The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-12

Thy name be hallowed everywhere, -.
Thy kingdom come, Thy perfect will j
In earth, as in Heaven, let all fulfill, o.,
Give this days bread that we may live;
Forgive our sins as We forgive;
Help us temptation to Withstand; ":
From evil shield MS by Thy hand.
Now and forever unto Thee,
fhe kingdom, power and glory be-.
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Singular Train OF Circumsta ntial
Evidence. ..E..,..
On Tuesday last, Mons. Charles
Jugand spent his evening with two
friends at one of our beer saloons
They retired about IL O'Clock, and
Mr.. Jugand and his roommate went
to their lodgings. The room which
the two friends occupied was in the
second-story of the North wing of
the house, and has only one window
opening North on an alley, used in
common by the tenants Of seven
Offices fronting on Cont street, one
of which is occupied by Drs. Mastin
and Brodie. When they entered
their room it was q little after % III.
1MaT. Jugand complained that the heat
was excessive. Mr.. Jugapd's room
mate feel asleep, and a little after G
O'Clock a. m. awoke, and casting his
eyes toward his companions bed, saw
it empty. Supposing he had gone
out, he went to the door, which he
found locked inside, and then per-
ceived that the sash of the window
was raised; rushing to it, he looked
down, and to his horror, saw just
under the window, the body of his
friend, bent up almost double, head
downward. the feet partly standing
against, the wall. Calling at once
for help, he rapidly went down stairs,
but there found that the street gate
OF the common alley was fastened
inside. Expecting to gain entrance
through one of the offices, he ran
round to Cont street, but none of
them were open. The guard-house
is just at the opposite corner, and
one or two officers were soon on the
spot, and forced an entrance into
the alley. Col. Milne inquired of
the surviving roommate as to the
circumstances of their being last
together, and then requested that
gentleman to consider himself under
arrest: The gentleman promptly
complied. In the meantime, the
body of Mr.. Jugand was removed and
carried to his room, as it had been
found, namely, with only a light
night shirt and his socks on.
AS we said, the body had been
found in common alley, which was
closed on the inside, and to which
no access could be had except through
the Offices on Cont street; the alley
is dark, hardly five feet wide, and
surrounded on all sides by high brick
walls. Just under the window, and
where the uneven brick raised its
sharp angle, large pool of dark
blood. was marking the fatal spot;
then, about two feet from it, toward
st. Emanuel street, large earthen
spittoon was standing, in which could
be seen quantity of coagulated
blood. A little further, large rag,
also saturated with blood, was lying
as if hastily cast out of sight, while
almost opposite tho place where the
body lay, but little West of it, a
heavy dry goods box was, together
with towel half spread on it, like
wise bespattered with blood; and, to
complete the chain of horrible cir
cumstances, an old, rusty brick layer
hatchet was discovered partly hidden
behind the box. The edge of those
hatchets being very narrow, it SEEM
ed almost to adapt itself to the deep
cut on the head, as if two blows had
been struck on the same spot, but at
right angles of each other-and to
complete, the edge of the hatchet
was covered with heavy brownish
substance, which looked like an ef-
horescence of fresh blood!
The arrival of Drs. Mastin and
Brodie, just rs the coroner was pre-
pairing to hold the inquest, rapidly
demolished the whole tragic scaffold-
ing. DIR. Mastin stated that the day
before, he had amputated a lady's
finger in his office; that the hemorr-
hage had been abundant, and the
blood collected in the spittoon; and
that the rag had been used by his
servant to wipe that which had fallen
on the floor. The doctor also stated
that he had ordered his servant to
clean out the spittoon. but the
servant had simply pushed the spit
toon in the alley by the door. and
carelessly flung the rag away. These
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