030 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document

xxvi PREFACE TO VOLUME TEN

most of those who returned his ecrutiay he was an entire stranger, for
until the present term of the court he had never set foot in Richmond,
and doubtless many of the apectators were prepared to find him a
flond in human shape. But though his expression was somewhat
forbidding, his large, atrong, clean-shaven face was not uncomely,
and his giant frame suggested atrength rather than brutality, Never-
theless his amall, snappy, ebifty eyea had s dangerous glint and there
were ominous lines about the corners of his mouth, betraying pos-
sibilitiea of an ugly droop and other indications of a quarrelsgome
digposition were pot wanting. The whole aspect of the man, how-
ever, anggested energy and determination rather than intallectual
power, and contrasted with the group of lawyers who faced him, he
sppeared at a disadvantage. But the moment the proceedings
opened thia impression faded and as he Jeaned over the desk and
Ustened to Mr. Hay'‘s long and not too ingenious plea for an ad-
Journment, hls gaze was so uncomfortably intelligent that the
speaker, obviously embarrassed, made poor work of his argument.

The trial of Judge Samuel Chase before the Senate
of the United States—the first impeachment ease re-
ported in this series—for his unfair and partisan rul-
ings and conduet, in the Callender and other trials, will
be found in Vol. XI American State Trials.