Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-12-06

has rnisied Inc witnesses Na5aiaGe breoan TeSemeu
he rsef after Judgment 10 renew her declaration "o
other acIsons uiso joined her declaring that before
tLe condemnation, she had told them that L"suIques
had yer had any connection with she Prisoners ana
,l,, he was the victim 0. s resemblance 10 l'dDosoi
Tie declaration of Cudrio tina, he was justly Goa
1a,r6 eoL hrs demand 70. reprieye IN favor o ic-
surupe. csr.cd doubt 10 arise IN tie miads OF lhe
;udes rhcy has:t ned 80 demand TePs;evc rom i've
DIRECTORY which, aiared AZ the idea oi seeing en- N
uoceu man PERISH had recoEre 10 The Legislative oo'y'
all judicial resources having been 1hausisd he mes
sa re of the Directory 70 tie Council OF The I'VE stoh
drsd was messing. Il demanded delay Of the eSecn
ton and seine indication 10 tie course TO ue
IN the ease. ltconciuced IN these words: onsht i-e
surques TO re:sh on i"c scaloiu oeca"sc Ae ''"
criminal r., aor
rLe esis!atiyc body passed 10 the order OF the day.
saving all had passed legally, and ta; particular case
could not wa.ran: information OF form previously oe-
ermined ou, and that to pat aside Tor such reason
rdennstion formally pronounced by jury, wooiu
he n orerturn all ideas Of justice and equality before
The laws The right Of grace had been aoolsneo ana
ua,,her resource hope remained TO Lesurques lie
Summarized his fate with ii.mness and es2naon, ana on
,be DIV of his death he wrole 10 his wife Ny Gear
ins. ~ me can avoid his destiny. Since am TO be
murdered lud.callt, will at least undergo my late
,y;,h The courage OF ] send you my mar,
and when your children snail have grown up, you
viii divide it amongst them. III farewel now
- h. trends he confined himself to express TINS
regret- Truth has not been able 10 make i'seil
hoard am TO perish, the victim of mistake -
After his condemnation, and during his appeal, L.
suroues published letter III The journals addressed 10
D.ho.cn whose name had been revealed by Courioi-
Ia his he SAYS YOU in whose lace am about 10
dia bc satisfied with the sacrifice of my life II ever
YOU are brought before court of justice, bear IN 'nd
nv three children, covered with opprobum, their mo-
Their in despair, ard do rrolong many m'sor'ones
caused l.; the mos, funese resemblance. On the lot!i
Of March l191, Iesurques was executed lie WINS
dressed in white, as symbol of his innocence. IL
hanpened Oh holy Thursday, and he regretted lie
was not to die tie day after, which was Good r.
day Daring The passage from The PRISON OF tne
Conciergerie to the place de G'c"e, Couri"', VINO
was placed on the cart By his side, kept constant
liy CRYING out, with loud voice 10 The people,
Il am guilty, but l.esu!ques is innocent. when
Lesuroues mounted the scatfo!d, aready red win
the blood OF Bernard, lie pronounced the following
words in delivering himself In the eAccuuoner -
II pardon ny judges also the witnesses whose error
caused my condemnation, and Legrand, who has
in no small degree procured my Judicial murder DIE
innocent" Tie pro.es,aons oi innocence OF Lesur'
ques and above oil, The declarations OF Couroi al the
scaiipld, caused great sensation IN the pubic inno'
aad D,u5enon The ad,e de Paix who FRS, commenced
The proceedings agan, hn, being man,
resolved 10 all his energy 20 tie investigation oil
he truth HIS frs, step 10 enceavor to arrest me
three persons who had been mentioned oy CoufIo as
hs aceomplices Two years past IN truess efforts,
bal at length Durooha, wlic according 10 the necara
ton Of Courol, the nan who, uader the name 81
ntorde occupied the seat next to the courier, was IN
custody for theft For this offence he was sentenced to
Imprisonment for fourteen years; but Daubehion, re-
solved arriving the truth, accompanied him Tor
some distance on the way to his PRISON. and, whilst al
breakfast at village on the road, pressed him SO hard,
that he said Citizen, you an honest man, aEd as
il is all over with me- will tell you what you want 10
KNOW He then entered INTO history OF The whole
affair declaring that the criminals were himself, Con-
rinl, Rouss, Vidal, and Duboscq, whose great .esem
ance 10 Iesufaues had caused the death o. that TN
ma In OF The disclosures OF
DGroclat, Vidal arrested few days afterwards,
and was sworn TO by severa! witnesses having been
of the party who robbed the mall Durochat vas brought
trial aud condemned 10 death, and dai was Kept IN
prison 10 await his trial.
! Four years after the commission Of the crime, Du-
bosco was arrested and thrown into prison oil Versailles
with Vidal. Here they attempted to escape |:dal
succeeded. but Duboscq fell, aud breaking his LEG was
again confined. Soon af,erward, however, Dnbcscq
having been cured made another attempt TO escape,
which was successful; but Vidal, beng rctaken, was
b.oGght trial. condemned 1t death, and executed Al
The end of another year, Duboscq again captured
and being confronted with all the witnesses who had
sworn to the guilt of .esurques, they declared that
ttev had been deceived by Tie extraordinary resem.
bamce Of the two, but that they had not the slight
es, doubt that Duhoscq was The criminal. On the
trial tiiis testimony reprod uced and the deca-
ration Of Males;ne BEcban had due force. Du-
boscq vas condemned 10 DEATH and executed the
81 Nentose, year \. Roussi, The remulniDg criminal
vas afterwards taken and being tried, was also con
denned To death. He went 10 the scciold full oil
repentance, after having signed the following pa
per 81 declare that Lesu!ques was innocent; but
| tins declaration which have made TO my couiessor
| is no. be published for six months. " In conse
Guence of this uneqnivocal evidence of the limo
cence Of Lesurques, strenuous Efforts were made on
behalf of line family Of the VICTIM 10 obtain oil tta
was then possible from human justice, namely, the
revision Of the sentence, and the public acknow!edg
meni OF the error which led 10 his untinely fate
An his Efforts, however, truitless. Since the re-
vou!:on of 1880 petitions TO the effect have been
almost annually presented TO The Chambers, but up 1,
tins hour, Justice has not been dore The Go-te de-
| TribunouI, from which have taken the above &C
count, save "The question OF the revision the sen
tence s still undecided The widow of Lesurgues has
Just died. and there remain Of the family only
daughter who al the death-bed OF their mother, pro
missed solemnly that they would follow up the appcs
ton in which their unfortunate mother had persisted
through life.
OPINIONS ABROAD.
Amidst the thunder storm OF abuse it IL gratifying tc
see the English papers somelimts do justice to our in
s,i,utons and distinguished men.
| The following is extract from article in the
LoadOn Eecaiug Star, Of October 81. After ably re
re ling the unwasIaned attacks Of the TimcS, tie
Chronicle, and other Tory presses institutions
the Evening Star says: [.F. J. Standard
! "I'hs war has burst ont since Lord Ashburion re
turned from America with his finger in his mouth, ant
| Boz well knew how 10 minister 10 the bitter anil
American preudices which privileged orders sc
deeply feel, bat which they rather afraid openly te
express, they know that war with America would
in ell human probability, put end forever TO then
hoir machinery CT plumber and peculation at home