The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-05-21

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quistte a'creature as Reuthcr was IN
those days capable Of any act of VIC.
Ience? Yes; but in this case he had
been guiItless. She could not but con
cede this even while Welding 10 OK.
IRENE rcyulston as she laid his pic
ture aside.
The next slip she took I'D contained
a euIogy Of the victim.
The sudden death Of Afternoon Eth
eridge has been in more than one
sense q great shock to the community.
Though a man of massive, rather than
active qualities. his scholarly figure
long, lean and bowed has been seen
too often in our streets not 70 he
missed, when thus Suddenly with.
drawn.
"Why he should have become the
target of Fate is one Of the mysteries
Of life. His watch, which. aside from
his books, was his most valuable nos.
session, was the gift of Judge Ostran.
der. That it should be associated in
any way with the tragic circumstances
Of his death is a source of the deepest
regret to the unhappv donor"
This excerpt she hardly looked at:
but the following she studied care.
fully:
Judge Ostrander has from the first
expressed a strong desire that some
associate judge should be called upon
to preside over the trial of John SEQ
vile for the murder If Alderman Eth.
erdge. But Judge Saunders sudden
illness and Judge DoIe's departure for
Europe have put an end to these
hopes. Judge Ostrander will take his
seat on the bench as usual next Mon
day. Fortunately for the accused. his
WeII-knoWn judicial mind will prevent
any unfair treatment Of the defense"
The prosecution, in the able hands
Of District Attorney Foss, made all its
points this morning. Unless the de-
Tense has some very strong plea in the
background the verdict seems fore
doomed. A logged look has replaced
the CallouS and Indifferent sheer on
the prisoners face, and sympathy, if
sympathy there is, is conferred entire
ly upon the wife, the able, agreeable
and bitterly Inundated landlady of
Claymore tavern. She it is who has
attracted the most attention during
this trial, little as she seems to court
it."
We omit further particulars which
followed to save repetitiOn but they
were carefully conned by Deborah
ScoFllie. Also the following;
THE defense is in line with the
statement already given out. The
prisoner acknowledges taking the
watch, but from motives quite opposed
to those Of thievery. Unfortunately
he can produce no witnesses to sub
stantiate his declaration that ne had
heard voices in the direction Of the
bridge while he was wandering the
woods in search of his lost child. No
evidence of any other presence there
is promised or likely to be produced.
1t was thought that when his wife was
called to the stand she might have
something to say helpful to his case.
She had been the one to ultimately
lind and lead home the child, and,
silent as she had been up to this time,
it has been thought possible that she
might swear to having heard these
voices also.
But her testimony was very disap-
pointing. She had seen nobody but
the child, whom she had found playing
with stones in the old ruin. Though
by 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 examina-
ton could anything more be elected
from her than what has been men.
toned above, Nevertheless, we feel
obliged to state that, irreproachable
as her conduct was on the stand, the
impression she made was, on the
whole, whether Intentionally or unin-
tentionally unfayorable to her hus-
band.