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! . '.- i. nd. -la A- HI- IS- I b(J in ku. iik, lad loo hi Ihe & h3 v8 : ,1 - g 1848. . : ' VOL. 2. M 46. S-Wi BY W. B. GULICK From the Louisrilie Jmif hl. To Mary (; " i BY TOM "ilAttU . j. 1 looked upon thee in hy beauty's pride, 1 . Bewitching Mary, A AA dreamed naui?ht fairer dwelt in- all the Bright realm of fairy. wide I saw1 thee. like a vision from above i ; - One little minute But that brief space . had months and years of "And madness in it. love For who could look on such a prize, nor keek ; To be a winner? O. love might make, by gazing on thy cheek, A hearty dinner. 1 Thy dark eyes shone, twin visions of delight, Beneath their lashes. ' Until to me the very air seemed bright I In their bright flashes; AJas ! those eyes were resting on a young 5v j And handsome jeweller, While scarce on me a passing glance was ':'.h What could be crueller ? flung I And yet in dreams the lustre 01 inose eyes ; Shines on me nightly j No gem of earth, ho star ot yonder skies 1 " .E'er shone more brightly. ""'Thy hair Hows round thy brow like clouds at - Round some snow-summit, .eve i And for one look a thousand loversgrieve, t, ' But they can't come it. J'ThouTt gone, but yet memory of thy form I - b deep and lasting That glimpse was like the flash that gilds the ; v Brief,bright3and blasting, storm I I would give worlds to kiss that lovely brow, I Or that young dimple J But I must cease this rhapsody or thon ; Wilt think mc simple. And so farewell ! the world's admiring throng H Will fain caress thee, While my poor heart will pine in love and ' Ah well God bless thee ! song iVrewelH by these my dreams in wood and Will oft be brightened ; glen But thou wilt never dream of me, save when ) By nightmares frightened. Farewell ! herieceforth I heed not care or woe, i . For deep and tender Within the temple of my soul will glow Thy beauty's splendor. And now a last farewell the. last indeed- Bright belle of Shelby ! I I cuunot render thee .thy beauty's meed Where's Mrs. Welby 1 departure ; placing it in a more retired apart-, merit, where it had fortunately attracted no attention., , ; The robbery had, apparently, been com knitted bv more than one person ; and, it was naturally suspected, by persons well acsqaint- d with the house and with the circumstances of its inhabitants. The house itself. which was almost the only respectable one in the neighborhood, was situated in a retired street. The neighboring dwellings were inhabited by the poorer classes, and Hot; a fey of the less reputable members of society. The in ner rosse ol the town, which was navigable. flowed along the end of the" garden through which the theives had, apparently gained ad mittance, being separated from the 'garden only by a thin thorn hedge. It was conjec tured that the thieves had made their way close to the hedge by means of a boat, and from thence had clambered over into the uar- deralong the walk? and flower beds of which loot marks were traceble. Ihe discoverv of the robberv had created. a general sensation, and the house was sur rounded by a crowd of curious idlers, whom it required some effort on the part ofthe police to prevent from intruding Into the nrernises One of them only, a baker, and the inhabitant ofthe house opposite that of the widow,i suc ceeded m making his way in along with the officers of justice, tlis acquaintances: await ed his return with impatience trusting to he able, from his revelations, to gratify Jheif curi osity at second hand. If eo, the y were dis appointed, for, on his exit, he assumed an air of mystety, answered equivocally4 and observ ed that people might suspect many things oF wnicn it migni noi oe saie 10 speaic. y In proportion, however, to his taciturnity was the loquaciousness of a wool spinner, Leendert Van N- the inhabitant of the comer house next to that of the window- He mingled with the croups who 'were dis cussing the. subject ; dropped hints that he had his own notions as to the culprits, and could if necessary, give a clue to their discov ery Wbeen dropped on tBe anywt.. w. u,ul; .romme uversmiiS breaker. On examtna- here I shodld not gt the half the; value for them ; l must keep them by me till 1 crn tn - burnt Daperwhich eemed to have been used nlysell, putting a basket on ihe table, which for lighting a' pipe, was found on the floor, contained a pair ol silver candlesticks and a near the press, which had been broken open, silver conee pot. " One of my debtors owes Neither ' Madame Andrecht nor her maid me upwards of sixty guldens j I have tried in smokeH pthe police officers had no pipei vain to get payment, and have been glad to wheMheVentered the house : so the match accept o! t lese as the only change of making had, in all probabilit ground by the house to have W .'rJnt. R,,rh waa usually Amsterdam, where such things are under- w -" - I . 