Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-06-20

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De Percy to amend his lita with9ut
delay, as he would himself be siaiu
within very hriet period. Finding
his hearer stiil ncreddIous. She mar.
quis exhibited q deadly wound below
tho breast, and immediately disap.
pcarod The arrival OF pos; from
Flanders confirmed the vision, The
marquis had been slain in the ran
ner mentioned. DE Percy himself
hell in the civil war then impending.
| (The speaker hero cited number
OF kindred examples belonging 10 the
period, such as, in later days, hava
touud parallels in the we'll known
stories of Lord Tyrone and Lady
Betty Cobb. Lord I.yttleton and M
L. Andrews, Prince Doigofouki and
Aprixin, the ex Queen OF Eturia mud
Chipan'i, with long list Of similar
cases, and then addressed himself to
the terrestrial facts.
| II was proved BY Magdalcno Paret
that the treasure was actually found
BY the witness, De!euI, it was trac-
ed into the possession OF Anguer.--
by ether witnesses, 1t was shown
that Anrpier had made uso Of many
articles 20 obtain the custody Of the
gold, cnltlyatin. 4 romantic attach.
ment tor this humble iabofer, and
seeking 20 inspire him with fear tor
his personal safety, 50 long as he re.
tanned possession OF 40 Ia ge q snm.
Upon the whole. unlcss it had been
practicable to secure the attendance
ard oral testimony Of the very phan-
ton itself the claim Of Mirahie could
hardly address itself more to-ci bly,
TO the favorable Judgment OF the
court.
1t may be that this little deficiency
in the chain of evidence weighed
more than was expected with the
| parliament Of AK. At all events,
they demanded further proof and
the peasant Bernard, was brought
forward, and underwent rigid ex-
animation.
He stated that on rainy day in
May, Mirabel informed him that
ghost had revealed to h,m the exist
ence OF some secretei treasurer
That, on the following morning, they
proceeded together to the spot ndi.
Gated by the apparition, but found 10
money. That he laughed at Mirabel
snapped his fingers at the story
and went away. That he neverthe-
less agreed to 9 further search-the
witness, Magdaieae Paret, being
present-but again found nothing
That, subsequently Mirabel declared
he had discovered eighteen pieces Of
gold, then twelve, finally thirtyfve,
but displayed none Of them. That
Mirabel, however, sent by HIN twen,
ty soils to a priest, to say masses for
the soul OF the departed, to whom he
owed so much; and thai he had spoke
OF handing over the treasure to An
gu,er and taking the iatters receipt,
which certainly seemed to be the
same now produced, signed Louis
Auguler.'
The matter was obscure anil puz-
zling. There was, by this time. no
question that this large sum of mon
ey had, somehow, come into the pos
session Of Mirabe!. He could not, by
skill or labor, have realized The hun
dredth part OF it. No one had been
robbed, for the notouety of the case
would at once have produced the
I loss. 1t Mirabel had found it (and
| there were the witnesses who prov
ell the discovery mary feet below
the surface, in an undisturbed corner
of the terrace). who revealed the
precious deposit TO this poor simple
c!owa: The scale was inclining,
slowly and steadily, to tie sceptral
side, when some new and startling
evidence appeared.
Agguier proved tlE-t subsequently
to the alleged delivery Of the treas
ure into his hands, Mirabel had de-
clared that it was sill concealed il
the ground, and had invited his two
brothers in-law from Petrusis to see
it. Placing them at little distance
from the haunted spot, he made q
pretense Of digging, but suddenly
raised white shirt which he had at
tachel to sticks placed crosswise, he
rushed toward them, crying out,
The ghost the ghost y One of
these unlucky persons die3 from the
impressions engenderea by this pieoe
of pleasantly. The survivor deliver
ed this testimony.
The case now began to look less
favorable for the specter. It was
hardly probable that Mirabe! should
take so unwarrantable liberty with
an apparition in which he believed,as
to represent him, and that for no ex-
plainable purpose, hy an old white
shirt Was 1t huBlhGg, and that the
whole story was pure fabrication,
for the purpose of obtaining damages
from the woll-to DO Augllier?:
Il does not not appear to what as
tute judicial intellect this not wholly
impossible idea presented Itself. AT
all events, new process was decreea
the great object Of which vas to dis
cover in the first instance how and
whence came the money IN Nirabcfs
possession.
Under tho pressure of this inquiry
the witness Paret was at length bro't
to confess-iigst, that she never ae-
tuaIy benela one coin belonging to
the supposed treasure secondly, that
she did not credit one word OF Mira
bel's story; that she had already de-
posed otherwise, it was 1t tbs earnest
entreaty OF Mirabel himself.
Two experts were then examined
as to the alleged receipt. These dit
tered in opinion as to its being IN tho
handwriting of Auguier; but third
being added to the consultation, ali
three finally agreed that it was
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