Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-02-12

anu eA6 WAS Sct d. Auoi9
however, was not sufficient for her
she possessed one of those proudly
delicate spirits. to whom 'irreProach'
able innocence appeared an absolute
| want. She therefore considered, that
by mere legal discharge from the
accusation, she had not been COM
pletely exonerated, and she determIn-
ed to reside for some time longer In
the town, in order to obtain from the
tribunal of public opinion the fullest
possible satisfa Ction.
For this purpose, she took lods
ings at a milliner's who supplied her
with work, and enabled her to live
without exhausting the little sum she
| had saved from her earnings whilst
lin the service of Mrs. Burton. A.
ter having been thus employed near
|ly two months. she had occasion one
1day to go to & fruiterers shop,
which was near to a joiner's manu-
factory. One of the joiner's men,
who was amusing himself with sing
ling, suddenly stopped, and, alter OF.
serving her for moment. said, An!
la peau blanche! all la julie jamie!
Recollection flashed across her mind,
and it became evident to her that
these expressions, directed to her,
could only have been learned from
her own mouth, at the ine that she
used them under the circumstances
which it has been necessary to de-
scribe. The manner in which the
words were uttered fixed suspicion
in her mind against the man, out she
concealed her emotion, and suffered
nothing to escape her which could
induce him to suspect her feelings
After having finished her business
at the fruiterer's, she repaired imme'
diately TO a magistrate, to whom she
related the circumstance which caus'
cd the simple exclamation thus re-
peated in so mysterious manner by
G., joiner. The magistrate immedl
ately issued his warrant to apprs'
bend the young man, whose cha
racter had already become notorious
lily bad. The usual forms of crIml
nal proceedings were gone through
but without producing any thing fur,
: Their than the circumstances related
against the accused. The case un.
der these circumstances was consid
n cred to be one for the application o
a torture, which produced the expected
= effect. The man confessed that III
g was hidden under one of the beds II
. the room where Mrs. Burton and hel
q maid slept on the night of their ar
rival; that he had remarked TIT
% conduct ofthe latter, Notwithstanding
. his constrained position, from which
y he did not move, until the people II
:. the house had retired TO bed ; ant
. that then, furnished with gag ant
poinard, he committed the marder II
silence, and escaped with the purse
he found under the lady's pillow
He further stated, that the matt
owed her safety tn her profount
4 sleep, and to the hope he entertained
! tina. all the suspicion of the murder
would fall upon her. The report O
. surgeon was obtained. from which
- it appeared that the wounds had beer
> inflicted Oh the deceased by means o.
a sharp cutting instrument, such a.
l. described. This evidence, together
= with the fact that the man soon after
e the murder had spent money pro
tusely, which it was probable 1t
> could not have obtained honestly; the
y relation of the servant girl, and the
. confession Of the monster himself
were considered sufficient ground fol
his condemnation and his execution
which took place shortly afterwards