Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-09-03

Alfred Bourbon was 6rsfbrought in; ans
he having been duly cautigned that he was
not obliged to answer alls questions crimi
mating himself, proposed the following:
j s'aave you The key Of your labraloryp
"No; the door is always epen.''.
"N ell, then, of any door.or cupboard in
the room?' T,~,.=
At this question his faceHushed purple;
he stammered, 'sTherei iiss 20 and ab-
ruptly paused. = 80 ed =,
'Do understand yousto;say there is no
cupbeald y. !, Q. q plaee1 taenl g she e
'No: here is the key r.
elias any one had access to the cup
board or recess of which this is the key,
except yoursell?"
The young man shook as if smitten with
ague: his lips shattered, but no aItlculate
sound escaped them. i r
''You need not answer the ques i,n,
said the magistrate, unless ''you choose to
do SO. | again warn you that all you say
will. if necessary, be used against you
"No one,' be at length gasped, master
ing his hesitation by Il strong exerllon OF
the will-'no one can have had access 10
the place but myself. | have never parted
with the key
| Mrs. Bourbon was now called in After
interchaning glance of intense agony,
and, as seemed 10 me, OF atfectionale in
telligence with her son, she calmly answer
ed the questions put TO her. They were
unimportanf, except the last, and that act
ed upon her like galvanic shock. 1t was
this-"Did you ever struggle with your
son on the landing leading to the bedroom
of the deceased Tor the possession of this
boltle?" ard held up that which we had
found in the recess. -......-. ..--.
A slight scream escaped her lips; and
then she stood rigid, erect, molionless, glar.
ing alternately at me and at the fatal bottle
, with eyes that seemed starting from their
sockets. | glanced towards the son; he
was also effected in terrible. manner
His knees s,note each other, and clammy
persplration burst forth and settled upon bis
pallid forehead. .....-.'.....-... ....'.--
! .tAgain caution you" itera:ed the ma g.
istrate, ''that you are not bound TO answer
any OF these questions. - .,-- ...-
The woman lips moved. "No-nev.
erH' she almost inaudibly gasped and fell
senseless on the floor. H..
AS soon as she was removed, Jane
| Withers was called. She deposed tha,
three days previously, as she was. just be.
fore dusk, arranging -somss linen in room
few yards distant from the bedroom o
her late mistress, she was surprised at hear.
! irr bo of,
sons struggling and speaking in low but
earnest. tones. She drew aside corner
of the muslin curtain Of the window which
looked upon the passage or corridor, and
there saw Mrs. Bourbon striving 10 wrest
something from her sons hand. She
heard Mrs, Bourbon say, 'You shall not
do it''-or something of that kind. A
they ceased struggling, and listened atten-
lively for a few seconds; then Alfred Bour.
don stole off on tip toe, leaving the object
in dispute, which witness could not see dis
tinclly, in his mothers hand. Mrs Bour.
don continued 10 listen, and presently Miss
Armitage, opening the door Of her mothers
chamber, called her by name. She imme-
the narble-,op of side-table standing on
the corridor, and fastened TO Miss Armitage.
! Witness left the room she had been in, q
few minutes afterwards, and curious to
know what Mrs. Bourbon and her son had
been struggling for, went to the table 10
look at it. It was an eddly-shaped glass
bottle, containing good deal Of a blackish'
gray powder, which, as she held it up to
the light, looked much like black lead!'
"W oulo you be able to swear to the bot
tie if you saw it!''
''Certainly should -
! 'sBy what mark or token!''
"rhe name of Valpy Or VulPy was cast
into it-that is, the name was in the glass
itself;' .. .-. .--
'sIs this il!'' -..--..r -...
cit isl swear mos: positively"
A letter was also read which had been
taken from Bourdon's pocket. 1t was
much creased, and was proved to be in the
handwriting Of Mrs. Armitage. 1t con-
sisted. Of q severe rebuke at the young
mans presumption in seeking TO address
himsefto her daughter, which insolent in
gratitude, the writer said, she should never,
whilst he lived, either forget or forgive
4 The last sentence was strongly underlined
in different ink from that used by the wri.
ter of the letter. ..n.. ...
II The surgeon deposed to the cause o
death. 1t had been brought on by the &C
ton Of iodine, which administered IN GER
tain quantities, produced symptoms of rap.
id utrophy, such as had appeared in Mrs.
). Armilage. The glass bottle found in the
recess contained iodine in a pulverizet
stale.
deposed that on entering the library
on the previous evening,[ overheard young
MIR. Bourbon, addressing his mother, say
"Now that it is done past recall, | will not
shrink from any consequences be they
what they may!" .--.
, This was the substance of the evidence
adduced; and the magistrate at once com
: mitted Alfred Bourbon to Chelmsford Jail, tt
take his trial at the next assize for wilfu
murder. A coroner's inquest, few day
| after, returned verdict of "willful mur
der" against him on the same evidence.
4 About an hour after his committal, AM
, just previous to the arrival of the vehicl
which was to convey him to the county
prison, Alfred Bourbon requested an inter
view with me. very reluctantly con
, sented; but steeled as was against him,