The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-06-01
The !ScOUTye Of the HigH,Cuy.

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OtiearS. Tor highway robbery and aS there
were ro relatives friends Ia claim the
body. the execurioner, hen he thouuhT
Iie was extinct. gave II tn surgeon. ho
caitried u Ia the anatomical academy for
dissection. The legs aud arms uf the
wretch had been fearfully broken aud
mangled. but When the surgeon applied bis
knIfe, he detected signs of lite. aud by the
application of powerful exciiantS and siirn
ulating c"r,iials. The higlw a, man was b,n-t
to hIS SENSES and 10 he power of speech
1hr surgeon and his pupils we've kind
hearted. aud deeply mov, 10y The suffer
IugS aud the earnest solicitations If the
cuiplit. they resolved to attempt his cupe
They would thus lose the subject foi dis
section. but the experience of habdlIng
sucl Il case III treatment would lie valuable
80 dieadiuily mangi.d was he that they
had to amruiaIe bn'h his legs at the lip
Joints, and lake oft his left arm at the
shoulder. Ills right ann had been frac-
tuieu above and below The elbow but The
bnues had not been shivered. and with ex-
tiemr care that important limb wd> saved.
witII>Tanding lhe mutIlatiou--a mutt
latI,n and blood loss that would be surely
iaGal III uIpe hundred aud ninety nine cases
III "a Thousand the man recovered. Aud
now what should be done with him?
man with not even lie stump of Il leg, aud
with only one arn, ! He begged that IL.
might be taken further from Paris, where
lie could gam livelihood toy begginr-
/ They might be sure he would henccfurih
lcau honest life. He swore he would
/ rather die than steal again. The good
doctor, willing to do an,ti,ine in his power
put Richelot INTO Il cait, aud sent two Of
his students To convey him fifty leagues
away ~ the southwest. beyond P"iIieIs.
lie mau was full foiIy leagues away
I from the neaiesu place wlere he had ever
/ been known. lie took :. situation by the
roadside, ciuse 10y d ragged ciIif of rock,
aud denSe wood. where his depluIabit.
Condition excited The COMPASSION of all who
saw hIin. In his youth he haG SCI we'd IN
/ the army. aud clad III AN old huzzaI'S jack
ct aud helm. lie passed fur soldier who
/ had lost Ills limhs III battle. Tima passed.
| Hy and hy pcddler. who had set out from
! Lu>I.nan oii iIs way To Turay. with iuli
J pack and much money, was missed
! Other men mySIeI iou~ly disappeared i'll
that Saline section The police sea- che d for
! The iobbeIs. but could npI tind them and
! yet they were we'll assured that these oft
recurring disappear atances we're not the
! suit of accident. There must be robbers
! and as>Is>us somewhere.
The celebrated Jean Coquele, with
/ platoon Of his well trained detective force
| Game down from Paris, aud spent two
months in The Provinces, but failed 10 I'M
earth the mystery.
One day a d:over, returning from market,
! wncic he had been selling cait ir, came
! upon 'he poor, legles> bee2ar 10y the way
side. AMI was solicited tor charity.
Being moved To cnuptS>iou by the sight
! of So much dI>iiguIrncut-torili lie wIpi cucd
| man seemed 10 be hOih leg less and a. mless
| - the dI"ver threw HIM piece of silver.
| ALAS - sand lie meudtcaut III pireous
| tones. you see | cannot reach your bouu.
I ~. have neither an ann nor Il leg. Ii
you nj De So kind as 10 put your generous
donation mao my pouch. ! viii bless You.
! Io-nIGhi my pooI faithful Liztjte will come
| viii MoulaId c.,ri and take the home.
| where your silver shall liud us a meal such
as We have moi tasted ioT many Il day"
The Grover got down from has cat, and
! approached the begyar. and aS ht. sioo, ed
Ia puck up tie money, the sun. suddenly
| breaking iI:,m behld II cloud, threw II
Sill ange shadow upon the s~a.d. Causing
The tIaveler I" look up. whence lie caught
sight "f "A good. stout r!ehi ann. beIongiug
to ihe mcudIcauit, raised above his head.
! the brawny hand of winch gta>ped d shout
| iron bar. with "A knott, d knob un The end.
He arrested the blow in it's descent. aud
| beIug Il man at immense muscular power,
| he iiited the brGSar. aud carIird hIm 10 his
! cart. aud having thrown him into IL, he
drove of To the next town. where lie
brought his prisoner befne Il magistrate.
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| nous c''tSI IuciIon. Was tUuun IN iIi> pocket,
which naturally led to the SUSPICION that
| he might have accunllic'.> III th. woods.
wiItieup"u he nIagi> >tiate called "a >uftlt i..ut
| gnaid, under command "f an experienced
! utiice,. aud sent ihcfn. with the diuvrr for
! ii guide, to the place where the murder WAS
| attempted Nn more than AN h.ur had
elapsed sIuce the diover had lett with ms
/ prisoner hen The spot WAS reached. tiie
ali i,nr l,.Ip
| lea Tie.
The gcus d'armcs concealed themselves
! in the bushes after which the " hi>tle WIS
J blown, the sound being excredingI Iy SHARP.
clear aud peuetI alIng, aud directly an an
swcrIug whistle MAS henIG, seeming I"
come from under ground tr'r was this all D;
| hardly had the note # the whistle died
away, when thee To sight from
Il thick tausle of shrubs and vines close at
| hand
The soldiers, with mu>ketS cucked AID
I presented. advanced, and otdered the men
10 surrender. One uf them tuiu,d - flee.
aud WAS Immediately shot down. upon
which the oiIei two. = eng that they were
! Family Caught, thew down ti:pIr arms
When they had bren secused, the place
w!ieie they had appeared was Seatchrd
aud entrance found to IA deep. si'acIt'us
cave. wherein were discovered TWO " men
and IA boy aud gil
Tie women gave in evidence that they
had been originally seized 10y The iobh -.
aud carrird away fo'n their homes hat
they had been fnclbiy held cap'iveS. aud
had fnaliy married with tl,rir dhducims.
The boy and gul were rheiI children. TIE
gill, IA bright. Intelligent miss of ten or
twelve testified that dead bodies of travel
err newly killed were often brought ini"
the cave. aud stripped and burned. On
pleasant DAYS 1T was llieir custom IL carry
The old utIlalrd s,'!tiirT oui to the roadside
wh..Ie he would sii fnt three "r four h"uts
at time, his pi;iable condition being sure
fupxcite the compassion ol pasSetS. v hen
IA traveller appeared wis" gave promise of a
vel filled puise, The old obher. with that
strong iiyht arm. aud bar of nou. having
iuv-Ioled him within reach would admin
lister "a blow tlIat was sure to stun If 1T did