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This
is
the
only
change
observable
.
The
judge
is
the
same
,
the
jury
the
same
,
and
the
spectators
as
before
;
though
with
very
different
feelings
in
regard
to
the
criminality
of
the
accused
.
His
guilt
is
no
longer
the
question
that
is
being
considered
.
It
has
been
established
beyond
the
shadow
of
a
doubt
.
The
evidence
is
already
before
them
;
and
though
entirely
circumstantial
--
as
in
most
cases
of
murder
--
the
circumstances
form
a
chain
irresistibly
conclusive
and
complete
.
There
is
but
one
missing
link
--
if
link
it
may
be
called
--
the
motive
.
The
motive
both
for
the
murder
and
the
mutilation
:
for
the
testimony
of
Gerald
has
been
confirmed
by
a
subsequent
examination
of
the
dead
body
.
The
surgeon
of
the
cantonment
has
pronounced
the
two
distinct
,
and
that
Henry
Poindexter
's
death
must
have
ensued
,
almost
instantaneously
after
his
receiving
the
shot
.
Why
should
Cassius
Calhoun
have
killed
his
own
cousin
?
Why
cut
off
his
head
?
No
one
can
answer
these
questions
,
save
the
murderer
himself
.
No
one
expects
him
to
do
so
--
save
to
his
Maker
.
Before
Him
he
must
soon
stand
:
for
a
knowledge
of
the
motive
is
not
deemed
essential
to
his
condemnation
,
and
he
has
been
condemned
.
The
trial
has
come
to
a
close
;
the
verdict
Guilty
has
been
given
;
and
the
judge
,
laying
aside
his
Panama
hat
,
is
about
to
put
on
the
black
cap
--
that
dread
emblem
of
death
--
preparatory
to
pronouncing
the
sentence
.
