The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-03-20

e Valdan was executed on the 5th of O
o tober. and on the 18th an order was issu,
for placing another prisoner on the rae
y u This was man called Maurice, who hs
y made himself exceedingly busy in the who
q affair, in the case of Sevos as well as
Y Dupler, and on whom suspicion had
{ length rested. The moment Maurice fe
!, the thumb-screws he avowed himself fal.
!! witness in the pay of the attorney genera
who was the originator of the whole cab
) against the Wallets; he had desired him |
: revive the story of Dupler. Maurice d.
clared that he had at first resisted, but th;
y the threats and promises of Frillet had s
Y l:ngth prevailed. He added that the a
v torney-general had two assistants in tt
!, affair, namely, Terrillion, and a forreste
e called Mallet, who had given themselves e1
e traordinary trouble to bring in such wi
:, nesses as suited the great mans purpose.
j; On the 18th, the day after he had mad
this confession, Maurice was executed: an
/, he also died maintaining the innocence G
the Wallets.
They had now put three persons out @
the world on account of this atfair-one TO
!, the murder and two for perjury. Blu
where was the greatest criminal of all
Where was the Attorney-Gen FrillCt P
, he, the suborner, the worse than murderer
the prosecutor of the innocent, the betraye
of his offie and his oath, the ten times guilt.
he was at large, going to and fro upor
the earth, and walking up and down on it,
like bis great prototype. And where wert
the Wallets they were still in prison
Three persons had died declaring their in
nocenee; every witness against them hat
been convicted Of perjury or delusion moi
a single circumstance remained uncontra
dicted that could in any way connect them
| xpif tha he nf
their justification was indisputable, clear,
and triumphant; the whole accusation was
proved to be the fruits of cabal, the off.
spring of envy and malice; at least, ii II
were not, what had Vaudan and Maurice
died for: And yet. ON the 18th Of October,
Frillet was at large, and the Wallets were in
| prison.
However, they were at length restored to
liberty, with recompense CT about 800
francs (about e20), which Maurice lad been
made to pay as an expiation; at the same
time, measures were taken for arresting
Frillet and his two abettors. Torrillion and
the forre ster, but the attorney-general was
too we'll informed OF what was going on to
allow himself to be taken. He fled into Sa-
voy, and found refuge in cloister. where
the arm of the law could not reach him.
Several years had thus elapsed, and the
Wallets had fought through the worst of
their difficulties. when, one day, Pierre, the
youngest son, being on business at town
called Bourg, met, as he was walking
through the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.? why,
joseph Sevos! At first, he thought 1t was
phantom of the Imagination; but, on
nearer approach, he became satisfied that
the person he looked upon was no other
than he whose disappearance had caused so
Euch trouble. Perceivipg himself to be rec
ognized, SevOs attempted to escape in the
crowd; but Pierre promptly followed, snd
had the satisfaction of seizing and bringing
him before a magistrate, of wnom he da-
manded that both himself and the re esusci-
tated man should be held In custody till the
mystery could be investigated. The reserve
and eauivocations with which Sevos sought
TO bstle inquiry, suggested a suspicion that
he was not altogether innocent; he was ac-
cordingly removed to Dion but even there,
it was not till he was threatened with the
rack that the truth was elected from him.
ION the 10Th of February 1924" said
he, "Antoine Pin and went on. for a
days drinking: and when the wine
houses we're all closed we went together
to my house, where invited him to sleep.
| undrassed, and was about to step into bed.
when / received violent blow upon the
head. l fell to the ground, exclaiming that
was killed and as l did not stir again,
no doubt Pin thought | was. However, |
was only stunned. He then rifi.d my pock-
cts, in which had about forty francs, and
afterward dragged me to the stable, and
covered me with manure. There lay and
listened till heard Pin go away then |
went back to the house, and fastened the
door. stanched the blood that II WED from
my head as we'll as l could with Old rags.
In the morning bound 1t up, and bethOuyht
me what should do /; but the fear of An
toine so entirely overcame me that burst
not leave the house, nor even open the door,
and for two whole Gays and nights l sat
there, listening fer his return, which mo-
mentarily expected. However, he came, no
more and on the third ventured, before
the day bad well broken, to slip cut; and |
managed without being seen by any one to
reach the attorney-general's, and TO him |
related what had happened. He listened to
my story with attention, and after some con-
sideration, he advised me to quit the place"
"Pin," said he; is villain, who will
stick at nothing, and il he finds out that you
are alive, he will never stop till he has COM
pleted his work. Take my advice and leave
this as fast as your legs can carry you, and
the further you 60 the better.
Sevos was timid and weak mar: to be
once murdered he thought was enough.
The advice Of so influential a person az
Friliet, one who must necessarily under
stand the case so well, was not to be neg
lected. He fled and never stopped till be
found himself far out of the reach of his
enemy. Accident had at length brought
him to the market of Bourg, where Pierre
Wallet met him. AS soon rs the news of
Sevos' appearance reached Frillet, he quit
ted his sanctuary and loudly arraigned the
Parliament of Dion, not only for their pro-
ceediDgs against himself, but also for having
broken Antoine Pin upon the wheel for the
murder of man who was proved never to
have been murdered at all. In spite of this,
however, they arrested him, and instituted
investigations, which led to the conviction
of several other persons as parties in the
conspiracy of which he had been the con-
triver; and now tn the tide was apparently
turning againt him, there was no telling
how far the tongue of Joseph Sevos might
have been loOsed. had he not Just at this
tuncture, most unexpectedly died in prison.
Nevertheless, SO strong was the evidence
against Frillet that he was condemned to
death, and his property mulcted to the
amount Of s 600 liyres, for the benefit of the
VALET family.
Great was the joy of the people at this de-
cision; but this veDgeful feeling was doomed
to be disappointed. The sentence of death
against Frillet was commuted by the King
into Punishment fer ten years. However,
on the day appointed for his quitting the
prison, that life was required Of him by
judge lncorruptible. He expired suddenly
as they were throwing open the gates to set
him free. His cOadjutors in crime suffered
various degrees of punishment, and the III
jured Wallets received the S 900 livres.
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