Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-29

% eo,non thr mariner and the cause oil his
- orannIed hei th,oat, and would himself
80 nrovst her executioner, had not the Ieady
,nternosi,ion OF the gems d'armes prevented
him Such was the crime for which this guiity
couple was TO suff, r, and II WAS not 'iltls SIN
eular and indico tive Of the certain course oi
Justice in France, that at the bottom oil 'nls pa.
per, which had been printed the night oe'ore, !,
was stared, that the condemned had afPea'eo,
10 h- court Of Ca, aIion, that the sentence hao
been confirm d, AMI that the Criminals ha''"s
been carried to the ordinary place oil eAeeu.o"
had undergone the pans Of death on the i"'
October, 1926
Ihad scarce glanced at the contents OF 'his
naper when the solemn procession arrived. IN
from, came six gems d'arms riding with draw"
sabres and prancine slerds, which N ctuaiy
cleared the way for those who followed nc
pens d'armes "a cheval are the first troops |"
France: they are neary all veterans OF hr arrnie'
Of NaDoleon, and man, of them wear the cross
Of honou i token OF some silna! service NeA'
came he cart with the condo m"ed; they "e'e
seated upon bench, placed sideways 10 P'e-
vent the view Of the machine, which stood r'a.
DIV 10 satisfy the Vengeance OF the law
prizes, sat beside each, discussing earnesuy'
endr avouring to awaken repent incc OF au'h,"
lister consolation. The cart was surroun'eo
on all sides by double row OF foot soiaitrs'
vet cou d dj ,tincty see the faces OF the con-
dcmned The woman vas apparently aoo
80 years of ag-, and was mtanly dressed ana u,
looking. She seemed overcome with lear ana
leant her head for support upon the sho"i'F'
of the priest, indeed, she scarce had s'rength -
answer the questions he put to her, or 10
S. the cross when presented 10 her Fps III
mon was in different mood; h. was dr. ssrd
in the coarse W rking sui, of The French "a
hnurer. His face seemed pale rather from III
cors cement in prison than from fear, and his
strongly marked counter Anoe instead OF betray
ing remors,, wore the expressl IN VI one "h'
was ready to attempt an escape OF perperate .
new crime. He lent forward in the att tn"r
whic h h. llbours Of the field had rendere q M
btu al to his muscular Il amt, and seemed no
on v inatientive but even deaf 10 he admomi
tons Of the priest who sat beside him. d.
was evidently thorough bred iuftan, ana
whenever uhink OF the pikss and pl'chiorSs
of the revolutionary rabole of Fr'nc', al"
uays place them in the hands u men who LOOK
IKE DimOn.
When the car, had a, kng,h att-ined the
1t # ii, Inc woman in piry 10 |, male weak ess.
va first delivered ov"r 10 the rxecutiontr AM
Ms .ss,s,ants While ,h'S we,e YET ltung
L
awav, AID .hus escaped from tie srnsa ion oi
| deaf Her hands were alre DIV pl1iotrd 10
her aides and h fee, were lied tog' hcr; thus
prepared, her sen>e S. body was placed upon
plank tina, lay upon the bench in frcut of he
block aud she was pushed for" ard. ! WOO
den frame was adjusted round her neck and
fAssen-d by q peg.s Ehiss.s as AVIS Wark 81
victim as though 1t b ID encounter REQ nothing
&c n
soahnld and was imp-rfrct'y conceded BY a
ragged doth pl .ctd rourd tue SPOT; TIE trunk
vas tossed from the plank down a trap dooc
and Tell upon The roaI beneath the Sc affoll.
HE urn of Dimon followed, and as he walked
unass's,ed and steadily up the ricketry stsi,
that led o The platform il must have been with
the cer'ain assuI ance that in ano; her mnule he
would have ceased TO exist. His feet wcre
'ed as before and he Wa, placed upon thr
plank mat lay ready for him. TIE bloody axe
hac again been swayed to its resting place &
the trane Likewise, covered with hair end
blood, WIS pened 10 i've his neck. he
w"s pushed for ard to his fate, and during tue
Jew sec nd, that occupied the remainder Of
MS existence, tie CHASTITY vsage OF Marguerite
lay oetding Immediately below him. and his
own was SIN AIRED with her blood He seemed
10 nave lost neither senses nor self Dossr,siou.
ana is therefore probable rha, he heard The
erk OF The execu,onrr; the tremb ing "at.le Of
H. ak :, and may even have fit tn. first touch
't lis ed before The vital lie wa, severed. A
oud cry from the crowd at ended eae h roke
II the axe and was indeed instantaneous with
ne passage of a SO ! in eternity f,l, at
oss 70 conceiV, the nature OF tins cry; il conld
circely have been IN: Of exultation, though
he impal fence Of the multitude to witness r..
xecnti IA. Ike that Of All audience before the
'sln: OF 'he curtain, med Of a piece wi, /
MS fnil exclamation. Would willingly have :
soaprd from the scene when the business of Il
etriou''en was over; on; tn crowd Rad aug. i
'enttd an al were pushing oward> the c r t
IT. whch the mt ,iiared re rains OF Inc Grim. /,
'ais had bren thron 10 he bora away for dis. h
'cupn The escort, which h d guarded ITS h
barge so carefully when on it. way 10 the SC az e
va. seemed 10 have r Liked in watchfulness %
he line around the Car, wa, broken and ma 81
: OF the loves class, women as well az men. k
'netreted through it AMI sought to. catch Ii
ght OF the ghastly spec acle by jumping I'D tt
c'anbering along the wheels as ,hty prr. Ia