Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1866-12-28


iast asleep.) and a. she also admits ,h,, b.r
band placed the srs; bottle on the a.c,..-
eds table. % was inferred that the master
consulted Nth the servant. prepared The
poison. and then lefi Il % the od woman %
administer IL for considcration Of part Of
the gold 10 be aoquired Thus sbe became
an aceomPiioe. This evidence was deemed
conclusive. and the Judges were united in
oondcmning the prisoners. thus The old
man was sentcnccd % be burned alive in
the market place. and h. ashes 20 be scat-
tered 90 the four wind. and the old woman.
IN consideration q ber ace and sex. beside.
having been. u ~As supposed. % some *
tent made tool q. was awarded the rniti-
iga'ed Punishment of Imprisonment Tor life.
Within week the horrible sentence on
The poor old man Va carried out in al ifs
A~:ul details. be- % the last declaring bis
innocence. Indeed. from the time Of the
murier until b. was actually tied 20 the
'ske. b. spoke and acted ike one under
thc infsenoe of drram. Bath ropuiace
were undsr another Impression. They fsl-
y believed him guilty. and When b. N.
brought out O. death. behaved IN a savage
manner. that moved the aged victim 20
tears. lie died confessin- that BE- had
bcen guilty of many wicked. impiou. ira.
Postares. but solemnly called heaven %
witness thai he VA gailtless of the foul
criuue % murder
Dame Chariot. a. soon a. she heard that
her poor old master va. actually dead. zen
into a swoon which lasted eight and twenty
hours. ard uppu her recovery. IL "a. found
that ihs poor crratuTes mind hal given
~ay. Her sentence ~as then partially ~
voked. and o. The oil necromtn-er had left
M viii. and hr non~y ~. coufsrafed 10
The STATE. thc town council allowed ths
poor old woman (w.o vas harmIcs.) 20
occupy her masters house. under tie care
- middle aged female named Gretchen a.
her oomPanion. To thi, house. then.
about three months irom the beginning Of
our storf. the t~o momcn repaired
On the very hrst night OF their occupa-
iion Of the dwelling. thc OBJ dame and her
companion 80 in The kitchen. where three
moths back The worthy housckeeper had
cousequeniially attended the bastin- of the
fowl which ~as % be Donna E.tevan's last
meal on earth Perhaps even across her
weakened intellect there dawned some FAINT
recollection ofthis. Tor she sat sorro.fsl in
her char. booking vacantiy a. the ~ood FIRE.
and ~atchtng the smoke curl slosiv up the
Oh fashioned chimney. Her friendly CON-
Panion ~a' ousy preparing cup. and .au
GERS for their early tea. ard stole nov ana
then glance a. The poor soulie.. sufferer.
AZ lat Dame Chariot broke tbe silence.
" Gretclen. vas 7 ever here befores-
Wiling 70 sooih her. Gre'cben rrplied
readily.
" No. no. dame vby shouid voa think
that this Is the house given you by your
good council.
" Council. COuneil'- ,ePea'ed Chariot.
vaeanily.
90 Ay. dame ut cone draw and drink
this bot cup of coffee it ~iIl cheer vou fne-
ly. variant you And worthy Gretchen
commenced cuuing brvaI and butter.
Ihcy bai neariy finished their meal when
sliden noise caused both 10 look up. srI
Gretchcn screamed aloud. Not so fhe ei-
Der woman she booked a. IL body snd souI
were about O. part 18th al her hcufie.
lsuch a. thcy vere) fKed ou en- object IN
a. ossru-c corner of the Oh kr'rhen
ii "a. a large black ape bu.ily engaged
% pouring the oontenf. Of one phial into
smother. Durine this occupsfion De- grin
ned ard gitbcrc.l With a drvaisb .sfi.fc-
ton quite appalling.
A h,oi - iight bur,t iu on fhe clouIrI
hrain of The unforuuafe Dame Chariat.
Sbe 'rrsug from her r tssi eictrifei
'' Bertram, %. thc monkey p tbe nonkevt
Ny poor murdered ms.'er The-s, ths
monkey nurderer,~ and pouring ou,
ireoherent sentence afer sentence. On
.sn.e.rss on ihr foor
Iie fr1e murderer 80 founi
Dr. ihe hlrry and tsualt on the nirhf of
D.rnt L.tesan's drath. nobody bal ihourtt
ofthe ape. SO BAL flr ttr-e months s.nc.
thst fraeirai event leid possession of the
pr~m.f-s. Lsiar h1v AMI uhere b. coulI
Ihis APP vss ar- oi ihe snimais shicb
Winfrer taf .a h.s snail uenarrrie. snI
hom be hali ll.laG rropens.fi-s and tame
ns.s. bad been snosed o. fosm throarb
far house and cirlen at viI
Dc .s uell knosu fhaf monkies vili most
ialthial.y sud accurately initiate fhe trsns-
aciioas of haman be.n-' On the nirtt Of
ihe suppo-ed murder. ft- black ape hsi
been u1trhine od WirfFrr .a tte ,sborats-