The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-11-22

{ lNiuf0 itHAfciA WipfnE hfs tpFrltaee
the prssfsf horror, 50 10 .prak. of ID
+ weil remembered scene bringing ol
. ihe perspirafion in stncaws. that
. her outrties had not brought thr uurs
; q powerful womapl back into th
rsum, | .b0ald have been stfauslel
! and n5 mistake about H. vas abso
luieiy black ID the face, the nurse dr
clared when sbc rc.eu-d me. | 81
well believe 81; lor knox was 4
nearly cboktd as man could be- au.
live, Forced back into llie bel. an0
held lorcibly down. Madam MmxeI
expired IN convulsious, toaming Al tn
mouth, an ! ullering terrible denuacis
tions Of fheophile and Jule., whiel
names with thai Of Monsieur A oiuc
were uttered over and over again
This communication Of YOURS. Mr.
| Poudecll, is q very serious one ID,
not forget that il may BE- my duiy to
report all you tell me 70 headquarters.
10 be sure il will be our duty 10
do so. Bot hear me out. Ms wife.
as | told you, believe, hat he moth
ers rawlings were mere delirinm, moi
having the slightest basi. ia fact. Fire
would not burn that belief Mr. Clarke
out of her.
1T is not mine, ! can assure You,
Mr. PrndrellN
Nor mine. Acting upon that be.
lief, my wife, as soon as she could
leave the house, went 10 John street,
and arranged with Manzel 10 sell the
lease, furniture, &e., AT No. 6. John
street, ard take up his abode with us.
J was obliged to give way; and he
still lives with US, If life il can be call !
ed. lie is like a man pursued by Il
remsrseless demon: starts up in the
night, screaming with terror; and
when one or more Of US hurry into
the room with lights, he is found gem
orally ip his shirt his face as white
as stone; eyes starting from his head !;
and trembling, as with aguc, ii every
limb. In fact, | believe that his mind
is giving way, that he is more than
half mad already. Another circum-
stance, Mr.. Clarke, must not be for.
gotten. 1t was, as | said. on a 20th
of March that Madam Manuel died
and on the 20,h OF March last Man
zel, for the first and last time since
he has lodged with US, went out, dress
ed in deep mourning. Ny curiosity
was excited, and | followed him 10
the Sardinian Roman Catholic Chap
el ; and there, sure enough, black
mass was beng said, and requiem
sung, for the repose of the soul, one of
the officials told me, of one Antoine
Louvel Il took the name down at his
dictaton), who died on that day, very
many years ago, how many he could
not say.
The incidents you relate have
terrible coliercncy. Go on, pray.
Mr.. John Petdrcll had paused hes
itatingIy. Recovering himself, lie
said
i read, only about four days ago,
that whoever shelters murderer,
knowing him to be such or does not, in
fact, denounce him to the police, Is
held TO be guilty accessory to The
murder after the fact. Is not that the
law !?
'Urquestionably it is. Still no. one
is bound 10 accuse person OF murder
upon mere suspicion, though of the
strongest kind
But if property, valuables that i
could be proved had been obtained By |
the murder, and had never been pre- |
yiously traced, were found in posses.
sion Of The harborer or harborcrs, there
would be a presumption Of guilty !
knowledge against him Or ihemy
Certainly there would, unless they
could show it was honestly, openly
come by
so ! tell my wife; but she pooh
poohs and laughs at all say on the
subject, But | have determined 10
act for myself in this dambable busi-
ness. Better a years tongue banging
han TO stand at the bar Of police
court, if only for an hour, Well, then,
shall make thoroughly clean brca
it. Manzel has told her, aud it may
rue enough, that he had made bis
will III our favor, means 10 hang me
sit his dead hand, as | have read oi
.omebody doing. q know be bates
nc with deadly hate, for having beec
,rcsen' when his wife died, breads me-,
oo). Manzel has, ! say, told my vile
hat be has made bis y III il our iayor
he. true woman, IN more than one
espect couldn't rest TIL she found oul
{ what the bequest, so much Dragged
i in an under sort Of a way, consisted
Il. To do 70, she ia some way OBJ {
aimed lie key Of ManzeI's iron chest,
where the treasure must be, ii any {,
here. He takes bis steSta on the 500 i
i every day for about lwo hours, dur- /
ng which be is quite safe. 10, hoy-
yer, make assurance doubly sure, /
tlrs Pendrell, only on Thursday last,
% lter than that, locked lhe sitting /
oom door Oh the outside as soon as
iapzeI was fast proceeded to his
edroon. opened the iron chest, you i
&c ! have 80 reserve, found lwo large i
sweied cases (ths keys of which were {
. tie cirslJ, and brought them down !