The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-12-09
Srleet Mlisefllanp,
From The Baltimore Patriot.l
A NIGHT WITH TEE DEAD.
Sketches of Medical Student in Paris.
BY BoNJIL sIMHAwL,

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bad murdered his betrothed in cold blood.
and appeared to have committed the deed
without any provoeation. 1t came out on
his trial that he was a very desperate
yharacter, having been guilty of almost
every known crime. Paris had been ex-
cited for weeks by the details, and it was
only when the curtain fell on the last act
of the drama, that the excitement sub
sided
The particulars of his last crime were
substantially as rori0ws: 1850
In the Rue des Ours dwelt a widow Ia
dy and her only daughter. Lucille Ma
turin was a lovely girl just entering into
womanhood. She was pure blond. Her
complexion was fair as the driven snow
Her features were regular and revealed
intellect and mental culture. Her figure
was perfect Like most blondes, she in
clined slightly to em6onpoirt, just suffici-
ent to gracefully round her form. Her
life was very retired one, at the time I
refer to-; she had but one affection in .he
world, namely, love for her mother
Madame Maturin returned her daughters
affection with all the love that mother
feels for an only child.
They led calm, monotonous existence,
but it was a delightful monotony-that of
two loving hearts, who felt, wept and sym
pathized together. One day, an event oc
Cured which caused an entire revolution
to take place.
Lucille was crossing the Champs Elyses,
when tilbury, driven by a gentleman,
knocked her down; the wheel passed over
her body; but by some lucky chance she
received no injury, and when the gentle
man descended from his vehicle and pick
ed her up, he found that with the excep-
tion of a bruise or two, aad great fright,
there was nothing the matter. The gen
tleman, after making himself acquainted
with her address, Immediately drove her
home. When they had arrived at Mad
anne Maturin's house, the stranger intro
duced himself to Lucille's mother at the
Comte de NervaL He made thousand
apologies for the accident, and stated that
he should call the next day and inform
himself as to Mademoiselle's health he
then took his leave.
This Courade, for such was his real
name, was a returned convict. He had
originally been we'll brought up, and had
at one time possessed good property
But the moment he came into possession
of his estate he had plunged deeply into
Partisan dissipation, and had soon sauan-
dered all his means. Day by day he sank
lower, until at last he became hanger-on
in the numerous gambling houses in the
Palais Royal, One day an Englishman
was discovered murdered in the streets
he had been strangled. Suspicion was
excited against Courade; some of the
bank notes were detected
upon him. He was tried, but the prosecu-
ton failed to convict on the capital crime,
he was convicted of highway robbery, and
sentenced to the galleys for life. He had
not been undergoing his punishment more
than a year when he escaped and returned
to Paris. must add that in manners
and appearance he was perfectly gentle
manly. He called himself the Comte de
Nerval, and by some new schemes of vii
lainy, had succeeded in obtaining posses
sion of considerable sum of money
Such was the dangerous person who had
obtained an introduction into the house Of
Madame Maturin.