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Captain
Cassius
Calhoun
!
The
announcement
of
the
name
produces
a
vivid
impression
upon
the
Court
.
It
is
accompanied
by
a
cry
--
sent
up
by
the
spectators
,
with
a
simultaneity
that
proclaims
them
animated
by
a
common
sentiment
.
It
is
not
a
cry
of
surprise
;
but
one
of
far
different
augury
.
It
has
a
double
meaning
,
too
:
at
once
proclaiming
the
innocence
of
the
accused
,
and
the
guilt
of
him
who
has
been
the
most
zealous
amongst
the
accusers
.
Against
the
latter
,
the
testimony
of
Zeb
Stump
has
done
more
than
direct
suspicion
.
It
confirms
that
already
aroused
;
and
which
has
been
growing
stronger
,
as
fact
after
fact
has
been
unfolded
:
until
the
belief
becomes
universal
:
that
Maurice
Gerald
is
not
the
man
who
should
be
on
trial
for
the
murder
of
Henry
Poindexter
.
Equally
is
it
believed
that
Calhoun
is
the
man
.
The
scrap
of
smeared
paper
has
furnished
the
last
link
in
the
chain
of
evidence
;
and
,
though
this
is
but
circumstantial
,
and
the
motive
an
inconceivable
mystery
,
there
is
now
scarce
any
one
who
has
a
doubt
about
the
doer
of
the
deed
.
After
a
short
time
spent
in
examining
the
envelope
--
passed
from
hand
to
hand
among
the
jurymen
--
the
witness
who
has
hinted
at
having
something
more
to
tell
,
is
directed
to
continue
his
narration
.
He
proceeds
to
give
an
account
of
his
suspicions
--
those
that
originally
prompted
him
to
seek
for
"
sign
"
upon
the
prairie
.
He
tells
of
the
shot
fired
by
Calhoun
from
the
copse
;
of
the
chase
that
succeeded
;
and
the
horse
trade
that
came
after
.
Last
of
all
,
he
describes
the
scene
in
the
chapparal
,
where
the
Headless
Horseman
has
been
caught
--
giving
this
latest
episode
in
all
its
details
,
with
his
own
interpretation
of
it
.
This
done
,
he
makes
a
pause
,
and
stands
silent
,
as
if
awaiting
the
Court
to
question
him
.
