Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-01

then, you must know that I was on the es
tablishment of Herr Spultzen, the carriage
master and stablekeeper from which his ex-
ceency the Honorable Esington hired his
travelling carriage and horses for his return
journey. IL was known to the chief secret
society that his excellency was in posses
sion OF important papers, and IL was also
known that he was on the point Of starting
with them for England. The chief com
mander had important reasons for obtaining
these papers, or copies of them, and of one
in particular above all others, by fair means
or foul and what the chief saws is TO be
done, is done invariably, at any cost The
committee had balloted for the person who
must execute their orders, and their choice
had fallen on me as position, and the more
likely to effect successful result. BY vir-
tue of my oath | was bound to obey, or /
should have suffered secret death, by as
sassination probably. ! need not tell you
my instructions but a dreadful fate awaited
you in the event of you OF his excellency
obstructing our wishes In every town
through which we passed there were ennis
saries Of the chief society TO assist me, so
great is its organization; and when | re-
ceived your instructions to pull up at the
next town, which if you remember was
s., | knew the wishes of the chief
Tba Iar,IIord os tha koioi 80 s.o;J - ~
the head bos,lor ,yera Lno,s,, 70 mo os ,na,n.
hars - ,i,a ,l;of .e;ot, Nv ~, ~ u 40 IT.
residents in tba town .lso r,ornhers ,.hor,
ala MOI Lnov, g. co., so, s,a,, sr;a,'I H.,
b;s eycellencv and con S,ora ' anoon'ransad ,,, "
in a not fro,, rshioh ttd yibaro ,raa nv aspanaS -
and he cbnckled to bimse,f as he said I,
Now you remember how his excellency
was ALWAYS ENGAGED in writino bia Az
patches and documents We'll there was
conseouentlv graat d;fIicultv in gattipg
view Of the nsners w;thont adonfing fonI
means. and time was of great IMPORTANCE 70
the chief oommapdern
&" What" I exclaimed /, creat asto,isb.
ment NV hair almost on on onJ .,;th tha
Suddenness of the confesson- Do
Won mean TO tell me, Carl Johann Roectei
that Won murdered bis axcellencv in cold
blood p"
"Not exactly that friend. he ouietlv ra-
plied. "When bis excellencv went for that
short walk. the head hostler also went for a
stroll in The same direction. A sbort die.
tance from the town tho bostIar mot a fr;end
also member. and thew ouicklv hound and
gagged his excellencv. and carried him To
the cellar of the latter's house where thew
kent him secretlv until after the excitament
of the disannearance and search had suh-
sided when he was taken to Vienna in the
involuntary dispuise of dangerous lnnatic
peasant. and afterward and he made a
significant SIGN Indicative of stranoulation.
" The papers were abstracted bv fbe land.
lord and handed to me and in tnrn de.
liyered them 10 tbe chief commander ner.
sonallv Nothing was aver said about tho
missing documents If Won recollect because
only one other nerson besides his excellencv
and the chief commander knew of them.
and he dared not saw What tbev were "
URut bow" asked T mwas evervtbiro
kent 90 onietlv as the Rritsb governmeni
made a great air over the matter and iarge
rewards were offered ~
avail I" renI;ad he O. 4bose to ,ybor, tho
matter was raferred yere ,nost,v nemherS Of
the chief society which von mnst remen-
her nnmbered in its roII members Of all
ranks and stations The na;r Of over,IIs
found in the conse some days after tbe dis
annaarance yvare nnrnosalv nlsced tbere 70
laad and ancorrage tbs ba,iaf that b;s eV.
ceIlencv had hesS rohhed and then n,nr.
dared j
" Rut Won do not account for vonr be;no
hare in intwarn now =" said
Wal fr;snd " con,in~ed ba and bo drsw
b;msaIf closer 10 mo and srota in a ,,er,,
lou tone, ,,eIi tha obiaf nor,n,and,r i;
conoeome,oa Of ,ba st;r n,,Ja hn hoth ,ba
Rr;t;sb and orr novsrnrnant .nd fsar;no
discIosura IN sccount Of the LARGE reyards