The sun., 1864-11-04

nssp hsppened thas n LAgsrde was rippine q
the 'Iouse OF N. lc Bret when the nssve conveyin4
Boz these gentlemen had been personally scquaan.
tc with N. de Sails and bis family both were siika
h understrvck ct the startling intelligence.
, M. Lagarde avowed bis entire disbelief. ThsA
isiane de Sails Was possessed Of warm temper,
nsd been pretty generally known ;but that tis lsdy,
and her orderly and seemingly dutiful childref,
should have bccn guilty " such diatolcsl Grim =
|. aI pcarcd positively incredible.
His host aSrccd with hin. II wM eisi Q
months since this supposed murder The magh,
tratss Ind attended ~ tho time; the surgeons ha 4
made their report. Such charges wcrc not unpr, .
cedened. as the work Of sccre, slandercrs who hs
a grudgo sgainst some unfortunate family.
Rat on NJ La afde's arriving a, his own bSus,,
he found a communicable awaiting him from NJ.
de Pontchnrtrsin. IN which the crime, With an its
details was fuy set forth. lie Was Cnoined 70 lose
not moment ia securing the murierers; and ac-
corlingv issued the necessary directions, in pursue
ance u Vh ch Lieutenant ~ police Bonnet with an
escort Of archers, preceded 20 St. D4rnabe, and,
dicilv surrounding the house, arrested the two
s,ns Guillauue-franeois and Etienne Ga ayetan, in
the beds.
Find ne that Je-r .Bap,is'c and Louis-Ccsar were
s.!ll ~ MsrsceS Bonnet induced his prisoners 10
write 10 their brother, proposing general family
council, for the arrar scucut Of ne.r afsrs; and
that they should for that purpose come ON tue NOR
row 20 S.. Birnate.
B,nue, himslf, attended by three srchers In dis.
guse, was the bearer Of this missve, and Oh reach.
ing the rcuuCuce of tho trothcrs met jean bApti,to
IN The act of going out. The latter peruscd the note
with air OF doubt and perpezity, and, amer mi-
nute's hesitation, returned vcr' al answer, 10 the
elect that If his brothers lies rel a conference they
bad better come to him at Marscles. Thercupon
| Bonnet placed both brothers in the custody u bic
archers
Bat few hours elapsed before tho iutlefats,ab,s
lieutenant r1sdc his rrpesrlncc in the apartment u
MADAME de Sails, at the house Il her friend, n.
AiDaud. of AK. On learning hiserrand. the unhap-
" woi1an fell into paroxysu Of grief and terror
She clung tO pillar, crying out TINT she would noN
Qult Llt house will urDtuiar thut abe shnpA
have nn interview with the procureur general The
latter wns appealed to- and accced 10 her wish bus
! the interview. at which several persons were pre-
sent led, might lie expected, to no result beno-
hc.a to the pritoncr; and she Was then lodged in
the prison ut Marsellles, within whose gloomy walls
| she encountered her four sons
Ilc King now reiterated hls commands that the
process should locommeAced without days delay.
But. In the bret interval shat necessarily cnsucl,
no care had been taken TO separate tho accused
rom each other. In consequence they had concer-
tL N line OF de.cnco which threatened, at tho drsa
interrogation, II adhered to, to defeat the ends u
Justice.
The frs, important witness was the Turk, Has
san-Ali, who doposod that the death Of his master
was occssioned y a tall from the window while
feeding pet bulhnch.
This dreaded witness having thus delivered him.
se jealous friend OF the accused 10 srnu-
gle him away into place Of concealmeut. Some.
thing, however, N the mans dcmeanour had awak.
cned suspicion In the mind OF the xpericnccd procu-
reur-geuersl. lie sharply censured the Lieutenant
for not having included this witness among his pri.
s1uers.
The lieutenant replied that, the minister Of justice
having limited his instructions H. the of the
mother aad sons-whie aware Of the presence at
the Jelth-scene OF assam -he, Bonnet had ns.
turay concluded that there WAS certain object in
thus leaving the man at liberty. The matter was
quickly settled throu the iuprudence OF the Turk
HIMSELF who, vcntur.ns from ns retreat,
rested and lodged in saol.
In the meat. time tie second witness susauns
B9relli' had undergone exaninato but hsirevels.
Ell nothing OF importance. II was mauifestly On
Hasssn-A that the prosecution would be compelled
to rely. To eNtort the truth from him all Legal
means were speedily put in action. He passed
throu n two piotracted intcrrogatoric without sp-
preaching Jot nearer 70 the truth. II then
solved to place him in dungeon, upon brcad-snd.
water, and the effect Of this sy stem WAS soon sp-
parent
Hassan-Ali purchased sn improved state Of things
~ GcnouncnS Guinaumc Francois a. the parr eide,
and isutly implica,u' Jean-Raptiste. These TIVE
werc consequently placed IN separate cells But here
tnc matter seemed g. rest. 81 long as both were
silent the testimony OF Hlssln-Ai was innocuous.
Ito be eontinusdl