Year: 1870

force, and the prisoner saw that it was
next to useless to attempt a defense:
To all questions he replied in a
simple and truthful manner, stating
that his name was Alfred Martin, his
age twenty-five that he was by pro-
fession a surgeon, unmarried, possess
ed of some means that h love of
geology had led him thither and that
those who had accused him of lettering
in out-ofthe-way places, could have
seeIssthat he was innocently studying
the formation of the earth, if they had
given proper attention to the matter.
As to his being the murderer of the
girl, he denied it in the most emphatic
manner, and explained how he came
to be bending over the body, with the
bloody knife IN his hands.


"You will deny next" meered the
attorney, "that you threatened to kill
all your enemies in the same man
ner."


f'I believe / did use some thought
less words to the effect that I could,
with such a weapon, kill all my ene-
mics and make myself rich, but none
such as you would put them into my
mouth. p


ct heard him distinctly" volunteer
ed strong, rough.looking man, who
was said to have been among the first.
if not the first, to discover the MUIR
der, who had gnided others there, and
had been the most willing and strenu-
ous in his testimony against him.


Martin turned his gaze upon, and
noticed him more closely than he had
done before; caught his eye. and
thought he shrank back. It might
have been mere fancy, but he became
more and more convinced that the
fellow had some object in getting him
convicted, and tried to remember II
he had ever been associated with, or
ever met him before, and given him
any cause of enmity. IF such was
the case, it had entirely slipped from
memory, and his own position gave
him little time for thought, as he was
asked to account fol the money that
was taken from him being the same in
amount and of the character as that
of the murdered girls.


cit is a case that might happen a
thousand times" was the reply; "but
per, it me to ask if she is indeed
dead ?"


"You will soon see," growled the
stiff.necked justice, ,-"see more than
you want to-


eff dead I have no wish to look
upon her again. The horrible sight 1
have had is fully sufficient, and have
seen enough of death not to be curl
Gus in such matters"


"No doubt oft, murder and rob-
berry are your trade"


The old uncle of the murdered girl
stepped to the side of fhe justice, and
they had a short whispered conversa-
ton, but evidently an important one.
The purport of it was soon made
| known.


4


"Alfred Martini" continued the
officer of the law, '.as you choose to
call yourself, though no one here is
fool enough to believe that to be your
correct name, you deny all participa-
tion in the toul deed that has been
i done?


81 do"


"And you are willing to prove it by
any means in your power"


ssI am"


"Oficers guard him safely, and
remove him to the next room. We
will soon see his guilt clearly proved"
Without the most remote idea of
what was going 10 take place, the
prisoper permitted himself to be led
into another apartment, and saw to
his surprise and horror, the corpse of
the girl stretched out upon the table,
still as bloody and as ghastly as when
he first discovered her in the gloomy
ravine. 1t was a sight that would ut
any time cause him to shudder; now
it almost unnamed him for an instant,
especially as TIM dress had been cut
away so as to expose wound In the
fair white flesh. His natural emotion
was at once to ken as evidence OF his
guilt, and he heard whispered com
ments to that effect. The 81 told you
SO !" of the man who had before
volunteered his testimony, particular
ly attracted his attention and, from
that instant, he watched him as close
Iy as possible without being detected,
and calling up all his courage, he
turned to the pompous justice, and
demanded what was intended by such
an unusual proceeding.


SIT is the death test !" was the sol
emn response,


"You will have to explain more
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