Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-23

We eoudenss from tbs Detroit Free Pgsss one Of
sha most remarkable instances Of real or feigned
madness which We ever read Of. Two unmarried
brothers. fFenchmen, named Boyoni lived win an
unmarried sister, abont twelve miles from Detroit
These men we're eccentrc. and associated little with
their neighbors. They originally were homanists'
and we're VerY superstitous, and did foolish things,
guch as 70 cut H the tails Of Che cattle 70 LET out
She bad spirits. Lstely they haye rather
their religion ard have had no particular religious
creed. only embracing the idea that coed or bad
spirit dWslt in every human or brute. For s lev
DAYS previous to the Telsted below, the neigh
bcrs had noticed the cOndust Of the Doyon's to be
more than usually strange. On Tuesday morning
the Sd. Mrs TGnderbush, living opposite these
Frenehmen head the report Of gun in their house
and the screen Of female. She ran to q neigh
boris, and while going, heard two more shots, and
locking towards the house, saw the Doyon brothers
breaking Aha doors snd windows. The whole neigh
borhood was alarmed, but no one dare 20 near the
house Finally Mr. Carbas had the courage 70 60
near and call 20 the DoyOns' to come ont. Auguste
came to the door with nothing on save a pair Of
pants, and having in his hand q club, and on Car
bas approsohing, struck him, knocking him down
but Csrbas managed to escape. consultation was
had and in the afternoon the neghbors rallied and
attempted 70 force the house. The two madmen
net the party and feled the hrst one, Mr.. Kaufman
20 the ground, breaking his skull The second man
net like Fate and the party retreated, carrying off
the two wounded men.
The Doyons left alone commenced demolition
q the furniture the ceiling and partitions and to
empty the house Of its contents and we're thus Oe
eupied Until the next day, that nothing was left
save the bare log walls, everything movable being
fhroWn into the yard and the water near by. The
neiRhbors, who must be very ignorant, so super
stitious that they viii not touch these articles On
wednesday afternoon the brothers were seen to
bring out the naked dead body Of their sister, they
Too, being entirely nude They covered her body
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In that, carried Il back to the house. Twice they
brought ont the body, one having hold Of the head
the other the feet snd dashng il into the water ald
washing It. returned to the house. In their AFTER
ascount Of their dOings they stated that they bap
tized their sister three times in order te make
Protestant Of herr that they we're commanded BY
the Almighty to do So bat at the last immersion
che was so long under water as to be drowned
After these wasbings, they threw the body out Of
the back door Of the house. About o'clock on
Wednesday they bore the body Of their sister on
their shoulders to the barn. which across the road
AN these things we're done while the men we're in
nude state, and in full view Of the neighbors
At the barn they laid the body on the floor, and
began to empty the building Of its contents, which
done they took heavy whip, known as the 'fblaok
snake" whip, and commenced whipping the corpse,
calling upon It in French to ''get up" They then
closed the scene by fight between themselves.
How long they fought is not known, but the marks
on their bodies show how desperate it was They
afterwards took the body Of their sister, and placing
It in wagon, covered it with straw and left it.
Aiming themselves with pitchforksl they started
through the woods toward GratiOt. Trough the rain
and the darkness, stark naked, they made their
way and ct midnight arrived, bleeding, cold and
exhausted, ct Mr.. Pulchers, reporting there that
they we're pursued by their neighbOrs, who sought
to kin them and that the Lord had instructed them
70 Zee there for sucoor. Pitcher took them in, put
them 70 bed where they fell asleep, and then sum
noned the neighbors to his assistance. They slept
until morning and in the morning were persuaded
% dress and thea related their story, the brother
Auxuste doin the most Of the talking The brothers
we're taken in irons to Mt Clemens jail. The elder
brother refused food, and they had again stripped
themselves.
OF course the superstition is that the men were
insane Yet the Free Press most peFtinently says
that it seems strange Two persons should suddenly
e. the same time, become deranged and that too on
the same subject and in precisely the same manner
ana unite to carry out their insane rawlings in har
mOny.
We notice by the Detroit AdVsrtissr that the COrO-
nsrs Jury have found that the brothers are insane.