American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-03-28
CHAPTER XIII.
The 2nIt Falls.
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Three times that winter | had seen
Benjamin Grimshaw followed by the
Silent Woman clothed In rags anu
pointing with her finger.
The trial of Amos came on. He had
had "biood on his feet" as they used
to say, all the way from Lickityspht
to Lewis county In his flight, having
attacked and slightly wounded TWO
men with a bowie knife who had tried
TO detain him at Rainy Lake. lie had
also shot Mt an officer In the vicinity
of Lowville, where his arrest was Ell
focted. He had been Identified by all
these men. and so his character as q
desperate man had been established.
This in connection with the scar on his
face and the tracks, which the boots
Of Amos fitted, and the broken gun
stock convinced the jury Of his guilt,
/ remember well the look of the
venerable Judge Cady as he pro-
~rounced the sentence of death upon
Amos Grimshaw. A ray of sunlight
slanting through n window In the late.
afternoon fell upon his gracious u
~teLnnce, shining also, with the softer
light of his spirit. Slowly, solemnly'
kindly, he spoke the words of doom.
It was his way of saying them h a
first made me feel the dignity and
majesty of the law. The kind and ia
therly tone of his voice put me In
mind of that supremest court when
Is above all question and which was
swiftly to enter Judgment In this mat
ter and In others related to 1t.
Slowly the crowd moved out of the
courtroom. Benjamin Grimshaw rose
md calmly whispered to his lawyer
He had not spoken to his son OF
seemed to notice him since the tria
! had begun, nor did he now. Many haC
shed tears that day, but not he. Mr.
I Grlmshaw never showed but one I'M
tion-thnt of anger. He was ungr!
now. His face was hard and stern. Ill
muttered as he walked out of tn
courtroom. his cane briskly beating tn
floor.
, The Silent Woman-as ragged a
j ever-wns waiting on the steps. GU
4 went her bony finger as he came dowr
A He turned and struck at her with hi
n cane and shouted In n shrill voice tina
RING out like n trumpet In his frenzy
"Go way from me. Take her ava.
\ somebody. | can't stnn' 1t. She's kim
q me. Take her away. Take her ava,
: Take her away"
His face turned purple and the
L. white. lie reeled and fell headlonI
no like a tree severed from Its roots. m
Inv still on the hard, stone pavemen
II seemed as II now were falling
IN. his FACET grew SO white. The Silel
Tic Woman stood as still as he, pointir
rk IA him with her finger, her look u
RS. changed. People came running towal
OF us. l lifted the head of Mr.. Grimsha
and laid 1t on my knee. IL felt like Il
10 head of the stranger In Rattleroa
old Kate bent over and looked at q
'as eyellds of the man which flutter,
$. family and were still.
aid "Deadl" she muttered.
Then, as II her work were finishs
ner she turned and made her way throuI
the crowd and walked slowly doN
the street. Men stood aside 20 let h
the mass, as II they felt the power of b
spirit and feared the touch of her &
aid ments.
les. Two or three men had Il to {
BOX house of the nearest doctor. The cro'
thlckened. As | sat looking down
the dead face In my lap, a lawyer W
ood had come out OF the courtroom press
Igh. near me and bent over and looked
at. the set eyes OF Benjamin Grimsh
and said:
l in "she fioored him at last. I knew |