1 . h I I . . granted by the excisetlonn keepers fori pay-sioou, em wim you " - .. .. - , . j . tu- n Adore mt my ueou ; l ne wnnri-HSai- :eiv ch i into his cellars.5 The unoer Dart of the re taming ultimate payment, he yielded and the ceipveontaining the name of the party to articles remamea m nis nands. whom it'Wos grimed; was burnt, Sut the low- ZJuIf- .-.r.,:- :;5 -- :J tu .;o. rante tJUblici the list of the silver articles con er pan was preserved-, cummiiiug . , j .. , , . ture of the'excise officer, and the date of. the tamed a .coffee-pot and randlcks ; and the permit: it was the 16th Mai ch of the sattie wood-hlerchant, not dodbttn that the articles - i . np,I(Tftd had formed nurt of the ahstrarteH ef- vear. t rom tnese materials u was eav y - u. . ascertain what inkeeper in the town had. on fects, had felt himscir compelled o-make a for unirifaL known the way in which thev had been ob- From an examination ofthe excise register it taittedj and to place them in the handiofthe appeared that on that day Nicholas D officer Of justice. He meant, he said, to con had received and naid the duties on several vey no imputation against the carpenterj but ankers of Geneva. Taken bv itself, this it wouiaDe easy to learn from his owh lips to save him that they might some what 'have compromised the truth by their silence, or meir statements. . The dragoon was removed from his provis ional custody to the prison of the town ; the others Were subjected to a close surveillance that all communication bet weehthem might be prevented. As all of thejrt, however, per sisted in the story exactly as it had been first told, stronger measures were at length resort ed to. On the motion of the burgomaster, as public prosecutor, " that the principal partv ac cused, Nicholas D -, should be deliver ed over to undergo the usual preparatory pro Cess for compelling confession,", namely, the torture, the court, after consideration ofthe State ofthe evidence Unanimously issUed the usual warrant against him to that effect Some pittied him, though no one doutbed his guilt. The general impression in the town was, that the courage of the mn-keeper woura soon give way; and that, in fact, he would probably confess the whole upon the first ap plication of the torture. - The preparations were completethe tor ture was to take place the next day, when the following letter, bearing the post mark of Rot- whb was the debtor from whom the articles terdam, was received by the couft had come. Before I leave the country, and betake The court ordered the basket with the mate m vself where I shall be 'beyond '-'the reach of to be placed, Co vered. upon i the table, and sent 1 the dourt of IVk , of the military .of the nection with t the finding ofthe handkerchief, for the carpenter. He arrived in breathless garrison, I would save the.poor uniortunate And the suspicious history of his nocturnal haste but seemed prepared for what folloWedj persons Who are now prisoners at i . rambles which prodded it ii strengthened m and without waiting for the interrogatories of Beware of punishing the inn-keeper, his wife, a high degree the susnicions against the ex- the judge, he proceeded with his explanation, his father and brother, for a.crime of which dragoon. ' ' :-; - " I icu uy ma ucuiwr, iuc wuuu-mercuaiH, iney are noi gumy. now me siory oi ine flftef a short consuitatinn nrders were is-1 the carpenter, in his turn proceeded to press carpenter is connected W-iih theirs I cannot sueH for his apprehension. Surorise it was bis own dt btors. Among these was the Blue j conjecture.; I have heard of it with the great would have affored but slender evidence that he had been the person who had used the pa ner. for a match, and had drontoed it within Madame Andrecht's room, but, taken in con- Nicholas D , who was in- est surprise. The latter may not himself be thoucrht. would rtrobablv ertrtrt frnm him an Draggoon immediate confessions His wife his father- debted to him in account of sixty guldens for entirety innocent. Let the judge pay atten a man advanced in years and his brother, a work done, on his premises. Nicholas en- tion to this remark. You may spare your- if THE BLUE DRAGOON. shoemaker's apprentice, were aDnrehended at treated for delay, but the carpenter being per- selves the trouble of looking after me. If the rr ' rr I . u .' . . : i u .i u i j t. i : i : r.i ui., v.. : .. j n, : i me same lime. l empiory iu uiuuucu wueiucr ue