The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-27

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tering his led, he found this Handkerchief
to be in very bad state, aud he threw il il
the Fireplace, in which was large quantity
OF paper 1t was that morning that these
objects took fire at the moment at which he
thew a match which he had lighted for hi
knew not what purpose into the fire.
place.
The examining officer then goes on TO
say that he caused il to be observed to the
duke that al The moment at which he rc-en-
tered his chamber, after having passed al
least half an hour in that Of the duchess, he
could have no need OF light to find his
way to his chamber, and TO wash himself;
that, moreover, there was handkerchief ON
tie night table prepared, and which did'Dol
seem to have been used since il had been
washed, and we asked lin to give us ex-
PLANTATION to those two circumstances. To
this the duke is reported to have replied that
he could not explain how it happened that
he had desired TO have light or for what
use he had the light; that he felt that this
want OF explanation might give rise to a
grave chargein presence of the burned pa
pers and handkerchief thrown by him in
the fire place the previous evening; that the
second handkerchief found on the night-ta-
BILE, and which had not served, had been
prepared in advance, either by his valet de
chambre, or by the porter, or some other
woman Of the house; that he did not per-
ceive it when he was about to go to bed,
and that il was OH that account that he had
taken the torn and burnt handkerchief
from drawer; that he had not taken anotl-
or, and had slept, according to his usual
custom, without iichu de mutt; that us to
the movement which led him to throw the
handkerchief which was in a bad stale into
the fire place, and not to take another, il.
could be explained to those who knew him
by his character, but that it was impossi-
BILE for him 10 give more precise explana-
tons g." .@
He was then asked 10 what cause he
could attribute the assassination of The duch-
sand if that lady had either in the house or
elsewhere, enmites of IA nature to cause the
commission of SO great crime? Hereplied
that he did not know any enemies OF the
duchess, and that he could only explain the
horrible crime committed on her person by
the circumstance that it was desired to com
nit a robbery in the hotel; that the maleiac-
tors were perhaps ignorant of the return Of
Madame de Prasin and himself from the
country, where they had been for month
and they were consequently Surprised to find
the duchess in her chamber, and then as
sassinated her. a. a.".... h..
Being asked whence came the green cord
which was found passed through his braces
when he undressed, he replied that
the cord was that Of a powder flask or
shot bag, but that he could not say how
it happened that the cord was found on him
when he undressed This fatal cod was
seized by the officers of justice. The pro-
ces verbal says that the duke was next ask
ed whence Came five pieces Of cord, Of
which three were untwined, and piece Of
white cord about 10 Genuine long, and
stained with blood, which were found in
the pocket of the dressing gown which he
wore that morning. The duke to this re
piled that these pieces of cord were found
in his dressing grown: but that he knew
not how they came there; and that if the
white piece ofcord was stained with blood
it was because he had put his bloody hand
into his pocket, On the remark of the Of
ficers that in entering the chamber of Madame
de Praslin, there was found pistol primed
on IA table before the window; that there were
several spots OF blood on the barrel and the
ramrod, that at the butt-end some hair adhe-
red 10 the blood, and tina, there was also
little piece Of skin or flesh; that that must
have been the pistol which he took on
quitting his chamber, and we requested him
to give explanations as to these circum-
stances, which appeared to us to raise the
gravest charges against him as the author OF
the assassination committed on the person
Of the Duches dc Praslin, the Duke is re-
ported TO have bent down his head, and
held it in his hands, whilst the Procurer
du Roi addressed him in strong terms, en-
joining him 10 explain himself " it'll the sin
ccrity which became his position and his
name. He at length said, 'lf my attention
had not been distracted by the exhortation
of the Procureur du Roi, should have re-
oiled to you that deny that the pistol found
in the chamber of Madame de Praslin is that
with which armed myself this morning to
go to her assistance; but deny formally to
any other weapon; as 10 the adhesion of the
hair and skin TO the butt-end Of the pistol, il
that circumstance really exists, it is inpos.
sible for me to explain it," And this was
signed by the Due, thus: 'sPraslin."
An addition to the preceding process YER
baux sets forth that there had also been seiz-
ed yataghan sabre ornamented with silver,
which was found in chest of drawers in
the bed-chamber of the Duke de Praslin ;
there had likewise been seized hunting
knife, mounted in copper, which was behind
the cushion of sofa situated between the
fire. place and a chetIenier, and there was
next seized Il book published by Chalk, call
ed '.Guidc Official DIES Voyaguers," found
on the chimney Of the bedroom, on
the cover of which was a spot of blood
This document also states that the Duke de
prasin was asked if he would accompany
the magistrates 10 the bcd-chamber of the
Duchess, where the corpse was then lying
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