The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-06-17
fxg LAST ACT or THE TaAoEDY.-A

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! tiplied misery and misfortune, is with.
out parallel in the history ofLouisi
ana. The recollection is yet too fresl
in the memory ofour people-the grie,
too poigent-and the footprints Of thu
cruel fiend, too fresh, to admit Of de
tail, ofthe heart-rendering scenes which
our people were called upon to witness,
as they followed one another in quick
succession under the roof Of that fated
family. A daughter, in the morning Of
her existence, with the rose tinge on
her cheek, blighted. A brother but
chered in his manly hearted effort to
ayenge the wrongs Of his sister-and
an honorable and high minded old
man-who had weathered the storm
oflife to the frosty period Of four score
years, cut down with the madening
evidences of his daughters shame and
a broken heart to The grave. All this
was stern reality, with the most aggra-
waited details, took place Lut few
brief years ago, to stain the fair fame
ofour quiet little city, and add another
page, to the volume Of crime. He
who caused it has Just finished his in
famous career.
We knew llim-most ofour citizens
were on terms of intimacy with him
He was affable and courteous, and read
lily won his way into favor. After the
tragedy on Lafayette street he was
aided to escape the ignominious death
he would have met at the hands
of our. infatuated people, had he re-
manned an hour longer. He fed-the
following private letter which has been
kindly furnished us for publication will
show how the author offs much misery
ended his existence.
ALBANY, BAKER Co., GA, Maya.
Dear Sir: / promised to write you
he result of DR.. Birds trial. He was
tried at the fall term of the Superior
Court for this County, and found guilty
Of Voluntary mansaulghter. When
the jury rendered the Verdict, he re-
quested the Court by his Attorney for
a delay Of his sentence for few hours.
Our judge being a man of amiable
granted the request with
out hesitation. Bird was remanded
to jail; there were other prisoners in
the dungeon who stated that after the
door was locked, DR.. Bird shaved him
self, put on clean linen, clean draw
ers and socks.-hung his boots on a |
peg where he was accustomed to hang |
lhem-all very quietly and as the
prisoners state; with the coolest and
most imperturable sang froia. He
hen took out his pencil and wrote
quite an affectionate farewell to his
aged parents, doth of whom were at
lie hotel in which he denied that he
was guilty. After folding and ad-
lressIng the note to his parents, he
;ook phial from his pocket, poured
he contents into a glass, placed him.
elf on the bed, locked his hands upon
lis bosom and was in eternity, in two
ninutes-he had swallowed | OF.
If Prussic Acid.
The scene in the dungeon cannot
,e described or imagined, There Law
in that dismal place, on mean
'ed, the inamilnate form of DIR. JSo.
J. BIRD, man who had been raised in
he very best circles of society-who
vas the darling Of his parents and
therefore, had every advantage Of edn-
alton. In that gloomy room was "a
TRANCE assemblage OF character the
physicians, busting and busy in the
ruthless effort to rekindle the spark
hat had forever fled the curious
rowd that had instantly rushed intod
he prison, when the alarm was given
all without one exception, yielded
D the effect Of the narrowing tragedy
nd were melted in tears. In was inn