North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-07-10

night side, cut ofhls right ear and tired TO
cut his throat, but he was prevented from
achieving this last horrible deed by the
constant struggles and efforts Mr.. Walker
made to secure his life. One Of Mr.
Walkers fingers was cnt to the bone by
the instrument with which they tried to
cut his throat. The neighborhood began
to he alarmed and the assassins were forced
10 leave Mr.. Walker whom they thought
dead or at least mortaIIy wounded. One
of the assassins was heard saying " the
id rascal is dead - and another "we
have done with him now"
Two men in disguise with their faces
blackened took Mr.. Walkers ear 10 Lieut..
Tottenham,s house, threw it on the table
and said it was Judge Walkers car, but
it does not appear that he made the
slightest effort TO arrest the culprits. 1t.
Tottenham enveloped the ear in piece OF
paper and sent il 10 General Burton, who
sent i; to Mr.. Lambe, one Of the Justices
of the Peace.
During the time these horrible scenes
were enacted in The inside Of the house,
Mr.. Walkers family was exposed to the
lerocity Of those bIoodhounds in the yard
behind the house Mrs. Walker, Miss
Heard and Mr.. lilly, who was Mr..
Walkers clerk went and hid themselves IN
the ward, until the brigands retired. Mr..
lilly while escaping received three severe
wounds with a sword, but at last he grasp
ed one Of the aSSassins, whom he tire"
out Of the window and escaped into the
street with five or six of the scoundrels
running after him; they did not succeed IN
overtaking him however. One of them
was heard saying TO the other, DevI,
Gre on him, don't let him 60" Gull'aume
Foutsine, one of Mr.. Walkers walters,
was also chased by them, he Jumped over
The gallery aud received blow which cut
his clothes but did not wound him.
| Cutl w oS TIC lIbI iIDlC HNNDO W H'Sh TWIN
place that night at Mr. Walkers house.
On the 10Th day Of the same month Gen.
Murray who was then the Governor OF
the Province, issued proclamation in the
" Quebec Gazetteer Offering reward OF
$500 to any one who would discover the
perpetrators of such a cruel deed.
Nearly two years after, Captain Disney
Of the 44lh Regt. and Town Major OF the
city of Montreal was arrested with Capt
| Frazer of the Goth Regt (who afterwards
was named one of the Judges of the Pro.
! vince and who was one of the prosecutors
I of the unfortunate Pierre Du Cavet,) az
, also three Others concerned in this
murderous affair. Their trial took place
\ at the Supreme Court held at Montrea
2 from the 2Sth February to the 18th o
1 March 1851 under the superlntendance o
/ Mr. Hey the Chiel-justice OF tie Province
. Capt. Disney and his accompces wer
n arragned for burglary with intention 0
+ murder. The Grand Jury which wa
Y composed Of the following persons reporte'
4 a true Bill against Capl. Disney and tn
h Others on an Indictment fled agains
h them by Mr.. Maseres the Attorney Gene
p raj Of the Province. MessrS. Mckay, ID
= ST. Ours, Todd, DE Bellestre, Matterel
2 De Contreceur, De NivervilIe, Lynch
! De Labruere, Livingston, Jondan, ID
a Normanville, Hazen, Dalebout, Porteous
d Dumas, Grant, Mather, Bailie and Jenn
: son.
e The petty jury before which the caus
e was argued and who finally acquitted III
Is prisoners, were MeSsrs. Thomas Coz
(. Randle Meridiih, Alexander Patterson
IS Forest Oakes, Jacob Vanderheyden, job
n Dumoulin, Jonas Desaus, William Vie
is Samuel Holmes, James Morrison, job
! Neagles and George Young. The Gran
n Jury was a mixed one and true bill w;
is found against the prisoners, but the petit
IS Jury was exclusively formed Of foreigner
n more attached to the honor Of the Engis
d army than disposed to render justice TO q
is oppressed, i'll treated and mutilated cour
4 truman Of theirs. who had been the victi