The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-04-12

the III effects Of Lcgmud's confession were
yet TOO recent C0uTinl, lesurtuGs, Heruapl
hnd liichaui wore f1uul guilty, the first three
heing condemned a. death, lir hai 10 thr
gallcys Guesno and lruor were acquitted.
As soon ~ the sentence was pronounced,
lsesur1urE rose from his seat, and, with en-
uro cOmpOsuTo, declared hia innOcenco adding
"tliat Il murder ON the highway we're = foar-
iul crime u would b. wen inr hiH Judges e.
remember that u Judicial murder was no less
~" -
Then Couriol arose.
VI hn gully" sad hr, " cmltss az fut
Lerurquea Is innocent and Bernard lad no
part 10 tho murder"
/ Pour times he reiterated ihisasscrton, and
nom hls prison be- wrote letter hill of fnr-
rnw and repentance. 10 the same uurpose /;
%. eHurlucs knew nothing ~ the affair; the
names Of tlle othcr parties concerned were
idal, ltnssit liurochat aud Dubnsquci IL b
The last tor whom l,enrVlcs h mistaken"
MadclaIuc llrehon alrn made another ci-
fort o. cuu,iucc the authorities Of their mis-
take bat strange "a say, neither her hssure
nnccs nor those of C0urnl, who could havo
no interest hut conscientious one, iu deny
ina for Lrsurgups What BE- Hsos,d l''t AiHt-
teli, were sufficient 10 save the litc Of This
uninriunnic victim, IL is true, O petition was
sent in to The Directory rc6trrl the matter
10 the corps legislative. Al they asked for was
. po4ipapomoHt af the execution 'Alust l.o-
silrquos die" said they, "bocausc be- has the
misioriuno "a resemble a criminal p"
Tho answer of the legislative bGly was,
"tlni the process had boon strictly legal; that
single case could not Justify the violation
ola well-tousdrrcd statute. ami that t0 a0t
aside the verdict of n jury for the reasons nd-
anccd, would bo equivalent tn nrraiguing
/ the wisdom and Justice of thc law ~ establish
: ed since the right of u1rdnn no longer cV-
iSicd, there thus remained neither hope nor
/ help to Losuqucs
On the day Of his cNccution. hc Wrotc the
following letter ~ his wife, which from the
sioicism it exhibited, was very much admir-
cd lay the Rcpnhlic-pt That pcnod. IN the
mldft oi their di.orJcrs, affecting great adj
mirntou Of cla--irrl hcroi-m
Only dearest lnvo--No man can clnlc his
drslHS- I. mine tonic 0u % seaiIoll thu
victim "f an errur | shall mrri M, fate ~
becomes me-. ! send you SOME ur my hair;
Whvn NY children are o,d enough, won will
. divide u amongst thym. u H. she only inhrr.
iiaucr ] have now to leave them"
lnhApuily u WINS so, his whole property
being colliscaicd GO the State.
AN,r scutvucv was pronounced on him
lusupplcs al ,u caused uIr following letter Ia
bo inserted IA lhc public Journals addressed
~ ftfT rlrf criminal
"lio thou, Ia whose pl,rc nrto die, con
tunt with the sacrifice oi my lir Tho diy
viii probably yci uuu,r tlat ~ WI Cad
yopr,rlfin tho hpnde or iu.,irc. -lhcu rrmrm-
hrr me- Think of my ,hildrcu and nr their
broken hearted mo'hcrcoycrrd with Disgrace.
Restore them their enrd maine repair their
drollul misinriuur. which has wholly oriri-
naird iu ihr t,Di i,-,mtiau,u t,h,,Nt sou
aud me-"
The executions took place an the 10th Of
MAY, iigG As they went through the streets.
Couriol stool mp iu the cart and crird aloud
10 The pcnllc. Il avn guilly, but Lcsur4ucs l.
iuuo4pUt"
The latter died forri,inn All men. and call,
ng God 20 witness the injustice of his sen.
tcurc.
-AH4anl-L aE.-,a.l...l4.-l..t4sl,--
cd of LcsurQucs' innocence, wis Dnubcnton,
the Justice OF the peace: and he had uuiortu-
natGlA Leon - arine.4ls atas a. the cAiaAtra-
phr, hr felt that nothing could nppca-c his
rcmorsc but The refrigeration of the victims
,amc--a tariy, but %, regarded his family.
most important rpardiion aud as this could
only bc effected hy the. arrest of the other
three criminals nan,e,i by touriol hr rr-oi,.-
ed never to relax his cNcrtiuliS till hg laid his
hands upon them
Two wears had canscd since the death Of
LcupIucs, before Dauhcnton discovered the
ligbtost indication OF what he sought; but az
the end of that time, lac found in the police
reports, which day aud night were brought
10 him the name Of Durnchat This was the
man who under the name Of 1.ahordo, had
travelled with the courier and he was now ia
the prison OF ST. palcgcic for robbery. There
was no difficulty in identifying hm and ac-
coinpanied 10y Dau6cnton, four gems d'ermcs,
ami drouSrattc, ne was conveyed 10 NCfsAil-
I,,aV 80, lao, n. - 4 4.
ed n wish TO breakfast, alleging that he had
nothing ~ cnt since his arrcs, on the prcyi-
Gus day, They accordingly stopped at small
public house, and there Durorhat requested
private interview with the magistrate. The
constable pointed out the danger of trusting
himself alone with such confirmed villain !
but Daubcnton, bent on obtaining the iusti- |
ffcatiun of Lcsuqucs, ordered breakfast to bc |
served for himself and tie prisoncnin n pr- /
vatc room. They seated themselves opposite
each other, and Daubonton took up knife to
open an egg it was the only one on the Ia /
bic, the constable having cautioned the maid
who waited not to put down second.
You arc afraid of me" sold Dufochat to |
the magistrate, looking hard at him; "you
arm yourself already"
Take the knife" said Daubcnton, hand !
ing il 10 him. "Cut Yourself n slice of bread
and tell me What You know of the affair of /
the Lyons eourier,'i
lie had taken the right way Durochat
sayagely clutehod the knife; but in a moment
more he stood up, and laid it on the table.
You arc n brave man, citzenr e. said he.
and am lost ono. You shall know ail."
Whcreupon he made n full confession, con- !
firming in every particular tho account given
by Couriol. He had himself fled on the first
alarm and the name OF, ot,Losurlucs he had new
or heard till after his execution. "A
II was Dubosquo that had repaired his spur
Mt Mongeron -Duboasie that had FORGOTTEN
his sword at Lieursuint.
Some time elapsed before the other three
Asara takes7 hst fRall t4e- ,,rtirrr-
benton were crowned with success. Vidal.
Dubosque and Ross were arrested. and naid
ttr pgrTatty OF rfTCTT CT1rIEE. tTT CuHfrgstDns
Of nuroqhat and RosFj anincidctt entirely with /
that Of Couriol; Vidal and Bubosque denied
to the last, though no doubt remained of their.
Eu'if' \ light Wig, snch MS he had won on
the fatal day, being placed on the head Of
Dubosquc, the resemblance bctwixt him and