The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-31

l eshu AAoACulOllOuSS 0lu 1l0O UlC udAldClc
like criminal, and sent to Pendiz.-
Thence l was removed to Mozir, incarce
rated, and treated in all respects as the mur
derer of the young Count Edmund Sero
Komoleska. - s.... ..z--
i The inquiry proceeded. Il was amaz
ed at such audacity in wickendness--a
such perversity Of human nature. I de
clared my innocence. ] invoked ever
means for my defence but deaf ear wa
turned to all my cries. learned that !
was to be condemned to the utmost seve
rity of the knot. The thought that I, /.
gentleman son, should perish in such
manner | it made me shudder. Ibeseech
ed, and at last the jai1or gave me some
paper, and pen and ink. l addressed .
petition to the Marshal of Nobility a
Mozir. In this petition I exposed the
whole affair in its hideous fidelity. The
sympathizing jailer. who began even him
self to think me innocent, undertook to
place my suplication in the proper hands.
He succeeded, and three days after l leran.
ed that fresh inquiry was to be set on
foot. ,~r.......g }.-...r. ..s...-
'One night when, with eyes dilated and
brain heated with feverish excitement,
was grasping mentally at the hope Of ac-
quittal, the door of my dungeon opened,
and my accuser appeared. :. ..
LED by the atsachEent which I for
merly felt for you,' said he in muffled
voice, Il come to save you.'
''Save me 7 I exclaimed; 1T is very
late.' ed. ~.a n-
There is still time,' reioined the ma
jor; but the moments are precious--you
must not lose them in vain words. Again,
l wish to spare you an infamous punish
ment and the tortures of the knot. Are
you wiling? a,3, acg.n .asraa ,- ~ ~,
"Am willing |. o say, say = cried I,
forgetting, in the invincible love of life
which attaches to human nature, that I
had before me the author of all my misfor-
tunes, and that l was about to owe life,
henor, liberty, to-a murderer ..v...
The major then told me must feign
sickness, and afterwards death. 'On
your resurrection added he, you must
take the uame of your elder brother, he
who was killed at the battle of Borodi-
no. .-.. .. ....:..--.......:
''That will be an imposture, said I.
r''No, no 7 answered the major. will
it not, after all, be the name of your faith
er and your family The play enacted
and it only depends on you whether you
enact it well or not-your brothers name
assumed, will provide for your fortune,
and, believe me, it viii not be bad
one.' ',J't 8 ~3 '1..-@ f-. ..'-t ~ :
There is an old proverb which says.
8 A drowning man will catch at the edge
of razor 7 Twas that man. / consent
ed to everything. l complained, I feign-
ed sickness. A doctor was called in, who,
smiling, ordered me some portions. I
asked for priest he came to confess me,
and declared, as also did the doctor, that
I was in great danger. The doctor, the
priest, the taller, were all in the secret
In short, they did not long leave me to
counterfeit death before they put me in
my coffin, and carried me to chapel,
whence the major delivered me in the
nighttime. Next day, had the pleasure
of beholding. from Major Fogel's window.
my own burial performed with the usual
ceremonies. aa.. s"aas< ,a.
t'There you are, FREQ at last said the
major, embracing me; but I have still
my promise to fulfill Singular mystery
of the human heart that man, whose
cupidity had twice led him to commit
murder, wept as he pressed me to his
bosom. .s.-... .... s...
The following day, the major gave
me fifty thousand rubles, and married me
to Julia, the ward Of the deceased coun-
tess. A week after, I set out with my
wife for Bessarabia, where I lived several
years. Having learned the death of Ma.
jor Fogel, I could not resist the desire Of
revisiting the home of my childhood. I
returned to the districtof Radomyset. and
bought some domains, wherson ! intend
ed to end my days. ae4r r.,.s.ss e......
Such was the deposition of the accused.
It was duly signed by the deponent, who
swore, with the usual ceremonies, that he
had therein told the whole truth, and no.
thing but the truth. Julia, the wife, con-
irmed the statements of her hnsband.-
By a piece of good-luok, the gardener
who had seen Major Fogel at the boat on
the morning of the day on which Count
Edmund was drowned, still survived, and
was met with at Pendiz: and the retired
officer who had sold tho vicious horse to
the major, also lived to give his share OF
evidence.
The four functionaries who had wit
messed the substituted will of the countess,
had been transported to Siberia for rob-
bing the imperial taeasnry. 1t was un-
known whether they were dead, or still
living at Tobolsk, the capital of Siberia ;
but from the nature of their characters, it
was not supposed that their testimony
would be of much value. a-..s
The lord-proprietor of Semenewo-Lozy
was acquitted, with an injunction that he
should resume his old name Of Joachim,
and was completely re-established in his
goods. honors, and dignities. III.
The tribunal of the government oi
Kiey confirmed the judgmentofthe inferior
court but in scarcely three weeks from
his acquittal, Joachim Krynszloft breath
ed his last. Three daughters were the
fruits of his marriage with Julia, and
thasa ara still living with their husbands