The Osceola times., 1879-05-10

dressed as a national guard, trailing q
scsbbafd alter him; his face was fixed
in mis- memory; and Scissor, a police
Office, asserted emphsticslly: That's
the man" Only one voice was raised in
Pigerre's behalf, that of the communist
judge, Genton. "You can shoot me, il
you iike, exclaimed he 'but Pigerrc il
innocent be had nothing to do with It."
The prosecutor summed up, insisting
npon Pigerre's conviction with the rest I;
the advocates for the accused said their
Intellectual say and then came an inter
ruption. A man named Jarraud, whom
everybody agreed was implicated in the
murder OF the hostages, and who was
supposed to have been killed by the sol-
diers, was brought into court. Pigerre
WAS ordered to stand forward. That's
not the man who commanded said
Jsrraud. Goa, no! the leader of the
band was Scsrd." The proceedings
we're suspended, and that same evening
Sicsrd wa' found in one of the prisons
1t was evident he had not long TO live,
but they carried him TO Versailles TO
testify 10 Pigerre's innocence, and con-
vince all the witnesses, save The three
communists, that they had been misled
by the extraordinary resemblance be
tween the two men. The prosecutor
at once demanded that the accusation he
had formulated against Pigerre should
be withdrawn, and so Terminated what
might have proved fatal case OF mis-
taken identity. =
Yet more singular was the escape OF a
young Shropshire lady from an ignomin-
ious death. Staying in Paris during the
reign of terror, she was dragged with
OTHER unfortunate "sristocraisP before
one OF the tribunals. Sac pleaded that
she was an English woman; but was on
the point OF being hurried out t., the
waiting tumbrii, when one of the judges
asked her what province in England she
was native o.. In her fright che ex-
claimed sslope'-a reply greeted by a
general shout and clappiDg Of hands, fol-
lowed by an order to let her go; and
amid cries % "Saleps Salope i the
dazsd girl was hustled into the street to
run home, wondering that her head was
still on her shoulders, little thinking
that by uttering the word "Salope" she
had efiectually rebutttd the notion OF
her eipg one of the hated aristocrats,
thanks to SIlope" being word then
used to designate one OF the most de-
praved of her sex. tfa r'Iii 81
Another remarkable elcape OF that ter.
rible time was that OF NJ DeChsteau.
bgun, for he was not only condemned,
but actually waited his turn at the gull.
lotiDe, standing sixteenth in line of
twenty. The tiftsenth head had fallen,
when the machine got out OF order, and
the i've had to wait until it was repair
ed. The crowd pressed forward to see
what was going on, and as it began to
grow dark NJ. DeChateaubrun found
himself gradually thrust into the rear of
the spectators; 20 he wisely slipped
away, and, meeting man simple enough
or charitable enough to take his word
that wsg had tied his hands and run
of with his hat, had his hands set free,
and managed to reach a safe hiding.
place. A few days later he pit himself
beyond the reach cf the executioner.
Major Duncan vouches for the truth of
the following tale: In 1887 the Chris
tino general, Escslera, was murdered at
Miranda, by the mutineering regiment
OF ssSeeovia About two months later
Espartero and bis army arrived at MI
randa and on the 90th of October the
whole force was paraded outside the
town, the regiment of Segovia being
Asnked by artillery and other regiments,
Accompanied by his staff, Espartero
rode up to it, and said he had come to
look for his old friend and commander,
their chief, Escalers. Where is he?
he cried. Then. pointing to the dead
mans resting. place, went on: He is
there, fouily murdered call upon
all OF you who are true soldiers 70 give
up the nsmes of his ssssssins" Twice
he made the appeal, and silence was the
only answer. E,psrtero then ordered
the regiment TO b. numbered off from
the right, and every twentieth man TO
be brought 10 the front and be prepared
for immediate execution. ~ this a
sergeant stepped forward aud named
ten men az the actual murderers of Es-
cslera. These were marched of and
placed in line, with their backs to a
broken wall, one only protesting his in.
nocence as be was dragged toward the
end of the line Before the fatal volley
vas 6ied he dsrted pimbly round the
corner 0! the wall, and ran along the
front OF the troops, bu. was recsptured
and taken back to his allotted place. A
voice from The ranks cried out that they
had the wrong man, the real criminal
being a soldier OF the same name in hos
pital at Burgos. Espartero ordered the
man to be removed, while the rest re.
ceiyed their deserts. Upon inquiry
being made at Burgos, the guilty one
wss found there, taken from the hospital
and shot, his nsmssakel of, course, being
set free. ,u-mr's -a! .aisp
A snake once prevented o thief com.
mitting something worse than theft, A
womaDoi Dude and her daughter once
alighted at the station at Hurdee, and
hired a conveyance 10 take them to their
village. When they had gone half a
dozen miles ON their way, the driver,
pulling up in lonely spot, demanded
their jeweIry, and, Upon their demur.
ring, tied the pair to the vehicle and
seized the triRkets.---Then, bethinkiDe
himself that daRd wemsn could tell no
tales, the rufian drew out his knife.
but, slipping from his grasp, 1t fell into
a ditch. He plunged his hand into the
water to recover the knife, and, as he
c'utched 1t, a blsck snake f Ked its 'sngs
in the would ba murderef's hand. He
ccumbed to the poison, and In ten
minutes was past hutting any body.
The women we're discovered by some
VILLAGERS aud released but the corpse OF
the driver was lett alone until the police,
coming on the scene, moved the body