Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-14
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nc following story was related IIulon,t
Tn OF ls,o-l1 one evening Sir Sidney Smiths
Aoane who was of Paris AZ the time il
ana must therefore, necessarily have well with
al =, we &c, circumstances attending it,
IN Tue year isO5, poor returning one evening
nom ms daily laor he Obscure street in Paris
peiose hn, who stopped him, and inquired him what
aue ne belonged On being answered that he mason,
c man sa hat ~ he would wall certain niche which
would be shown IN him. he should as reward 6ny
~ os ne stranger added that he must submit have
ms eyes covered anu To he carried that for consde
pic distance 10 all this the readily conscn,c an
from curiosity, sn partly from the greatness of the Isyar
immediately placed 5aniase his eyes and havirr led
him by the hand Tor few PAGES, they came to the 500, vre
Carriage waited fo them, into which they bo, got and il drove
ay on They soon go, out at PaaI least so the ma son
eonetued from the noise OF the wheels going over stones
having ceased After having proceeded for about two
hours the rafting of the returned aud they seemed 10
e mason 10 nave entered another town; shortly after which,
hey Stopped and the taken the carnage and
several passages end flight of stairs ill they
Here his eyes were uncovered found himself in
large room, the walls, roo floor of which were entirely
was lea open by the side Of il were placed oonsidrra6le
i"y OF stones and MORTAR together with all the
d!y iof the WORK upon which the emuoycd
here were also several in the ROOM faces were
covered WIN masks One OF these son and
addressing himself him. Iiee are the fty
"hch were promised and there condition be
person VIVA, you may see or hear in this place FMS ,h
mason promised; and AT this man. WHO was also
Upon ben" answered in the Affirmative he went out and re-
turned again in few minutes with Other men, both m ked
supposed o be- an old man - us "a''' ''e ''aS"h
These three dragged with them very beautiful young
woman, wither hair dscyclicd, her whole
SeIohcns great disorder. They pushed with Gca, vic
waioS Ine nice INTO which they al length succeeded in
forcing her Notwithstanding her struggling and resistance
DuTs tins time she ceased alternately ucrne DIRE adl
screams and crying mercy in the most pieus In,Ser Once
she loose from her persecuors and immediately
erse al the feet OF the old aud embracing his knees
oesonsh' him 10 kill her aud her suffer cruel
and lingering death; hut all in
when the three had last forced into the niche
hey held her there and commanded the mason to commence
ms work, and wall her up.
Upon Witnessing this dreadful scene the mason fl upon his
knees, and entTea To be permitted depart without bein,
accessory to this act OF cruelty The however told him
.nat II was impossible They mcnaoed him, he
perform his promise with instant deaths whereas on tive other
nah u he comp lied, they said he should an additional
MY ioIis d'ors when he had completed his work
This united rea, and promise such an effect upon the
mason that he instantly did he commanded and Al the
escape impossible she w"s o T s: So as 10 eg[ her
without light, air. or sustenancc.
al louis dors his eyes again through
rsous asaSes as on his arrival and finally pot into the
standing on the exact SPOT in Paris where e had G et b
stranger The man now stood beside HIM and
@ desired HIM not TO stir from the place where then
adding that lie dead if he moved before the time
prescribed He then left hm and the mason having waited the
hvc minutes proceeded straight 20 the police officers
he told his stny and they considered the Circumstance so cu
Gus 'aat hey carried him immediately the Duke
es Inc Duke a! first imagined his nycuou;
o.. upon his producing the purse containing louis
The stTic,es search Immediately made in and ao,
ran; for the discovery Of the perpetrators of this hord
e ot III VAIN he Emperor Napoleon particularly
hmsel IN H. and special odeTs issued by him OIL
GERS OF the police 10 leave untred tcr no
Jecl MANY houses searched the some
place which had been lately walled which answered the
account gwen by The masonbut outstanding all these en-
Geavo nothing further has anspired respecting this
dreadful mystery. w
The principal features Of this singular story were a,nati
SEQ WIN good effect about twelve months the
MINOR Theatres under the title of e Mason of Buda' but
'he scene and catastrophe were entirely changed.
Gee1l lluon is brother of Madame Aoreau widow Of
the General Of that name