The Placer herald., 1858-01-30

The Judge having demanded of him if he
confessed the crime, the accused replied that
the charge was altogether absurd; that clear
testimony was necessary to fix such crime
upon him; that so far from there being such
evidence producable, neither the widow of the
deceased, nor any person in his service had
ever heard of the pretended robbery even
once mentioned by Frenois during his life
"Do you affirm your nnocence!" repeated
the judge, gravely, after hearing all the other
had to say.
81 will vouch my innocence" replied
Moon.
A signal from the Judge accompanied
these words, and Immediately door opened
and Clodomir Frenois, the supposed suicide,
entered the court. He advanced to the bar,
having his eye calmly, steadily fixed on the
prisoner, his servant.
Being called upon to testify he gave his
statement as follows
"When discovered the robbery commit
ted by John Moon, he had fled from the
Island, and I speedily saw that attempts to
retake him would prove fruitless. saw ruin
and disgrace before me, and came to the re-
solution of terminating my life. On the
night on which this determination was form
ed, was seated alone in my private cham
ber l had written the letter which was
found on my table, and loaded my pistol.
The end of the pistol was at my head, when
a knock on the outer door started me. |
concealed my weapon and went to the door.
A man entered, whom recognized to be the
sexton of the parish in which | lived He
bore sack on his shoulders, and in it the
body cf a man newly buried which was des-
tined for my nephew, the physician then
living with me. The scarcity of bodies for
dissection, as the court is aware, compes
those who are anxious to acquire skill in the
medical profession, to procure them by any
possible secret means The sexton was at
first alarmed when he met me. Did my
nephew request you to bring this body?' said
|. No. replied the old man, but knew
his anxiety to obtain one for dissection, and
took it upon me to offer him this body
For mercy's sake continued the sexton, do
not betray me, sir or shall lose my situa
tion and my family's bread
"While this man was speaking, strange
idea entered my mind l stood for few
moments absorbed in thought. and gave to
the resurrectionist the sum which he had cx-
pected. Telling him to keep his own coun-
sell and all would he we'll, sent him away
and carried the body to my cabinet. The
lody was fortunately the same stature as
myself and like me in complexion.
Il then dressed the body in a suit of my
own clothes. This accomplished, then
took up my pistol aud fired it close at the
head of the deceased, and at once caused
| Il, "a.
Bile for the keenest eye to detect the substi-
tuition which had been made.
s"Choosng the plainest habit could get,
| then dressed myself anew, shaved off the
whiskers which | was accustomed to wear
and took other means to alter and disguise
my appearance in case of being subjected by
any accident to the risk of any betrayal
Next morning saw me on board Of French
vessel on my way to distant land-the native
country of my ancestors. The expectations
which led me to the execution of the scheme
were not disappointed. knew John Moon
was the man that robbed me, and who now
stands at the bar of this court, and that he
had formed connections in tie Island which
would in all probability bring him back to
it as soon as the intelligence of my death
gave him the promise Of security. have
been equally fortunate in other respects
While my unworthy servant remained here,
in imaginary safety, have been successful in
discovering the quarter in which, not daring
at first to betray the appearance of wealth,
he had lodged the whole of the stolen money.
1 have brought sufficient proofs to convict
him Of the crime with which he stands charg
ed. By the same means, will be enabled
to restore my family to their place in society,
and to redeem the credit of name on which
no blot was left by those who bore it before
me, and which, please God, shall transmit
unstained to my children and my children's
children"
The prisoner, seeing that denial would
be useless confessed the whole, and was sent
to prison for his crime.
The news of C1odomr Frenois' reappear-
ance spread rapidly, and the high esteem in
which his character was held, led to univer-
sal rejoicing on the occasion. lie was ac-
companied from the court to his home by
dense multitude, who welcomed him with
prolonged shouts. 1t would bo useless to
attempt any description Of the feelings of
his wife, who was thus restored to the be-
loved being for whose sake she had quilted
the world. She was released from ecclesias-
tical VOWS and rejoined her husband.
The Steamship Adriatic.
The Adriatic left New York at noon on
the cad of November, and arrived at Point
Lynas (about As miles below Liverpoor at
nine o'clock on the evening of :he Sd of De-
cember, making the passage to that point
in ten days and four hours, real time. Ad-
ding to this three hours for the run from
Point Lynas to Liverpool, the trip from port
to port would be ten days and seven hours.
This NAV disappoint some who were san