Pittston Gazette

              • VOL. XLV'l. NO. «« I Oldest Newspaper in the Wvuming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZEllNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 22, A Weekly Local and Family Journal. esteem there? I'm yet si strong man, as you see, with some good serviceable years of life Ixsforo me. D'ye think they'd take me in exchange for my Moll, who is but a bit of a girl?" *11 UlVlilZ**! fUUUlilWJ 0 -JVC lit*a absence, which should account for a pack of thieves nowadays being so very unlike what a pack of thieves was in her young days. "A Set of Rogues" ben Anmeci in answer to nis letter. until ) cum purcnase nor liberty ior- GUILTY! absolutely insonsisti-nt with the deft nd ant's innocence, and lncapaole of explanation upon afly other reasonable hypjthesls than tha1; of his guilt. entirely on the fact that Mary Helferan .went to the Windish house to buy onions after dinner. Then the deiensi tried to make oat that the detectives had set op the witness. On what hairs they split. They tell yon It's circumstantial tvidenoe, and that its weak and unreliable. What a blessed thing it wonld be for the prisoner if it were regarded as finch. It's the strongest kind of evidence, and Mr. Lenahan, as District Attorney, has contended strongly ia the past that It is. Here the District Attorney detailed the circumstances of the case, and showed how the circuinstanoes fitted Into one another. There are circumstances which should hang a man; these are the circumstances, and there is the man! The evidence was then reviewed in detail, under six heads: First the circumstance on Thnreday; second, the finding of the body; third, the departure of the prieoaer from his home; fourth, that Mrs. Windish was not seen from Thursday until Sunday; fifth, the medical teatiaftony; sixth, the threats, tights, quarrels and bad feeling between husband and Wi£e. Thereby was established, said the District Attorney, first, that Wlndisb hated that woman. Have you any doubts about that i We oalled enough witnesses to prove that, and, if we hadn't called a witness, the testimony of Windish himself wonld prove it. The boy George saw them quarrelling hundreds of times. Carlchner testified to the mallet Incident, and Lonisa Carlchner corroborates her husband. Then Windish said, " There's something in her head, and I'll knock it ont yet." David Davis testified, "He said he'd murder her." The prisoner was scored for bringing up his son George in ignorance. What abont Mr. Drary's testimony? Do yon believe what he told yon? Was he fixed by the detectives! Drnry testifies that Windish said, "Damn her; I'll fix her." Windish denies he said so. Who are you going to believe! Windish said, "I loved my wife " Oh, he loved her! He hit her on the head with a mallet, and made threats and used vile names toward her. They say she was the aggressor, ami that ehe drove him from thehonse with a broom stick. Why did she do It ! There is a time when a woman has her Innings. Unfortunately, she did nothave a shot gun Shall he be acquitted because she drove him from the house with a broomstick ? Mrs. Windish is not on trial for assault and battery. Qeorge Windish is on trial for murder. Is there la the State, a creature who had the mind and motive and heart to do this crime'other than Qeorge Windish ? It Is suggested that Hentzleman might have done It. What desperation 1 They say there was no blood on the mattress. Let them fiist explain the blood on the clothes before they start on the mattress. Attorney Fuller here graphically described affairs at the WindlBh house dar'ng the three days previous to the discovery of the body, the children anx ously waiting for their mother, and the father in Flttsbnrg, 300 miles away. Windish was home on Thursday until two o'clock. The defendant says so and the witness ssys so. Mary Hefferan tells you she came to the house at about one o'clock. Windish partially opened the door, and the heard the muffled cry o* « woman. What are you going to do with that circumstance ! They say it's absurd that the woman went to buy onions after dinner. Windish admits she was at the house. "But my daughter," says Dawson, aghast, and as well as he could in the Moorish tonguo. "Am I not to have her?" ever.' "Gojcxli" nays tho old man, mark yon kwDjD your promise. Know that 'us an oifcjiHo against tho law to "but "She is beautiful, anrl beauty counts for more than strength and talent there, poor man," says she. CHAPTER XXXVII. "My friend Bays nothing hero," answers the old man, regarding the letter, "nothing that would justify my giving her up to you. Ho says the money shall bo paid upon her being brought safe to Elche." incite a :;lav I "tell yyn this Attorney John T. Lenahan Immediately began his address to the jnry. He call d attention to the importance of the case, the life of a human being being »t etake, and he prayed the jury to give the prisoner all his rights under the law, and to throw aside all prejudice and feeling in their consideration of the case. Here Mr. Lenahan defined the crime of murder in the first degree under the law, and also dis tinguished murder in the first degree from manslaughter. ' This man Is charged with both murder an 1 manslaughter," he said and then began his review of the case, calling attention first to the fact that the Commonwealth's oise rested entirely on circumstantial evidence, and claiming that there were many links missing in the chain of evidence which had been wonnd about the orUoner. Having written his letter, Sirli ben Ahmed proposed that Mrs. Godwin should await tho return of Moll before setting out for England, very graciously offering her the hospitality of his house meanwhile, and this offer sho willingly accepted. And now, there being no roasou for my staying in Elche, Dawson gladly agreed I should accompany him, the more so as I knew more of the Moors' huiguage than he. Going down with us to the water side, Don Sanchez gave us some very good hints for our behavior in Barbary, bidding us, above everything, be very careful not to break any of the laws of that country. "For," says he, "I havo seen three men hanged there for morely casting a Turk into tho sea in a drunken frolic." not as a threat, for I bear you no ill will, bnf as warning to savo you froifl eoiiseqhci.ces which 1 may lDo powerless to avert." By FRANK BARRETT, Author ot "I'll make'em the offer," says ho, "and though they do not agree to give her freedom they may yet suffer mo to see her time and again if I work welL" George Wish lost VThe Great "A Recoiling Vengeance," "Out This did seem to mo a hint at some sinister design of Mohand on,Mohand. a wild ftyspiciou maybe on myfkwt, and yet, I think, justified by evils to come. " 'Tin strsiuge," says she. "Your "Why, your excellency, I and my comrade here will undertako to carry her safely there. What bettor guard should a daughter havo than her father ?'' of the Jaws of Death," Etc., Etc. Mild has told me all your history. Had £ loarned it from other lips I might have set you down for rogues, destituto of heart or conscience; yet, with this evidence before mo, I must needs regard you ana your near uangnter as more noble than many whose deeds are writ in gold. 