The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-13

guiltincss OF this dark crime upon him. then It
ney developed a new idea. The ri I'M murderer should %
be confronted with the face Of his victim; the
pale features and sunken eyes should meet MIN
be popped Mt him from beneath common tnble
blankets and out OF prison buckets; 1t should be
hoped confession is fa ef night thus thus i & w@s IS
earthly object should be thrust upon him. And
this scheme was carried out. 1 have 1t through
prosecution, that the prisoner before his trial
wanted TO wash his hands one day, and the
% opportunity t,, was taken @ to confront him then
Puertcr. Maurer, when he repeated the second
time his request, was sent into an adjoining cell.
He went and he was watched. AS he stopped to
dip his hand In the pail the hideous face was
there.the grizzly features marked with the hor-
ror OF the death struggle. There was terror marx
cd on the face OF the poor prisoner when he ran
out or the cell from the ghostly bucket, but his
they could construe into proof his guilt. Again,
when he sat In the hall or which his cell opens, q
Sa1a Sisnkst suddenly lifted from the table by him re-
Is this story in ,Ee recital When heard it from
the lips OF one OF the most reliable and estimabIc
hard for me new to describe or to realize. What
must have been the horror OF the puny little prfs-
oner when he met In that gloomy coli the gaze of
the deathly eJ "a is more than care to Imagine.
could hnrdlr credit these facts, bnt when learn.
cd that the head is still within The prison, and
served, could no longer doubt that iu Rocknnd
County they have discovered q Ecw method or
procuring proof In cases OF crime.
The district attorney, under whose directions
these little incidents were carried out is young
manEveIy young and ineXporienced-and was
1t is currently reported that-hls appointment was
made upon the reception OF telegram by the
Governor, and that 1t was then supposed that the
personinamed In the dispatch was the appolntee's
father who Is very respectable gentleman.
Some OF these strange rumorH coming to the ear
oftheFrench Consul Gcnerahin New York, he visit
ed theprfsoner few days ago In company with q
!arEcparty Of French gentlemen. 1t is rumored
that ne promised the prisoner to use his inlu-
eneedn enc An procuring demand for new tEial ana
stated that there were other tfrrcgulartiesf coz
nectcd with the trial and the evidence which
gaye1ust grounds for the demand. Tint there
cannot be much doubt as to Maurer's completely
tain that his conviction was accomplished by
circumstances that are o blot upon our civillza-
ton The French residentStef New York are deeply
interested In the case, ana Maurer receives daily
packages OF wine and food from them. He Is
visited also frequently by parties OF Frenchmen,
play Maurcr has made two or three confessions,
but since the visit OF the French Consul he has de-
cnneu TO venture any Information. The state
monts that he made are conflicting in almost
believe that the prisoner had become partially de-
ranged by his confinement and his incessant
thinking over OF the testimony brought forward
against him. His conversation Is certainly wnl-
dering, and sometimes Insane. The same estima-
bleIady, who took his confession In the French
time to pray with him and ofrer him religious In
structlon: He appeared to he we'll schooled IN
the doctrines OF his church, repeating the con-
icssten OF faith and his prayers with great nuency