wuuiu uui i wiiiu ia laiuiauic, uv iiuie vuu icau una iciter A minute Search of the house of the in- take some articles ot old silver plate in pay- 1 shall be on my passage to England. kre ner followed - but nnni rh r,rrn. ment. which, he said, belonged to his father. Joseph CHitiSTUN IvUHleRi erty were at first discovered, and indeed, and had, been left to him as a legacy by an Former Corporal in the Com. of Le Lery." nnthirifT that 7nn1.l I rvlfl lailv in whose familv he had been coach-1 The court .gladly availed themselves of wihu auouiv,ivil caoituv w 1 w. j J I . .. . ... . A mnnrr tho pmwil who were obst-rved larger amount oi money than mnrht. nerhans. man . was ai jasi ngreeu uiai me carpeu- mc uuuui iuui.y.ohuuicu uv m.a iici w uui - A.iuvui - :i v j 1 r s- ii . - . . .- . - . . 1 im . . !. i i in. lUten- tn th Jse eflTnsions was a Jew dealer in i have been expected. At last1 as the search ter should take the plate at a certain value as off the torture. , At nrst sight it did not ap- i i- J j ttu PL., was on the nomt nf heinr'yin n iKAfA .-Min' nartial navment. and it J waS accordingly pear a mere device to obtain delay. A com fore evening the wool-spinner received a found in one of the drawers a memorandum brought to his house th the same evening by pany under Captain Le Lery was io garrison summons to the town-house, and was called book, This was one of the arti rles mention- the dragoon. 1 ne latter advised mm, m me in me iown , iu m u i a. - .vn anahnn i m in ine nsi oi .vi.mnip Annrfiht' uti-.rta i event 01 ma wisuiiiir in uisoosh oi iuc uiaic. u i wiuuiai vi u. upon uv lue uuisuuwsiu i w &L.....r.. ------- ------ rr.- , ----- . , i . ' r . -, i t.j. '4 A: -4 .r,i. .:.:,,;.;nn. i,n KiH nc am . nn insnfirfinn. thre rnn a ba nn Hmibt take u to Amsterdam, as the silversmiths Ol weeKS Deiore nau ueseueu anu uu .ucicu Ul LUC 2UoLllCllUO ll o Jiuu uu. i j J wv. .v . i v . i -r - - --7 . . . . - , . ui iuu w .. . . .i . .r - - .i .. . . i I .l i 14 . : i u-ir ... I tmm Yio mHoro All lntiiiiries after him - - l s A . . had since proved in vain; The court subse auentlv learned from the report of the officer m Command, that he naa oisappearea me evening before the day when, the news qi the ; nnt tn d nose of it here I have mv own roDDerv Decame puonc. ,no uau, vwu xaai iu uuueu. l wv i -- . - j i . . . . v "ki . . . . , r -i r The persons apprehended ' were severally reasons for it." . i; seen by the guard in the t course or me mre- examined. Nicholas D answered every If this statement was correct and there noon oeiore nis oisappearante. oumc tuu- question with the utmost frankness and un- seemed no reason to doubt the fairness of the nection oetween me events appeareu caucu1C- Iru:. 4.1a.m- f .nmnpr'. stnrW of bi rourishin. the nightly against the accused. He was thus lound in But a new aiscovery seemeu ?uuu?.v IUC SUUSlttlltC Ul UlSUUVIwcuic nao iu una r.....v. .. .... ' 1 " . . . .. .1 I J i:.Ut. I .vmc lAnnJnH tha lt, w. . . . . . . ... w r 1 . a r rr.i w t ri i rro. uiiii a i mil ir . i a . i a a ' juoi.in; a w a. u. 1 ia ft. a. a a. u u.w.v... a- a a. . - . . . ettect. upposue me uerman posi'nouse. ai K.iamuitauici . .... - , t - the hfai ol the street m which . the wool- visits vj nis tmenaea Dy means oi me iurats .ho.. vi i uumc. s,.v..w w.v He stammered, hesitated, pretended he knew that this was the one referred "totor several I tWe place would not give him halt the value of nothing- but general grounds of suspicion, pages bore private markings in her own hand-1 tot the articles i ne carpenter asKea mm like his neighbors : but being threatened with writing,and in a stde pocket were found two j wiry ne naa noi carnea mo Amsieruam uim stron'ger measures of compulsion, he at last letters bearipg her address. Beyond this, self - il So I would," he answered, " ifyou had agreed to speak out, protesting, at the. same none of the missing articles could be traced givtm me time, As it is, ive meyoUrprom time, that he could willingly have spared per sons against whom he had no grudge what ever, and would have been silent forever, if he had foreseen the consequences of his indis cretion. ter. It had been laid before the commanding lAn Eztraordinary Story ofCircri&stan ' , r tial Evidence. . lThe following tale, selected from a rare col - 3 i .x..4 r r.0rmpii trmls.was trans- luted for Blackwood's Magaiine, and has been read with the deepest interest on both siJes of the Atlantic In the town of M towards the close of the last century, officer, who at onCe declared the handwriting was CoUnteneited : it was not that ol KUhier in Holland, there .ttiv ( cu .......rllr there wns a little ale house. boat. The handkerchief he admitted to De cum&uuces, IO a inird party OUlalllV M. . aV., " 1- I - . . .. I , " t .1 1" t - i i ii ...no v.a-a io .,r irri n urns nix nrnnenv.1 w npn nnn 7 nprw n iijsi iv i . as ix:iii!'iifii mi;wi auu luc uki 1 11 iicttuiaa jl- 1 v n a mo min..