'Tis a lesson to teach mo faith in the goodness of God, who redeems hi6 fi.Uies with one touch of love. -Dy friend," adds she, [TO i:'l» OOHIINUEI) | Dang. "Are you more powerful than the elements? Can you command the tempest? Havo you sufficient armament to combat all tho enemies that scour tho seas? If iuiy accident befall you, what is this promise of payment? Nothing." COPYKIQHT im. By MacMlLLAS Ct CO, NOTES AND COMMENTS. for all his wisdom. Bo, as you love tne dear girl, you will stay here, Kit, to be her watch and ward, n»'5 '  me you will spare cussion on this h solved." Toncblhg T'moly Topics of and CHAPTER XXXV. "Barbary—Barbary!" gasps Dawson, thunderstruck by this discovery. "My Moll in Barbary?" General Interest. SO SATS THE JURY, "At least you will suffer mo to make this voyage with my child?" Because tbe Republicans of the upper and lower ends of the county did not fooli ishly follow their protests against the unavoldable bunonitig of the nominees on this year's county ticket within a few miles of the court house by slaughteilng the candi dates at the polls, the Wiikesbarre Record argues that the Impracticable and ataurd party rule requiring candidates to register twettv days b»fore the convention is " all right." This is the same argument advanced the other day by the Neus-Deaier —that the vo e at the recent election showed the satisfaction of the Kepnbllcans with u t'cket thus made up, aa to lccation. But of course this matter was not an issue in ihe contest, aad the majorities rolled up for the Bepublltan candidates under suoh die advantages were rather an evidence of ex* optionally good management and the unwavering loyalty to party of some of the most important fit-publican strongholds. It may not be safe to repeat the experiment another year, however, after having oeen warned of the danger in ample time to remove its cause. There will be enough difficulties to deal with In next year's Republican county convention without unnecessarily adding to them. Oa the contraiy, our party leaders should tike early steps to remuve clearly apparent hindrances to harmony and success. "She sailed three days ago," says the don, laying down his pipe and rising. hand on his arm, "I do not purpose to send her to Elche," returned tho old man calmly. " 'Tis a risk I will not undertake. I havo said that when I am paid 3,000 ducats I will give Lala Mollah freedom, and I will keep my word. To send her to Elche is a charge that does not touch my compact. This I will write and tell my friend, Sidi ben Ahmed, and upon his payment and expressed agreement I will render you your daughter. Not before.'' Dawson regards him for a moment or two in a Mod of stupor, and then, his ideas taking definite shape, he cries in a fury of passion and clinching his fists: '' Spanish dog I You shall answer this. And yon," turning in fury upon Sidi, "you—I know your cursed tritfBo— you've sold her to the Turk I" I would say  him, but my judgment and feeling both revolted against his decision. For, thinks I, if one Christian is worth but a groat to the Turk, two must be worth eightpence; therefore we together stand —i opr. I would not have accepted this ransom—no, not for your daughter's tears and entreaties—without good assuiance that I, in my tarn, miRht deliver her." "Be assured I'll touch nothing but water for my drink," says Dawson, taking this warning to his share. After Being Out About Forly "Be careful," continues tho don, "to pay for all you have, and take not so much as an orange from a tree by tho waysido without first hying a fleece or two on the ground. I warn you that they, though upright enough among themselves, crafty and treacherous toward strangers, whom they regard as their natural enemies, and they will tempt you to break tho law either by provoking a quarrel or putting you to some unlawful practice, that they may annul your firman and claim you as convicted outlaws for their slavoa For stealing a pullet I havo seen the flesh beaten off tho soles of an English sailor's feet and he and his companions condemned to slavery for life." Minutes. He began hiB review of the case from the time Windish first left Germany, and char a iter z d Mm as a hard-working, industrious man, Uv'ailing his marriage and his removal to Hamt Dwn. Djmistlc quarrels crept Into his famlDD ,hls wti tad a quarrelsome woman. He once left bC me, came to Wilkeebarre, intending to romain away from his wife. She came after blin. Wis that the action of a woman who was afraid of her husband; It was a common thing for an ignorant man in Windish's position to nse such language as Windish had been shown to have used toward his wife, and there was no malice in it. The fact that he used it so frequently was the best evidence in the world that there was no rralioe in it If this man had intended taking tne life of this woman, wonld he have gone abroad and published his intentions? The jury shonld take into consideration whether the language used by VD indish was that commonly used by men when or whether it was need with deep malicious design. He says he had no such thought in his mind, that he never harbored such intententlons The fast that these tireats go away back, and were made anywhere and everywhere, show that it was not his design to carry them out. Yon see of how little importance they are. It seems that on the day in question, he decided to leave his home, aad left in broad daylight, He took the publio car In Pittstoi and came to Wilkeebarre, and here, on the Pnbllc Square, lu a publio bar room he is found for oDe hC nr. Then he goes to Plymouth In a public car. Does he seek some qnlet place tLere 1 No. He goee on the mo.t pa .die thoroughfare in the town, and goee in and ont of crowded bar rooms. Some man tells him that there Is plenty of work near Pittsburg. He goes to Northumberland and registers under the name of Smith, and he shows you why he did that. He did that in order to conceal himself from his wife. The Attorney soared the young porter who testified that vVlndiih went to the ticket agent In Northumberland, and asked about a tioket for Hagerstown, Maryland, and the detectives were charged with withholding the testimony of the tioket agent who could have told the truth in regard to the matter. At o ney Lanahan then followed up Win dish and told how he had revealed himself to MoGann in Mononga. If the prisoner's testimony in regard to this is aot tinwhy is McGinn not here to contradict him( He was not arrested until twenty-four hours later. He could have escaped If be wanted to, bnt did not. Is that the oondnct of a guilty man, one who had committed mnrder! This is not the way a criminal aots. What next! He is arrested, and for the first time learns of his wife's death. McSweeney tries to pump him, slowly at first and then rapidly. But this man was not guilty, and he had noth'ng to confess, and from that moment to the last one he was on the witness stand, he protests his innooence. It was Impressed on the jury that Windish registered under his proper nama In Mononga and Wheeling. Is not the flight, is not the change of name, is not every move from the time he left Pittston fully