The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-04-20

lne traveller who had had his sDur- chair
mended, returned at full gaIlop to claim hi
eaere. he drank glass OF brandy, and having
fastened his weapon securely, departed d
/ furious speed in the direction takei, by Ri,
comrades.
M-THE RoBBERY AND MuRDER.
At the same time that the horseman left
Lieursoint for Paris, the Lyons mail arrived
there from Paris. and changed horses. 1t was
about half-pa eight and the night had been
obscure fer some time The courier. having
changed horses and taken fresh position. set
forth to traverse the long forest of Senart.
The mail, at this epoch, was very different
from what it 10 at present. 1t was simple
postchaise. with raised box behind, in which
were placed the dispatches. Only one place
by the side of the courier, was reserved for
travellers, and that was obtained with difficult
ty. On the night in question this seat was
occupied bya man of about thirty, who had
that morning taken it for Lyons, under the
name of Labcrde, silk-mercha It; his real
name was Durochat; his object may be CUES
| sed.
At nine o'clock, the carriage having de.
scended declivity with great speed, now
slackened its course to mount a steep hill
which faced it; at this moment four horsemen
bounded into the road-two of them seizing
the horses heads, the two other attacked the
position who fell lifcless at their feet, his
skull split open by sabre-cut. st the same
Ilstant-before he had time to utter word
the wretched courier was stabbed to the heart
by the false Laborde, who sat beside him
They rausacked the mail of sum of seventh
five thousand francs (L30OO) in money, ossig-
mats, and bank notes. They then took the
Positions horse from the chaise, and Duro-
chat mounting it, they galloped to Paris,
which they entered between four and five IN
the morning by the Barrier de RambouiIet.
IV.-THE ARREST,
This double murder, committed with such |
audaclty on the most frequented route of
France, could not but produce an immense |
sensation, even at that epoch so fertile in /
brlgandage of every sort, where the exploits |
Ola ChouGnnnerie, and the ferocous expedi-
tons of The ChGufsurs,* daily filed them with
alarm. The police were at once in pursuit. |
The post-horse ridden by Durochat, and a.
bandoned by him On the Boulevard, was found
wandering about the Palais Royale. It was
know that four horses covered with foam had
been conducted at about five in the morning
to the stables of certain Muiron, Rue des
FoSSe' Sc SGint. GermGin- AureTrOiS, by two men
who had hired them the day before: these
men were Bernard and Couriol, the former of
whom was Immediately arrested; the second
had, with the other accomphces, taken fight
The research was pursued with great &C
tvity at Paris, as we'll as at the scene of the
crime, and along the route which the as sassinS
had twice travelled. The information obtained
showed that there were five culprits. The
description Of the four horsemen who rode
from Paris, stopping at Mongeron and Lieur-
saint, was furnished with as much precision as
by the various witnesses who had
l. -
inns and cafes. The description of the travel
Ter, who. under the name of Laborde, had la
ken the seat beside the courier, was furnished
with equal exacIitude by the clerks from whom
be had retained the place, and by those who
saw him mount. Couriol, recognized as hav-
ing with Bernard conducted back the horses
to Muiron, after the crime, had left Paris for
Chateau Thlerry, where he was lodged IN the
house of Citoyen Bruer, where also Guesno
had gone on some business. The police fol-
lowed Courio, and arrested him. They found
upon him sum in money and assignats, nearly !
equivalent to fifth share Of what the courier
had been robbed. Guesno and Bruer were
also arrested, and had their papers seized: but
hey go completely established their abb, that
they were at once dismissed on their arrival
1t Paris At the epoch of which we write,
the examination of judicial affairs followed a
very different course from the one now traced
oy the French code. 1t was to the Citoyen
justice of the peace of the divi-
sion of Pont Neuf, and officer Of the police ju.
Fici0re, that the Central Bureau confded the :
examination of this affair. This magistrate !.
having ordered the dismissal OF Guesno, told :
him that he might present himself at his c1bi,
net on the morrow, for the papers which had
been seized at Chateau hierry; at the same 4
line he ordered an officer, Hendon, to start !
It once for Mangeron and Lieursaint, and to
,ring back the witnesses, whose names he
rave him. so that they might all be collected
he next day at the Bureau for examination.
Guesno, DESTROYS of having his papers as !
,oon as possible, went out early, and directed
ais steps toward the Central Bureau, which .
,e had lust reached when he encountered his
Lesurques; having explained to
him the motive that called him to the Bureau. !.
he proposed to him that they should go to- |
rether. Lesurques accepted. and the CHI
zen Danbenton not having yet arrived, they !
,at wn in the antechambeT, in order to see /,
him as he passed and thus expedite the mat
Ter. =, liz
About ten o'clock the judge, who had en- !
.ered his cabinet by back door, was Inter-, /
-upted in his examination OF the documents !
previous to interrogating the witnesses, by the
officer Hendon, who demanded leave to make
m important communication. "Among the :
said he, 'now waiting IN the an \
lechamber. are two women-ones Ia femme !
Santon. servant to Evrard the innkeeper at
II Mongcron-the other. Ia file Grossete :
servant to Madame Cha,elain, the EisnoAd-
lieye at Iieursaint, who assert IN the most :
positive manner, that two the assassins are
here. waiting like them to be admitted. These
women declare that they cannot deceive them n
elves, for one of them served the four trav-
Tiers at Mongeron, and the other spoke to
hem at Lieursaint, and stayed an hour m the /
,iIliard- room while they were playing.
The Judge could not admit the prooaollay /
# two Of the assassIns thus voluntarily placing
themselves within the grasp of the law, yet
"a ordered the women to be shown into his
,resence. On interrogation, they persisted
!, tbe;r statements, declaring that it WIS i'm j
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