"Pedro," he said, "was strongly suspected of having murdered Concho, one
of the original locators."
Mr. Gashwiler turned white as a sheet, and then flushed again into an
apoplectic glow. "Do you dare to say," he began as soon as he could
find his tongue and his legs, for in the exercise of his congressional
functions these extreme members supported each other,--"do you mean to
say," he stammered in rising rage, "that you have dared to deceive
an American lawgiver into legislating upon a measure connected with a
capital offense? Do I understand you to say, sir, that murder stands
upon the record--stands upon the record, sir,--of this cause to which,
as a representative of Remus, I have lent my official aid? Do you mean
to say that you have deceived my constituency, whose sacred trust
I hold, in inveigling me to hiding a crime from the Argus eyes of
justice?" And Mr. Gashwiler looked towards the bell-pull as if about
to summon a servant to witness this outrage against the established
judiciary.
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