock"
When the Mexican began speaking
all the rustic died out In the court, and
In the deep silence his precise, mincing
utterances made every word distinct.
He had gone on duty at $50 o'clock,
he said. The hall had closed at IL. 1t
being Sunday night, and at that hour
Mr.. Rood had not yet come home. He
had locked the doors and sat up until
2. Then Mr.. Rood came and went i'm
mediately to bed.
Here the lawyer interrupted, do I
understand you that Mr.. Rood lived at
the gambling hallT'
No. the man said, but he had rooms
upstairs which he often used. After
Mr.. Rood had retired he had himself
gone TO his own room, which was also
upstairs, but In the back Of the house.
He was not yet asleep when he heard
the bell at the side door ring. And
them the Mexican said, 81 went to
Mr.. Rood's door and asked II | should
go downstairs. Mr.. Rood said, NO
and then he said, Curse him. no.: |
won't let him in But after the bell
had rung three times more he called
me and said: Go down, Manuel; let
him in. | will come down In a few
minutes
After that l went down and let In
Mr.. Montgomery"
zone moment, Mr.. Cora" The law
yer who vas standing had raised his
hand. "Was there anything in Mr..
Foods n which led you to sup
pose he had feared a visit from Mr..
Montgomery"
The man who had been sitting next
the prisoner was on his feet. "Object,
your honor, to the form of the ques-
ton rs being He mumbled the rest;
| couldn't get a word of it.
The judge brought his yes down
from the ceiling, looked at the big man
who was calling out to him, then said
in a conversational voice, objection
sustained" Then looking at the other
man, ''Change the form of the Ques-
ton"
Father" | whispered, that man
who just now objected. isn't he Mr..
Jackson? Hasn't he been at the house
to dinner?"
Yes. and one Of the best lawyers in
the city, but he is defending Montgom-
cry, | am sorry!"
did Mr.. Rood" the first lawyer be-
gan again. "show surprise when you
told him there was some one at the
door,"
NO, sir" The man hesitated. HE
was angry"
Mr.. Dingley's lawyer looked trium-