Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

man OUT capt. CfOmm0 mad the OBJ
stinacy of the true Hollander. He
found that my first wife, whom they
told me had died while I was in prison,
had on the contrary recovered, and was
yet living, which of course made me
guilty of the crime of bigamy. He
visited me, and, by dint of question
irg, learned my throat was ossified.
This gave him a ray of light, and, pur-
suing his investigation still further, he
discovered the young surgeon who had
saved me, and from him obtained q
full confession.
He returned to the widow Pochinet,
a. she was called, and abruptly offered
to restore her husband to her. The
poor woman, who we'll knew that I had
not intended to poison her, was nearly
overcome. The captain on his part
began to feel the difficulties into which
he had thrown himself. He thought
of his sister. his father, his family.
He remembered, also, that he was
rendering q very unwelcome service to
my first wife, for it would be necessary
to inform her that I was married again.
He cou.d not bring himself to tell her
this, 80 he contented himself by say
ing,
ing or Amsterdam. If you wish to C.
company me, I do not deceive you, I
will show you your husband"
His proposition was accepted, and
one day !, who suspected nothing of
all this, beheld before me Capt. Crom-
me-, who said to me:
"Come here q moment, there is
some one who wishes to speak to you"
These were his very words:
"But," said ], in establishment, I
thought you were in Batavia"
He did not answer, but conducted
me to the Hotel des Armes de Manson,
which was q few steps from our house.
We entered q room, and there I saw a
woman, who threw herself on my neck.
I was 30 surprised that I could not re-
strain an exclamation.
WY, Rose! are you alive."
I did not then observe the move-
mentk of the captain, who hastened
out. My wife and had about q quar-
ter of an hour for explanations, during
which I had not ventured to tell her
that, believing myself widower, I
had married again, when the captain 1e-
turned. He was followed by four DO.
licemen, to whom he pointed me out,
saying:
phizing me, he said: "You might
have murdered, pillaged, robbed you
might have given Batavia up to fire
and blood. and I would have pardoned
it all; but to have been hanged-that
is too much. To think that ~ poor
sister married man who has been
hanged to think that have drank
and eaten with him: that my father
has had him for his son in.law; that
our house has been kept by him :"
He uttered these words in SO loud a
tone, and those who heard him repeat
ed with such as air of horror the
words, "a man that hos been hang
ed that I could not utter single
word in defence of my innocence.
"Take him away" said the captain.
The four men seized me, and with
out any pity for Rose, vino had tainted,
they dragged me to prison.
was tried more quickly than at
Lausanne, and once more condemned
to be hanged; this time for the crime
| OF DlX6my. ! uhu uO uOp0 VI 06CAp.
ing, for Cromme knew what had saved
me the first time. I sadly made m
adieu to life in my dungeon, when on
one night (it was the night proceeding
the day appointed for my execution)
heard my door open. A man present
ed himself before me; it was my broth
erin. law.
"Come," said he, IT have arranged
everything. 1t will be reported that
you have died in prison. I do not
wish to have it said that my father'a
partner was hanged. My sister has
died of grief"
"What my wife dead?"
Yesterday"
'And the other ~
Madame Pochinet, the poor Swiss
woman I have rendered her bad
service. III going to ,ntcrcedc for you
with the jnlge, she caught cold, and
she died this morning."
''Alas !" cried l, 81 have no wife. u
| That will not prevent you from be.
ling hanged tomorrow, as q bigamist. u