The Wrong Man — page 74: what you’re looking at

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this characterless adventurer who makes his here, le . Comicbooks co ‘a ~ s* ead rr. >. = <- _ ee ' - a era oh * ¢ a a m6 THE WRONG MAK. benevolence, tnbounded generosity, unparalleled piety, extron- nery perseverance, and indomitable determination of its founder, Mr. Edward Overton. This was his object in making his ex- tensive journeys through the trackless forest, at the most in- clement season of the year. Having done this ’ere kind of toil fora good many years, he had amassed quite a considerable sum, and I have good reason to believe he designed commenc- ing the construction of this stupendous edifice this very day— t — day, gentlemen, on which instead he days a cold, cold corpse down in the unfathomable mysteries of that dread re- treat which we call the grave. " *“ When — contemplate this crime, your feelings, gentle- men, must be harrered up the same as my feelings is harrered up. I will not atternpt to enumerate the many virtues of this noble-hearted hunter, ’Twere a vain task. I will notask you, ntlemen, to consider the numerous acts of kindness which e was always perpetrating with a high and open hand, nor his undeviating, eternal, immutable and unchangeable benevo- lence, generosity and piety, nor the trials and sufferings which he underwent and endured in making his extensive j : through the trackless forest at the most inclement season of . year; nor the self-sacrificing devotion with which hetoiledin order to accomplish the dream of his life—that of buildinga __ church edifice which, through all coming ages, should stand as a living monument of the love, benevolence, unbounded e rosity, unparalleled piety, extronnery perseverance, and ikaiele table determination of the founder, Mr. Edward Overton. I will not ask you, I say, to consider these, gentlemen. "Twere a vain task. ould be an insult to suppose that such intelli- gent, educated and accomplished citizens as yourself had failed to take in all the points of the evidence which have been given in this morning. “T shrink aghast horror-struck from the contemplationofthe inhuman murderer, who,in the dead of night, with uplified — arm and iridiscent dagger, stole up to his victim and let out his - ; life-current upon the ee turf. I do not ask * Who is Fe he? where did he come ? how many crimes like these lias he committed? why did he come here? I don’t ask you, — gentlemen, ‘Why did he come here? Peradventure, he can ; answer that question himself;better than any of the constituents’ which surround him. I do not refer, gentlemen, to the suspi- _~ cious circumstances—and I use a mild term, gentlemen, when I say suspicious cireumstances—I do not refer, gentlemen, to the Suspicious circumstances which has brought this ’ere prisoner here. "Twere a vain task. I only ask you to consider the mer its of the case. Think only for a moment of the character of