-.. , .... . r-- j. - - - i .. , . : ii t i I , , ii u 4 i ,l i generally known among his acquaintances,! could not say. It had tii&ipeared about. six ning ot his declaration corresponded exactly which was well known, nor had it the least w . i l l. l l m.tvto h..trrt anil h.a i.... rrh r nn mi mm l w 1 1.1 1 liip niiiniiii..n n A t a i na I rotm nianrp rn ii iik rviuriii.c ui srvciai not bv his baptismal or lamny nanus, uu. uv i """u """"-i mu-gu. . , ; T J- -.aniwi yi Wpu.i. . ... - - 3 n-.? . r .u- ri.. n,nAn fnim aknt it When the nncket-book which had latter had "vnrlrH , fiii l-.Tirt lio ina k'it.w crnl- nf his comrades, and a comDanson of the tno annp niti n tn iiir n ur u i at; uvt, ia.. . 1 i . . w . v. j.,, mm , MW i - 7 1 . 1 r i . 1 : v.. kAHQ rpmmpnt neen iounj was iaiu ueiure miu, uc i - i uib oeoi. rie wn ask-pn 11 ne naa namwr nut wuuwuic ic"iun.inu. naving lormeny wrveu iu u. Kl.i, u..V miH.h...,. . C " 7 7 T 7i . 4...w4i.. .ku,.,.; nfRnhU mm r.f rnl Van Warlrcrhnrth which Was POPU- u.. wiuiuuiiuuauaosui...., , . .. If . v.vuuui, uc aiiswereu ne ! nau liui uouowruiy 111 uicuauuniiwiug . rw W V-UI. " a.v,,- iuuiv.i, r i LI" .' U4 . kn4 it tn hie I hAan ,. ' i ? . . - - . I i i Mk . . larlv known bv the name of the Blues. noining oi . , u-u utm . "7 conuiuon to io so. ..j . He was shown Yed this.beyona a ooudi. fc J ' ' . . , ii vniuM nn.'ftif. shooK ms neaa wun a iook me mivtr niate. and va tn , whm K,l Kuon n t nan nnro lie at-1 iwww.a- - - ,- . . , , . . - wa. V . . I l r . 4-.-. r.4 ,nrk-e.iithtv when told where it 1 stated bv the Carnente.r qaai.ued wnband ,ed HaM W- i . ca.e nil,., an.l nWt, ft I J I I V III! I I 1 1 M 1 BAKU w r r . , - - - , m. I s . a - - - "Mine V ssessed The other meittberspU his riOoid-ap- tne piate, ana ln-tnis statement he Presibted putoflfthe punishment of the accused. How, neared eauaiiy uneiuuanaoopu f ... "t.. . " . v8 men t . ' i". . . it..;.. it-v Mil- i Pit lV f lie : lr- i 1 M .1 a- le n eKleijy widow, Madame Andrecht. She inhabited a house of her own, m company with her maid servant, who was neaily ol th tlie-sam e age. Sh e was in prosperous cir VuinsUrices ; but, being in delicale health, !an:J . paralyzed on one side, she had few visit-crs,-aed seldom went abroad except to church, ?cr to visit the poor. H-. r chief recreation con Csistcd iil paying a visit in spring to her son, Vho u-.is sptllcd as a surgeon in a village a fearing a I t f atiiirir h Was invari bv her maid, and, during ihese visits, her own house was ioc.ea up, ivnitvhahitpfl nnd ur;watched. I i On the 30th ofJune, 17 S thd Vidow ; tptnmmrrtn ,1 from one of these ex found her house had 'been broken cp-m in her absence, and that several article With all hrr re we Is and trinkets, had disap Reared;. Information was immediately given to the authorities, and a strict investigation ol th?. circumstances, look' place without delay. I The eld h!v had been three weeks ab Setit, uud the theives. of course, had ample leisure for bvv attempt They had evident ly grtincMl access though a Window in me u" pai of the house communicating with the 2anlfii, one of the. panes of which had been trrtoved and the boJis of the window forced jso a5 to admit of its being pulled up. Tho bohs of the back-door leading into the .ga) lon had also been withdrawn, as if the 4i! rs had withdrawn their plunder in that fikcuon. The other doors and windows v- ere. 'uninjured ; and reveral of the "room appeared to have been unopened. The fur Klr generally, was untouched : but the j pturiien utensj . iror lr. : rc c if . .-vi l V IC It'. L III tU(HUi31Ullft a robbers had intended removing them, but i h.-.-n interrupted or pursued. At the same time it vvas evident they had toue very deliberately about their work. Ue drawer n( ,u 1...4 1 . nA..,.ni k,r Tpng and well constructed locks, had been 'moved' with so much neatness that no part wood-work had been injured. The r-'- lll IT nn l . l . - a 11 1 iu 1.1CUUU15 were leu, MUiiuinu iry thf nrpec Tnd onnlante nnciet. JeWels. artifles of vnlnp nnrl fine lin- f! T6" ?ne. Two strong boxes were rJ 1 .ice. open, from which gold and sil- ' wiiii some articles ot doming, nad il abstracts Tka irtilna nf tVio V,,? l aouuted to about two thousand u guldens. ed even urreMer;; astonisnuieyKM'-.H?.;" 1 ; vu-wuuu in nis ine robbery lone that the pocKei-nooK, wiiiiri'5; 1 uyuo.