Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-05
3flist&l lan&Uus.
The aIse Clerk.
4 THRILLING EVENT.

About twelve years ago, the Senr CIodo-
mir Frenois rich merchant OF che Island OF
Naaritiu<, was discovered dead, and frightful
" gdi>fgured in bis own habitation. His body
was found lying on the floor, with the head
aud face mutiIated 10y pistol, aud all doubt
rs to the cause of the catastrophe was dSpell
cd bv the discovery of the fatal weapon 10y the
side OF the corpse, as also OF a piece Of paper
in the handwriting of the deceased. Tae pa,
per contained the following words:
81 am ru;ned 4 villain has robbed me of
Beuty-iye thousand ljyres sterling dshonor
must be my portion and | cannot survive it.
| leave to NY wife the duty Of distributing
among nv creditors the means which remains
to US; aud pray Con, my friends and ny
enemies to pardon my self destruction. Yet
a1otber minute aud shall be in eternity.
(Signed) CLoDOMIR FRENoIs.
Great CONSERVATION was caused by this ira
gic event. which was the more Unexpected, as
the loss alluded to in the above note had new,
er been made public.
The deceased had been held in great esteem
ever tile colony as man of strict honor and
prObily, and was universally amented. His
attached widow, after tndeavoring TO faithful
y fulfil his last wishes, found her grief too
empowering TO permit her to mlngIe longer
With the world, and she took the resolution to
cOn:ectate her remaining days TO the service
Of religion. Two months after the sad end oi
htT husband, she entered a convent leaving to
lie nephew of the late merchant, phyacIan
the charge Of completing the distribution OF
;Ge effects Of FrenoiS among his creditors.
A minute examination Of the papers Of the
deiuuct leo to the discovery OF the period when
5e unfortunate merchant had been robbed,
snd this period was found to correspond with
Tue date OF the disappearance OF q mar tanned
John Moon, being in the employment OF ere
0os. Of this. .man, On whom suspicion not un
naturally fell, nothing could be learned Oh ill.,
qajry but shortly after the division OF the
a;e mercaau;'s property, Moon re appeared IN
'le colony ; aud when taken up aud examined
respecting the cause of his flight he stated
'aat he had heen sent by his master to France
10 recover certain sums due to the merchant
there, in which mission he had been unsucceSs-
ul. Tie further averred that if Clodomlr Ere
loIS, in his existing correspondence had
4rown any injurious suspicious upon him
Moon the whole was but q pre'eXt to ac-
count for the deficiencies Of which the mer.
chant was the cause and author. This decla'
aJu, made bv q man who seemed to fear no
injury, aud whose worldly circumstances re
laIued to appearance the same as they had
ever been, had the effect of siencing, II IL did
not satisfy, the examiners; and the affair soon
siI, in a.great measure, out of the public re-
@Iectiou,
Things remained fer short time in this
1udition, when one morning Mr. William Bur
lett, principal creditor of the late Clodomr
sFeaoiS, heard "a knocking at his gate ct very
early hour lie called up one Of his servants
Sao went down and opened the door, and i'm
oediately returned with the intelligence that
stranger, who seemed desirous of keeping bis
PERSON concealed, wished TO speak with Mr.
Burnett in private Mr.. Burnett rose, threw
On his dressnggown, aud decended to the par
'oF tie saw there stranger OF tall person
seated 10 an easy aud familiar attitude upon a
sofa, with number of the Morning lost In
DIS hand The back of the visitor was turned
70 Nr. Burnett as he catered. Rather sur
pIsed to see a stranger conduct himself SO Ike
% old friend of the house, Mr.. Burnett said
aloud
.SIr, may beg to know your business with
The stranger turned around and advanced
~ ~ salute his host warmly and courteously.-
n', Burnett started back and uttered loud
rAclanatIon of surprise aud alarm. Well he
S,sat for before his eyes stood his friend ano
S'tn' SSSp,Or' Clodomir Frenois, whom he had be-
snS u'iu nearly year before, murdered corpse,
uu whom he himself had followed to the