Nebraska advertiser., 1867-10-24
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DISCOVERED TOO LATE.

IL Is pleasant summer aIleTnoOn'
Groups of cluzens are sanding together
IN the market place of the old Belgian
town of Antwerp, and arouud large
building winch appears TO possess for
,hrm some extraordinary attraction. The
building is The town hail, and the Gay is
The day of the lricl of Leopold Winster
and Chariot Duizen, for the murder Of
Maria Countess EsIevan, by poison.
1T will 60 hard with the mlsCreants,
I warrant me" says stout burgher, IN
the centre of the group, by whom he
seems reckoned persorage of vast i'm.
porlapce "and right enough too l say.
tor we want no poisoning conIurars IN
this fair cily, ueighborS." F"
You are in The right of 1t, Master
Van Noorden, replied another wlseacre,
aud The mob, easily swayed, muEnared
their assent.
Il would bad The basting Of thai old
WITCH shriliy exclaimed Stout fasy
checked dame, with pair Of large eefs
rings saucIly displayed. Il would not LEI
The roast lack baSlIng, know"
A sally of laughter greeted This preily
display of woman's spite, and a loud
hearsy voice cried out:
"Ay, trust woman TO run woman
down if she be in trouble. They say
wolves will eat wounded cOmrade (; bnI
for my own part, think The spine OF
wild beasts is nothing TO the spite OF wo-
nan against woman"
The dame who had spoken turned an
grily toward The last bold speaker. and
he would msyhap have come of with a
scratched face but for loud Shout from
that part of the crowd nearest The hall,
which sgnified that the trial was over
The sentence The sentence ! are hey
guilty 2" cried a thousand voices.
Yes, yes, guilty 2"
"Apd the sentence Z"
"The man 10 be burnt alive; the wo-
man 10 be confined for lIte.''
"Hurrah hurrahm And The air
rang wnh cheer from the whole of the
vast multitude, which speedily turned to
storm of Kisses and groans as the un-
fortunate condemned issued from the
door of the judgement hall, strongly
guarded.
The trial had been short, but the evi-
dence was supposed conclusive.
This IS what had passed.
The respected Doctor Fruchen had
testified that be had been called in sud
denly on the last day of July TO attend q
lady who had been taken Ill, and was al
the house of the male prisoner. He had
enuuiryd for suitable nurse for her
and was exceedingly struck by the redI.
ness with whlch this female prisoner vol
unteered 10 fill that situation. He rad
sent in two crau9hIs. being simply anO-
dynes, bur quite harmless after taking
one of which the unfortunate lady was
found dead. That she had taken The
dose there was no doabl, as the almos
empty bottle was found with but few
drops left IN il, which when tested by
himself Her Fruchen), we're found Il
contain aquaforIis. The second bottle
with ITS contents untouched, was alsC
found TO contain The same poison. From
this il was inferred that, had the frs
not taken effect. the murderers intended
10 administer second dose. Perhaps,
added the dociOE, "as there could be lh
tie doubt that the first draughI wOulC
prove fatal, the second might have beel
/ intended for Don EsIevan."
il Il was disllnc,ly proved that the sol
inhabitants Of the house. where the al
legged murder toook place, besides III
luckless couple, were Leopold WIntze
and Chariot Lulzen; and the quantity 0