The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-10-21
4 FEMALE DEMON.

W Y NNh' ANlt l'tNb"i'E htiR ''fI''
in the History of Crime from the Me-
moir of The Prisons and the Prison
ers Of Paris contained ia the Oct. No.
of Ha,per's Naga,ine. Ia some res
poets il is without panIlel:--
In the latter par, Of the seventeenth
century, political hate or private inter
e., and revenge. had taken the subtle
and less conspicuous shape Of impri,on-
ment. The crime was arislocratic, and
so were its victims. The person who
aiirighted Paris with the first pinch of
the "pou9re de succession. was IA lady
and marquis. Ia 1920. the common
talk of Pats and Versailles was OF poi.
sons and their Effects. Deaths we're
frequent and p,y ,ys,erious: the cause so
subtle ~ to elude detection. II was f.
nally discovered that the vender OF the
poison was a woman known by the
name of La Noisnr. She had succeed
ed TO the fatal secrets Of the labraiory
of Madame de Brinvillers. the mar
puise," who four years before. after be.
ing subjected to torture. had eNpiaied
her crimes on the scafFold. II was now
the turn of La Noisne Unlike the
marquisc, who was beautiful, spiriIulle.
and accomplished, she was gross, ugly
and brutal. The marq1ise feared the
tort IRE and confessed all, and perhaps
more crimes than she had committed
La Noisnc. on the contrary, scoti'd NJ
the instruments of torture, and mockcd
alike the Judges and execulioncrs.--
She seemed exalted above fear or sut-
fering, by the very enthusiasm Of her
wickcdness. No martyr 10 religion ev-
er showed more frnness and indif'er-
encc TO all that is most appalling to hu-
man nerves. She even accused her
self of impossible crimes. in the excite
ment of her dcpra,ed pride, gloriiying
herself 10y The intensity of her abomna-
ble passions She iokrd with the lieu-
tenan, Of the police; she laughed at her
Keeper; she drank with the soldiers
that watched her; she spai with con
tempt upon the engines ot torment; she
parodied modesiy bv an indecent ar
rangrment of her dress; she insulled
the tribunal when iuierrogaled; she
hla.phcmej il they spoke Of God; she
cursed when feared that she should
faint under the torture; she did all that
il was possible for human d,-pravily 10
do, exhnn>ting in il. folly and crime the
very dree- OF sin.
When The officers entered the cham
her Of torture of the Conciergcfie 10
read her sentence, ,hs bowed herself IS
inherently ss possible, almost touching
the carih. and conly said, ''Genilemen.
| salute you;" aud then proceeded 10
interrupt the recital with sons-, bias
phcmic., and insults.
You are condemned said the pres
ideni-"for impiciies, polsoning., Mllt'
ces. mi,decds, ihelIs, and complols
against the lives ofpersons. for ,scri-
lrgr, aud other crimes without number,
such as hnm,rile 10 fsrt and intention,
as culpable Of diabolieal prlciicr. and
irea.un-io make honorable amends at
the door Noirr dame"
"A wonder cried La NoisHe, awe
.hall see The devil in the holy water"
And to be- eonducipd TO the Place
De Grove 10 be- burned. and ,oar ash
- ihroNn 10 the aind.
Which will waii them To bell, ]
hope exclaimed the inrorrigiblu NO
man.
You nre also condemned 90 .nhmn
10 renewed torture. 70 extract from YOU
ilie name. of nrcomplicr. noi YET given"
You have only 20 choose Them
among your great lord. and npbis la
dies Have they not prevented me by
their folly from rnufiuaine nv osu pro-
f,ssion II an ac~ourhcur They opm-
menc,j hY s-kiHg d nr scrreis uf lhe
future, anl ! have draan iheir card,
anl given tlc mo.i brilliant bofo-cnres.
they then drnanird n me pair, dsjsaH
,sse. and have ,old lhrm pure water
under The sui.e a ~aier of ypuilA -
They hs,e askrd oi sac ssfas grains ~
that posder ~ suros..ion which suc-
nre,i,i - sell si'h Madnme d. Brio.
yiiiirr., sod I have gwen li'em my
strongest f-sisons Yoa kH0s al my
arf-umpiirrs-
"Ard haaiiy" raHiinund ihs isd=f.
,oa zr- conirwn~i 10 ,gbmH a. ihr
ig1nre rt'rsonlinAy~
Il hall ars~-r ihe hesi ] ran Moo
.lsar J8lgs. B,nA ms, siih my hani'
s.shini 70, harA i.-h %, lsg- Ssh rs'f y
lsT me da.n uf-un fhr ~ps-isn h1fsfr.
fsn in,irumer,i ~ toris0j iorurr me
Il yoar L,ssre. IN ooaiins- 70 lauzii.
n aasIArs1r % a.ns frsfr'iins al 'ir