Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-13
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TT NEEDS no skill to wound the de
j fenseless., and for the next few
minutes Taubman seemed to glory II
ne exercise Of his power.
"Prisoner at the bar" he said
"you have confessed to the crime o.
t,eaking prison to effect the escap,
from custody OF a young woman yor
lad first debauched and then aban.
dohed.
.'Ha!"
iit has been said on your behalf
fetrangely enough by the, public ser
amt whose duty It was to arraign you J
that your confession was voluntary
Nothing Of the kind. It was made when
the hand Of the law was upon YOU,
when the warrant for the arrest OF an
innocent man was about to be issued,
and you were face to face with the
certainty Of exposure c. and punish.
sent ''.rt' ~
"Ha!' Nsh& t'
has UISO UCVu oulu Vuul COT >
fosslon of your private sin Ashows the
your conscience would have been better
employed when you sat I'M judgment on
your own victim--a deliberate offense
that is probably without precedent In
the historr of criminal Jurisprudence.
FINALLY It has been argued that
your high position and family connec-
tions ought to mitigate your punish.
ment. On the contrary. they ought
70 increase It, as showing your dis
regard of your responsibilities, and
especially your ingratitude to the head
| Of the judiciary, his Excellency" there
. Taubman bowed to the Governor),
whose favors you have so Ill requited."
"Ah."
"Your crime is clear. 1t IL without
particle of justifcation. You have
disgraced your name, your profession
and your island. Therefore the Court
kcaA only mark its sense Of the enormity
of your offense by inficting the maxi
mum penalty prescribed by the law
4 two years imprisonment in Castle
Rushen.
Hardly had the last words been
spoken when the spectators broke into
| frenzied shouts Of approval. Neither
the police nor the Judge made any
attempt to repress them. The Cover
nor rose hastily and hurried off the
bench, and Taubman, gathering up his
papers. his spectacles and his two
walking sticks, hobbled after him.
The shouting went on. It surged
about Stowell as he stepped out Of the
dock and passed with slow stride
through the door that led down to the
prison. The deadencd sound of It fol.
lowed him while he descended the stairs,
and when he reached the cell It mingled
With yet wilder shouting from the
streets, where tumultuous crowd had |
been waiting for the verdict. The delight |
Of the mob seemed delirious. Some |
women from the meaner streets by the |
quay were dancing on the pavement.
Meantime in bis robing- room with
the Governor. Taubman was congrat-
ulating himself on his travesty of JUS.
tiee. Taking his wig of his stubbly
gfAy hair. he said a@,a W. - '-~':
II think gave my gentleman his
deserts for his bad treatment Of your
ExcellenSys ! & Eth d 'What?' 'T.,,f = li4.&I
And then. the Governor spoke for the
first time that day.
sama you are not fit to wipe his boots.
dr."
II
Early next morning stoyell was re.
moved TO Castle Rushen.
There was a rumor (probably in
spired. by the police) that he would
travel by the Z o'clock train; there
fore. at half-past 6 the railway sta
tion and its approaches were full Of a
noisy crowd. But at ten minutes to
horses drew m A. tba hocI doou ,ndov
the co,,rt .bonse and StowsIl m.s
hustled into ~ ""u '.'"e' was
"Come ~ vct Il, ante. +" ..,d .ho i
chief constable Iail bis former d.t@e @
ence gomez, and then the van rolled .
away, Stowell being shut up in the !.
windowless compartment within, while
the chief constable and his inspector
Of Police occupied the outer one with
the grill. I
:, Crossing swing. bridge which y
spanned the top of the harbor. thev
climbed the lane to the head until
.hey .hy reached the cliff road. and had .
morning mist. and the open sea IN
front. There had been wind overnight,
snd fiery sun was blazing out Of n
neIce SKY II Ike the red light from the
'pen door OF furnace.
Stowell. in his dark compa rtment.
nad not yet asked himself which way he
was going. The feeling Of exaltation,
OF doing a divinely nopointed duty
trial, wss @ nom uuoSea MN up curing thet
MS past life, the hopelessness Of the
future had left him with the sense Of
oeing already dead man. Two wars
inside the blind walls of the Castle