The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-05-10
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The, prosecutor summed up, insisting
upon Pigerre's conviction with the rest;
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
soldiers, was brought into court. Pigerre
was ordered to stand for ward.
"7hafs not the man who commanded, -.
said Jarraud. ooh, no! the leader of
the band was Sicard.o
The proceedings were suspended. and
that same evening Sicard was found in
one of the prisons. 1t was evident he
had not long to live, but they carried
him to Versailles to testify to Pigerre's
innocence and convince all the witnesses,
save the three Communists, that they
had been misled by the extraordinary
resemblance between the two men. The
prosecutor at once demanded that the
accusation he formulated against Pigerre
should be withdrawn land so terminated
what might have proved fatal case of
mistaken 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 aristocrats" before one of
the tribunals. She pleaded that she was
an English woman; but was on the point
of being hurried out to. the waiting
tumbril, when one OF the Judges asked
her what province in England she was
a native of. In her fright she exclaimed
"Salop," reply greeted by general
shout and clappipg of hands, followed
by an order to let her go; and amid
cries of "Salope! Salope!" the dazed
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 "Salop" she had
efiectually rebutted the notion of her
being one Of the hated aristocrats =
thanks to "Salope" being word then
used to designate one Of the most de-
PRAYED of her sex. -. -. -.
Another remarkable escape of that
terrible time was that of M. de Chateau
brun for he was not only condemned,
but actually waited his turn at the
guillotine, standing sixteen in line of
twenty. The fifteenth head had fallen,
when the machine got out of order, and
the five had to wait until it was repaired.
The crowd pressed forward to see what
was going on, and rs it began to grow
dark. NJ. de Chateaubrun found himself
gradually thrust into the rear of the
spectators: so he wisely slipped away,
and meeting a man simple enough or
charitable enough to take his word that
a wag had tied his hands and run off
with his hat, had his hands set free, and
managed to reach a safe hiding place.
A few days later he put himself beyond
the reach Of the executioner.
Maj.Duncan youches fars the truth of
the following tale: in 1887 the Christian
general, Escalera, was murdered at
Miranda by the mutineering regiment
of Segovia.a About two months later,
Espartero and his army arrived at
Miranda and on the 30th Of October
the whole force was paraded outside the
town, the regiment of Sagovia being
fianked by artillery and other regiments
Accompanied by his staff, Espartero rode
up to it, and told the men he had come
to ask for his old friend and commander,
their chief, Escalera.
Where is he?" be cried. Then
pointing to the dead commanders rest
ing-place,F went on: % He is there;
foully murdered! | call upon all of
you who are true soldiers to give up the
name of his assassinp'
Twice he made the appeal, and silence
was the only answer. Espartero then
ordered the regiment to be numbered
off from the right, and every twentieth
70 h< 70
prepared for immediate execution. At
this a sergeant9 stepped forward and
named ten men as the actual murderers
of Escalera. These we're marched of
and placed in a line with their backs to
a broken wall, one only protesting his
innocence as he was dragged to the end
of the line. Before the fatal volley was
fired he darted nimbly round the corner
of the wall and ran along the front of
the troops, but was recaptured and
taken back to his allotted place. A voice
from the ranks cried out that they had
the wrong man, the real criminal being
soldier of the same name in hospital
at Burgos. Espartero ordered the man
to be removed, while the rest received
their deserts. Upon inquiry being made
at Burgos the guilty one was found
there, taken from the hospital and shot,
his namesake of course b2ing set free.
A snake once prevented thief COM
mittiDg something worse than THEFT.
A woman of Dude and her daughter
once alighted at the station at Hurdee,
and hired conveyance to 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 jewelry; and, upon their demur
ring, tied the pair to the vehicle and
seized the trinkets. Then, bethinking
himself that tt dead women could tell
no tales, theruffian drew out his knife;
but, slipping from his grasp, it fell into
a ditch. He plunged his hand in the
water to recover his knife, and as ne
clutched It, black snake fixed its fangs
in the wouid-be murderer's hand. He
succumbed to the poison, and in ten
minutes was past hurting anybody.
The women were discovered by some
villagers, and released, but the corpse of
the driver was left alone until the police,
coming on the scene, removed the. body
to the police station. sss
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feet high, is the most wonderful. The
gorge OF this canyon used to be impassi-
BILE except in winter, until railway
operations we're commenced and paths
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