The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-31
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with which thofc meafures wi, be carried info
execution, that v,re ordered in conieouence Of
the declaration, made by the perfon called ecu.
Ion. The Count derIne hiatt expectcc. that Tie
Prefdent de Hoym would have come on his in.
vitation, but finding from his letter that he would
not come TO Lazinky, he finds it neccnary to
make the following demands $500
/. That the perton called Couion, along with
NJ. wife, be iccured. in order that .htv may not
effect their efcape and that they nav under.
go, as loon as poihble, the necefary exa1nirati-
on.
2. That there Be immediately nominated pro-
1eihonai men TO atiift and cooperate with the
! fnyhcian ofths Count De Pine, in Analysing he
articles coniidered as fufpicious, and given Up by
Coulon.
M. the Count de l'Ine hopes that the Pre-
iident de Hoym viii have no objection TO siye
| him immediate fatisfaGtion in thofe fcyeral ref
poets.
Whatever may be the rcfi,lt OF thofe ireaf,l,es,
the Count dc Pile relies with confidence ~, he
exertons of the Prefident de Hovn7, for the rafe.
tty OF thofe dear and precious obie6ts which he
leaves here under the protection Of his Prut.ian
Maiety.
The Duke de Pienne. charged i,v his N,,;eav
to carry this to M de Hoyr4, returned with The
aniwer, =" that the police was apprifcd of ~.
whole affair, and that II would do its duty
L his might be fatisfa6tory in regard 30 Cptlon.
but was by 70 means an anfwer 10 the demand
made ofprotefiional peopleto analvze the ar:i-
cles III queition. 1t was now III. in the evening
ana the hine snote had been ient at two in ne
AFTERNOON. Notwithstanding the danger Of a re.
lay, which might alter the nature of the attic les
contained IN the packet, the kim was under The
neceihty OF waiting till next day for the anfwef
of the Government
During this interval Count d'Avarav chirped
M. de Fare, the Kings Phyfcian, to procare
the afance oftwo phyficians and an apo.he-
cary to n'7ke an analysts of the articles delivered
by Coulon.
On the 90, at eight in the morning. the KING
received an anfwer from M. de Hoym. J.Ga;.
ed, that the nomination of a comrnifijoner for
the analyi1s demanded, depended neither on hitt,
nor the Police: that 1t could only take y,lac-
inbequentiy to criminal procefs already be-
gun (; that the perion Of Couion could not he
iecured, becaufe the laws of the realm did net
permit ms imprisonment 70 long az lie was not
charged with any crime''
Without lofing a moment, the Count d,Avs.
ray, accompanied by the Duke de Piennc and
the Kings phyhcisn, went TO DIR. Gagatkiewiez.
one OF the mott diftinguiihed phvfcians at WAY.
law tor his fkill and moral character. There.
III preience of Dr. Rergenzoni and M. Gndeif,
apothecary, the Count d'Avaray broke omen the
ieais afhxed to the packet by him and the Arch
biihop of Rheims, took ont one of .bp th-as
pretent. The opening made at one of the ex.
tremeties was Pafted over with clam.ny f,l.s
itance, OF colour refenlbling, in fone degree
that OF peas. M. Gudeit opened it. When
they had finifhed their che l1retatioifs,
they drew up procefs verbal, and delivered, in
the mean time, to M. dAyaray the following ali
teitat!on =
&C After feveral chemical experiments made
on the MATS found in the infide of carrot, which
was delivered to us, it appears beyond doubt
that this mails is potion of arfenic, conihing of
a mixture of three forts of arfcnic-white, vel.
low and red, as fbal be afterwards more Darti
cularly fated. Signed, Valentine Gaeatkicwiey,
doctor IN medicine, Gudeit, apothecary.
Doctor BergenZom being obliged TO attend
a very preiiine engagement, only Ggned the pro-
cetS verbal.
"Warfaw, July 60, 1904"
The bottle delivered to Coulon bv tie two
ffrangers only contained fpirituous lidu6r.
The carrot on which the experiment had been
made, was returned into the packet, and again
fealed with the feal of the Duke de pienne, with
that OF the Count d'Avaray, and thofe OF the
profefiional men prefent. The fame precaufion
was obferved with refpe6t TO the other two uD-
touched carrots and the bottle of fpirits.
Furniihed with the certificate of the medical
men respecting the exiitence and nature of the
potion, the King addrefIed the following note
TO the Prehdeut de lilly, chief Of the ipecial
Poice OF the City, to whom III. de Ii0yrn al
Lodging his incompetency, had recommnded The
affair.
&" M. the Count de LILLE was OBLIGED. ac-
cording to the forms pointed ont to him, and
which he has hitherto conftantly followed, to
address the Prefident de Hoym as Chief of the
Province, for the proiecution of the atte,nnt
denounced by the faid Couon. But NJ. The
Prefident de Hoym, by his letter of the 9sd, re-
cevcd this morning, having declared himfele
incompetent to judge of this affair, and that the
bullneis belongs to the Special Police of the Gil
ty, M. the Count de Life addreiTes with the
lame confidence the Preiident de Tilly. He
consequently directed the Count d'Avarav 70
put into his hands packet containing the arti-
Giles hithei-o coniidered as fufpicious but which
the report made and fgned this day by the me-
dicai men (Which report the Count d'Ayara,, is
alto charged to deliver to HIM really proves. 70
be infected with potion.
Befides this man Coulon, in conC,ouopco
of the threats he fays were made him, tbintinc
his life continually expofed, NJ. the Count d.
Lille, without allowing himicf 10 give his me-
ionai opinion as to the truth OF the info7nai;,o,
given by him, thinks himfelf bound TO r)srs
him ipecally under the protection and faeeguard
OF the police and of the law.
M. the Count de Life has always had too
much reafon to be fatisfied with the condua of
M. the Prefdent de T'illy, TO doubt his aFeiv;t,