exolalned ? The horrible nature of Mrs. Windish's death does not enter into the consideration of this man's guilt or lnnooauce. The quarrels between Wlnish and hie wife were referred to as lnslgnlfioant. They were quarrels of words principally, and as a rule the man got the worst. His life has been a life of hell, tied as he was to a ferocious and powerful woman, who rained down blows upon his head. On but two occasions in all his life Is it shown that Wlndleh raised his hand to hie wife. It was the woman who was always the aggressor. kOn one occasion two neighbors, oomlng to the honee, find Windish's fase oovered with blood, he having been injured by bis wife. Another day ffeVz sees Mrs. Windish clubbing her hnsband with a broom. The attorney referred to the finding of Windish's bloody i clothee as purely circumstantial, and directed attentloa especially to the testimony of Mary Hefferan and to the dispute in regard to the time which she visited the Windish honse, and charged the detaetivee with having so impressed on the witaeea the statement that it was after noon when she visited thehonse. Was it not strange, he argned, that the Hefferan girl shonld have gone for onions juat after dinner. Tne bloody clothes, It is claimed, were fonnd nnder the mattress, yet there D was no blood on the mattress. Were they not pnt there by some other handHere the attorney oalled attention to the fact that Helntzelman was not on good terms with Windish, and knew that he had intended going away. He contended that the clothee were pnt under the mattress after the blood had dried upon them, and that conld not uave been done by Windish, if he was the murderer. In conclusion, he characterized the Commonwealth's evidence as dnbions and nnoeitain. Mr. Lenahan spoke for one hour and forty minutes, with considerable force. I asked the old gentlewoman how this n.ight bo aocoinplishf*l. a better chance of buying Moll's freedom than either singly. And, for my own happiness, I would easier be a slave in Barbary with Jack than free elsewhere and friendless. Nowhere can a man be free from toil and pain of some sort or another, and there is no such solace in the world for one's disoomforts as the company of a true man. But 1 was not regardless ot Moll's welfare when she returned neither. For I argued with myself that Mr. Godwin had but to know of her condition to find means of coming hither for her succor. So the next time I met Don Sanchez I took him aside and told him of my conoern, asking him the speediest manner of sending a letter to England (that X had inciiiotju iu mine t-o the -don having missed him through his leaving Toledo before it arrived). "M3'niece," says she,"dwelling on tho word with a smilo, as if happy in the alliance, "my niece, coming to Barbary of her free will, is not a slavo like those captured in warfare and carried there by force. Sho remains there as a hostage for me and will be free to return when I send tho prico of my ransom. " CLOSING INCIDENTS OF TRIAL "Tell me, senor," says I, "who hath kidnaped poor Moll?" Wo could say nothing for awhile, being so foundered by this reverse, but at length Dawson says in a piteous voice: "Nobody. She went of her free will, knowing full well the risk die ran—the possible end of her noble adventure— against the dissuasions and the prayers of all her friends here. She stood in the doorway there and saw yon across the garden when yon first came to seek her —saw yon, her father, distracted with grief and fear, and she suffered you to go away. Aa you may know, nothing is more sacred to a Moor than the laws at hospitality, and by those laws Sidi waa bound to respect the wishes at one who had claimed his protection, tie oouid not betray her secret, but he and his family did their utmost to persuade her from her purpose. While you were yet in the town they implored her to let them call you back, and she refused. Failing in their entreaties, they dispatched a messenger to me. Alas! when I arrived she was gone. She went with a company of merchants bound for Algiers, and all that her friends here oould do was to provide her with a servant and letters which will insure her safe oonduct to Thadviir." "At least you will suffer me to see my daughter? Think if she were yours and you had lost her, thinking her awhile dead"— At 4:10 p m Saturday, the jury In the Wlrdtsh mur ier case, after belngontabout forty minutes, returned a verdict ot guilty of murder in the first degree. "Is that a great sum?" "Three thousand gold ducats—about £1,000 English." Mohand on Mohand muttered a few words that seemed to fix tho old Moor's wavering resolution. Wlndish himself wa* the firs'; witness place i on the stand for the defense Friday afternoon, TI's testimony Is reported by the Record as follows: "Why, madam," says Dawson, "we have nothing, being now reduced to onr last pieces. And if yon have the goodness to raise this money heaven only knows how long it may be ero yon succeed. 'Tis a fortnight's journey at the least to England, and then yon have to deal with your steward, who will seek only to pnt obstacles in yonr way, so that six weeks may pa.C« ere Moll is redeemed, and what may befall her in the meantime?" "I cannot agree to that," says he. "Ycrar daughter is becoming reconciled to her position. To 6ee yon won Id open her wonnds afresh to the danger of her life maybe. Think," adds he. laying his hand on the letter, "if this business ehonld coine to naught, what could recompense your daughter for the disappointment of those false hopes your meeting would inspire? It cannot be." "I'll lay a dozen fleeces on the ground for every sour orange I may take," says Dawson. "And, as for quarreling, a Turk shall pull my nose before ever a curse shall pass my lips." "I am fify five year* of age. I was born In Germany, and was twenty-two years old when I came to America. I was married in Hazleton, and from there moved to Plttston. I am a shoemaker by trade, but gnye it up to work In the Pennsylvania Coal C i's mines at Plttston. I am the tn .r er of five children, three of whom are Uvlns. My wife was four years younger than myself. I quit work at least a week be'ore I want away. I left on Thnrsday between 12:30 and 1:30. When I left home my wife was in the shanty. I came to Plttston and took the car for Wllkesbarre, and at Wilkeebarre I took a Plymouth car. I met a man in a saloon there, and he said there was lots of work In Pittsburg, and he waa going the next day. He asked me to go to his home in Northumberland first We went on the train leaving Plymouth at seven o'closk. At Northumberland the man said I should go to the hotel and he wcaid go to his home. I went to the hotel, una they did not call me in time to catch the train, so I missed the man. I took the next train." Wlndlsh then described his wanderings and the towns he had visited In Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia nottl he arrived at llononga, West Virginia With these and other exhortations and promises wo parted, and lying aboard that night we set sail by daybreak the next morning, having a very fair galo off the land, and no ships in the world being better than these galleys for made an excellent good