THE DIVORCE LAWYER.

Southland Times, Issue 2676, 6 February 1877, Page 4

THE DIVORCE LAWYER.

_r^e«eb»g"«ccount-iB-gi¥€n-%-the-lately occurred in jCptwfc at Trenton, New Jersey, wfi-n M,™ House, who, it^WS^Bgedj killed her^usbanxlj-the-famous ' DivSrce laMye*,? iby shooting him with a pistol was found ' not guilty? 'i trf -U iiwatge of : murder by a sympathising jury. The American papers' ! Btate that when, after five hburs 'and a half 'a deliberation, it was announced that the jury had agreed on their verdict, Irene (Mrs House) and her father came into court, and sat down opposite the reporters, at every one of whom she looked with ■low" deliberation. The old Chief Justice took his Beat behind the bench , and ' again the lovely azure eyes Of the prisoner were elevated to his in a sympathising way.' Then the jury trooped , inland ' her eyes scanned every man of them, hardly missing a line or a furrow in their twelve faces ' The father trembled a little, but Mrs House showed no signs of apprehension. * She knew by some mysterious means only known to that wondrous piece oi mechanism, her female heart, that she j waß acquitted,' «nd when the Clerk of the Court, in anßwer to her enquiry as to what the chances were, replied that they were ' favorable,' she said in a dulcet whisper, ' I knew it. Q-od told me so.' When the verdict of 'not guilty ' was announced, the applause in court was deafening, every person present simultaneously stamping the floor with his feet. Mrs House and her father at once advanced to the jurymen and shook hands with each of them, with the exception of one, who seemed to avoid the touch of the lady's hand with unaccountable timidity. Mrs House warmly thanked them for their verdict. ' Sue smiled, her father smiled, the jurymen bowed and smiled, and joy and happiness took possession of -all. The victorious Irene then took her father's arm, and -started for their home to receive the congratulations of relatives and friends.' Their progress was a continued triumph. Such a scene, it is stated, has rarely been witnessed, and can only be accounted for by the fact that ' seldom has a more beautiful or innocentlooking woman been charged with murder' than the lair Irene, who i« said to have already received an offer of marriage from her late husband's brother.