The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-11-21
A STRANGE STORY,

When the criminal, Pierre Granger, es.
corted BY four gcndnlmc9, W Us placedin the
dolk oi the court uf asSize, there was gen
cral stir an Nng>t the crowd which had as
srndcd from every quarter to be present
at his trial. 80 -.-..-'. H..
Pierre Granger WAS not au ordinary culr
rrit-nol one tf those poor wrttchcs whom
the court, as a msttcr OF form, furnishes
with an advocate, judges in the presence Of
Il needless auditory, and sends to oblivion
in the convict prisons of the State He
lad figured at Augti in the columns Of the
undertaken his defence, NJ Louraugin, the
attorney general, was TO conduct the Prose
cution. Now, at lha time Of Which |
write these two men stood at the head of
their profession. Whenever it was knewn
that they we're to LIE pittied, against each
otnvr in any cause, crnwds Immediately
fiocAed to enjoy their eloquent sentences,
son :ryuSf.a riodS, AMI phrases as rouud and
as. rpishta d rs 20 many bil!iad:halk. II
was ?lff,ct'ku0t'0f troras and figures, a de-
.iclous eontnsl lon. u plrIphra5e, an Meta
phoro. .eAii the figures Sfarhetolic deAied
bcitle the. charmed alGitdry; and sported,
.is-tcd aud Struggled with each Other, Ike
Firgil'S playful shepherds. There was Il
luxury of epnhpts, passing even that +
Abbe .Dyhlle. Every in tividual substan-
tive wa ! as X gliar'y followed by It's attcn-
dent 'a,lmctive, as the great4ladytf lie last
century hy her tlaln-tearing page. La this
poiill'nus diction-a man became mnrtal, a
horse Il ;ourser, the moon way s,ylc pale
Dian NJ yiiicher and mother We're n2ytr
called 20, but iurailahlF1' the authors Of
my being" ana Il dream was vision, a
glass Of crystal vase, Il knife sAew0rl car
uheFjct atRita breeze becamc Il wlihwinG
all OF whi,sh, noadouht, tGif'ied to produce
style of exceeding subliul:ty and Beauty.
Pierre Granger wasa ciulisilY built fel-
low, FIVE feet ten in height sstlilrty-eig
years uIj, with foxy hair. a high color, and
small cunning grey ayes yife was accused
Of having strangleds his wife, cut up the
body into pieces, and then, in order to con-
ceal his crime, set fire to the house, where
in his three little children perished Such
an accumulation Of horrors had shed quite
sromanlic- halo round their p6rpetrator. :
Ladies' t'rauk and fashion focllrd to the
goal to look at" him; andshis autograph was
in wonderful REQUEST, As soon as it became
known II at Madame Cesarian Laneclot,
the lioness OF the district, possessed some
words OF his writing IN her album; placed
between nallhd ny a professor OF rhetoric
and problem by the enifine,er-ln-chlefo OF
the department: nflther gentleman, to say
the truth. beng much fattered hy such
close juxtapnsllon with the interesting pet
prisoner. When Pierre Granger, with his
lowerir s brow and air of stold cunning, was
placed in the dock. the names Of twelve ju-
rors were drawn, by lot and the. president
d%manded OF the counsel on either ids,
whether they wished to exercise their right
Of challenge, Both declined offering any
objection to twelve such honorable names;
but the attorntt y-general added, that he
would require the drawing OF supllenen'
mentary. At. was done, and on the paper
appeared the name Of Major Vernon: AT
the sound, a Slight murinur was heard
amongst the spectators, while MN. Lou.
raug id and Lepervier exchanged a rapid
glance which seemed to say: Win NOT
you challenge him? But neither of them
did SO; an officer conducted Major Vernon
into his appointed place, and amid profound
silence the indictment was read Major
Vernon had lived in the town. during the
last two years. Every ono gave him the
military title, yet none could tell when, or
N II. .sra or " hotn ha had Sarvpd - Ha tao,o