passage, so th*t ere we conceived ourselves half over the voyage we sighted Algiers, looking like nothing but a groat chalk quarry for the white houses built up the side of the hill. "There is 110 occasion to write," says he. "For the moment I learned your history from Sidi I sent a letter apprising him of his wife's innocence in this business and the noble reparation sho had made for tlua fanlt of others; also I took the liberty to inclose a sum of money to meet his requirements, and I'll answer for it he is now on his way hither. For 110 man living could be dull to the charms of his wife or bear resentment to her for an act that was prompted by love rather than avarice and with no calculation on her part. " With this ho claps his hands, and a servant entering at a nod from his master lifts tho hangings for us to go. "She is safa Ali Oukadi is a good man. She has naught to fear while she is under his protection. Do not misjudge the Moors. They have many estimable qualities." * • Dawson stammered a few broken words of passionate protest, and then breaking down as he perceived the folly of resisting he dropped his hoad and suffered mo to lead him ont. As I saluted the Moors in going I caught, as I fancied, a gleam of triumphant gladness in the dark eyes of Moliand on Mo- With (he lnll in poiiths, the newspaper writers are ruminating on all sorts of topics nowadays. Onr neighbors of the quill up the Lackawanna—if so be anything in the nature of a stream remains after the the long-oontinned drouht— have the "No Seat, No Fare" question under way. This, of course, is with reference to the street cars. The bright young editor of the Tribune la inclined to regard the subject lightly, believing that as a role, companies • un as many cars aa they find profitable and that there is no sense in raising a hue and cry against a "treet car company because in the morning or in the evening thare is a rush and the cars are so crowded that some ol the passengers must stand. Tbat other yonug editor who grinds ont copy by the yard for the Carbondale Leader, looks through the same glass aa tha Tribune and both are agreed. Now uown bare In Wyoming, the "No 8eat, No Pay" matter attracts not the least bit of attention. Fait is, we're so glad to get a cloeed oar to stand in that yre jump at the chance, gladly pay our nickel (or nickeU) and keen mam. It Is barely possible that onr upfhe river neighbors don't know that we are "et efijoylng the delights of the open oar. It's been snowlLg—jnst a little, and rain ing—cold, wet rain tor days at a time; bnt that doesn't matter. Toe open car still runs dp and down the valley, and the nn iertaker smiles grimly as they bl* door. He has been doing a thr'viDg business, and the Indications are that his purse #111 be still tatter. "Yet, madam," says I, "by you saying there is hope I gather thero must be also danger." "But why has she gone there, sen or?" ■ays I, having heard him in a man at wonderment to the end. Wo landed at the molo, which is a splendid construction some 1,500 feet or thereabouts in length the forts), forming a beautiful terraco walk supported by arches, beneath which large, splendid magazines, all tho most handsome in tho world, I think. Thence our captain led us to the Cassanabah, a huge, heavy, square, brick building, surrounded by high, massive walls and defended by 100 pieces of ordnance, cannons and mortars, all told. Here the dey or bashaw lives with his family, and below are many roomy offices for the discharge of business. Onr captain takes us into a vast waiting hall where over 100 Moors were patiently attending an audience of the dey's minister, and there we also might have lingered tho whole day and gone away at night unsatisfied (as many of these Moors do, day after day, but that counts for nothing with these enduring people), but having a hint from our friend we found occasion to slip a ducat in the hand of a go between officer, who htraightway led us to his master. Our captain having presented us, with all the usual ceremonies, the grandee takes our letter from Sidi ben Ahmed, reads it, and without further ado signs and seals us a trader's pass for 28 days, to end at sunset the day after the festival of Ramadiin. With this paper wo went off in high glee, thinking that 28 hours of safe oonduct would have sufficed us. And so to an eating house, where we treated our friendly captain to the best, and greasing his palm also for his good services parted in mighty good humor on both sides. "There is," answers sho, at which Jack in ds with conviction. "A beautiful young woman is never free from danger. " (Jack assents again.) "There are good and bad men among tho Moors as among other people." ""Cannot you guessr bureiy sne must have given you some hint of her purposes, for 'twas in her mind, as I learn, when she agreed to leave England and oome hither." This cheered me considerably and did somewhat return my faifh in Don Sanchez, who certainly was the most extraordinary gentlemanly rascal that ever lived. hand. Coming back to tho place whore we had hid our bundles, Dawson cast himself on tho ground and gave vent to his passion, declaring he would seo his Moll though ho should tear tho walls down to got at her and other follies, but after a time ho came to his senses again so that he could reason, and then I persuaded him to have patience and forbear from any outburst of violence such as we had been warned against, Showing him that certainly Don Sanchez, hearing of our condition, would send the money speedily, and so we should get Moll by fair means instead of losing her (and ourselves) by foul; that after all 'twas but the delay of a week or so that we had to put up with, and so forth. Then, discussing what we should do next, I offered that we should return to Elche and make our case known rather than trust entirely to Ali Oukadi's promise of writing, for I did suspect some treacherous design on the part of Mohand on Mohand, by which, Mrs. Godwin fuiling of her agieemeut, he might possess himself of Moll, and this falling in with Dawson's wishes wo set ont to return to Algiers forthwith. But getting to Algiers, half dead with the fatigue of trudging all that distance in the full heat of tho day, we learned to onr chagrin that no ship would lie sailing for Elche for a fortnight at least, and all the money we had would not temut anv cantain to Uili)1 IX* ta« .v , ««Uv- ». c. Ci«. down ag:«in beyond everything for mis erable, gloomy apprehensions. "Nothing—we know nothing," falters Dawson. " 'Tis all mystery and darkness. Only we did suppose to find happiness a-wandering about the oountry, dancing and idling, as we did before.""Aye, to be sure, " says Dawson. Day after day Dawson and I went down to the sea, and on the fifth day of our watching (after many false hopes "I say she is safe under the protection of Ali Oukadi, but when tho ransom is paid and she leaves Thadviir she may stand in peril." "Why, that's natural enough," cries Dawson, "be sho among Moors or no Moors; 'tis thou sho will most need a frieud to serve hor, and one that knows the ins and outs of the place and how to deal with those Turks must surely be better than any half dozen fresh liuided and raw to their business." Thon he fell questioning Mrs. Godwin as to how Moll was lodged, the distance of Thadviir from Algiers, the way to get there and divers other particulars, which, together with his eager, cheerful vivacity, showed clearly enough that he was more firmly resolved thiin ever to go into Barbary and be near Moll without delay. And presently leaving mo with Mrs. Godwin ho goSs down to the captain of the galley, who is directing the landing of goods from the playboat, and with such small store of words as ho possessed, aided by plentiful gesture, ho enters into a very lively debate with him, the upshot of which was that the captain tolls him he shall stiirt tho next morning at daybreak, if there bo but a puff of air, and agrees to carry him to Algiers for a couple of pieces (upon which they chip hands), as Dawson, in high glee, informs us on his return. "That dream was never hers," answers the don. "She never thought to find happiness in idling pleasure. 