Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-05
FOILED BY A WOMAN.
A Leaf from the Diary of AN Old DE.
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From the New Orleans Picayune.
MADAME, it is my duty to arrest you r
"You dare not y
The lips were white with passion rather
than fear, and the lady stood before me
like ioness at bay. Even then could
not help but note the splendid beauty of
this grand lady. Tail and slender, eyes
| black and flashing almost lurid now, the
spectacle she presented, standing there In
the middle of the apartment, was more the
appearance of queen than a hunted Grim
inal.
81 must" replied. al do not doubt
your innocence; looking in your face, it is
strange that any one could couple it with
| guilt But / arr constrained to do my
duty, madame, however inimical it may be
to my feelings"
"Will you allow me to change my ydress?"
she said, in tone almost pleasant. The
hard lines around the month had relaxed,
and the passionate glow on the face gave
way to apleasant smile.
Certainly, will wait for you here"
81 wish also to send a messenger for a
friend; will you permit him to pass 2"
Certainly"
| This was my first interview with Euginia
Cormille. had seen her here for months,
the leader Of our gayest and most fashiona-
BILE society. In her splendid mansion she
dispensed the most profuse and elegant
hospitality.
| ASpanish lady-a widow she had rep
resented herself and had been a resident
here almost year. No one ever suspected
her of being anght than what she seemed.
until one day 1 was ordered to arrest her as
a murderess.
1t was now alleged, said Mr.. f., that this
young beauty was no otherthan the woman
who had poisoned her husband in Havana
and fed with oil his wealth. An immense
reward was offered for her apprehension,
and the circumstances that had come to our
knowledge. pointed her out beyond all
doubt as the person we were in search Of
Yet had the person who recognized her the
evening before at the theatre advised us 10
be careful lest she should escape MS. /
laughed at the idea. Mr.. /. and myself
were surely sufficient to arrest lady. We
were old enough in the ways of cunning 10
defeat any such attempt. When the lady
left me, 1 stepped to the window, and
said to Mr.. l., who was waiting at the door:
! "The lady desires to send n messenger
for friend; suffer him to pass"
Almost at the same instant the door Of
the apartment the lady had entered opened,
and ayouth-apparently mulatto boy
came out and passed hurriedly Though the
room into the hall, and from thence into
the streeG 1t was, no doubt, the messen-
ger, thought, and picked up book and
commenced reading. Nearly. an hour
passed, and still the lady did not make her
appearance, nor did the boy return. The
friend she had sent for must live at some
distance, 1 thought, or the lady is unusual
ly careful about her toilet; and so another
hour went by. At last l grew impatient,
and knocked at the door.
Madame, / can wait no longer"
There was no reply. i knocked repeat
edly, and at last determined to force an en-
trance. Strange fears harrassed me; be-
gan TO suspect, knew not what. 1t took
but moment to drive in the door, and,
once in the apartment, the mystery was re-
vealed. The robes Of the lady lay upon
| the floor, and scattered over the room were
suits of boys wearing apparel, similar to
that worn by the mulatto. On a table was
a cosmetic that would stain the skin to a
light, delicate brown.
was foiled, for n surety; the lady had
escaped in the disguise of messenger.
should have detected the ruse ; felt humil
lated, and determined to redress my error
| knew she would not remain in the city ar
instant longer than she could get away
hurried TO her bankers, but found she haC
drawn the amount due her an hour before
who presented the checkf" I asked
the clerk.
"a mulatto boy. II was made payabl,
to bearer"
There was yet chance. The Frencl
steamer left within an hour; it was possibl,
she would seek that means of escape.
Jumped in cab, and arrived there ten min
utes before she left the wharf, Just in tim.
to assist an aged, decrepit gentlemaa int,
the cabin. There were few passengers
none of them answered the description o
the person sought. / stood on the whar
watching the receding vessel until it disap
peared. was in the act of turning away
when hackman approached me with tn,
remark:
"Mr. F., did you see that old man OF
board; he had long white beard, and hail
that fell Oh his shoulders?"
"Yes."
"Well, sir, there's something curious
about him." 4
"Why?"
'Why, sir, when he got into my carriag,
ne was mulatto boy, and when he got ou
he was an old manr'
L will not repeat the expression / uses
then-it was neither refined nor polite---fo
l knew the vessel would be far out to se,
before she could be overtaken was foil
ed by woman. Nor could help rejoic
ing, now that the chase was over, that sh,
had escaped. ~
Innocent or guilty, there was q charm
about her none could resist The spell O
her wondrous beauty affected all who ap
preached her. 1t fingers in my memory
yet; and could not have the sin of he
blood upon my conscience