Saint Mary's beacon., 1877-10-11

and whiae the key vas being sought The
Arehbishop said b one offke Federah,
y hare always loved Che pecple-al-
ways loved liberty" ssYour liberty Is
not our liberty" answ cred the man;
''dcn't Sothefs ds!es'rhe gate was
opessd aal the ptisensr, led % thespof
Fraseois asa lyerig rhAi astecAedoa the
2Srd, q sort Of sspken ditch. PPen above.
but walled in on three Sides The pEis-
oners were placed <gain.k e wan in
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pthers pucondray and CS Jes-
ssifs; last of Ill. the An lno-
ner Of the ambulance service. Ss1as
7.45 p. n. The soldiers were DRAW ZIP
thirty yards distance Genton ordered
them to FIRE. Two volleys and some
scattering shots announced. to those
without that the forty Federal assassins
had earned the so frances a head paid
them for the murder.
When they marched out into the street
the crowd cheered them. "Well done,
citizens You have done good work."
Verig was excitedly brandishing his ia
nous horse pistol and shouting, 81 fin-
ished the famous Archbishop with this
Il burst bis mouth for him I" He lied,
for the Archbishop had not needed the
coup degraee, though NJ. Bonjean, struck
by nineteen bullets, still was writhing
in agony when a pistol shot fired into
his left ear made an end OF it.
To murder was. ofcourse. added plum
der. The surviving hostages were ter
rifed that night to see several keepers
opening cells, moving about and speak
ing in low tone. Verig, Ramain and
two of their friends were plundering the
cells of the murdered men. They found
few valueless vestments and the
Archbishop's pastoral ring. At 2 in
the morning Verig, Ramein and some
others were sent to bury the corpses,
which still lay as they had fallen, IN a
\ pool of blood. They were rihed, and
the clothing torn off where the buttons
were slow in yielding. One put the
pastoral cross round his neck, to his
friends delight: another took the silver
buckles off the Archbishop's shoes. In
removing them he bruised his finger,
then rising angrily kicked the body vio-
lently, crying: at was no use killing
the scoundrel-he hurts me still -
The corpses were taken away in hand
cart and dumped in pit at Pere La
chaise, and a mild May rain falling at
daybreak soaked the blood of the hos
tages into the earth and washed the
spattered walls.
Secker's name, it will be remember
edF was on the fist list tut Genton sub
stituted for it that Of the Able Dusuer-
ry. Early on the next morning Ger
ton, Verig and two friends took him
from his cell. He asked what they
wanted. 1--WE want to shoot you
that's ALL" answered Gen,on. Jccker
turned pale and asked, Why" Be
cause you were the accomp!icc Of Mar
ny" lin the Mexican expedition.) Jec-
ker instantly saw that his fate was
sealed and putting on his hat said, Il
am .eady." They took him away to
the Rue de la China, long half hour 5
walk distant, talking with him all the
while. Why this was done cannot be
said positively. but as they thought he
was immensely rich, and Francois had
already sounded him to see whether he
was willing to pay handsomely for his
liberty, it may be inferred that their OBJ
ject was to hold him 10 ransom. But
he said to them: "You are mistaken
if you think l made money in Mexico
it was stole from me: as cheated -
At last they halted in vacant lot; 1t
was raining and the streets were slip
perry or deep with mud. Making him
remove his overcost, he was placed
with his face against the wall. Don t
make me suffer, he said; and they shot
him. He writhed convulsive!y after
falling, and with the famous horse pis-
tol Verig gave him his coup de grace.
Eerig then put on his unperforated coat,
and Francois searched the pockets OF
the yet warm body: then it was drag
ged some thirty feet away to hole dug
for the foundation Of building and left
there. The face was covered with a
financial sheet found in the overcoat,
and the hat jammed firmly down on the
head with a blow from the fist: the n
Francois wrote on scrap OF paper
"Jecker-Mexican banker" and tucked
it into button hole, and the murderers
went of TO the restaurant OF one La
croix near at hand, and partook OF bread
cheese, box of sardines and a half gall
Ion Of wine. Their morning iaun. had
made them hung:y.-E. Y. World.
~, Men are genar,ily v,ora bouaSs