'Tis the joy of martyrdom she's gone to find, seeking redemption in self sacrifice.""Be more explicit, sir, I pray," says L He aald at M ononga he met several men. Some one asked him where he oame from, and he aald Pit ston. Patrick McGinn was there, and said: "Don't you know me?" "I said I do, you are McCann ; I b »ve known yon from a child up. 'I am Qeorge Wlndlsh.' The next night I waa arreeted and taken to the lookup. I did not know what for until some men near the lockup said: 'He killed hla wile.' Five days after Bauer and Loftus came and took me to Cumberland, Aid. We met IfcSweeney on the train. They took me to a hotel In Cumberland and aearohed me, and then th»y brought ma to Wilkeebarre. I told McSweeney abont my movements and showed him where I registered at Northumberland "In a word, then, she has gone to offer herself as a ransom for the real Judith Godwin." We were overwrought for great astonishment. Indeed my chief surprise was that I had not foreseen this event in Moll's desire to return to Elche or hit upon the truth in seeking an explanation of her disappearance. Twas of a pieoe with her natural romantic disposition and her newly awaked sense of poetic Justice, for here at one stroke she makes all human atonement for her fault and ours—earning her husband's forgiveness by this proof, dearest love, and winning back forever an honored place in his remembrance. And I bethought me *f our Lord's saying that greater love is there none than this— that one shall lay down his life for another.They first tried to make out that she was not at thi? house at all, but thuy coula not, and so they try to make out that she was there befoi e dinner. But she is positive she was there after dinner. Whom are we going to believe? The man with a rope around his neck or this respectable woman who came here under subpoena and told a straight story* They tell you Windish went to Kingston ten days before the crim», and that he returned home when his wife found him. I believe that he then had murderous designs in his heart, but his purpose was frustrated He did not try to conceal from Mc lann his identity because he could not. The prisoner himself testifies that he had known McGann from his boyhood Day after day Dawxon and I went down to the sea. and disappointments) wo spied a ship, which we knew to bo of tho Algerino sort by the cross set of its lateen sails— making it to look liko some great bird with spread wings on the water—bearing down upon the shore. » • * The Note and Commert man watched a Scranton friend the other evening as he sxperienried his first trip on our trolley !lnee. lie eaw both sides of the picture, ind now he la probably advertising us In iud about the Electric City. It is pretty veil understood in Scranton that we have 'lii electric system of the State, and visitors from thereabjuc come with high antio tpatioua. Our friend was net disappointed »he»he stepped on one of the finely furulshed, brightly-lighted, oomfortably vanned, double-trucked care on the We-t Side, a»-d was whirled down the valley, co Kingston Corners, there to make a change. It was nioe, oo doubt about It, and he said so. But his joy was short-lived. An open oar ;ame along. It was raining. It was oold dut those little things cut no figure. The splendid impression which th» Traction Company htd mode on our Lackawanna friend, and which was destined to be held up as a sh'n'ng example tor hls%ome city, was shattered in a twinkling, and nothing now rem »ins but oold and dismal remembrances of a summer ride on a winter's night. We hope the friend whoee con ti dence was so abused, is of a forgiving nature and that he will deal kindly with us He should bear In mind that this Is bnt the second season that we have enjoyed the luxury of open cars in winter. Always in the front rank, we challenge the State co produce a like novelty. ''I bad trouble with my wife the Sunday before I left. She hit me with the stove raker. I oaught her by the wrists and held her. The little fellow hit me with a whip and the big fellow hild me. She took the raker and hit me again and broke a tooth. I did not ohoke her. She chased me out several times with a broom. Some times whei I quarrelled I may have said I'd kill her, but did not msan it. I never told Drury when he refused me the money that I would fix her. I left my home a week before but went back after staying at Klngstan over nig t. The next time I went away I took 'he name of Qeor»e Smith, so she could not find me. We had no quarrel the day we left. I don't know what she wae doing." For some time Dawson stood silent, his arms folded upon his breast and his head bent in meditation his lips pressed together and every muscle in his face contracted with pain and laboring thought. Chen, raising his head and fixing his eyes on the don, he says: By this time it was getting pretty late in the day; nevertheless we burned with such impatience to be near our dear Moll that we set forth for Thadviir, which lies upon the seaooast about seven English leagues east of Algiers. But a oool, refreshing air from the sen and the great joy iu our hearts made this journey seem to us the most delightful of our lives. And indeed, after passing through tbb suburbs richly planted with g.irdens, and era-wing the river, on which are many mills, and so coming into the plain of Mettegia, there is such an abundance of sweet odors and lovely fertile views to enchant the senses that a dull man would be inspirited to a happy, cheerful mood. We watched tho approach of this ship with feverish joy and expectation, for though we dared not breathe our hopes one to another we both thought that maybe Moll was there. And this was not impossible. For, supposing Judith was married happily, she would refuse to leave her husband, and her mother, haying lived so long in that country, might not care to leave it now and quit her daughter, so might they refuse their ransom and Moll be sent back to us. And besides this reasoning we had that clinging belief of the unfortunate that some unforeseen accident might turn to our advantage and overthrow our fears. "And now. Kit," says he, "I must go back to Elche to borrow those kuiiio two pieces of Don