Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-02

DDS of travelling Brougham had calculated
upon this, and won the double bet by returning
in post chaise and pair,
Equally shfeNd was the gentleman who, in
backing flock of geese TO beat a drove of tur-
keys in a race on a turnpike road, stipulated for
choice of place and time. He fixed upon the
hour before shutdown, At the start, the turkeys
went ahead If they were going to win in walk,
but as the sun set they broke from their walks,
rushed through the hedges in search of resting
places and in spite of all their driver could do
roost they did, while the geese, travelling along
sedately, reached the end of the course, before
their rivals. had finished taking their nap.
When wall chalker offered to chalk "War-
ren's Backing" on every wall round London
for fifty pounds, the backing maker exclaimed,
'Pl bet you two hundred pounds to one that it
cannot be done in a month" Warren lost the
bet, but got the best and cheapest advertisement
he ever had
Two painters at work on a lake steamer under
repair appropriated some Of the white lead pro-
vided for their use, by tying in their overalls at
the ankles, and filling the space between trousers
and oyeralls with white lead. 10 reach the
shore from the vessel they had to cross a plank.
In doing this one stumbled and fell into the
lake, sinking like a mill stone His friend stood
on shore bewailing his fate, and crying, "Oh
dearl oh deari what will become of his poor
wife and children" "What are you blubber-
ing about said 6ystander,, don't you see
they are getting ready to haul him ont? he's
got to rise three times, you know!' Got TO
rise three times!' exclaimed the painter, pulling
out his purse, "Pll bet he don't come up onceP
TRAUPMANN's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS will
remember the horrible murder of whole family
near Paris two or three years ago. man has
lately surrendered himself to the police of Brus-
sells, confessing that he was Traupmann's accom-
plice in that crime. Brussels newspaper says
of him;
'Rccentlv, person about thirty years OF age
presented himself at the police office in order TO
be arrested, stating that he was no other than
an accomplice of the too famous Traupmann,
the principal assassin of the Kiucl family, He
stated that being in state OF vagab0ndage,
pursued by remorse, not knowing what good to
make of himself, he had come to give himself
up to Justice in the country where he lad taken
refuge some time since, fully knowing the fate
that awaited him. He added that he could dis
close the other accomplices. Everybody be-
lieved at first that this was an affair of haucn-
alton, but the person, anticipating the doubts
and hesitation Of those who Intercepted him,
declared with great cearness that his mental
faculties were perfectly intact, and that he was
| fully conscious of what ne did and said. He
also entered into the most circumstantal and
hitherto unpublished details of the horrible
crime at Pantin. Speedily the police lodged him
Professionally IN Jail, iii order to have him sub
| jected to examination.
| The prisoner said that the crime of Pantin
| had been committed by Traupmann and him.
| self, along with two other men. But these last
| two and himself had only dug the graves and
| carried the tools to the Langlois field He pro-
| ceeded to state that Gustave, lhe eldest sou of
| Knck, was assassinated last, hence the circum-
| stance Of his body being discovered in locali-
| ity so distant from the place Where the other
| corpses were. He pretended to have accom-
panied Traupmann to the door of the shop in
Paris, where they purchased the spade, and to
have found himself at Havre with Traupmann
when the latter was arrested. But he denied
that he had known Of the murder Of the elder
Kincl5 until after the murder OF the other mem.
berS of the family. Traupmann alone had
committed the first crime. Lastly, he declared
that under the commune in Paris he had served
as an officer, aud in that capacity had COM
manded the firing party which had fusilladed
the hostages, Monsignor Darbois, archbishop of
Paris, and President Bonjean. Respecting that
incident ne entered into mass of details.
"On being submitted to the examination of
medical practitioners, this singular person dis
played, it is said, every appearance of presence
of mind. Whatever he may be, justice will,
without doubt, soon draw this mystery into the
| light. One incident still is worth notice. When
| the man was interrogated as TO his past means
| of existence in Belgium, he answered that he
had been supported by the international society.
| We cannot, at this moment learn more about
the revelations, true or imaginary, Of the indi-
vidual whose arrest has already excited great
connection in Brussels. To speak frankly, they
appear to us either a case of mystfcation or of
mental alienation"