Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-12-26
VOL. 4.--NO. SO,

mark, but that the prisoners was rather short
! OF the 9Th. AS strong circumstance against
! the prisoner, it was added that his language
though at times arIfully nterladed with patios
ana unihteIlIgIbIe glbberish, was very far diff.
iereht from that OF the real Martin Guerre.
VINO oeihg biscayan, spoke only Spanish.
Las'y, and what seemed to aslonish the
'uaBe' ana staggcr the whole court was the exa
ANIMATION OF Tour sisters Of Martin Guerre, all
Io' "hom were reputed TO be women of sound
understanding and unblemished character, who
sWore positively that the man in custody was
their dear brother Martini Two Of theit
husbands and upwards ofthirty persons who
were porn ana brought up in the neighborhood,
also coFFoborated the assertion.
Inc majority of these last witnesses ,Isodo.
poSed mat Martin Guerre had two scars IN III,
ace and that The nail Of his lorefnger on tha
teit Aand, IN consequence of a wound reca;
yea III MS childhood, grew across the ton of b;s
niger, that he had three warts on tha b,ol, ~
ms fisht hand towards the knuckles, and on his
i!!tIe niger. The Judge ordered the cpInrit -
stretch forth his hands, which were found ~
agree with the description.
10 add to the petplexities of this business
The wife being called, her pretended bnshanda
So!emaiy addressed and called on her. az she
valued peace ofmnd here, and everlasting han,
Plness hereafter, to speak the truth w;tbo1rr, |
lear or eiiectaon, that he would submit n IN
slant death il she would swear that no ,va, 49,
her real husband. The woman replied that sbe
would by MOI means take an oath on the nccasinn
at the same time she would not give credit y
any thing ne could say. IN
The evidence m huh n
ana 'ne testimony having been heard, the
'uaso pronounced Arnold du lib guilty, and
sentenced MN 10 suffer death; but the culprit 4
10 The High Court Of Toulouse, which. Il
noI 'ohg aIIer' ordered a copy ofthe proceedings 4
a"u cO"Fic', 10 DC forthwith transmitted to the, u
keeping. - '''o''
The High Court determined to take no decis
I've sep IN this perplexing affair, until tbey
could get some intelligence, or gain possession
ol inc man with the wooden leg Acommissios
was accordingly called TO examine papers fo
ne" evidence II necessary, and descriptions
me person ana circumstances of Martin Guerre
TIE ABSENT husband, were also circulated in al
parts OF me Kingdom, At length, after sever
Al months had elapsed, the absentee was form
aaleIy discovered, conveyed to Toulouse. order
90 INTO custody, and denied all intercourse will
1Ay ibuI'luudlS Whatever,
meantime, aday had been fixed for soIem, !,
ana hnaI hearing, and list ofsuch witnesse
"ou'a Do required to appear before the Cour N
was su0P@ned. The Court assembled at a,
early hour, the former proceedings we re read
ana Inc prisoner still persisted in asserting hi
innocence, and complained oftho hardsbips an,
injuries he had suffered.
The real Martin Gucre now Walked mi
court on his wooden leg, and Du lib beino ash
- II ne knew him, undauntedly answered mo
ne injured husband approaching the imposto
or me PerhdloIsnes of his conduct, in basel
aA'ng advantage OF the frankness of an oh
and dePriving him of his wife am
roPerty, yet Du lib retorted this CHARGE a.
is aCcuSer.
The wife, the four sisters and the uncle ba /,
ct seen the real Martin Guerre; and thew wer
0" caiediInto court. The first who entered
'as the elder sister, who, the moment sh
aught sight OF the man with the wooden lee
a., ana embraced him, exclaiming with tear
Oh, my dear brother, now see and acknow
1ge the error and misfortune into which hi
oomnable traitor has betrayed u.s." TIL
'ng-iost Martin, mingled his tears with their,
sceiYed their embraces and heard their nen N
'ntiaI apologies with every appearance an F
nderness and affection.
But towards his wife his department. was yer
nerenti she had not ventured to come nes
M but stood at a distance, trembling and Oh
aged, observing which one orthe sisters too II
'r arm, and conducted her TO Martin, but N
ewed her with serness and indifference: al M
reply TO the excuses she made and the int
Sslons OF his sister in her behalf "That 81
as herself innocent, but seduced by the arts
william. He observed, "Her tears and h
rrow are useless; | shall never love her aoail
Is IN vain that you attempt to Justify her
W%i'e has always ways of knowing husban
known to all the world, it is impossible tn
woman could have been thus imposed upo
she had not entertained a seeming wish
unfathfu.
me Judge reminded the angryLhusband, til
ne mad remained at home the circumstanc
ld not have transpired, and recommend
lity and forgiveness.
Du lib was pronounced guilty of fraud adj
y, sacrIege, rape, and theft, and condemns
make the amende honorable, in the Mark
&c OF Antiques, with halter around his nee
was furthermore ordered to be hanged I
the dwelling of Martin Guerrc.
Scraps from The German Of Jean Paul
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