Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-04-28

49, % ~''' oid Barbadocs Gu r
rency. ie.. about ESQ sterling.
Il was proved that D-Esvire h.d boucb,
arsenic some fe~ days previously st a
druggists shop. and being asked II it~..
required for rats. aid. % Yes and sI,.,y.k-
10 oars Hsuos y hey roers frro-lsggof oae. =
Observe. that 70 De in possession Of arSenie
vas nothing Of itself. for there generally
Was a suPply IN every home on the island.
for the ext-rminaiion % rats and ~ood-ants:
indeed. I can vouch for the fat OF my
grandhther keeping a large quantity in the
medicine chest for periodical poison Of
woodlands which invested one Of the mills
on h.s estate. 80 hat no stress can DE laid
on the mere purchasing Of the arsenic.
Mr.. D'Esviiis wAs pariicalAly fond o.
ioAsiet cheese. and a. times q the year
cheese -as choice article on the island.
However. things lad been very prosperous
With the Frcnchman of late; for be
purrhhsed 4 piece. bad il prepared. and
sent i 20 bis wife by the hands Of a little
usulatio boy. With these instructions. Tell
hcr % eat 4 h>rsclf. and not give anv 20
Miss LicveIlyn~ This vas Mrs. D'Er-
viIle's sis'er. Who lived in the sane house
VITA her
Mrs D'Egville vas found dead in her
bed next morning; Miss LIeweIlyn va.
dead also. aud two or three Of the negro
ssrv ants were III. though they ultimately
recovered
An inquest was immediately held. and
DR. q at,ing testi6ed 20 the contents Of the
siooiAchs Of the deceased; the rejected mat
Ter from the negroes who were saffcring AZ
the sane time; aad The r,-maindor Of the
ci.eese Whieh ~as Ist in the dish. In all
was arsenic found.
DEsviiie was arrested. and broaght up
a. the June Session in 1924. Twas in tbe
interim between the death Of ibe late A.
torney General B0ekies and the appoint
ment ofhis SUCCESSOR. and Mr. Conkthrust
(ae.Ing attorney gsneral) prosecuted. Mr.
iiinds defended the prisoner. resting hi.
defence on the fa1s that Enk in the ehAin
oi evidence SAs wanting Tbis meant Of
course tie lIttle mul4tto boy who had car
ried ibc cheese to Mrs. D'Egvillo. for ne
gro evidence could not be received in eour,
az that time
The jary. after a long eonsaitaiion. came
into the court and said Il was impossible
that they coald ever agree. nine Of their
number being FOR an acqsiiial. and three
Tor verdict Of ''Guiliy.- 80 they we're dis
charged. and The prisoner remanded 70
the next Sessions. MeAnwhile. Samuel
ilinds vas appointed Attorney Genera.
WI ben the Sessions arriyed. Dcccmber.
is2i.) Mr. Kinds declined 10 proseeuts.
on the groand Of having formerly dsfenIed
the prisoner. 90 the prosecution devolved
upon Mr. Solicitor General Griaith. The
Jury wcrc emPannele4. the evidence and
al other proceedings carried on from the
iast Sessions we're real 90 them. and a.
ter short delibera;ion they Jrousht a. a
verdict Of d" Cailty.-
The common PreeaSti0n Of inquiry isto
fhc conduct ard motives Of the person
through whose hands the poisoned cheese
hal last passed. was cast aside. and this
not beng received. the poor dtncins mas
ter returned % the prison vithout hope.
lis death warrant ~ss dolly earried into
eject
some years aiterEard. Wien D-Egvll!e-.
name va forgotten. a negro nan -bo hal
been slave in tbe possession of Mrs
D'Egsiile. and vho va. by ber htber'.
VII. 90 receive his nanamission. con fessed
thar BE- had received the cheese fron the
muiaito boy and had pot iu the srscnic.
a. be vas aware that his freedom uss 20
follow upon be MISTRESS death The
Ink waiting (as thc learned counsel OBJ
served.) namely. that bad passed between
tbe time the cheese vas Pui out of Dig
VILE. hands anl 10. delivery into those Of
his We. vas nos supplied. The negroes
name ~as Christian. and he vent. a. was
usuai. bv the family name Of Lieweuyn.
so ti's BE- confessed upon his death-bed.
O. fie great eiscomffarc Of tbose ~l.o had
condemned thc vrcicicI danc.ar master.
ani io thc shame of Gle system of elus.ng
any evidence. th31gt from negro i,ps. in a
trial where il'e ard death depended uPoa
evidence alone.