American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-12-06
NEW SERIES---y0L. 8 NO. 81.

meuleb anu one ldcquoy. rOur sewing
women. employed 10 embroider some
hangings for Madame de Montgom-
meri, were also left in the house; but
they were lodged in another part of the
building. The key of the outer door of
the room on the first floor was conGded 10
the femme dec chambre; the Able Gagnard
shut and double locked the door of his
room on the ground floor; and the family
departed, considering that they had left
every thing secure This was showing a
contempt for burglars that, under the cir
cumstances, amounted to rashness; and
the family departed, considering that they
had left every thing, secure; This was
showing a coAtempt for burglars that, un-
der the circumstances, amounted to rash
ness; and they seem to have thought SO,
for they returned home suddenly, twenty
four hours earlier than they had intended.
The count declared that his mind was
troubled by the sight of somo drops Of
blood which he found upon a table cloth,
that he determined to quit Vile Vousin
that moment having presentiment that
something had happened. The abbe and
the servants did not arrive until after him.
The first thing tha. struck the abbe was,
finding his room-door a jar, although. dur
ing the absence of the count and countess,
it had seemed to be closed the abbc hav-
ing double locked it with his own hands,
and the key had never been out of his pos
session. All the servants remarked the
fact also, but at the moment it did not sin
guar to state, make mach impression on
them. Supper was served to the countanl
countess in the salle-a. manger, and they
were still at table when their neighbor, d.
Anglade, camo home, at eleven o'clock,
accompanied by the Abbs de Ficury and
lie Villas, who had supped with him al
the house Of Ia Presdente Robert. Find
ing the count and countess were returned
they all went in and presently Madam d..
Anglade joined them. After little lively
conversation they all eaparated for the
night, ami everything seemed as usual.
The next morning the Count de Mont,
gommeri discovered that he had been rob
bed, The lock OF bis strong box bad been
forced, and every thing it contoined had
| oeen carried away.
He, of coursc, made a complaint to the
lieutenant-crihiinel of the chatalet; who
with the prou"cur du roi ani the com
miSsary Of police, lost no time in nrepairine
TO the spot. On ex animation they declar.
ed The robbery to have been committed by
some one upon the premises, and decided
upon searching the whole. house, Dan
gla lie and his wife requested that THEN
own appointments shoull BE- the first exam
ined. Strict scrutiny was made, but moth
ing could be discovered in the rooms they
inhabited. The officers proceeded to tht
attics. Madame d'Anglade excused her
self from accompanying them upon thu
plea of sudden faintuess. Up to the attic
the officers went; and concealed in an ole
chest, under wearing apparel and house
linen, they found rouleau Of sixty loui,
au Gordon, wrapped in printed paper
which the Count de Montgommeri declar
ed was his genealogy. lie also said tha
part of the mouey stolen from him consist
ed of louis au Gordon Of the year sixteel
hundred and cightysix, and sixteen hun
dred and eighty-seyen. ...a
When d'Anglade was questioned abou
this money be stammered and could Civ,
no oocouut Of how he came by it, II
seemed in despair, and Madame d'Anglad
said that the door Of the apartment Of tn
Able dc Gagnard had not been secured a
it ought to have been. and she insisted thH
it should likewise be searched. This wa
done, it was found chat money had bee
abstracted from FIVE bags, each containing
a thousand livres. AS the Able Gagnar
had double locked the door before his dc
parture and never parted with the key OF
Of his possession, This incident confrme
the suspicion that had settled upon dan
glade and his wife. The lieutenant Grim
mel went so FAR as to say to d 'Anglade-
Either you Or | must have commUte
the robery.'
=, So convinced was he that he had secul
ed the guilty person, that he declared
useless 10 waste time in making any ful
ther search, especially as the count said h
could answer for the honesty ofall his ow
, servants.
D'Anglade and his wife were taken fol
, mally into custody; their persons wer
searched, and seventeen louis-d'or and
double pistole, Spanish money, were foun
) in d'Anglade's pursa-a circumstanc
f which strengthened the suspicion again'
him. as part of the money stolen was pi'
} toles. 1t came out also that d'Anolad,
, who was in the habit Of supping ever
night in town, always took tho key Of tn
t street-door; there being no regular porter
but, upon the night on which the robber
, must have been committed, he supped {
| home, contrary to his usual custom. Th
browning piece Of circumstantia! evidenC
seemed decisive; seals were placed on a
; the doors, and d'Anglade and his wi
: were carried OF to prison,-the hu5ban
| was placed in the chatelet, and the wife
f Fort d d'Eveque. They were each throw
: into dungeon, and the jailors were stric
} y charged to prevent them seeing or cor
mnnicating with any one. There confin
, ment was made as severe as possible. MAJ
: anne d'Anglade had dangerous misca
iage, but it brought no amelioraton to IL
! rigor Of her prison.
t The trial came on. Witnesses wei
, heard for the prosecution. Amongst Il
, chief were the counts servants and Il