The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-02-07

a tradesman. But you are yonng and j
would saVe You. Confess everything lone,
and 4 ronlise your life shall De, spared. '''''
f, saw that he wsvrred, and followed up
my advantage, and ere long had him bent
to my wishes. / made him understand that
L held bis lfe in my hand; that could pro
stect him from the vengeance OF any one
whom he must criminate, and that he had
everything to gain and nothing to lose by a
full confession, +, He came to it gradually
and reluctantly; but my Wit finally triumph
ell and gained the secret, ,-t. III.
His name be said, was Henry Dupin.-
He was borDin Paris. but never knew who
his parents were. He vent to. ike with Ca
zaubqn when quite young, and h=d teen
with him ever since . lie said CazauGon
used to be a chemist, and did soiue bu incss
in that line; and that it was in Paris be in
vented the inlerna machne they had since
used with such fatal effect. About two
years previous to the present time, they left
Paris together and spent pcarly, a year in
travelling over the kingdom, numbering and
robbing for living, Finally they came to
Castellane, where the master got his present
situations. Cazaubon marked the Victims
that were to be robbed and tile young man
did the work. lie used various articles to
carry out his plans, but the usual one was
the t,ll Que be tried on me- ne =, :,
The young man then tried to explain to
ee vssfa G s Rss w %h IN t fts
d pistol of the finest 'sstesi, and Of liz most
exquisite workmanship Tie stem was the
the bowl, and covered with. tobacco. A
thin plate, OF meta pfeteetea. the, curiously
contriycd lock, and ,ppoa witch the tobacco
rested, A pressure Of dc thumb Of fhger
upon this plate discharR9d the weapon. In
order to tcockit the plagG had 70 BE removII
ed. And now comes the inf.rnal feature 0f
the, contriyance The pewder. used in the
barrel was of Cazoubonss own manufacture,
and very powerful Fqg a wsd a piece Of
felt was used, and on che top Of this was
placed the missile whichlid the mischief
The young man had twoof chem with him,
stitched UP in the lining, of lis cap He
took them out and showed them I'd HE. ~
The proiectile was . a,tiIy. arrow, not lar
ger than ,cambric needle, with one end
| sharp, and the other bat down to a thin
feather 1t was Of fine. steel, but coated
with a grcenish yellow Substance, which was
the most virulent and speedy POISON that
the chemists art could; scohcoct q The nee
| die once, within, the course Of the blood, and
death was already at the heart. Its wound
no mortal eye could detect. It punctured
the skin no. 50 papably jas file prick Of q
pin. He who sent it on its fatal erraiid
made sure Of his aim, ,generally. striking the
neck, and, the victim wonld fall. 'insensible
ere he could, comprehend what hurt hin
| returned 10. Gas ,ellane with my prison
er;, having left him in charge Of the Sub
| prefect,, i took a gendarnle along with me,
and went to, the factory, Monsieur Cazau-
bon was SUI prised to see me back again 50
soon; out he was more surprised when ask
ed him to take. a walk with me; and when |
called in, the ohcer and Bade him Put the
| kandcufs. upon the he was ready to
| sink to the hoor We had him, secured be.
fore he had sense enough to resist, and he
was conveyed TO the. Sui Perfect without
trouble. Atfrst he denied everything; hut
when be found that this would notayal him
any he swore he would kll his accomplce,
In due tin.e Monsieur Louis CSaubon
was tried and condemned to ,deatl, and the
Perfect OF Dinge took possession of the in
fernal machine, Before the villain was exc
euted he confessed his crimes, fold how
many years he had worked to perfect hisfa-
| tai instrument and produce the poiSon-and
also owned that the young man had been
driven to help him through. fear of his
life. @a@ 'G"-f' ssT',' r'T". 50a17 mi
So the rascal was executed. Henry Du-
pm, his accomplice spent two weeks in con.
| tincnent, and was then set free, and COM
menccd an honest life. As for me, l cot
all the praise I deserved, and perhaps more.
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