The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-01-14

gainst the interior safety of the state, by at
tempt, the object of which was the ,les-
traction OF the government, and the order
OF succession to the throne-and to excite
citizens or inhabitants TO arm themselves "a.
gainst the i.nperial authorty-aud others OF
Malot's accomp.iccS.
he same Judgment acquits the sieurs
fomont, Lebis, Provost GODDARD. Viailevi-
enc, Casan, LimOzin, Julien, Caumette <
konit, OF the crime OF being accorlplices.
Rabbe and Ra,cau, were reprieved after
the execution Of other conspnatora. Those
acquitted were placed at the disposition OF
the ministry ofwar.
Judgment of the military commission esta-
bNShcd at Moscow, by order of the en-
peror and king, to JUDGE the authors and
abettors of the conffagrations OF the 18th,
18th OF Sept. and of the following days:
IN the mare ofthe Emncror and King.
This day, the 24;h of Sept. 1912, the mi
itary commission instituted 1T Moscow, in
consequence of the orders of his majesty the
emperor and king, composed of general
count Lauer, grand frepot of the army !;
general baron Michel, commandment of the
hrst regiment OF foot guards; general baron
oaulnier, grand HreU0t OF the first corps Of
the army col. baron BoGellin, command
ant OF the grenadier fusileer guards; the
adJutant commandant chevalier 1herv
commaIiaant of the imperial head quarters !;
the Chief OF squadron ycannin, of the light
gendarmerie general count Monthion, per
forming the duties of imperial procurator !;
and NJ. Weber, chiefof squadron; named
by his serene highness the prince of Ncuf-
chatei, major general OF the grand army !;
assisted by the seur Jouye de Guibert, SUB
altern officer of the gendarmeric register
named by the reporter; i'll order to search
Tor and Judge the authors and accompiices
OF the contiagration which broke out in the
different parts of Moscow, on the l4th ard
18th OF this month, and which continued
during the 10th, 18th and 18th.
The commission, convened bv order of
the president, having assembled in the pa
lace DolgoToukyi, the sitting was opened By
the reading Of the process-verbal of nfoi;-
nation, as we'll as pieces for and against
the accusation.
The reading thereof being finished, the
president ordered the guard to bring the
accused to the number of %, who were in
PRODUCED free and without irons
Having informed them of the deeds laid
70 their charge; having separately heard
the deposition and declarations of the wit
nesses; having heard the accused caught
IN the outrageous act OF setting ere to dit
terent houses and having made them re-
presentation of the several means made use
OF by the incendiaries IS matches, fuses,
phosphoric padlocks, sulphur and other
combustible matter found upon the accused
or designedly placed in Sc eral dwellings
The commission has learnt. that for three
months last, the Russian government, con-
ceiving undoubtedly the danger Of the con
test in which it was engaged, and the i'm
possibility OF preventing the arrival of the
French army at Moscow, had determined
to employ in its defence the extraordinary
means OF conhagraticn and destruction dis
approved of by civilized nations that on
this subject it had kindly received the pro-
positions of a certain Or. Schmtt, an Eng
lishman [professing to be a German, l a
mechanic by profession who, carteled to
Russia, arrived in the early part Of May
last j.; that after several secret conferences
with the principal authorities, he went to
reside iii the castle of VoronZow, distant
six wersts from the city on the road to
Kalouga; that detachment of 100 men &
IL dragons were placed at the castle, to
cover the mysterious operations Of Schmitt,
and to prevent the curious from gratifying
their curiosity; that it was generally known
that he constructed an 1rostatic balloon, of
considerable size; that they pretended to
shut him in this DISCRIMINATING machine,
which he assured them, he could direct at
pleasure.
The commission have condemned ten
persons, found guilty of the crime imputed
to them, to suffer death; and sixteen a
gainst whom the proof Of guilt was not
sufficient, to confinement in tile prisons of
Moscow.