The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-06-15


"Why?"
"Yonr curiosity might get the better of
your judgment, and you would be tempt
ed to experiment until your fingers were
all left where mine are. Good after
noon!"
Our reporter Immediately came away
full of pity for those who toll with the
perilOus buzz saw Ctncinnati Enquirer.
A POacher's Vengeance.
AT the Haute Marne Assizes q case has
been tried, resulting in capital sentence,
the circumstances of which deserve pub
licity. In 1850 aman, still young and of
Indifferent character, named Rambouillet,
who carried on poaching with audacity
and success, was surprised by the game
keeper of forest in the Haute Marne. An
information was laid against him, and he
was brought before the Correctional Tribu-
nal, condemned to the forfeiture of his gun,
to a fine, and even, l believe, to imprison-
ment Rambouillet received the sentence
without protest, acknowledging the Of
fense imputed to him and resolving to
turn over new leaf He kept his pledge,
and from 1850 to 1870 he laid himself
open to no reproach. He seemed bent ON
blotting out by his good conduct the
stigma of his condemnation. When he
met the gamekeeper he avoided looking
at him, not with the air of man harbor-
ing a grudge, but like a man prevented
by shame from encountering the witness
of his fault. It was observed, however,
that he often isolated himself from 9TH
ers, and frequently passed his time in
| wandering about the fields without its be-
ing known whittier he directed his steps.
This also was attributed to regret for his
delinquency. He regained public es-
TEEN, and his son married honorably.
Strange to say, Rambouillei was gov
erned for twenty years by q single idea,
that of vengeance. His apparent contri-
ton, the rectitude of his conduct, his
sadness and his gestures were all directed
toward one aim-vengeance. For twenty
years, morning, noon and night, he lay
In wait for the gamekeeper against whom
he had vowed vengeance, and for twenty
years that vengeance escaped him.
In 1870 the war broke out, the Haute
Marne was invaded, the forest in which
the gamekeeper lived was occupied by
the German troops. One December night
Rambouillet, whom every one supposed
to be at q distance from the neighbOrhOOd,
took his gun, skunk from tree to tree
through the Germans occupying the for.
est, and at the risk of being captured and
shot, facing the greatest perils and resort
ing to the most audacious stratagems,
creeping almost on level with the
ground, he succeeded in reaching the
gamekeeper's lonely cottage. There was
light in the window. The gamekeeper
and his wife, lost in this solitude,
amid hostile troops, were seated side by
side. Rambouillet watched them some
time through the clearing surrounding the
cottage. The gamekeeper remained mo-
barking Of the dogs, for since the enemy
had occupied the forest the dogs had al.
ways barked every night. Rambouillet
{ raised his gun, took careful aim and
! fired Two despairing cries were uttered
| inside the cottage, the dogs redOubled
their noise, all around the distant calls Of
: /" Woher da p were heard and RambOuille1
} hurried along the paths, escaped and dis
| appeared from the district.
The next day it was told how the Ger
mans had killed the gamekeeper's wifi
I, and all the neighborhood mustered at hel
: funeral.
7 Peace was signed, Rambouillet resumed
] his former life. The occupation ceased
+ and then everybody ventured to express
I the horror exclted by so cowardly crim
committed against woman sitting peace
|, fully at her hearth. Rambouillet had be
! come more gloomy. A gnawing despair
i. had penetrated his heart. He had com
D mitted useless crime. Not only had hi
# vengeance escaped him, but he felt tha
any attempt against the gamekeeper woul'
recall attention to the crime Of 1870 an
would divert suspicion from the Germal
soldiers. His irritation increased ever
v day and often found vent in threats agains
those around him. A few weeks ago on
of these scenes was repeated betWee
RambOuillet and his sons daughter. AL
yes," exclaimed the latter, you want
" serve me as you served the gamekoeper
wife; but I am not afraid of YOU" Ran
bOuillet fiinched. The conversation be
came known and reached the ears OF Ju
tice. Rambouillet was arrested, convic
ed, condemned to death. The jury al
swered every question pus to them affirm
atively and without extenuating circur
stances. They felt that man who hs
ne plotted revenge for twenty years mu
have acted with premeditation. The pr
oner's counsel had, Of course, urged Is
extenuating circumstance that he misto'
to his victim. .-Paris Letter to the Lond
TtsHss.
Kansas sets beautiful example
th some OF our older States. She has
pended 81, ,909, ,O85 in scho0l.houses .
has a school fund Of over q 100000 q