The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-03-12

Ket' luliua, Is ohr Uf .efy eNirnnrdi
:, aRrrtt Hurt. j observed by tue Freud
Editor ct tfr collection II casrs iron
. hhfh the following is tahen, that tn,
= now tnal circumstances nay sometime,
: br al considerable ia roitanre III the in
= frsiisWjpo n truth, but tspecmlly In
. 1ntIi' El enquiries, where irifliag incident
a may serve II clear the caamctr ar ,a,t
tho lie III al individual, - caplniuing
doubtful ur suspicious uppeaanees. 1hi-
0hsel vation he considers is fully exempt.
iied 10y the following case
: An Eosli#h Catholic hdy, namcd Brr
lou, "hrn tra,elhns a seeaud time to take
, Tue waters u !iaseescs, tlorped II an nm
= II small tnnn, where she bud lodged III,
preceding year. There vas hui one double
!. beddrd room nnnccnpicd, and Mis- Button
80 - = :-er--i t+W IN lf=ar as lur OnlY
accommodation Which could lr obtaned
Tor hriself \ her waiting naid. The ialer,
alter She had attended her mistress, pre-
pared IN retire hersclG but " i'm ncpily
nhdr' sscd, caught Glimpse nt her fg,nc
III large melned mirror, " ith stood op-
pos1tc the bed. When charmed with her
own appearance, the Words" IN Ia pe0n
Heahc' oh! Ia julie .jamben what fair
slsin! what . handsome ltgD escap, q from
hef, "uh eome other expressions nfNanity
perfectly natural IN French girl OF Der
age. Al last, pleased and aatisGed with
herself she retired To r,hi, aud being
iafisucd with the days journey. soon fell
INTO profound sleep. Nhrn size awake
III The morning, SHE approached The bed
oil her mistress, and drew aside the eur.
taIns Tor the purpose OF waking hers Judge
what was her surprise and horror on be-
holding The eofpse Of her mistress swim.
mug IN blood. She uttered piercing
cry aud instantly FIJI backwards deprived
Of sense.-'fbe landlord, on hearing the
shlirk. rHn mp stairs, burst open the door
AMI h'h"ld sight, which for u moment,
iraH'd him with terror. Recon eting him.
sill, however. he called on lis servants
10 whose care he consigned tue unhappy
". ting maid, and directed item to attpndl
j he's whilst he went Ia make his dispositions
j helnrr II Magistrate. The latter immrdm
! tely proceeded 10 HE liace, aud ordered
the $, rtant Ia bo DETAINED until further ia
formation could be procured The pro
ceedlngs we've lung; the maid Was subject
In examination by lutcrrogatons, aud rs
nothing appeared tn inplcatr her, "a sen
tencc WAS finally pronounced, by which !
her Innocence was declared, nnd she WAS
sci AZ liberty. This, however, was mol
auili' lent for her; she possessed one of
4 osc proudly delicate spirits, 10 whom
Tfeprudchdble innocence appeared an alb |
salute want She therefore considered,
thai by u mere legal discharge from the ac-
casaiun, she llad not been completely cx-
nucrntcd, and SHE drtermincd 10 reside
for some time Hunger IN the town, IN order
10 obtain FROM the trihuu'd of public opin-
lor This purpose snr i,''',,lslaelioh'
mil iucr's vino supplied her with wo,k, aud
enabled her Ia lAr without eAhausliug the
little sum she had saved from her earnings
whist in the scr,ie vt Mrs. Baiton AGr
having been thus employed nearly two
months, she had occasion one day 1" s" u
hultercr's shop, which was npar 10 n
joiner muuulnciory. Onr ol the JulncT's
men, who WAS amusing himself with u z
my, suddenly stopped, aud alirr obscrv
ing her Cor moment said, III Ia TcdH
UaHchE IL joile iap,bc! Recollection na-h' q
across her mind, aud il became evident Ia
her that thcsefxprrsslOus, directed To her,
could only have been harmed nom hrI
Own mouth, ii The time she used ihrn
under the Circumstance, which II has been
necessary Ia describe The manner IN
which the words were utter, Il liked sus
plclon IN her mind against the man, bnl
s. concealed her emotion, and suffered no
thing Ia escape her which could lrdne'
him Ia suspect her feelings After having
finished her business At the fnitefef*, SHE
repaired Immediately 10 - Magistrate, 10
"hom she related the circumstance witch
caused the simple exclamation Illus ~
pentcd IN 80 my sierious u manner by iEr
oinrr. The Magistrate Immediately issued
his warrant r. aIprehcud ihf young man,
whose character bad Agcady heromr no ,
ioriousl, had.-Ihr usual fo1m5 Of crim- |
nal proceedings were gone through hnt
without producing any thing Further than
| tie circumstances related aealast the hc-
cuscd. The case, under The ctr'un-
| stances. was considered To b. onr for the
application Of torture, which produced tue
expected effect. The man confessed thai
/ be WAS hidden under one Of ibe beds IN the
room there Mrs. Burton and her mud
slept on the night Of their arINm ttnt he
had remarked The conduct Of the Ailtf
notwithstanding his constrained + tltonn
from which he did not move untI the
nrnplr ia the house had retired To- bed.
and tbat then, furnished with y gag ans,
pninnrd. he committed the nu,dcr II
silence, aud escaped wiz ~" r.'tr" a.
found under tie lady's pillow" lie fl tic
stated, that ihc maid owed her '.uty 1,
her profound sleep, aud To TIM .opr lac en-
tcrlalucd that all the 81 ..tion Of th'
murder would fall upor ip.r.-'rbe rcpor
ola surgeon WAS ohaurd, from which i
app"ared HAT the " dnd4 bad been iuhct
i. ed on the deceased by means Ola shan
Il cutting ipsirirIent, such rs described
] This c'iden' <, together with the fact tia
:, the man Don after the murder bad speu
ii none, very rrolusrly, which il WAS pro
:, bal ,e he could not have obtained honestly
It tnc relation ST the servant giil, and In
confusion Of tire monster himself, wei
considered Sufficient ground for his con
= dcmuation aud his execution, which too
place shortly afterwards.
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