dle point at each end. It cost a great deal of
time and trouble to locate him; once nabbed, he turned Queen's
evidence.

"Mr. W. W. Smith was the first witness. His testimony consisted
in a description of the assault as our readers are already
familiar with it. He narrated how he had warned the hotel keepers
against breaking the Scott Act, on pain of prosecution, and how,
by interposing on their behalf, he had saved many of them from
prison. He concluded his evidence with a description of Kelly's
attempt to murder him. Every eye in the court room was fixed upon
Walter Kelly, the man who committed the murderous assault, as he
entered the witness box. It was generally known that he had
turned Queen's evidence, and would tell a thrilling story. He
took the situation very coolly, and after explaining that he had
been a bartender in Marlboro, Mass., gave the following
testimony:

"'Some time before the end of June last, I was shown a letter by
a man named Flynn, which requested him to come or send a man to
do a job, and it was stated that there was good money in it. The
letter was written by a man named Howarth, who resides at
Abercorn, P. Q., in the county of Brome. Neither Flynn nor myself
paid much attention to this letter, as we did not understand the
meaning of it. About the end of June, the same man showed me a
second letter, which he had received from Howarth, also
requesting him to send a man on the next morning to do a job
connected with the liquor business, and he asked me to go, as
there was good money in it--about two hundred dollars--and I
agreed to go over. He then instructed me to go to a man named
Willard, whom Howarth had instructed to give me the money to pay
my way, or give me a ticket. I went to Willard, and told him that
I was going to Canada to do a job for some parties there; that
Howarth had sent for me to call on him for the money to buy the
ticket to go there, and that he would repay him. Willard gave me
ten dollars, and I bought my ticket, and came on to Abercorn. I
started towards the hotel there, when Howarth drove up,
recognized me, and asked me to get into his wagon. He drove me to
Jenne's hotel, and there introduced me to Mr. Jenne as a Mr.
Stewart. While at the hotel, Howarth told me he had sent for me