The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-06-11


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associate laiIg1 shtialG u esIiled upanl
h prssida over IN trial "a JChn Ss0.
vtlls f0f ~ mnrfsf 81 AlEtwncn LII.
tlFadge. Hlut yudse SANDER sadden
illseas and yaAga nolafa lepartnre for
Kurops have silt G. ed 10 these
hcpea. Judge Ossrander win tAke his
seat On tho bench a. usaAi NEXT Man
dry FNrtnrTataIy fDr The accused. hin
waliknawn yadieiai mind win preFsss.
any unfair trentment Of sAs defensa.-
"Tha prcsecuti0a. IN the able hands
cf District Attorney Foss, made ail Ito
points thia mcrp!nx pnless TIE o.
Tense has scme very iItrong plea In tho
background the verdict seems lore
doomed. A dosged look has replaced
the callous and indifferent snesr Co
the prisoners face. and sympathy. Y
sympathy there ID. b conferred entfr~
fy upon tho wife. the able. agreeable
and bitterly hamiiiated iandaady Of
Claymors tavern. She Il 10 who has
attracted the rnost atteMsion during
this trial. little ~ shs seems TO ecart
it.-
We omit further particulars which
followed TO save repetition: bat they
were carefully conned w Deborah
Scovtiie. Also the following,
The defense In in line with the
statement already given out The
prisoner Acknowledges taking the
watch, bat from motives quite opposed
to those OF thievery. Unfortunately
hs can produce no witnesses TO sub
stantiats his declaration tina. he had
heard voicel In the direction OF the
bridge while he was wandering the
woods In search OF bis lost child. No
evidence OF any other presence there
is promised or likely to be produced.
II was thought that when his wife was
called 10 the stand she might have
something to say helpful To his case.
She had been the one to ultimately
md and lead home tho child. and.
Silent ~ shs had been up 10 this time.
II has been thought possible that she
might s-s.-- &c s.-!.s hard thaea
voices also,
But her testimony was very dlsap'
pointing. She had seen nobody but
the child. whom she had found playing
with stones In the old ruin. Though
BY q close calculation Of time she
could not have been far from Dark
Hollow at the instant Of the crime.
yet neither on direct or cross examlna'
ton could anything more DO elected
from her than what has been men.
toned above. Nevertheless, We feel
obliged to state that irreproachabie
as her conduct was On the stand. he
Impression she made was. on the
whole. whether Intentionally or unin.
tentionally, unfavorable to her hus-
band.
Some anxiety was felt during the
morning session that an adjournment
would have to- be called, owing to
some slight signs OF indisposition on
the part Of the presiding Judge. But
no rallied very speedily, and the pro-
ceedings continued without Interrupt
ton"
Ali"
The exclamation escaped the hps
OF Deborah scoville as she laid this
clipping aside, Il remember his APP
pearance we'll. He had the ghost OF
one OF those attacks. the full force Of
which was witness to this morn.
ing. | am sure of this now. though
nobody thought OF II then. happened
to glance his way AZ left the STAND.
and no was certainly for one minute
without consciousness OF himself or
his surroundings. But II passed 80
quickly II drew little attention; not
so the attack OF today. VIA. q mis-.
fortune rests upon this man. WIN
they let him continue on the bench
when his full condition Is Known
These were her thoughts. 80 she TO
called that day and compared II with
the present. .....-. ............. ,.,
There were other slips. which she
read. The fate Of the prisoner -.
in the hands OF the jury. The posi-
hility suggested by the defense made
no appeal to men who had the unfor.
tunate prisoner under their eye at
every stage Of the proceedings. The
shifty eye. the hangdog look, out.
weighed the plea OF his counsel and
the call for strict impart,allty from
the bench. He was adtuiged guilty Of
murder In the first degree. xnd, sesx
tence called for.
This was the end; and as she read
these words the horror which over.
whelmed her was infinitely greater
than when she heard them uttered
In that fatal courtroom For then she
regarded him a. guilty and deserving
his fate. and now she knew him to be
Innocent
When her eyelids finally obeyed the
dictates OF her win the frst glimmer.
ing rays Of dawn were beginning To
scatter the gloom Of her darkened
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