The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-07-04

~ me solemn investigation which took 1
place into the uhols 0f this tragic STAIR,
circumstances came out which tended
strongly 20 iir The guilt Of psrrieids On
ihe missing youth. A Fenknife. mark
ed with his initials. was found near Ihe |
seene Of slaughter covered with blaod. ]
This, 10 all appearance. was The inslru-
meni with which the murders had been
committed. Rewards we're offered Tor
he apprehension Of young s. Msure.
and in The estimation Of al men he was
accounted . parrieIde. until. on The sixth
morning afler lhe murders. > new turn
was given 10 the affair BY the discovery
Of The youths body in stsgnsnt well 10
The outskirts II The city. AZ first. indeed.
- no wound Was seen on the body. IL
was only lhuughI that be had added self
destruction 10 his other crimes; but. on .
more minute examination. small pune
lure was detected on the breast. immedi,
alely over the heart. This lad well nigh
been passed over as irihing and seci-
dental scratch. Al the urgent enireaiy
Of one surgeon, however. the chest was
thoroughly laid open, when IL was found
iha, The heart had been pierced to ils cen
ire by q sharp instrument Of exceeding
minuteness. in q direct line with The ex.
ternal punclure. This obviously had been
the cause Of death. As the young man
could not thus have slain himself, andlhen
conveyed his body to The well. itbecame
apparent IN all that Ernest de ST. MauTe
also had fallen victim 10 the same conspi-
racy which had overwhelmed his parents.
This, at all events, was the strong pre-
sumption; and so satisfactory did The dis.
lcoyery appear 10 the authorities, that they
laid the son 10 the same grave with his
parents. thus clearing his memory, as far
! as they could. from the dreadful charge
of being a parricide. The agumenls oi
Charles Darancouri were chiefly instru-
mental in procuring This justice fur his
departed friend. The young advocate
displayed in this cause all the warmth
Of souowing affection, and all The poweI
Of forensic genius. .~.>
No further light vas thrown on III,
fate Of The 81. Maures. until some weeks
afier the ,rsgical event. Several paper
were then discovered in an escriioIre b.
The lale counts brother, which threw
1 Clark suspicion on one OF the most mi
! mate friends Of The decessed-on TheO
iore de yalmont! |, appeared bv ihes
! documents that De Valmont had fixe
$ his affections on Emily Duplessis,
q beautiful young lady. who returned hi
. passion, in spite Of long-sianding qua
!. rel between their families. Ernes, de s
!, Mature and Charles Dsrancourl had bee
2 DE Valmonl's only conidanls. and hs
r assisted him in procuring interview
$ with the ohjec, Of his affections. Bein
. thus occasionally brought into conta'
!, with The young lady, Ernest de ST. Maur
a had himself been inspired with dee
!. and unhappy passion for Emily d.
Q plessis. He bad confessed this 10 Da
J. ancrurt, and had at the same time decla
n cd his resolution 10 root IL out Of h
e mind, and 10 die rather than injure n
d Valmonl. But the passion had not bee
Is so easily overcome. and DE Valmont hs
d al length became aware Of The truth. Til
/ led 10 a series OF letters between him an
n ST. Mature, which letters were now di
d covered. In some passages Of these, j
II Vslmont reasoned with Ernest as with
h brother on the suhjec, Of his misplac,
D. passion, while in others Theodore ust
?. language, that now bure most uniurl
nate aspect. - You know me too well,
' said De .Vaimoni in one letter, "not
a. feel convinced, that. independently Of q
5 other motives. an innate sense Of what
ne due TO my own honour would urge n
al to intlici the mos. ample vengeance {
II the head of him who could avail hims,
ir nl my unbonnded confidence To estranl
rs from me the affections Of my adored En-
e. IT," These, and other passages al d
4. discovered correspondence. admitted
10 an inference so unfavorable TO Theodo
le de Valmont. that The authorities, on haviI
al the letters laid before them, immediate
ID took him into custody. Various 9th
NJ circumstances Of INSTANTANEOUS natu
he came subsequently into view. IL W
81 remembered, by those who had been pr
:, sen,,how comparatively hule emotion h
he been shown by Theodore on the discoy
Sc Try Of The murdered bodies, while Dsra
Sc court had displayed such agi,a,ing gr
nd and horror. Besides, DE valmont. it nc
ID appeared. had been met and recognize
nd near the scene nf guilt on The night
40 lthe murders. When asked to expls
10 where he had been, De Vaimont show
ip nantes, confusion, and said he had be
ed visiting friend, but positively refus
he to name tina, friend. And, moreover,
he respectable female came forward. W
lg, averred that on the third or fourth d
re after The tragedy, she had washed sh
on for the prisoner, the right sleeve OF viii
he was clotted with blood. The explanali
ng which DE Valmont gave Of this circu
les stance was confused, and improbable.
md these grounds Of suspicion. Theodore
a. Valmont was aonointed 10 take his Il