The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-06

to his usual custom. This croWnlng piece of
cTcumstantial evidence seemed decisive; seals
ware placed on all the doors, and d d'Anglade I
and his wife were carried off to prison, the hus-
band was placed in the chatelet, and the wife /
in the fort FEyeque. They were each thrown
into dungeon, and the gaolers were strictly
charged to prevent them seeing or communi-
eating with any one. Their confinement was
made as severe as possible. Madame d Ang-
lade had dangerous miscarriage, butt brought
no amelioraton to the rgor Of her prison.
The trial came on Witnesses were heard
for the prosecution. Among thechief were the |
counts servants and the able Gagnaid, hisf
almoner; and two of these witnesses deposed
that they had seen 'Anglade near the door rofI
the abbe's department just before the arrival
of the count de Montgommeri. Another wit
ness swore that he knew d'Anglade to be a
gambler and that he heard the able Boun
call him an old clothes man; and this tailed
with the fact that he lent money upon pledges.
Another witness .deposed to having heard
that d Anglade had once stolen piece ofrlb
bon, and that before he came to live in the rue
Royale, a quantity of silver plate had suddenly
disappeared from the house where he lived - -
Many other minute facts came out, all tending
to deepen the suspicion against the d Anglades.
The most damning evidence, however, was
gathered from his own replies to the interrog
atories concerning his birth and source Of in
come. An evident mystery surrounded him
He prevarcated in his answers, z.#s
At last it was made clear, that instead Of
being, as he boasted a gentleman Of high birth
and large fortune, his origin was mean, and his
income was not more than two thousand liyres,
although he lived extensively, paid for every
thing in ready money and had ready money
to lend out besides. This at once established
him as a chevalier d'industrie, and put an end
to the sympathies of honest men. Added to
all these facts and suspicious, d'Anglade and
his wife contradicted each other, and there
were discrepancies between their statements
The case locked very black against them; but
as the justice of those days would on no account
condemnEa prisoner without giving him every
chance of confessing his doom to be well mer-
tied, d'Anglade was put to the torture. The
evidence was, after all, only circumstantal,
and it would be satisfaction if he could be
made to confess. He was first put to torture
ordinary, and as that brought nothing, they
proceeded to the torture extraordinary, which
brought nothing either. .-.z... ..........
f. As d'Anglade refused to confess his guilt,
| there was nothing to be done but to condemn
him without confession, for of course justice
never felt a moments hesitation as to his guilt,
and, on the i 9th of February; 1888, he was
condemned to the galeys for nine years. His
wife was banshed from Paris for a like period.
Also. he was sentenced to pay a fine to the
king, to make restitution of the stolen goods,
and to pay three thousand llvres to the count
! by way of compensation, which required more
than lie had in the world. The FIVE months he
had spent in prison, during which he had lived
on bread and water, with nothing but damp
and rotten straw for bed, had entirely shat
tered his constitution. Nevertheless, on being
taken from the torture-chamber he was thrown
into the darkest and frightfullest dungeon oi
the Moutgommeri tower, from which he was
only removed to be taken-ali broken to pieces
to the chateau de la Joncelle, where he wa:
attached to gang Of the vilest forcatss @,
He seemed to be at the point Of death; ht
declared that he was innocent of all knowledge
/ of the robbery, received the last sacraments
with devotion, pardoned his enemies, and ex
4 pected death with composure that might arise
4 either from sense Of innocence or the prospect
of release from intense suffering He re-
covered, however, sufficiently to depart for the
4 galleys with the rest, but he was obliged te
be conveyed in cart, and two men were en-
ployed to lift him down every evening, and lay
him on his bed of straw, and to lift him again
into the cart the next morning The count de
Montgommeri, who was terribly afraid that
4 the suf1erings Of d'Anglade might soften the
heart of justice, or that death might deprive
him Of his revenge, was earnest in his sollcita-
tions for the immediate departure of d 'Anglade
to the galleys, and stationed himself upon the
road by which he must pass in order to feast
his eyes upon the spectacle Of d. 'Anglade's
misery as @ .51@5 .E#- r.a'siss-
d. Upon the 4th Of March, 1859, d'Anglade
died in the hospital at Marseilles, four months
after his arrival at the galleys. -,-,.g. -.
No sooner was d'Aegade dead, than anony-
nous letters began to circulate in all direc-
tlons, in which the writer declared that his
conscience would give him no peace until he
declared that NJ. d'Anglade was entirely in
nocent ofthe robbery committed upon the count
de Mon,gommeri, and that the real criminals
were one Vincent de Belestre, and the able
yGagnurd, almoner to the count. 1t was sadded
that a woman named La Combre could give
| important evidence. ess M @ss., F. --g- ....
Here was a terrible revelationl The peni-
! tent prosecutor nad become hOffOf STRUCK at
the possibility ofhaving been the means of sub
| jecting an innocent man to SO terrible a fate.
/ He ordered certain Degras, 1.-THE same who
was employed to persuade the prisoner, Mad.
Brinviers to leave the convent where she had
taken refuge, to make inquiries into the life
and habits Of the party now accused. The re-
suit was that Peter Vincent, OF. Belestre, the
first named, was discovered to be the son Of a
poor tanner at Mans. He had enlisted as
soldier, under the name of Belestre, and had
risen to the rank Of a sergeant; but had been
condemned to the galleys for his share in the
assassination Of miller.
This was his first offence. His later exploits
had been confined to burglary and highway
robbery. After teing very poor for a long
time, and vagabond besides, he. had finished
by purchasing an estate in the neighborhood
of Mans for. which he had paid ten thousand
livres. AS to the able Gagnard, his father
was gaoler to the prison in Mans, and the
son had nothing to live upon when he first
came to Paris, except the masses he said at