The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-04-17
a SINGULAR STORY


following singular story. viii h may
or may not b. true. as Gallcuani Is
iamoas ior strsngc cvenl.
y few iays smcc medical man
named PUi,iippc. died in villa,
near tau'. where he had resided
many ycats. AMI hal acquired, a
great reputation fur skill and nrohiiy.
lie never demanded arv rcruucrn
ton, except from those who were IN
circumstances to br shlc to pay him !:
AMI during the list viSi, cf tho chol-
era hc was in1cia,lgablc in his a,tcn.
ton t. the sa'ltrin, poor. Las, wear
an Ea..isNman, travelling IN that
par, Of the country was tax N aosil
dcnly i'll that he was oblgc to stop
At an inn IN the commune, aud DR..
Philippe was sent for.
Scarcely, however, hal he arrived
at the bed sidc Of the patient, when
the latter became violently atit7tci
ant ms countcaance changed exceed
lncly. The doctor also appeared to
he asltatcl, and at once ordered eve.
r. one ont of the room. When tha,
was done the door was locked on the
inside The laudIady, being curious
to know what Was golny on. listened
At the door but the couvcrsa;im wa.
carried On in Il language which she
did hot understand ; she, however.
heard the patient cXalalm IN French,
"ASsassin assassin - after which a
violent altcrcatou ensuca. The Eng
hshman appeared to threaten. and the
doctor to snpphcatc him the latter
afterwards left The room. and went
into the kitchen, where he prepared
some medicine which he ordered to be
given 10 the raticn, several times dur.
ins the night. On the following day
.hc stranger was much worse, aud
feeling his end approaching, he made
a sign for pen, ink, and paper, and
wrote Il few words in English, which
the Iandlady gave to the Mayor Of
the commune, who, not understand
ing the language, threw it aside into a
drawer, where 1t was forgotten.
The stranger died the same even
iu.. y few days since the Mayor,
when called on t. re c5istcr Che death
oi the doctor, whom in his turn had
pad the debt OF humanity, thought
OF this paper, and on his showing it
to his nephew who understood the Ian
gnage, 1t was found that DR.. Phil.
hppc WIS no other than the famous
Paterson, a noted robbcr Of the Uni.
ted states, all trace Of whom had
been lonG lost. The En"l;shman had
recognised lam as q man who had.
twenty years before, attempted to
murder him, while travelling in the
State Of Vermont, il. America. The
Mayor immediately proceeded to the
house Of DR., Philippe to institute
an inquiry. lie found that Ia had
durin% his illness, refused t, be un.
dressed, and had made the persons
who attended him promise that he
should be bu led in the clothes which
he then wore. The Mayor, however,
ordered the body to be- undrcs3cl
when it was found that the doctor
waa Ia reality very spare man, nj.
though he always appeared stout. the
bulk bclr" caused by his wcaring
clothes wadaed most thickly Ills
les were also ba"daged up, and one
=! Al- feet MAS tOunt to be a Ycry
sl.lIllulIy made artiiciaily onc The
toIy was covered with marks OF
wounds IN dark closet thore were
found several chests fastened with
triple locks, aAd Oh ,hcse bong !cr,
ccd o;cu they were lunnd to contain
arms Of various kinds, watchc3, gold
CONS Of al nations, and Diamonds
and jewels to a considerable value
Particulars of this discovery have
been transmitted to tie government,
and copy sent to the autl tlori.lcs OF
the State Of Vermont.