Arizona weekly enterprise., 1881-12-24

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 1t was Lte 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 ladder of rope being found in the house, which might be supposed to be laid there by Le Brun to take of the attention from himself, were all interpreted as strong proofs of his guilt and that he had an accomplice 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 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 loft at the top of the house, under some straw, shirt very bloody, but which was not like the linen of Le BrRn, nor would it fit him.
 Le 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 a good fa- ther, a 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. B, 1890, that he died the week after of the injuries he had received, declaring his innocence with his dying breath.
 About 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 bribe 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 go out of Lady MazePs the night on which she was murdered. Berry said he had been killing 8 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 6avoniere-Lady Nazel's daughter-he and Le Brun had undertaken to rob and murder Lady Mazel, and that IIe 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 Le Brun and Madame deSavoniere and confessed thai he came to Paris on the Wednesday be fore the murder was committed. On the Friday evening he went into the house, and, unperceiYed, got into one oi the lofts, where he lay til Sunday morn ing, subsisting on apples and bread which he had in his pockets that about II 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 1t being too low he returned to the loft, pulled off his coat and waistcoat, and returned to the chamber @ second time in his shirt 1; 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 incomlnoded with his hat, he threw 1t under the bed, and made a 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 1t 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 500 hvres that he then locked the cupboard, and replaced 1 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 1t and went out and left 1t open; that he had brought 8 rope-ladder to let him down from a win dow if he had found the street dool locked; but, finding it otherwise, he left his rope-ladder at the bottom of the stairs, where it was found
 Thus was the veil removed from this deed of darkness, and all the circum- stances which appeared against Le Brun were accounted for consistently with his innocence. From the whole story the reader will-perceive how fallible human reason is when applied to circumstances and the humane will agree that in such cases improbabilities ought to be admit ted. rather than a man should be con. demned who may possibly be innocent.