The Trial in Mobile, Ala. 144 The Records of the Trial from the City Court of Mobile 149 Comments on the Records 151 Shoemake and B. Taylor in Court 153 McLamore fell a victim to the vengeance of the Clan 156 G. Y. Overall, proves an alibi 157 The Court and the Jury 158 Tampering with the Jury 159 Sympathy of the Jury 160 Failure of Petition 161 Miss Bowen’s Letter 163 Dr. Bevell’s Letter to Miss Bowen 165 Miss Bowen’s Reply 167 An Extract from the speech of the Defendant before the Committee 169 A Letter from Gonzales, Texas, to Defendant 170 A Letter taken from the “True Democrat” 173 Character of the Prosecution 175 Concluding Sketch of the Trial 188 Another design of assassination 193 Shoemake again 194 The murder of Sheriff Smith, of Alabama 196 James McArthur, or “Calico Dick” 197 Reflections on the history of “Calico Dick” 203 The horrid murder of W. C. Stanley, at Escatawpa, Ala. 205 Necessary comments on unpunished crime 211 TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.