Prisoner again asked to have men sent for his witnesses.
Jack Edwards—I am willing to wait till morning for the continuance of the trial, but the guard must be increased; I hear mutterings in the crowd about a rescue.
A voice—It can’t be done.
Prisoner—I want a fair and just trial.
Preparations were now made for a strong guard, forming a ring round the prisoner.
Objections were raised, at this juncture, to whispering being carried on between the culprit and his friends.
A report came in that the Irish brickmaker could not be found at his shanty.
A motion to guard the prisoner till morning, to give him time to procure witnesses, was lost; but being afterwards reconsidered, it was finally carried.
Judge N. J. Bond then got up, and in a short and able speech to the jury, advised them to hear more testimony before convicting the prisoner. He also proposed the hour of 8 A. M., next day, for the meeting of the jury, and the hour of 9 A. M., for bringing in their verdict. The latter proposition was agreed to, and the prisoner taken in charge by the guard.
The dense crowd slowly dispersed talking in a less blood-thirsty strain than they had done three or four hours before.