Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-12-26

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on the prisoners part for such q
a deed, it was proved upon his own
admission that he had been i'll treat
ed there, and he had sworn to have
revenge. And furthermore, it was
proved that he had been heard to
say that his salvation Of soul and
body dependedIupon the destruction
Of that house. And next came
more testimony stronger still. :.
The FIRE had been set in a back
basement room where shayings and
other stuff for kindling were kept.
Entrance had been gained by a
back window, which had been part
y pried open with . stout knife -
This basement wall was Of brick,
and beneath the sash was found the
blade of q knife which had been
broken of in trying to raise the sash.
It was recognized as belonging to
the prisoners knife. A maker Of
cutlery had made a knife to order
for "A mbold only . month previous,
and he knew the blade at once and
swore to it. ,o zasa ,s
But this was not all, The fire
had been evidently set first to the
shavingss which lay upon the stone
floor, but piled up against . wooden
partition. This door was damp, and
some ol the outer shavings even
were not burned up. But just at
the edge when the fire commenced,
lay . piece Of paper, rolled mp, and
1about half burned, and from the
manner in which it lay, it was very
/ levident that the fire had been Sc,
i with it. This piece Of rolled pape.
had been ignited by d match, a
number Of which were scattered
around, and as soon as it was on
] fire, it had been laid upon the foo,
with the burning end just in the
shayings. OF course, these shaving
/ were in a blaze instantly; but tie
paper torch being upon the damI
i stones had not berned wholly up
And this paper was found 70 h
! o part tiof q letter belonging to tht
prisoner |! A letter which he bai
receiyedI from q friend Of his land 4
friend Of, mine,) only q week before
I That friend had to come forwart
and swear that piece Of charret
paper was q part Of a letter he hat
4 written 70; the prisoner. This friend
name was Stephen Grant. He wa
q young merchant, and the lette
had been written for the purpose o
4 inducing Ambold to reform. Ste
[pben tried hard to avoid tessifyine
for he knew as did others, that th
. fire must have been set with tina
identical paper; he was summone'
, and he could not deny his own CHI
rography. .is# e ''e
II The case looked dark. Man
witnesses were willing to testify. t
the prisoners good qualities; bu
!. no one could swear that Le was NJ
dissipated and degraded. That hons
been to him indeed, d regio
I internal. It's destruction cried or
!. for his bodily life, and it, existenc
long beeneating sway his sou
+ Poor Charlie n Ihad before bee
sure Of his innocence; but now
could only shake l,s my h head and pit
him. ..,sg .sf 4
J. Finally, he was allowed to spea
z for himself: He said he was INN
a|cent of the crime imputed TO hin
81 Hesaid that hei had threatened ,
: burn that house down--that he ha
tsaid about all that had been swoz
: to. And, furthermore, he WI
o around the house On the night .
2 the FIRE. . He Was mot ten rods o
I when the fsmes,burst forth, and B
J, vas. one pfs the first to give Il
g alarm. He had uttered one, cry !
9 fire. when he noticed where 4
e !. hatnes must have originated, ~
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