The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-12-22
The Dead Alive.


Tho sulgoined narrative, published, o,
nRiuHlly 10 Chninbers' Journal, h slated 90
bc tfnnHlH6d'ifhm n foreign nrwHuHTrrr. "
- necrsshry 10 remind the reader Thai tho H.
land MnnriuuF, nppertnining 90 tbs day TO
t''r H'tr't-'' wac originality eolsbissa ~ ll,e
French, and thHi tho popuHliun consists in
u great measure, Of prTHpnH oi thnt unlipu,tO
whom 10y u Formal treaty between the Two
powers concerned, their ancient laws aud
uHngrs were preserved without any mniuri-
al alteration,
Abou three ar four months ago, the Sieur
tlodomr frcnOls, u rich merchant OF lho H.
lnnd wns fund dead nnd lrighlh,lly dsfsur.
cd ~ his own hHbitnliOn. liz body WIS du-
covered lying on the floor with hts face nil-
liluied hyn pistol, aud all doubt M To the
cause OF the catastrophe was dispclled hv
he discovery at lho fatal weapon 10y the rdo
at he corps, ~ also Of u paper IA lhe hand
writing of The decreased, THIS paper CON
tnlnnd ilin following Words
~ nntuinud "a villain hus robbed ne Of
twenty thousand liyrcE sterling, dt-h0nor
must he NY portion, and cannot survive u,
] leave NY vile the task Of distributing a.
mnuR ny creditors the means wlnch rounin
20 ~, aud rray ,tn, God, NY friends, aud
ny cncfuirH, may pnEinn NY self drsIruc-
ton. fut another minute aud shRli bo ~ O.
lerniiy.
(Sgnfd) CLonoMiR FRrSols.
Grrni was the consic1 nation chusrd by
tlis tragic e,euI, which wac tho more uurN'
pected HgthHiuH alluded "a IN the Roie he'd
never been uAdc public. The deceased hnd
been hcltTin great esteem over the colony,
asa unu Of strict honor, 0nd was universally
lHmrutod HE hilnghed widow after Gu
rruvuriug tHttiIt,Iily itrl6 L'- !a-g ss4Al4ez-
found her grcl too powerful To uuiugle long
~ With the world, md took tie resolution
. 90 couserrnic her remaining days To the scr-
woes 81 religion. Two months aiIer thc sat
end Of her husband. shc entered a convent,
lcnriug 20 % nephew of tio mcrchanl,u phys
cinn, the charge of completing the disulbu.
ton Of effects Of FfulIois among h'H credit
orp.
] \ minute examination Of the papers of the
! deceased led To the Discovery OF ihu peflVd
az Whtci the unfortunate merchant huh lHru
robbed; mil this period was found to CORES
pond With the date Of the dtsappeHrnhce Of u
iuHn named John MooU long ~ the employ
I iiisHt Of lruunia--Of this uuu, on whom
suspicion uots,luua,urtlly fen, uo'hng could
be- lra-ucd on eupuir,; tut, shortly after the
I dlvisiPn o. The merchants property huuu
4. rrhppcnrcd IN the colony when lukcn up
aud examined respecting the cause of lns
Hight hc stated That lac had becu seut 10y las
muster To frurrc, ~ recover certain sums
due to the merchant there, H. Which mission
I lac bad hccu unsuccessful, and lac further ~
Ntrrud that fCloduntr Frcuuis, IA hls cX.st-
/ lug correspondence, Ind thrown any iUJurl-
Gus suspicious on hin Muuu) tho whole wac
/ hut prttcNl to account for DEFICIENCIES of
which tho merchant himself was the sole
CAUSE aud author Thus declaration, nin,lu
/ 10y u man WHO sernad To fear no injury, Hud
whose WORLDLY circumstances remained To
] Euuit they Ind ttXtsT lgrtl.
ind the cilrc, al siloucing, II II did not satisfy
( the tNUnlTtts; rId tie JtiUIr trtu trif, -,
great measure nut of the public recollection.
Things remained Tor short time ~ this
condition when ouo morning, Mr. William
burnett, principal creditor OF the lutc Cludo-
mir Frenuis, heard knocking At lis gate M
very eutiy huttr.t -Ll
servants, who went down and opened the
/ du"r, aud Immediately returned with the III.
/ telhpeuce, that stranger, who seemed desir-
Gus OF Keeping hrs person concealed, wished
10 speak wuh Mr. Burncli. Tie nrosc, threw on
his dr6ssthVg own,REd descended 10 the par
lRrL lie snlx thcrc 2lraIlil ~ trtttt TIrrEuU
sitting IN IN 6nSy and familiar attitude upon
suiH, with number of the Morning Post
| Ia his hand. The bnck of the visitor WINS
turucd To Mr. Burnett ms he entered Ralhor
surprised - see stranger conduct himself
so like mn olJl friend OF the house, Mr. Bur
nett sud aloud, "Sir, mny beg 10 know your
busincss with me- z"
Tile Stranger tutnHd rnund mud nivaucrtf
To salute his l.hst warmly and cnurteouslY.=
! Mr. Burnett started bark and uttered loud
exclamation Of surprise and alarm. Well
he might. for before his eyes stood his friend
and debtor, Clodomir Frruuis, whom he had
beheld nearly year before, mutilutcd
Pcorpse--whom himself had followed To the
grnvG." '"4
What passed nj TINT interview, httwrct,
! MIR Burnett aud his strange visitor, remnu-
cd u secret. MIR Burnett WINS observed tn
issuG suvCrui times, pHtu aud ugtrtf, truHi his
dwelling, aud to visit the magistrate charged
with the conduct of the criminal procession
OF the COLONY. In the course Of the day,
while John Moon was RECALLING him
self with ten under the-plam trees in his gar
den, with Circassinn female whom he had
bought some time previously, ho was arrest
al aud taken to prison hy the, officers of JUS
tire. On the folowing'day he WINS brought
before tie criminal cOnrI, accused Ot'r0bbTUg
the late Glodemir FreHeis, the crime being
con oined with breach of trust aud violence.
Moon smiled NJ HE charge with all .ihe con-
iidence OF u man who had nothing to fear
rhe,Judge having demanded of him If he
confessed the crime, the accused replied
-,I,at the rharEe WINS altogether absurd; Ihnt
! clenr testimony was necessary To fix such
charge upon him; nnd lhHi,so far rs their be-
| ing any such evidences pruducable, neither
the widow of the deceased, nor any one per-
son in his service, have cyrr heard the pre-.
tcuded robbery even once meui{uned by
| Frcnnis during his life.
so you then affirm Your Innocence !" re-
lpeuted the Judge graycly, nf)er hearing all
! that lhc nlhnr had 10 say,
~ II will ayOuch my innorencc1 TFPttrrf