Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-10-11

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thirty yards distance. Genton ordered
them to FIRE. Two volleys and some
scattering shots anuounced to those
without thst the forty Federal assassi ns
had earned the 50 frances head paid
them for the murder.
When they marched outinto the street
the crowd cheered them. "Well done,
citizens! You have done a good work.
Verig was excitedly brandishing his IA
nous horse pistol and shouting. Il fin.
ished the famous Archbishop with this
Il burst his mouth for him ?" He lied,
for the Archbishop had not needed the
coup degraee, though NJ. Bonjean, struck
by nineteen bullets, still was writhing
in agony when pistol shot fred into
his left ear made an end of il.
To murder was. ofcourse. added plum
der. The surviving hostages were ter
ri6ed that night to see several keepers
opening cells, moving about and speak.
ing in a low tone. verig, Ramain and
two Of their friends were planderins the
cells Of the murdered men. They found
few yalaeless vestmsnts and, the
Archbishop's pastoral ring. AT. 2 in
the morning Verig, Ramain and some
others were sent to bury the corpses,
which still lay ~ they bad fallen, in q
pool Of blood. They were rifled, and
the clothing torn off where the buttons
were slow in yielding. One put the
pastoral cross round his neck, to hi.
friends delight; another took the silver
buckles of the Archbishop's shoes. In
removing them he bruised his finger
then rising angrily kicked the body vio.
len tly, crying: "It was no use killing
the scoundrel-he hurts me still -
The corpses were taken away in hand
cart and dumped in a pit at Pere La.
chaise, and a mild May rain falling Al
daybreak soaked the blood Of the hos
tages into the earth and washed the
spattered walls.
Jecker's name, it will be remember
ed, was on the first list but Genton sub
stituted for it that Of the Able Duguer
~. Early on the next morning Gen
ton, Verig and two friends took hin
from his cell. He asked what they
wanted. 1--WE want to shoot YOU
that's all," answered Genton. Jeckel
turned pale and asked, "Why? ?" "Be.
cause you were the accomplice Of Mar
ny" lin the Mexican expedition.) Jec'
ker instantly saw that his fate wa.
sealed and putting ON his hat SAID, "l
am ready" They took him away te
the Rue de Ia China, a long half hour
walk distant, talking with him all the
while. Why this was done cannot bt
said positively, but as they thought he
was immensely rich, and Francois hat
already sounded him to see whether he
was willing to pay handsomely for hi:
liberty, It may be inferred that their oh.
ject was to hold him 10 ransom. Bu
he said to them: "You are mistaken
If you think | made money in Mexico
1t was stole n from me; l vas cheated .
AT last they halted in a vacant lot; !,
was raining and the streets were slip.
perry or deep with mud. Making him
remove his overcoat. he was placed
with his face against the wall. Dom
make me suffer" he said; and they sho,
him. He writhed convulsivcly afte,
falling, and with the famous horse pis.
tol Verig gave him his coup de grace.
Eerig then put on bis unperforated coat
and Francois searched the pockets oi
the yet warm BODY. then it was drag.
ged some thirty feet away to hole dug
for the foundation of building and lef,
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: then
Francois wrote on a scrap of paper
Observation-Disclosures banker" and tucked
it into button hole, and the murderer.
went of to the restaurant of one La.
croix near at hand, and partook of bread
cheese. a box of sardines and half gal.
lon of wine. Their morning iaunt hae
made them hung.y.-.S. Y. World.