- w5-, , y "'oc.i, 1 cion upon hi declared themselves" entirely, uoacqUa nted, but to his lather-in-iaw. , ; merely to i i ru." 1 ti.r.4 m tup n ip. wnere 11 1 1 nis nan ni me i.imuiciiii uiuerut v ns ron. 1 ii'ion.i. r, nnillil lliivc iJcrii ivi.ivi ..iv-av.v'r- . I T.." I " x . u r vmuo nuui s: .was. Tho vAunor wife burst but into passion firmed by the otner inmates tn nis family: ale exclamations: she- protested tharit Was but in other respects, their statements were impossible: or il the book, was. reaiiyvjouna caicuiaua. 10 increase iu a",at on the spot, that it was inexplicable to her him, Nicholas, for instance, had stated that no how it came there. The Saturday , before, part of ins debt to Isaac had been paul--ihat (herannrehetision httviriff tik -n phCe on a m tart he ha-rnot been m aconmiion iuuuw wuiiii me oiaer .nice uk-ui'uii (n the contrary, maiiitairied that a few had me a payment 01 aaCv expressly on account d became vastly em barrassed when this contradiction between impression db the judge Who . 1 . . . i. . . ' -1 '' . . .... - . : r . .U U , -rA h o honr. innocence : their Character was nrst time n composure luiauun. & '." t , U-44.n.4.;. a.i 1 a.. .44 A.1ehvwl he mad uuereu. less regiilarly, Madame Andrecia sgaraen. g , , kn rlfsro V. I Vr,u hebd runted oht twenty M- - - . ftm with his respectable top to bottom had chared out tne i?nUnt?, on the contrary, r the necessity of inti and nothing of the kind was then to be found months before he had )on, that Tf he intend, thert : . r u ,-. , . n , twenty guldens m laaj ades he must do so ,The behaviot of the married pau4 and of this claim. Nichola been six.years in that situation, and poi her entire confidence. Unwilling to part with her attendant, and nrobably enteTtaming nn favorable notion of the intended husband, Mm ia me Andrecht had loner thrown impedi metita in the W3V of the match, so that the - - - j . . . a . parties were obliged to meet cliuny at ingui ind bv stealth. Nicholas found nis way m.u the house, at night through the garden o.m.oihK.nrp. the wool-soinber, and ih i.iH.ro to men nivinea 1 uuuiiuuuomv... " . , A. ' 1 .1 f I . 1 mt vtr r 1 IT IClID I 1 1 M ' W I II 11 Sar int, .bl fiarCul of Huria,.) had braheu outlU. pro. from -w spin ue. was ai lir.i cumii , , -,x-kitnrrt hi. ch-anui out the (jmu nt. r.oH trettmir.- into a scrape wun ins 4 uw... vrv"" - . - r r- neiffhbor. he was under matin to the bold dragoon i a. - .fo i.onao no iriu wi 1111 mi 11 a. j from some other quarter man, nw ff-raen.- uc u w.:;. " t and the evidence of the Nicholas obeyed apparently, and desisted ; - 3 " Tnl out tb him For the KiVt tn the 'feilrnrise ot the woo -spinner, ne umuuuy. . -luru.Aaiio.. nt,r.- ......www but, to ine surprise ui . TV r ; ..r..lk ..f:....,-. -rneir Wa. fir ttn hU mfttnAsnre forS0 fn,,H the lovers continued to meet not me me reauu i u.r , . . " " :""V", -1.,1 h hrl uttered x . ft c - m. a ... khvara aaaai 1 1 v mMarw ! n a i ti 4 1 nx i-. i mf zriu i : i . i iijifvi JTOOJ i VllClI UUUOC ao ui -nj ciiivj-- ftj v vftvVE& iv - One evening, hoover, me tnvS ery waieI- gained. The wool spmner wnen . . uS ,M ; b th hv, and them it w,s intended a a pay home alter (laric, saw m -.- o . ti . .j,,., -" nt , u. . but ihn money Hl not lead to .detection. . Why should they have been paid to his creditor He had been oo- nreserved the comparatively worthless article liged to appropriate it tne paymci found in the drawer, instead of burning or de- old gambling debts, of which he could not StTOVinff H r W ily. ttlWVC an, mri,vi. i itiuuiu iu iiiiviuj . . m .-JiAtiwtn be dismvered. ifthev had so Ttis denarture from trttth on the part ot carefully made away with every trace of the the accused, had apparently but slender bear i ' , ing on the question of the robbery ; state s.ll nnnnestionable suspicion rested on ments, which further inquiry tended to con .ua. ia.4ii T i, o thP mujithave been welt firm. The earnenter, anxious to Temove any acouainted with Madame Andrechts house suspicion as to the truth of his own story, pro- A thin was undeniably his position. His duced a sort of account hook kepi nimseii, in ftVft " -ft 5fros oi nh. by Madame Andrecht's garden, uai v,iw" . . 