Sanchez, so I pray you, madam, excuse me." After spending another day in fruit less endeavor to obtain a passage, nothing would satisfy Dawson's painful, restless spirit but we must return td Thadviir, so thither we went once more to linger about the palace of Ali Oukadi, In the poor hope that we might 6ee Moll come out to take the air. Bnt just then tin; train of mules from Elche appears, and with them Sidi ben Ahmed, who, haviug infoimation of Mrs. Godwin coming, brings a litter for her carriage, at the same time begging her to accept his hospitality as the true friend of her niece Moll. So wo all return to Elche together, and none so downcast as I at the Ufeought of losing my friend, and speculating on the mischances that might befall him, for I did now begin to regard him as an ill fated man, whose best intentions brought him nothing but evil and misfortune. At this point court adjourned for dinner. "If I understand aright, my Moll hath gone to give herself up for a slave in the place of her whose name she took." Immed ately upoa the reconvening of court Attorney Fuller continued his speech, occupying another half hour. JutUe Woodward then delivered his charge and at 3:30 p. m. the jury retired. One day as wo were standing in the shade of the garden wall, sick and weary with dejection and disappointment, Dawson of a sudde-i starts me from my lethargy by clutching my arm and raising his linger to bid me listen and be silent. Then, straining my ear, I caught the distant sound of female voices, but I could distinguish not one from another, though by Dawson's joyous, eager look I perceived he recognized Moll's voice among them. They came nearer and nearer, seeking, as I think, tho shade of those palm trees which sheltered us. And presently, quite closo to us, as if but on the other side of tho wall, one struck a lute ana began to sing a Moorish song; whon she had concluded her melancholy air a voice, as if saddened by the melody, sighed: The don assents with a grave inclination of his head, and Dawson continues: NEW BONTA PLANS. "I ask your pardon far that injustice I did you in my passion, but now that I am cool I cannot hold you blameless for what has befallen my poor child, and I call upon you as a man of honor to repair the wrong you've done me." Directors Will Hereafter Manage the Business and Plant. (Scranton Tribune.) Oa oroes examination he waa rigidly queetloued by Mr. Fuller. He did not remember telling MeSweeney that he wished nls wife was In "hell." He denied that he aver choked his wife, as his boys stated. Hi said: "I love my wife dearly." The chisel and clothes, he said were his. He denl d having made any threats as testified to by witnesses. He remembered Miss Heffernan calling for nnloue, but said that was .0 o'olook instead of after dinner, as she had sworn. He lost hia tamper towards the last and standing up said: "None of the people up there tell the truth " The Algerino came nearer and nearer until at length we could make out certain figures moving upon the deck; then Dawson, laying a trembling hand on my sleeve, asked if I did not think 'twas a woman standing in the fore part, but I couldn't truly answer yes, which vexed him. 'Twas close upon 9 o'clock whon wc reached the little town, and not a soul to be seen anywhere nor » light in any window, but that troubled us not at all, having provided ourselves with a good store of victuals before quitting Algiers, for here 'tis as sweet to lie o' nights in tho open air us in the finest palace elsewhere. Late an it was, however, we could not dispose ourselves to sleep before we had gone all round tho town to satisfy our curiosity. At the farther ex tremity we spied a building looking very majestic in the moonlight, with a largo garden about it inclosed with high Hereafter the business of the Bonta Glass company and t Ce control of the plant in YIooslc will be nnder the direct supervision of the company, there was held a meeting of the stockholders in the company's office, corner of Franklin and Lackawanna avenues, and the directors later decided npon the new management policy. Mr. Bonta, the inventor of the glass rolling process and the originator of the company, has heretofore acted aa agent and contractor. The details of the new policy have not been definitely settled, but this will be done at an early date. The offi sers of the Bonta oompjny are: Charles tf Coal, of Pittston president; C. D. Wegeman, vice president; Victor Koch, treasurer, and W. B. Bachannan, secretary. These, with the exception of Mr. Bnchannan, constitute with the following the board of directors: W. I Hlboe, of Pittston; Jjhn B. Lennig and Dr. E. 0. Shakespeare, of Philadelphia; Dr. D. B Hand, Israel Blttenbender aad J. W. Bon .a the don bows very gravely and then asks what we would have him da Being come to Elche, Don Sanchez presented himself to Mrs. Godwin with all the dignity and calm assurance in the world, and though she received him "I ask you," says Dawson, "as we have no means far such an expedition, to send me across the Bea there to my MolL" "I cannot insure your return," says the don, "and I warn you that onoe in Barbary yua may never leave it" But, indeed, when the galley was close enough to drop anchor, being at some distance from the shore because of the shoals, I could not distinguish any woman, and my heart sank, for I know well that if Moll were there she, seeing us, would have given us some signal of waving a haudkorchief or the like. As soon as the anchor was cast a boat was being lowered, and being manned drew in toward us; then truly we perceived a bent figure sitting idle in the stern, but oven Dawson dared not venture to think it might be MolL "I do not want to returq if she ia there. Nay," adds he, "if I piay move them to any mercy, they shall do what they will with this body of mine, so that they suffer my child to be free." "Ah me I Ah mel" Thoro was no mistaking that sweet voice; 'twas Moll's. The don turns to Sidi and tells him what Dawson has offered to do, whereupon the Moor lays his finger across his lips, then his hand on Dawsco's breast and afterward upon his own, with a reverence, to show his respect. And so he find the don fall to discussing the feasibility of this project, as I discovered by picking np a Word here and there, and, this ended, the don turns to Dawson and tells him there is no vessel to convey him at present, wherefore he must pf force wait patiently til} one comes iq from Barbary. Then very softly Dawson begins to whistle her old favorite ditty, "Hearts Will Breiik." Scarce had ho finished tho refrain when Moll within took it up in a faint, trembling voice, but only a bar, to let us know wo were hoard; then she fell a-laugliiug at. ber maids, who wore whispering in alarm, to disguise her purpwo, and so they loft that part, as we know by their voices dying away in the distance. walls, and deciding, that this must be tho residence of Ali Oukadi, who, we had learned, was the most important merchant of these parts, wo lay us down against the wall and fell asleep, thinking of our dear Moll, who jierchauce, all unconscious, was lying within. Louis Sweltz was called and the defense proposed to show