Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1833-11-21

( iHiHuttS VlteT his death.
Along with Robespierre were exc.
cuted Henriot, Conthon, ST. Just. Du.
mas, Cofiinhall, Simon, and all the lead.
ers Of the revolt. st. Just alone dis.
played the tirmness which had so often
been witnessed among the victims
whom they had sent to the scaffold.
| Conthon wept with terror; the Others
died uttering blasphemies, which were
drowned IN the cheers of the people.
| They shed tears Of joy, they embraced
each other IN transport, they crowded
round the scatfold TO behold the bloody
remains of the tyrants. "Yes, Robes.
pierre, there is Cod" said a poor
man as he approached the lifeless body
of one SO lately the object of his dread;
his fall was felt by all present as an
immediate manifestation of the Divini.
ty."
Remarkable Incident.--In the begin.
ming OF 1915, a circumstance took place
that excited much interest in Paris. A
surgeon in the army, named Dauton,
was arrested at a gambling house, in
4 the Palais Royal, on the testimony of u
scar On his wrist. Some time previous
the officers of the night had found,
while passing the rounds in different
parts of the city, four parcels tied up.
One contained the head, another the
trunk, third the thighs, and fourth
the legs and arms Of man. In the
teeth tightly compressed, was u piece
of human flesh apparently torn out
in the dying struggle. The parts
were collected, and put together in
their regular order, and exhibited for a
number of days at the Morguc. The
mystery which involved this dark trans.
action excited quite an interest, and
numbers went to behold the CORPSE
i The general and only conviction was,
that he must have been murdered; but
! for a number Of weeks no clue was OBJ.
tanned to elicit information on the sub.
ject. When it became improper to
keep the body longer above GROUND,
cast in plaster was taken, fully repre-
senting the murdered victim, and this
remained much longer time for the
public to see.
Al length Dauton happened to be en-
gagged in gambling at the Palais Royal;
he played high and lost; called for H.
quor to drink, and angry because the
waiter was somewhat tardy, when he
came with it, Dauton emptied the glass
and threw it at the waiter. Ii was
shivered into thousand pieces, and
fragment was carried into Dauton's
wrist under the cuff Of his coat. The
spectators gathered around, and learn
ing the accident wished to. see the cash;
he drew down his sleeve, firmly pressed
it round his wrist; they insisted on Sec
ing 1t; he obstinately refused. By this
course, the bystanders were at length
led to suppose that something mysteri-
Gus was involved in this conduct, and
they determined at all events to see his
wrist. By force they pushed up his
sleeve, and behold scar recently heal
ed, as if made by tearing out of flesh,
appeared. The landlord had been al
the Morgue, had seen the murdered
with the flesh between the teeth, and il
struck him in a moment that the flesh
was torn from this mans wrist. Charg-
ing them to keep him safe, he FASTENED
10 call in the legal authorities and ar
rested him.
In the event, Dauton confessed that
being quartered at Sedan, and out Of
money, he came to Paris to try some
. adventure. Knowing that his brother
E had a large sum by him, directly on his
arrival, he went to his lodgings in 0
retired part of the town, about eight n
the evening. He entered the house
unnoticed by the porter, and passing
; to his apartment, found his brother
asleep. He Immediately commenced
, his work Of death; his brother waking
up, defended himself, but in addition tc
the surprise and horror of the moment
being in a feeble state Of health, all tbs
desperation of his struggle was over
powered. In the scufIle he tore on
the flesh. Being killed, the surgeon
cut up the body, tied i. up in four par
cells as before mentioned, secured thu
money aud retired.
He also confessed that eleven month
). previous he had murdered an aunt, wh
was living with a second husband, t
!, obtain money. Her husband was al
!, rested and imprisoned for number {
months, but as nothing appeared {
!. criminate him, he had been discharged
? The writer saw the unhappy fratrlcid
. on his way to execution.
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