Litchfield enquirer., 1835-10-15

hntSVtOSdtSu ubm pesgCcHIHSS rs tilCy t"a~
gined, some strong religious feelings in I'itt',
sent priest in order to impress upon him
the enorn,ty of his crime, and the neces-
sity Of his making atonement BY revealing
who were his acconlplices. II is this com
ference, no doubt, that has given rise to
the report Of Gerard's having made con-
fession to a priest. es.y s 4rw
The following extraordinary circumstan-
ces, which may be- relied upon, have trans
pired respecting the assassin hitherto known
Ivy the name Of Gerard -" His real name,
as we announced yesterday, is Fieschi, and
il is now ascertained that he is native Of
Corsica. AT the age Of fourteen, he en-
tered the army of Naples, and gained the
Cross under King Joachim. In 1915, he
went with the last expedition of, that I'M
fortunate Prince into Calabria. Ia 1916,
he returned to France, where he was after
wards found guilty of robbery with ag-
gravated circumstances, and sentenced to
ten years close confinement, and to remain
under the surveillance of the Police for
the remainder of his life. He underwent
the whole Of his punishment in the prison
of Embrun, in Hauteso Albes, on leaving
which, Lyons was assigned to him as his
place of residence. Some time afterwards
he surreptitiously left Lyons, assumed the
name of Gerard, and worked at Lodeve.
In 1880, Fieschi came to Paris, and pre-
sented himself to the commission Of Ma
tional Recompenses with false certificates,
attesing that no had been condemned un-
der the Restoration for political offences.
Several members ofthe Commissions took
an interest in him, and recommended him
to the Minister Of the Interior, who from
time TO time granted him relief. Thus il
was that he became known to several men
of honorable character, and particularly to
Lieut.. Col. Ladvocat, formerly one of the
members of the aforementioned Com
mission, M. Dodier, Secretary General to
the Minister of the Interior, M. Olivier
Dufresne, and M. Caune, Engineer to the
Administration Of the Bridges and Roads,
who have since recognized him. While
Fieschi was applying to the Commission,
he was attached to the journal called La
Revolution, then under the direction of M.
Lenox. The protection Of these person.
ages obtained for them an admission into a
company Of sous-officiers sedentaires, and
he was afterwards appointed one of the
superintendents of the river Bievre, which
for long time brought him into connex-
ion with a great many of the Inhabitants
Of the Quarter Moufetard. In 1888, the
Project of Police discovered that all his
certificates were forged, and consequently
denounced him to the Procureur du Roi.
Fieschi having gained timely warning dis
appeared, and has ever since it seems gone
by different name. During his confne-
ment at Embrun, he formed close intima-
CIV with woman named Petit, confined in
the same prison for fraudulent bankrupt
cy, and this intimacy has continued ever
since, or been lately renewed. After the
execution Of the attempt, the woman Pc
tit fed into concealment. Her daughter,
who it is said had similar relations with
Fieschi, also disappeared. The magistra-
CIV attached so much importance to The ar
rest of these two women that the greatest
exertions to discover their retreats were
made. Tor. Independent Of the information
expected TO be derived from them, there
was every reason to, believe that the trunk,
about which SO much has been said, was
carried blythe assassin to the lodgings of
one Of them only short time before the
execution Of his horrible design. The ef-
forts Of the Police have been crowned
with success both the women were arrest
ed on Sunday night. and the trunk discoy-
cred ia the possession of the daughter. II
has been ascsrtained that since the 28th il
has passed through nine different hands,
and was fora time at the house Of per-
son named MORT, who is in custody, and
against whom there are very strong suspi-
.cions. An the papers found at his house,
however, consist Of soa,e duplicates from
the Mout de Pierre for some articles OF
wonien's dress pawncd lbeTr, aud some
receipts for subscriptions 70 the Reforms
teur. a..' a a7''.t'tsa 'H'. a." PIP
N&F va 40 .i.rg. r.. PARIs, Augusi 5.iu.
The interrogation of Fieschi is followed
I'D very closely. Baron Pasquier and the
Duke Decazes are with him every morn
ing at 7 O'Clock, and sometimes he is ex-
amined second time in the course Of the
day. Among The persons arrested as ac-
con,plices in The execrable act, or at least.
as having a. knowledge Of it, the woman
Petit. with whom Fieschi cohabited, is
most likely, if she can be brought to tell
all she knows, to give the most valuable in
Formations. 1T has proved beyond doubt
that size passed the night Of the 9th will
Fieschi ia the very chamber. from which
on The following day, such wide desaruc.
ton was 10 issue. At The same time, not
wi.hslanding the reserve 50 properly main
tanned by the examining commission. it j
evident that the proofs of amy complex o
extended conspiracy have not yet been &C
quired. The culprit, whose whole lite la