Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-03-01
WHOLE NUMBER 0S6.

lowing morning when hearing would be
had before one OF the courts o. reach.
ing their destination, the gentlemen parted
with the understanding that they wonh
dine together at certain restaurant the
uext day The appointed houF came lrrt
no: the EnGlishman; my frieRd'a Appetise
and patience we're keen set, when, after a.
hours delay the trusnt made his nppea-,
anee. looking pale, trisse, and exhausted
He soon explained the cause Of bis delts.
tiou. He had gone to the police court to
prove and regain his valise. be found a.
the bar young man OF genterl address.
and remarkable Acauiy; his costume was in
the latest fashion, though somewhat foiied
and torn from his fall aud rough handbag
the previous night; hut his eouu'cuauce
was intelligent and refined, aud bis besfilg
that Of gentleman. Upon a table laT
the valise and the contents Of the prisoners
pockets among them large pcnknife; he
held convulsively to the rail and kept his
eyes cast down; the judge had taken his
seat, and a crowd Of idlers and gems d'armes
filled the room. The claimant immediate
" satisfied the court that the valise belong.
ed TO him by mentioning several articles is
contained aud producing the key. 10 the
meantime the accused, earnestly watching
the entrance, started and TUNED pale Gnd
red by turns as a beautiful girl, In ihe dress
Of prosperous grisette, pushed her way into
a crowd, stood on iip'oe, and exchanged
glances with the p iSoner. the latter,
when asked bis name. replied, II have
brought disgrace enough upon 1t a!reodg."
aud seizing the penknife, thrust it into his
heart, aud fell dead He vas the descsa.
dant of noble 10 one ol the soathern pro.
vinccs, and came TO Paris as a medical
student, and through devoted attaebmeus
to bis mistress, whose tastes soon dralned
his purse, was induced to steal the tTunks
of travellers as they left the railway stations
at night. In his apartment was fouud
large wardrobe; aud months puPloiniug
was tbus summarily expiated. Similar TO-.
cideuts occur elsewhere, bnt the details,
when the scene is laid in Paris, Is more
picturesque and dramatic.
Two instances which heard related Will
illustrate this seG5e dramatic significance
in the municipal system. After an emeEtc
the chef Of police in q certain GrToRdiss-
alcnl. while engaged in experimenting tho
removal Of some corpses from barricsde,
noticed the body Of female whose delicate
hands aud finely wrought robe were 50
alien TO the scene as to excite suspicion -
He ordered 1t to he placed in separate
apartment for examination. A more care
ful inspection satisfied his surmise that thts
was the body Of no amazonian whose war
like zeal and accidental presence in sech an
affray could explain its discovery. There
was no trace whereby the remains could
be Identified except geranium leaf that
was found imbedded in her long disheveled
tresses This was given to 9 celebrated
6otanist, with orders to learn, II possible
from what plant it had been taken. The
man of science visited all the houses Ia the
nsighborbood and critically examined every
specimen Of the shrub he could find. At
length. 10 the elegant library Of young
abbe, he not only discovered Que OF the
species, but, by means of powerful ME
croscope, detected the very branch whence
the leaf had been nipped. By dexterous
management the chef, thus scientifically pct
ON the track, brought home the charge 70
the priest, who confessed the murder OF tho
young lady in CT Of jealousy, and. by
depositing her body, at night, amid the
dead of humber lineage, who had tslien
in the revolutionary strife, thought to eou'
ceal all knowledge Of his crime.