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Show The Veteran Had Him. (Everybody's Magazine.) "Were you ever in prison " demanded demand-ed the prosecuting attorney insinuatingly. insinuat-ingly. "Yes, sir," admitted the gray-headed witness for the defense. "Aha! I thought so. And what for, may I ask?" "Assault with intent to kill." "And how long were you in prison?" "Until I escaped, sir." The prosecutor turned triumphantly to the gentlemen of the Jury. "So, gentlemen," he said, "we have here, as the chief witness for the de- fense, an ex-convict and fugitive from justice, by his own confession!" He turned again to the witness. "When and where were you in prison, sir?" he sneered. The old man straightened up and spoke in a strong, clear voice: "I was captured, sir, at the battle of Fort Harris, on Sept. 29, 1864, and sent to Libby prison, Richmond. I effected my escape while being transferred to Salisbury, N. C. As to " But that was already more than the prosecutor wanted to know. |
