Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-15

which some hairs were sticking, matted win
dirt. l. was eviAen, the murderer had not I'M
mediatcly accom- phi ,hed ais work, Tor the VIC :
tin, seemed 10 have partly staggered, partly
dragged himself few lreI further, when loss OF
blood, by which, his progress was Indicated <
tue violence Of the Injury, had probably com,
PEELED him TO lie down and die. There wanted
no, the agency Of Solomon 10 resolve the avs
appearance of the body. The property u .ne
bill, the only visible means OF de'ec'ioh
aud which for once presented no charms ~
the spill, Of avarice, could not be established
every BODY either had their own hedse-bii',
or they never had any al all-and the ata'r
passed over, as do all others Of similar char-
acter, where, however strong may be Tue pre-
sum 2tions of suspicion, that commodity whete
OF upon such occasions, liberal and Sra'ui'
ious distribution is neverlacked, there Is want.
ing that moral conviction, founded on proof,
without which there is no payment u the pens
| ally OF crime.
Six months had elapsed since the enactment
Of the foregoing tragedy, and Its record was
supposed to be registered no where out IN 'ne
tablets Of oblivion, when one day, the nriSaac
Of the Marshalship OF De Boung drew up oe-
fore the door Of Jean Cape. In The next mo-
ment the house was surrounded, and an ofhccr
entered with parry Of gems d'armes' ne
terrified inmates, except Cape, attempted to
escape, bu, the bris,lipg Of a dozen bayonets at
every door, cvinced decided objection in the
officer, to any such precipitatc movements.
SIS your name Jean Cape" said he TO his
unwilling host. "What right have you to ask
answered he of the tiles, "and what's the
meaning Of an intru said his in
terrogator inierru p,ing him, 81 did not come
here to answer questions, orto be tired 10
death with 4 long story-I ask you if your
name is Jean Cape?" "And ~" said Cape.
now what the deyil--who wants 10 be enter
tanned with your conversation" continued the
catechist, again cutting him short, and inter-
rupting himself at the same time, Cant you
answer in one word, yes or no?-Silence gives
conscnt"-he added, waiting but an instant Tor
what. from the very judlcious and reasonable
method he adopted TO arrive at bis object he
seemed likely never to get "Guafds,sieze your
prisoner This was sooa done, with a man
who had rot even the use Of his tongue left,
wherewih 10 defend himself from violence;
and the unfortunate tile maker was instantly
pinioned. "Madam," continued this hater of
long stories, "your husband has confessed his
name-you have not denied you are his wife
and these children, TOO, are no doubt yours-l
am commanded TO arrest the whnle-gens
'armcs, conduct them 10 the street," In an
hour, the house had been abandoned to the
?lunder Of a rIotons soldery, and the ponde-
ruus door OF the dungeons OF POM de Faux
had CLOSED upon Jean Cape and his family.
The second day being the 29th of augus',
he was brought ont heavily ironed aud placed
in the CRIMINAL box ct the Court Of Pont de
Vaux. Au'oine De Lorme, discharged or
deserted soldier Of the regiment Of La Sarre,
lately returned from Bres', presented himself
as the accu,er, charging Cape with the mnrdcr
of Joha =, Ss ,y s.. ,,,,v. ,,.. ?, ,,,.
to commence
The 10th Of February, De Lorme said, he
was in the kiln or oven room of Jean Cape,
when the deceased stopped there as he was
passing. In reply 10 some bamterins from
Cape, on the success Of his expedition, he ex>
posed handful Of half crowns; boasiing thai,
his pockets were so stuffrd as TO ncommode
him, and congratuatins the other upoa his
better fortune in being able 10 travel without
such an incun,6rance. He added something
the witness heard indiStinclly, but understood
The purport Of il 10 be that the hardest way TO
coin MONEY was to broil il Of mans face.
II might b., that the tauni about coming money
Contained some significant illusions, compre-
hended only by the prisoner and the deceased;
or it might be, that The sudden and excessive
displeasure Of the former was caused by the
oslentatious display OF wealth, and his in,id-
Gus comparisons; for there was something in>
applicable TO The witness in the rage with
which Cspe instantly turned UPON The decras-
ed, and babe him carry his unreasonable jeers
and unnecessary company some where else.
He went off laughing; complimenting the pri-
soner upon his amia6e temper and winning
manners, whoa he protested were perfectly r>
resis,ible.-Cape, after moment, followed
him, and at corner of the road witness lost
sight of them both.
"This he said touching The billy III
once borrowed of the prisoner. know it by a
particular mark" (and he pointed To a small
cross, cut in the handle, so filled ap with dirt as
10 be hardly psrceptible.) That night he en-.
listed in the Regimen, Of La Sarre; and left the
country early next morning Six days since, he
returned, aud unable, from all he had heard, 10
divest himself Of the belief tina, the unhappy
Sevos had been the victim of sorry jest, he
had been at some pains TO enravei that mystery
Of which, he said, he then held in his hand the
thread.