M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-08-04

reluctantly; but my wit finally triumphed,
and gained the secret.
His name, he said, was Henry Dupin. He
was born in Paris, but never knew who his
parents were. He went to live with Cazau-
boa when quite young and had been with
him ever since. lie said CaZaubon used to
be chemist, and did some business in that
line; and i. was in Paris that he invented the
Internal machine which they had since used
with such fatal effect. About two years pre-
viOus to the present time, they LETT Paris To-
gelher, aud spent nearly year in travelling
over the kingdom, numbering and rObblng
for living. Finally they came to Castel'
lane, where the master obtained his present
situation. Cazaubon marked the victims
that were 10 be robbed, aud the young man
then did the work. tie used various ar{itices
Iin carving out his pidn, but The usual one
was the same that he tried upon me.
/ The young man then explained to me the
secret OF the pipe. Only the outer surface
was of mereschaum. Within it was pis'
| tol of the finest steel, and OF the NEST exqul'
site workmanship. The stem was the bar
rel, and the lock was concealed within the
bowl. A thin plate OF metal protected The
curiously conrived lock, and upon this the
tobacco rested A pressure Of the thumb OF
finger upon this plate discharged the weap'
on. In order to cock it, the plate had to be
removed. And now comes the internal lea'
ture of the contrvanCe. The powder used
/ in the little barrel was Cazaubon 5 own man
ufacture. and very powerful. For IA wad, a
piece of felt was used and on the top OF this
was placed the missile which dill the mis-
chief. The young man had two oil then
with him, stitched up in the liningu OF his cap
He took them out AMI showed them to me
The proiectile was my arrow, not large
than a cambric needle, with one end sharp
and the other beat down 10 thin feather. -
1t was OF fine steel but coated with green
ish yellow substance, which was the mos
virulent aud speedy poison. That needle
once within the course oil the blood, an'
death was already at the heart. Its wounC
no mortal eye co1d detect. 1t puncture'
the skin not SO palpably as the prick off pin
He who sent it on its fatal errand made surt
of its aim, generally striking the neck, an'
the victim would fall into insenslblIlty err
he could comprehend what had hurt him.
Iretumed to Castellane with my prisoner
having left him in charge of the Sub-Pretect
took gendarme along with me and wen
to the facloy, Monsieur Cazaubon was sur
prised to see me back 80 soon, but he WA
more surprised when asked him to take
walk with me; aud when called in the gend
arme, ami babe him put the handouts upoI
the agent, he was ready to sink to the lloor
We had him secured before he had time t
resist, and he was conveyed to the Office 0
the Sub. Prefect without trouble. A frs
he,lenied every ything; bit wheilhe found tha
this would not avail him, he swore he woUI
, kill his accomplce.
In due time. Monsieur Louis COzaubo
was tried and condemned TO death; and tn
Prelect Of Dignc took posse ssion OF the N
ienal machine. Before the villain was exc
cu,ed he confessed his crmes-told HOY
miny years he had worked to perfect his ti
tai instrument, aud produce the poison ian
also owned that the young man had bee
driven to help him through lcar Of his lie,
So the rascalwds executed. Henry DuPiI
his accomplice, spent two years in contint
, ment and was then set free, AMI commence
an honest life. AS for me, | got all tn
praise | deserved, and perhaps more. AT a
, events had done the country some service
and the people were not slow to acknoW
edge it.