1 one of those small boats, which were general ly used by the dragoons for bringing forage r . i- nnirl be nt onciconiec- tured that this was the means by which, the dragoon was enabled to ccntinue his noctur nufassifrnations. With ihe recollection of this passage in the landlord's history was com bined a circumstance of recent o:cu.rrence, trifling in itself, but which appeared curiously to link in with mode in which the robbery ap peared to have been efiected. ,. Ten days before the discovery of the house breaking, and while the widow was ijtke rountrv? the wool-spinner stated that he foundone morning, a dirty-colored harraKer- r ..: n tbo trrass bank ofthe fosse, and iJ? .fo.t his neighbor's garden. He exaciiv uiilfvo'"-- , 1 . took it up and put it in his pocket without thinking about it at the time. At dinner he happened to?remember it, mentioned the c.r culltance to his wife.showed her tond kerchief, and observed, Jestingly, ' ' tl ame Andrecht were in town and Hannah were still in her service, we shou d say. our old friend, the Blue Dragoon, had teen ma king his rounds, and had dropped h s hand , .. fI. u: ' .;f tnr.k the handkerchief, Kercniei. , .!.. examined it, and exclairnea, A" t Haii- wonder, what is that you wyj 1Ist Ha? nah's husbahd's name Nicholas J pointing out to him at the arne time the im tiais N. D "in the1 corners BoA, however had forgotten smnce rence or tne roDoery ui.""j x ft I a . . "-xAlT 4U ama tr A handkerchief, found on the spot about the which, under ihe date oi.a jui-r, l"5ic time of the robbery :' the half-burnt match following entry ; "The mn ke . per, Nicolas dronnedon the premises: the pocket book D- . has this day; paid me the value ot i . . . . . ill I - ' I i no nnnap. indeed, if Ruhler was really implicated in should he have thus cast suspi- mscll? II ins ooieci nau ueen preserve the innkeeper and his the.-torturei.be wdMld have as sumed some other name. In all probability, therefore, some third party, implicated in the robbery, had availed himself of the accidental disappearance of the corporal, to throw the suspicion ofthe robbery upon him. and to ex culpate the guilty parties, who, if brought to kl- . i 'La 1 a, 1 - 1.. uie iotiure4 rnignt De induced to disclose the names of all their associates. To prevent this was probably the object of the letter ThiS) al least, Was the prevailing opinion. The strongest efforts were now made to discover the true writer of the letter ; and meantime the torture was put off, when two other important witnesses made their appear ance on the stage. Neither had the least connection with the other ; nay the circum stances which they narrated appeared in some a. '-. . . . I- I - ?l - at L. Al 'espects contraaictory, ana wnue mey-iurew light on the subject in one quarter, they only served to darken it m another. '"A1 merchant ih the town, who dealt in dit fe rent wares, and lived in the neighborhood of Madame Andrecht's house-, had been absent on a journey of business during the discovery of the robbery, and the course of the subse quent judicial proceedings. Scarcely had he returned and heard the story or the robbery when he voluntarily presented himself next morning before the authorities, for the pur pose, as he said, of making important revela tions, which might have the effect of averting destruction from the innocent sing the loan of the boat. ; The carpente? in terrupted hirp ; assured him he had only jest ed ; that his real object was only to . amuse himelf in fishing with some of his comrades ; and that he ohly had not stated lhat at first, " as the merchant might be apprehensive that the. operation might dirty his boat. Ihe mer chant at last yielded to the continued requests ot the carpenter, and agreed to lend him the ooat, but upon the express condition that it i . should be returned in the morning. : In this respect the carpenter kept his word ; wnen the nierchant went to his warehouse in' the morning, he saw the carptnter and his ap prentice engaged in fastening the: boat. They ventaway without observing him. It struck him, however, as singular, that they appeared to haVe with them neither!) nets or fishing tackle of any kind; He examined theboat,' and was surprised to find it perfectly . dry,Uvhereas. if used for fishing, it would probably have been found half filled with wa ter, and dirty enough'. In this particular the carpenter had been delected in an untruth. The boat had noi been fastened to its usu al place ; the merchant jumped into it for that purpose, and froih a crevice in the side he saw something protruding ; he took it out ; it vas a coti'ple of silver forks wrapped in pa per Thus the carpenter's first version of the storyasto the purpose for which he wanted the boat was the true one after .all. 1 He had been assisting some bankrupt to carry off his effects. Angry at havingbeen thus de ceived, the merchant put the! forks in his pocket, and set out forthwith on hiway to Isaac's The carpenter, his apprentice, and his housekeeper, were in the workshop. He produced the forks. " These," said he, " are , what you have left in my boat. Did you use these! to eat your fish wi th ?" The three were visibly embarrassed. They cast stolen glances upon one another; no One ventured to speak. The housekeeper first recovered her Composure. She stammer ed out " that he must not think ilLof them ; that her masteYhad only been assisting some people, who were leaving the town quietly, to remove, their furniture and effects." As the transaction was unquestionably not of the, most credible character, this might account lor the visible embarrassment they betrayed j When he demanded, however, the names ot the partiels whose effect they had been remo ving,! no answer was forthcoming. The car penter at last told him he was not at liberty to diclose them thenj but that he should learn them afterwards. All three pressingly en treated him to be silent as to the matter. Ho was so ; but m the meantime made inquiries quietly as to who had left the town, though without success. Shortly after his journey took place, and the transaction had worn out of mind, till recalled to his recollection on his return, when he was made aware ol the whole history of the robbery ; and forthwith came to the conclusion that there lay at the bottom ofthe matter some shameful plot to implicate the innocent, and to shield those whem hebe lieved to be the true criminal, namely. Isaac Van C-- , his apprentice, an 1 the house keeper, me leading witnesses,, in fact, against the unfortUpate dragoon. f 7 The criminal proceedings, in consequence of these disclosures, took a completely differ ent turn. The merchant was' a. witness en tiely jabove suspicion. True, there Was here only the -testimohy-of one" witness, either to the innocence of the dragoon, or to. the guilt nfaViemmenter: but the moral convicuun which his itatement gave rise in the' mind of . the iudjre was so strong that he did not hesi tate to issue an immediate order tor t.ve ar rest ofthe carpenter and his companions, be fore publicity should be given to the mer chant disclosures. No eooner were they ap prehended, than a strict scrutiny was made m carpenter's house. This measure was attended with the most complete success. With the exception of a feW trifles, the whole of the'tffucts ; which had been abstracted from Madame Ard'n cht's were found: in the house. The examination of the prisoner produced a very different re sult from those of Nicholas and his comrades. True, they denied the charges, but they did so with palpable confusion, and their slate ments abounded in the.gr ossest contradictions of each other and even of themselves. They came to recriminations and. mutual accusa tions, and. being threatened withtthe torturer Uhey at last offered to make a full confession. Ihe substance ot their addmission was as t. follows; yan C ". his apprentice, and Isaac r art' 1 ' 1 " .utAii j ha i rence ui iur iwuw.j - WreSC,aped lbe- notice of the thieves. In The wool-spinner told his story simply , - i the trreater nart of the widow's Perty C0t.icto4 n.nrlif in tka fttnAa 1 . . 'IJLIjU vfl Ul I V ft a. a- a. W Atal.aaVaa, e Pblii?aii.-.'r,. r- -u Lr Ja....:..i . a v-,ia iut-wnicn were ucjiuaucu, ihi Sptess above Tnpnfioned but in nn iron eat in h.ff c?lav: ' rnu . u.u nA . , rPinff room. liiis curav sue muiiuiy liiaottd, ihoruy beiore Ati h w;- nni.,nnc antiesred unrej?ira:neu , busu. rion becam. strongly directed against, the t-i Tk 4 ikua imieinns ware cor oiue aLrraeoon, --r" . , nhnrmtmA bv another circumstance which .iT.traTeTed at the same time. , "' t found in his own house these, though not amounting to proof, scarcely seemed to admit of an explanation absolutely consistent with innocence. 1 In this stage ofthe inquiry, a new witness appeared upon the scene. A respectable cit izen, a dealer in wood, voluntarily appeared bdfore the authorities, and stated that his con science would np longer allow him to conceal certain circumstances which appeared to bear upon the question, though, from an unwilling ness to come forward or to appear as an in informer against parties who might be inno cent, he had hitherto suppressed any men t.r.n of .hetn1 Amono1 hii? customers was tbe Well Unow- carDenter. Isaac Van C , who was gener ..11,-ftnciHrs.blv in arrears with his tviv Clilil f V"-" -'"" " J r.l . .... Vaa . mi .'...pajBoi tVi wnni i t.i:na aUi. u i UaAn tz ul. as ne merchant became pressmg and at lat thr-at- and the fact that he had brought the plate - to ened judicial proceedings. This brought the carpenter's was attested by mree creuua a. A fatar rltf(i bffnr fh ! a ntttna.n. j matters w -- j i i3 inibooii. 