that Mrs. Wlndlsh was the aggressor In the qn irrels and aftar a heated argument the testimony was admitted. Sweltz then said he saw Mrs. Wlndlsh chase Wlndlsh out of theyard and down the street one diy She had a broom and was hitting him in the face. * « * m "She is safe." After every eleotlon of a C Droner arises a lively discussion of the need of the office, and it is the strangest thing that while the discussion is always one sided, nearly everybody agreeing that the office doesn't accomplish results in the slightest degree commensurate with»h« expense in volved, that the years roll by with no definite action taken looking to the abolishment of the office. Oar sprightly Scran ton contemporary, the Times, sets the ball rolling this year, In a paragraph whioh reviews the history of the office. "Theoffije of ooroner comes to ns from the ages of antiquity," says Editor Lynett. "in the olden days the 'crowner' was a man of some prestige and auchorlty. Bat gradually he has been shorn of his power. No indictment caa be founded on the verdict found by his jary and the inquisition might just as well be held by alocal magistrate contiguous to the place of death. Th i only relic of the former glory of the coroner is the prerogative of serving writ* issued by the county court in oases "against the sheriff." To give the much-abused office ali its due, the Ivmts should have added the very important tact that in the event of the death of the Sheriff, th? Coroner snoctedd him. Of course that is neither here nor there in considering the merits of the office, bet it is a peculiar relic of old tijie law-making tha adds interest to the Coroner. Alderman and justices could probably hold inqnetts with just as satisfactory results as the Corone—in fact, freqinntly do—but something besides ta'king must be done if we are in earnest about wanting to get rid of the offiae. Editor Lynott also omits to tell us what would be done with the office seekng doctors if this offi ia weie abolished. with very cold, distant demeanor, ns being tho deepest rascal of ns all and the one most to blame, yet it raffled him never a bit, but lie carried himself as if ho h;wi never benefited himself a penny by Jus roguery and at her oxiDense. The boat running on a shallow, a couple of Moots stepped into the water, and lifting the figure in their arms carried it ashore to where we stood. And now we perceived 'twas a woman muffled up in the Moorish fashion, a little, wizened old creature, who, casting back her head clothes, showed us a wrinkled face, very pale and worn with care and age. Regarding us, she says in plain English: Rising at daybreak, for Dawson was mightily uneasy unless wo might bo breaking tho law by sleeping out of doors (but there is no cruel law of this sort iu Barbary), wo washed ourselves very properly at a neiglilDoring stream, mado a meal of dry bread and dates, then, laying our bundles in a secret place whence we might oonveniontly fetch them, if Ali Oukadi insisted on ontertaining ns a day or two, we went into tho town, and finding upon inquiry that this was indeed his palace, :■« we had surmised, betnooght ns \\1uit t?say and how to behavo the most civil possible, and so presented ourselves at his gate, stating our business. Levi Smaltz went to the house two Sandays before Mrs. Wlndlsh was found to collect for the church. Wlndlsh came to the door and his face was at one time bloody. Wlndlsh said I'm not going to pay for that woman's church. I oould teat her to pie es. "She'll come again," wliispers Dawson feverishly. On Dawson asking him for the loan of a conplo of pieces and tolling his project, the don drew a very long, serious face and tried his utmost to dis- BUiwle him from iit, so that at first I suspected him of being loath to part with this petty sum, bnt herein I did him injustice, for, finding Dawson was by no means to bo turned from his purpose, ho handed him his purse, advising him the first thing he did on arriving at Algiers to present himself to the dey and purchase a firman, giving him protection during his stay in Barbary (which he said might be done forsilver ducats). Then after apart with Sidi ho comes to Mrs. Godwin, and says ho: And he was in tho right, for, after wo had stood there tho best part of an hour, wo hear Moll again gently humming "Hearts Will Break," but so low, for fear of being heard by others, that only we who strained so hard to catch a sound could 1** aware of it. "Pat," says he, !,wp expect one in & few days, and be assured that J on? wish shall be gratified if it is possible." FATAL CROSSING ACCIDENT. A Polander and Hls Horse Killed at We went down, Dawson and I, to the sea that afternoon, and sitting on the shore at that point where we bad formerly embarked aboard the Algerine galley we scanned the waters for a sail that might be ooming hither, and Dawson with the eagerness of one who looked to escape from slavery rather than one seeking it "Yon are my countrymen. Is one of yon named Dawson?" John Tisohler said Wlndlsh told him he was going away on Maroh 27 and asked witness to look after his taxes. bwtthville Saturday Moruing, A terrible aoMdent occurred on Saturday at Smithville. D. & 0. train No. 8, dne at Plttston at 10 a. m., atrnok a horse and wagon at the Smithville crossing and the driver, who was a Polander, and the horse were killed. The man lived abont five minutes after being picked up. He was driving across the track when the engine came along at a rapid rate and struck him| The unfortunate man's name was Jacob Drlo. He worked in the minee and lived near the FJoreaoe mi'-e. 4 E«ly this morning his wife gave birth to a child. Drlo borrowed a horse aril wagon from Michael Fabian to go to Pitut m for some household articles, and he was on his way hom e when the accident occurred. "My name is Dawson," says Jack. She takes his hand in hors, and holding it in hers lrjoks in his face with great pity, and then at last, as if loath to tell the news she sees he fears to hear, she says: "Moll, my love!" whispers Dawson as sho comes to an end. Court adjournCd at 5:10. THIS M )RNING'3 SESSION. "Dear father!" answers sho as low "Wo are here—Kit and I. Bo comforted, sweet chuck—you shall bo free ero long.'' George Wlndlsh, the prisoner, was again placed on the stand this morning, and simply tald that George and Frank, his sons, were in the house the day that his wife assaulted him with a broom. Presently we were admitted to an outer office, and there received by a very bent, venerable old Moor, who, having greeted us with mneh ceremony, says: As we sat watching that sea he fell a-regretting he had no espeoial gift of nature by which he might more readily purchase Moll's freedom pf her captor#.  "However," says he, "if I can show T CHAPTER XXXVI. ,pm the use of chairs and benches, for silence we led Mrs. Godwin to the lack of which they are now compelled, sefk' wo occuP' and seating our- M we see, to squat on mats and bench- V(i8 we *aid not a word for Home time. 08, { may do pretty well with Turks of For own Pilrfc t|ie realization of our the better sort who can afford Imnries 08S threw my spirits into a strange apaftnd so in time gain my end." thy; twas as if some actual blow had "Yon shall teach me this business, ""tonned my senses. Yet I remember ob- Jack," says I, "for at present I'm more Bervin8 4116 Moors about their business helpless t'"D" you." —dispatching one to Elche for a train "Rit," says ha, laying hold of my mules, charging a second boat with hand, "let ns have po niiwuiiltmitjmHinn merchandise while the first returned, oto. on this matter Yon go not to BarbarJ "I can feel for you," says Mrs. Godwith me." win at length, addressing Dawson, "for "What!" cries I, protesting. "Yon 1 *}*D have 1(Wt an ""'y child." would have the heart to break from me Your daughter Judith, madam: after we have shared good and ill fortune together like two brothers all these She died two years ago. Yours still years?" Jives," says she, again turning to Daw- Mfjod knows we shall part with sore 8001 who Bat with a haggard face, rockhearts p' both and J shall miss in* hin"*llf lik" (,11° nursing a great you sadly enough, with no Christian to pain. "And while there is lifo there's speak to out there. But 'tis not of our- nope, as one says. selves we must think now. Some one ' to be sure, ' says Jack, rousmust be here to be a father to my Moll in8 himself. "This is no more, Kit, when she returns, and I'll trust Don than we bargained for. Tell me, mad fttm her tvt fur**""' thft" I can see him, am, yon who know that country, do - *QU think a carpenter would be held in "I am Anne Godwin." What need of more to let us know that Moll had paid her ransom? "Shall I climb the wall?" asks she. "No, no—for God's sake refrain!" says I, seeing that Jack was half minded to bid her come to him. "You will undo all—havo patience." "I am Ali Oukadi. What would you have of me?" Dettctlve McSweeney was called, but not being present, and there being no other witnesses, the testlmany was closed. "Madam, with your sanction my friend Sidi ben Ahmod will charge Mr. Dawson with a letter to Ali On kadi, promising to pay him the nmn of 3,000 gold ducats upon your niece lieing safely jay uaugnrer jyioia, • answers jaca in an eager, choking voice, offering his lettor. Tho Moor regard*d him keenly, und taking the letter sits down to study it, and while he is at this business a young Moor enters, whoso name, as wo shortly learned, was Mohstnd on Mohaud. He was, I take it, about 25 or 30 years of ago and as handsome a man of his kind as over J saw, with wondrous soft dark eyes, but a cruel mouth and a most high, imperionsltearing, which, together with his rich clothes and jewels, betokened him a man of quality. Hearing who we were, ho ealutod us civilly enough, but there was a flash of enmity in his eyes and a tightening of his lips which liked me not at all. At this moment other voices camo to ns from within, calling Lala Mollah, and presently the quick witch answers them from a distance with a laugh, as if sho had been playing at catch-whoean.Assistant District Attorney Fuller, in opening hie address, said that two crimes had been committed upon Mrs. Windlsh— one upon her person by her husba id on April 4, and one upon her character by Attorney Lenaban today. He spoke of Important points in connect on with the case havjng been entirely ignored by the counsel for the prisoner. The oase was then reviewed in detail, together with its trial in an orderly and legal manner. Tnat's the way, the^do it in Pennsylvania, and its the beet way, though other communities tike different means. The only trouble with our way is that it's a little s'ow, and if ever there is a case in which the result should be harried up it is this. Mr. Faller then reviewed the testimony for the defensa. The first part, in regard to the Illegality of the jary, was brushed aside. Then it seemed a* though the defense would b» "rigor mortm," but this, , too, passed. Next, the defense seemed to reet Attorney Lsnahan presented the following points. 1. In order to j astlfy a verdiot of murder in the 1st degree, the j ary must be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the killing wad wilful, deliberate and premeditated.ni'ijcK il lather wilhui tiie bpaco o thrw weeks." "Senor," answers she, "I thank Sid ben Ahiued very deeply, and you also,' adds she, overcoming her compunctious "for this offer. But uuhappily I C;auno: hope to havo this.sum of money in si short a time." Then Dawson and I, turning about, discovered to our consternation Ali On kadi standing quite close beside us, with folded arms and bent brows. "You are unwise," says he in a calm 2. The Commonwealth javlng shown an nnlawtnl killing, the presumption is that the grade ot homicide is no higher than murder of the seoond degree, and the bnrden recti on the Commonwealth to show beyond a reasonable doabt that it is ma.der of the tint degree; that U, the Commonwealth inn it satisfy the jury of theso fai-ti and clrcamstances which indicate a deliberate intention to kill, cool depravity of heart and a oonscions parpose.Terrible Accident at Unsfurd. tone. A terrible accident occurred at Lansford Tuesday evening. Harry Buss, of Neeijlehoning, wts driving Hairy Cl&rkeon, of Patladelphla, a commercial agent, around Coaldale and Lansford, and was on the way tj the Cjntral Railroad station when the horse became unmanageable and ran Into a freight train on the Lehigh Coal atil Navigation Oo.'s tracks. Both oo cupante were thrown cut of the vehicle. Mr Bu» died at 4 o'olock in the evening. He wa9 a cousin of Councilman Geo. F. Buss, of this place. Mr. Bass and family have gone to Ne*qaehontng. "It? is needless to say, madam," returns lie, with a scrape, "that in nuik ing this proposal I have considered ol this difficulty. My friend has agreed to tako my bond for the payment of tliifsum when it shall bo convenient to you to discharge it." "Nay, master," says Jack piteonsly "I did but speak a word to my child." "If you understand our tongue," adds I, "you will know that we did but bid her have patience and wait." "Possibly," says ha "Nevertheless yoa compel mo henceforth to keep her a close prisoner when I would givo her ull the liberty possible." When the elder man had finished the letter he hands it to the younger, and he haying re;id it in his turn they fall to discussing it in a low tone aud in a dialect of which not one word was intelligible to us. Finally Ali Oukadi, rising from hia cushions, sayagravely, addressing Dawson: Mrs. Godwin accepted this arrange ment with a profound bow, which con coaled tho astonishment it occasioned her. But she drew a long breath, and I perceived she a curings ghine 4 a' all three of us, as If wero marvi ..ng at the change that must have taken "Master," says Jack, imploring, "I do pray you not to punish her for my fault. Let her still have the freedom of your garden, and I promise you we will go away this day and return no more If there ever was a real cure for chronic Coughs, Colds, Bronchlcal troubles and La Grippe it is Pan Tint. Don't fall ta get th» rfenulnp; avoid substitutes, ''osts only 25 cent-). Pan-Tina is sold at J. H. Houck'n and Htroh's drug stores. 3. Ia order to warrant the inference of legal guilt, from circumstantial evidence, the existence of lncalpatory facts ncutt be "X will writo without (teta? to ipidi