Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-10-14

ported to have'become as pale as a corpse,
and to have betrayed in his person and
manner the profound agitation which he
felt. He retired to his room, the authori-
ties NOT yet deciding to place him under
arrest, nor to treat him in any respect as
nm accused person. II was at that mo-
n,ent that he is supposed to have swaI-
lowed large quantity Of arsenic.
The medica, inquiries subsequently In
sttuted show that the Effects produced
by this poison are so nearly identical with
those Of cholera as to be undsiinguisha-
BILE. In the first instance. the medical
men iG attendance are admitted to have
been betrayed into an error by this cir
cumstance, and to have ascribed the
pfostration, vomitlngs, and other symp-
toms exhibited by the Duke, to cholera,
brought on by the high mental excitement
consequent on the catastrophe. On the
morning Of the 2ist, between four and
fve O'Clock, the Duke was removed TO
the prison of the Luxembourg, the evi-
dence being suficeae 10 establish a
charge OF murder agams, him. The
Chamber Of Peers was constituted into
court Of justice by royal ordinance, and
committee appointed by it proceeded
on that day to examine the Duke.
Various reasons are given by the medi-
cal men for the slow and intermi,ting ef-
feet Of the poison but the highest au-
thoriiies in the faculty agree that there is
Nothing exceptional in the case, that the
poison might remain in the system sever
al days without producing death in fine,
the Duke became gradually worse on the
I'D and Odd, and on the morning Of the
2fth his approaching dissolution became
evident, the cura,e Of the parish was cal
led in, and the last rites Of religion were
administered, and after an agony Of fifty
minutes. he died at 80 minutes past 4 Oh
the afternoon Of the 24th.
The popuace, highly exaspera,ed at
the atrocity Of the deed, and believing in
the possibility Of the victim being snatch
ed iron, pnstice through the influence OF
his rank and wealth, crouded round the
prison in large numbers, and the authorl-
ties apprehended that his remains might
be violated. After the body was examn-
ed by anatomists employed for the pur-
pose, the vlscera, brain, aud other neces-
sary parts were taken away Tor analysis,
il was determined TO inter the remains
in the darkness and silence Of the night
The keeper of the cemetery Of Mount
ParnaSsee, situated in the neighborhood
Of the Luxembourg, was, accordingly,
ordered To cause n grave to be dug IN a
retired part ofthat cemetry at midnight on
the 25th, the grave-dlggers being igno-
rant for whom it was intended, the secret
being contided only TO the keeper of the
place. who was an old retired soldier Of
the Empire, long accustomed to strict o.
bedience TO orders Meanwhile, a van,
accompanied 10y mourning coach, was
brought into the garden Of the Luxem-
bourg by a gate remote from the prison,
soon after midnight.
The chancellor, the governor Of the
prison, the commander Of the troops. and
the comrnissary Of police, were assembl-
cd in the chamber Of death, and formally
identified the remains, which were then
wrapped in sheet, aud deposited by the
employers Of the undertakers in plain
oak coffin, bearing no inscription, which
was forthwith introduced into the van,
and followed to the cemetry by the four
individuals above named, in the coach
1t arrived at the grave before two o'clock
where il was deposited without any re-
ligioIs ceremony, and where it lies with
ont any mark to indicate the spot.
Thus terminated the mortal career OF
the representative of a long line of anc es-
tors, holding the highest rank and enjoy
ing the greatest affluence; and so far
from this obscure burial, consecrated by
no religious observance, followed by no
mourner, and unattended by single re-
lation or friend, being considered dis
grace or stigma, the surviving family OF
the deceased consider themselves only
too fortunate in having escaped the ter
rible manifestations Of public execration
which would have followed this enormous
criminal had he ended his days, as he
must otherwise have done, Oh the public
scaffold.