3 - , j difcoverv of the robhery at Madame An- The general opinion in the town tvasaeci u,ev. . J. . t. !. ii, nUa. rrir.iMeni7th tha drechvs. the carpenter maue ni apsrance oeaiy against nim ' " . nil- t ...... iViirtw iniMo.. m n d I si ver." i ne nouae keener and annrentice'of the carpenter aslo disposed that thev had been present on one occasion when the dragoon had proposed that their master should take the silver m pay ment - J . . . . . , If, on the one hand, the inn-keeper had handed over to the carpenter the.idver plate, it was plaia he was either mo thief or the . rej ceiver ; J,e had done so, the carpenter had not only miiltV of a calumnious accusa tion, bit; spicion of a guilty connection with tb mK' heranie turned against him self. All nr. , itrtotions.however.were against the inn.ke'.ner. He i had admittedly been guilty of a decided falsehood as to the pay r i j rt.-nnld not ffive .he iiiem-ue coulu uui Vl names of any one of those to wnom u g. m- n.ir ji coach he had already heard some particulars of the case, and had foimed his own conject ures ; btlt" since 'his return these conjectures had with him grown into convictions, and he had not closed an eye, from, the apprehension thai his disclosure might come too late.- Had he returned sooner, matters would never have reached this length. At the time when the robbery must have taken place, he had been in the town. The carpenter, Isaac Van O , railed upon him one day, begging the loan of the boat Which he was in the custom of, Using for the trans port of bales and heavy packages to different quarters of the town.' The boat generally lay behind the merchant's house, close to his warehouse, which Was situated on the bank of the town fosse already alluded to. Isaac assured him he would require the boat only for a night or two, and would take care tbat it was returned in the morning in good con dition. To the question why he wanted the boat at night, after sorne j hesitation, Tettln.ed I for answer, that he had engaged to transport the furniture of sort e people who were rerho- it, ntmnt. lenirth that vinff. and who had their own reasons for not 1 UC MMiVW. 1 . a. - aa his housekeeper, were the real preparators ot the robberry at Madame AndrechtX Who had fii-st suggested to them the design, does not appear iVoin the-Vvidtnce.-yliut with the old lady's house and its .at raige ments they Were as fully acquainted ash the dragoon. The apprentice, when formerly in the service of another master, hzk wrought in it, and fC " A al - U l 'I la A Lbnpw everv corner OI. 11 tnorouuiiiy. iuev r t A C A I a In the public j had borrowed IheDoai lor me pui posts ui . . . . 4 . 4 s 4a,l-.. " j -n xtrnm in SUrrffCSt that dC m n -ril-T-ir'n C Z Z r .I 'culu :?ZLA alJmr with takimr French eave of their creditors. "And W bring ng all his creditors on his backi-1 1 him, might be innocent of any participation you propose to lend yourself to such a trans uyvi 6 tA i a..'j ; i a. ! l i.:-a- .trtra1l nrtoM1 fftion." ud th Mftrehant. trnntonlY mfn: l that doing so in daylight, implying that they were talcing Frehch leave of their creditors. "And you propose to lend yourself to such a trans- ime time. ( f , 7 B ? . a- vhltl!s.BlM idi hl. JiiU . Ulna ntturally anxtow' action," aid tht erehant,pertmptonlyrffa. DunnffthtwtfttwJiofUienouioau-- " -.r r --.-.r - v ino-access across tne cauu. imu :8"ul"i and used it for carrying off the stolen proper ty as already mentichad. On the morning when the robberry became public, the mas: ter and the apprentice, had mingled with th crowd to learn what reports were -in circula tion on the Subject Among other things, the , apprentice had heard that the i wool-spinner's Wife had Unhesitatingly expressed her suspi cions against the Blue Dragoon. Of this he informed his comrades, and they, delighted at finding so convenient a scapegoat for avert- t in? danger from themselves, forthwith formed. the internal design oi airecung, Dy every means in their power, the suspicions ot justice against the inn-keeper. , 'The apprentice enleTed the drinlc'ng room ' of the inn-keeper,and called for some schanps, at the same time asking for a coal to light his pipe, j While the inn-tceeper went out to fetch the coal, the apprentice took the opportunity of slipping the widow's me morandum book, which he had brought in his pocket betwixt I the drawers. He succeeded, ahd; the conse quences followed as the culprits had foreseen ; the hdne was searched, the bo9k found and, in mVetes of many, the dragoon's gu.lt es tablisBed. Cewit-CDE kbxt ... i .:. . ... ' . I . .--J.- . -.. i - , . I . I . I '
North Carolina Republican (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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Nov. 22, 1848, edition 1
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