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

tho descriptions given by the innEeeper.
whore The four hopemcn had baited we're
extremely precise there seemed littlo chance
for their ultimate evasion
Win respect 20 The tfh, tho people at the
post Office, where be- bad taken his place de-
scribed his person with equal accuracy In
the mean time COurOl had taken refuge IN
the house ofa friend named Bruer who resid-
edai Chateau Ihiory, wliihsr be- Was irao-
od aud arrnslel, IN the same house was Cues.
no, % mend 0f lenemues, who appears ~
have gone fhGrn nn business Of his own. They
-s--sl,-
~ with their papers, bat tbo two latter hay-
Ing clearly proved ther alibi, were dismissed,
whereupon Guesno demanded back his pa
pors,
Come tomorrow morning." mil IA, mag,
i-ifaic "aud they shall ail bo drlivrkd 70
Now, Guesno was extremely anxious about
his paper, the want of which was reiarding
SOME business lee had IN hand, so ou the en-.
suing morning ho started brtmca Tor the po-
lice office, aud ~ the ihtes would have il, whn
should he meet On his way but hs old friend
Lcsorgucs Naturally enough they fell a.
discussing this strange affair which was then
the theme OF every tongue, and, engaged ia
conversation they proceeded, arm iu ARA tll
they Foaoh"d the office, whefc partl, from
IiNlNll'l1 hhA IhlNl lui we sake ul hH
friends company Lcsurqucs, consented a.
wait tor Gucsno till his business was conclud.
cd. lhoy weru, however, 40 early that Dau-
benton, the magistrate, had not yet arrived
~ that the twO friends seated themselves in
the aute-ru1nl through which they expected
him "a pass where several other persons wrr'
waiting, and amungst them tho witnesses who
had been brought ia FROM Licursaint & Mon-
gcrnon, 10 giyc evidence against Courol aud
the others.
DauLcnton, IN the meanwhile, having on-
tered his office ly another dogr, was busily
engaged In LOOKING over the information rula-
tive 10 this business, when one of his assist
ants hastily entered "a Inform him that some
women IN the anto.room declared that two OF
The murdcrcrs were calmly sitting amongst
them. The magistrate could not believe it,
aud lee sent for The women, separately to
question them; Int IN answer 20 bis iuquir-
ics, tltcy both positively reiterated their as
scrtiou- One was the maid Slutun, who had
served the travellers whilst duiug at the inn
at AIougcrun the other Wu- Gruu-srtctr, SCR
want tp Mndimc Chatclain, the limuuadrrc,
who had mcndcd the spur given them coffee,
aud seen them playing billiards. they were
confident that they wcrv not mlstakou,
Still the magistrate, who appears 90 have
been most worthy OF his olhrc, could NOS
hriag himself 10 believe that the guilty par
tics would 90 rccklcssly run into the lions
Jaws, and be- urged the women tu consider
we'll the ponspuuputps Of what they were say.
'inc-thc lives ur NO OF their fellow creatures
hunr upon their breath but their conviction
was not To bc shaken. lie thcn babe them
sit down, whil.t hc called IN the gentlemen
separately, and conycrscl with thctn both on
ujIiHrfiiy ffFrFpFT JsT'rt n atrHT'af' ttr ittt.
sassinatinn Nhcn tr disuis,ct them, ptum-
F. q .tts. l. o. .,..., H. . 80.
turned 20 the women whom he hoped 10 find
ready to rctract their assertions; on the rotI,
trarv. thcv were moro than ever confident ol
-rtrrtrrurTTrrrurrv .-t,,-+t,-
cd for the magistrate but 10 order the immo-
dntc arrest OF Gucsno and l.rsrr7lury although
himself cspccially after the late conversation
was intimately persuaded Of their innocence,
What drc6dinl SITUATION W nm,
The two prisoners were immediately con-
tronted with the witnesses who one and all
sWurc 10 their persons, AGREEING, without
exception, that besorluo- was the man
whose snur chain had been broken, and who
had afterwards forgotten his sword at Licur-
saint
Lcsurpues, Gucsno, Couro Bernard, Rich
ard, and Bruer were all brought to trial, the
three first as principals and the latter ~ n
hcttors or receivers, ON which occasion the
witnesses sworc as positively as before to the
persons of lcsurqucs and Cf1lesro. The last,
however, proved "A most satisfactory aliOi, and
Bruer suc6c,lcd in entirely establishing his
innocence EcNOfNucs was less Fortunate al
though his alihi wdSalso sworn 10 10y fifteen
respectable witncssbh some ot whom had
lunchcd with him, 9theN dncd with him, at
such hours rs rendered it physically imposs-
bic he could havcl been at Mongcron or Lii
-eaEsa!HL an the day in question The porter-
and workmcn employed in his house also
gave testimony in his favor.
1t was just as the jury were about to yield
ta the weight of this evidence, that the we'll
meant zeal of tuwnsinan of Lesurques Prov
cd fatal To him. This man was a jtweller,
called Lcgrand, who had sworn to having
transacted some business of Importance with
the accused on the day mentioned in the in
dictmcnt, which fact was corroboratcd by an
other icwellcr named Aidcnoh. Elatcd at
the weight of testimony brought in favor OF
his trieRd Lcgrand most unfortunately prof
fercd his books, where, he said, a certain en-
try would be found establishing the fact of
Lesurques presence in Paris, on the sth Flo
real. The books were accordingly sent for
and eNamincd but an evident crasure and
alteration of n into an &, overthrow, not on-
ly the evidence of the jewellers, who wore
very respectable men, but seems to have cast
doubt on that of the other witnesses. The
president of the court pressed for an cNpla-
nation, which Lcgrand not being able to give
an order was issued for his arrest, whereup-
on the poor man, entirely losing his presence
ofmind, confessed that he did not know to a
certainty on what day he had seen Lcsuques,
but that, being entirely assured of his inno-
cence,he had made that alteration in his books !
with the hope of establishing what he was
satisfied was true. From that moment the
tide of opinion changed; the evidence of the
other witnesses was looked upon as the result (
of n conspiracy, and n certain degree of an
ger and resentment took possession of the !
minds both of judge, jury and Audience
laesurques alone Mas calm; the moro things
went against him, the more unmoved he ap- /
pcarcd.
NJ thts crtriCEt tuuCrurr; trr itrry had
retired to consider thr verdict n woman, In a
state of excitement borderlng on insanity,
rushed into the court, and demanded to be
heard Being brought before tlie President,
she declared with the utmost vohemcncc, that
LcsurIues was entirely Innocent of the crime