The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-05-12

pocket q key, the wards of which were
newly fled and made remarkably large :
and on trial it was found to open the
street door, the ante-chamber and both
the doors in Lady Mazel's chamber. On
trying the bloody night-cap on Lee
Bruins head, it was found to fit him ex-
actly, whereupon he was committed to
prison.
On his trial it appeared as if the lady
was murdered by some person who had
been let in by LIE Br1ln for that purpose
and had afterward fled. It could not be
done by himself, because no blood was
upon his clothes nor any scratch on his
body, which must have been on the
murderer, from the lady's struggling /;
but that it was LIE Brun who let him in
seemed very clear. No one of the locks
was forced, and his own story of finding
the street door open, the circumstances
Of the key and the night-cap, and also q
ladder of rope being found in the house.
which might be supposed to be laid there
by LIE Brun to take off the attention
from himself, were all interpreted as
strong proofs of his guilt !; and that he
had an accomplish was inferred, because
part of the cravat found in the bed was
discovered not to be like his; but the
maids deposed they had washed such q
cravat for one Berry, who had been a
footman to the lady, and who was turned
away about four months before for rob-
bing her. There was also found in q loft
at the top Of the house, under some
straw, a shirt very bloody, but which
was not like the linen of LIE Brun. nor
would it fit him.
LIE Brun had nothing to oppose to
these strong circumstances but a uni
formly good character, which he had
maintained during the twenty-nine
years he had served his lady, and that
he was generally esteemed good ia
ther, good husband and good serv-
ant. It was therefore resolved to put
him to the torture in order to discover
his accomplices. This was done with
such severity on Feb. %, 1890, that he
died the week after of the I'M uries he
had received, declaring his innocence
with his dying breath.
About a month after, notice was sent
from the Provost of Sens that dealer
in horses had lately set up there by the
name Of John Garlet, but his true name
was found to be Berry, and that he had
been foOtman in Paris. In conse-
quence of this he was taken up, and the
suspicion of his guilt was increased by
his attempting to bride the officers. On
searching him, gold watch was found
which proved to be Lady Mazel's. Be-
ing brought to Paris, person swore to
seeing him 60 out of Lady Mazel's the
night on which she was murdered.
Berry said he had been killing cat.
. On these circumstances he was con-
demned to be tortured and afterward to
be broken alive on the wheel. On be-
ing tortured, he confessed that, by the
direction and order of one Madame de
Savoniere- Lady Mazels daughter he
and LIE Brun had undertaken to rob and
murder Lady Mazel, and that LIE Brun
murdered her while he stood at the door
to prevent surprise.
In the truth of this declaration he per-
sisted until he was brought to the place
of execution, when, begging to speak
with one of the Judges, he recanted
what he had said against LIE Brun and
Madame deSavoniere and confessed that
he came to Paris on the Wednesday be-
fore the murder was committed. On
the Friday evening he went into the
house, and, unperceived, got into one of
the lofts, where he lay till Sunday morn
ing, subsisting on apples and bread
which he had in his pockets; that about
IL o'clock on Sunday morning, when he
knew the lady had gone to mass, he stole
down to her chamber, and, the door be-
ing open, he tried to get under the bed !;
but it being too low he returned to the
loft, pulled off his coat and waistcoat,
and returned to the chamber second
time in his shirt he then got under the
bed, where he continued till the after
noon, when Lady Mazel went to church;
that knowing she could not come back
soon, he left his hiding place, and, be-
ing incomrnoded with his hat. he threw
it under the bed, and made cap of a
napkin which lay on chair, secured the
bell-strings, and then sat down by the
fire, where he continued till he heard
her coach drive into the courtyard,
when he again got under the bed and
remained there; that Lady Mazel hay
ing been in bed about an hour, he
got from under it and demanded her
money; she began to cry out and at
tempted to ring, upon which he stabbed
her, and, she resisting with all her
strength, he repeated his stabs until she
was dead that he then took the key of
the wardrobe cupboard from the beds
head, opened his cupboard, found the
key of the strong box, opened it, and
took out all the gold he could find, to
the amount of about 600 livres that he
then locked the cupboard, and replaced
the key at the beds head, threw his
knife into the fire, took his. hat from
under the bed, left the napkin in it, took
the key of the chamber from the chair
and let himself out; went to the loft,
pulled off his shirt and cravat, and,
leaving them there, put on his coat and
waistcoat, and stole softly down stairs !;
and, finding the street door only on the
single lock, he opened it and went out
and left it open; that he had brought a
rope-ladder to let him down from win
dow if he had found the street door
locked; but, finding it otherwise, he left
his rope-ladder at the bottom of the
stairs where it was found