Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-01

ton and killed him. The indignation against Burr knew no sboun0s. fhouxh ah indictment of murder was made
 against him, he was left unnnolested,
 but a ruined man.
 where he took refuge in the home of
 his daughter. but eventually went te
 Washington. Though his political
 prospects were blasted and his name Eexecrated, his bold and resolute spirit Burr turned his attention to the
 great west at the expiration of his term of offlce and there he was des- Tined to add one more political ertEne to his corrupt career as a pnb43c man Here he hoped to erect new empire.
 with himself ct its head. But his in- triGue was discovered in xiDe me lffustrat1on of Bnrr'B scheme WaS 3&xUe- Ely due to the rsreaati0ns meoe by 6sn- Miikinson, in whom Burr he'd een- nded as far as to conYAunioate q<1fte raly fhe ehaaacter of his ezDeEitfe2. Government spies haa for some time been on Burr's track, end in view of h1s supposed design to attempt e separation Of the western seates froen the federal union. the governor Of 'ohao fpedffi6n to try to overtaIse Burr end his deluded followers as they BaGeed down the Ohio and Miss8ssippd T4Vers But they almost had reached New Or leans before they were apPrehended. It was here he was arrested by Ide11t. Edmund F. Gaines and was taktn to
 Richmond, Va. to be tried by fhe United States on a charge of high treason. This trial was held before Chief Justice John Marshall. On triad
 at iast, the whole Upited States await ed the result with the prefoundest in terest It was one of the most memor- able state occasions in the history of
 human governments. District Attor- ney Hay and the renowned William Wfrt appeared for the prosecution. fendant were Luther Martin, Edmund Randolph. John Wickham, Benjamin
 Bolts and, rivaling all the rest, Burr
 himself
 On the jury were such men as John Randolph and Littieton W. Fazeweh
 modore Truxton, Gems. Eaton and
 Jackson. Washington Irving, Winfield Scott, William B. Giles and John Tay- | Tor. Burr was, of course, the central l figure in this master scene. The trial
 lasted more than three weeks in mia
 summer, during which the legal e1er- tioBs and forensic talent and power
 displayed on both sides were indeed prodfgioHs. The jury returned a yer dict That Aaron Burr is not proved te
 be guilty, under the indictment by
 any evidence submitted to us; we therefore, find him not guilty" The prosecution failed and broke down fl Its legal proofs and consequently th< indictments against the other coHspir- akors were never pursued
 l Bienuerhassett, who was BafF's tclzief confederate and an Irishman oi Icensiderable means, found hinlsei, stripped of his possessions because ol his having embarked in this caiam- ftous exptditfon. He wept to England lin quest of an appointment to once ana to Ireland to look after some re, lversionary claims, but, unsuccessful fl
 both cases and bankrupt and broken lhearted he removed to the isle oi IGuernsey and there died in 1881.
 1 Burr, without friends and fortune also became an exile in Europe, where he lived in extreme penury and wa. everywhere summed as a felon and Ian outlaw. He was peremptoriiy ord | cred by the government of England tt Iquit that realm, being regarded as z
 spy. and, on going to France. was there kept under the closest police surveii- lance. Returning after some years oi this kind of life to his native land, hs resumed the profession of law, but t.it ban of society rested upon him, and h. twas, as he himself expressed 1t, sew. cred from the rest of mankind.
 Of Barrs guilt in the conspiracy few had any doubt but the outcome of tn, ltrial was largely in the hands o Marshall, and his rulings were gener. ally favorable to Burr. Jefferson wa.