The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-02-24


Ia wandering and dispised old Jowl -
And why should he, the poor, miserable
,ortist, hesitate between the Jews life and
his ownl Were not all living creatures
bound by the inner law of their beinr 20
act In scll-dclense, even 10 the taking Of
life when necessary, to sustain their ownl
And would he not die should the lew
'livel And would he not live, should the
Jew then and there diol And even sho'd
the secret DO discovered, would il be any
thing mere than death at lastl He had
bought poison for himself. aud why sho'd
mot another take il for his salvationl in
which event he would have the means TO
procure more, and could always, as now.
carry his life in his hands.
The Jew had biddon him good day and
was trudging on at a slow, steady pace,
while the wild, wicked thoughts were
.coursing through the brain of the latter,
with all the pluusibility of truth
Suddenly the Jew stopped, produced
q little flask, and raised 70 to his hps. An
that flask The devil was tempting Young
Du Barre TO crime, and here was the op-
portunity
"bIy good friend" called the artist TO
the Jew, 81 am very faint; will YOU give
me few drops Of that winel"
81 will give you half" said the israeli
ite, halting.
The artist advanced TREMENDOUSLY. pro-
duced the poison, and concealed il in his
hands as he approached his victim, and,
under pretence Of wipfng the mouth Of
the flask, dropped il in. Then he pre-
tended TO drink, aud handed it back with
thanks, begging the jew 10 drink his
health and their final parting. Isuac COM
piled, and they separated, each going diff
ferent ways.
As soon as Henri was out Of sight of
the Israolte he entered the wooJ aud
returned in an oblique direction, until
he came in sight Of his victim, who was
now wr.thing in the ogonics Of death,
and grooming for mercy. A few minutes
. more and he was still-thc dread work
was done.
= Dragging the body from the roud, and
j. concealing it the murderer next cared
"a the puck far back into the forest, tore il
- open, and found it did indeed contain old
l. clothes, He was nearly frantic, he had
d murdered a harmless old man, and got
j. nothing for it. He threw the garments
# from him with the wild action Of remorse
t and dispair.
T Suddenly he heard a clink Of money.
G Then he began TO examine the old gar.
ments, and found, to his almost mad Joy
e thut they contained immense treasures
o in gold and jcwels--diamonds sapphires
J.; pearls and rubies, to the value Of ter
j. thousand francs, but in reality more thar
r a hundred thousand.
i Far in the depths Of that dark wood
the murdererhid his most precious stones
y to be brought forth in after time. Their,
r were two thousand five hundred franc
e in money, and with this amount he start
- ed home, no longer poor man, but alas
even further than ever from being hap
o py one.
l. He Travelled in his ragged clothes a
e far as Nismes, fearful ol spending one q
4, his i'll acquired coins sooner, but at Ms
r. mes he venturod to purchase a new an
? gentcel suit, and in this shortly after ap
S, peared before Lucille, showed her fathe
r the sum required, which he representa-
J. as having been honestly obtained in hi
d profession, aud claimed her hand.
In due time Henri Du Barre marrie
e lucille Montague, and happy were al
q, at the wedding but the guilty groom, VIII
ID was never to know happiness again. II
e kept his secret, and proiited by it, maxim
st an occasional journey TO the dismal spu
1t OF his crime, under pretence Of travolin
d on business. He took away and dispos
ed Of the jewels one by one, and gradual
n ly grew opulent, and was regarded by al
{ who knew him as an honest man @
ri mark
It But the remembrance of his crime ha
g strange fascination for him, and much q
ID his time was spent in brooding over it il
secret
r Being an artist, he at once naturall
W conceived the idea of painting the seen
n, of the murder, and he finally drew it i
lie miniature on ivory, picturing himse
e. in the act of dragging the dead body {
at the Jew into the forest, from memor
only, he delineated with wonderful fide
r ity. And as if this was not enough I
20 satisfy the morbid infatuation, no wrot
le underneath: "Isaac, Jew, murdered b
re Henri Du Barre, artist, September tentl
m in dark wood, about twenty league
n South from Lyong."
is II was a strange insane idea, that {
~ preserving the memory of the horribl
I'd decd in this manner; but this miniOtur
TX of the scene he had set in a neat littl
e, frame, and carried in oelt around h
10 waist.
But the strangest part of this horribl
OF affair is yet TO be told. On his last Wis
.y to the forest, for the last jewel that r.
Q. mained Of the proceeds of his nwil
he crime, he was shot down by q highway
d. man, who, on searching his person, fouu
er the miniature, and recognized in III
I'd features of the murdered Jew-his oit
Ut father!
nc This produced so strange an impressio
upon the second murderer, that he carrie
ID Il to the authorities, and made a full COZ
s- lessiou ofhis own crime. A full and tho
IS ough investigation took place; and amor
y the papers OF Du Barre, was found OF
k, containing the statement Of the who
a transaction, as we have here recorded
n The second murderer, the son of Il
lis Jew, was subsequently executed, and
Is, ended the chain Of dark and bloc,
IN events.
Truly the ways Of Providence are wo
70 deriul and mysterious.
- - HARD TO SuIT.-Pitts is a fast man,
he shary man, man of business tact
ig And when Pitts goes into store to tral