Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-16

ern military establishments where the
administration OF the government 10 car
RED on.
IL was in the courtyard OF this castle
that the posSchaise stopped on June o,
about 10 O'Clock in the morning, after a
Journey OF fifteen hours. Count Sandorf,
his two companions and Sarcany lett the
vehicle, and few minutes afterwards
| We're shown into separate vaulted cells.
Although they had had no communica-
ton with each other and had not been
able to exchange ideas in any way, yet
SanjorE Hathmar and Bathory were all
engaged in bordering over the same sub
Ject. how had the secret of the plot been
! dlscoVeredy Had the police come on the
track by chance? There had recently
oeen no correspondence between Trieste
ana the Hungarian and Transylvanian
towns, Was there traitor in the camp {?
But who could be the traitorg Confidence
had been placed in none. There were no
! papers TO fall into spy's hands. All the
documents had been destroyed. Had they
! rummaged the most secret corners OF the
Acquedotto they would have found not a
single suspicious note! Aud that is what
had happened. Inc police had discovered
nothing except the grating which Gath
mar mad not DESTROYED IN case he wanted
1t Tor future use. But, Gnhappily, the
| grating was serious evidence, for it was
impossible to explain It's use except as
means Of ciphered correspondence.
In fact, everything rested on tho COPY
| OF the message that Sarcany, with Toron-
! thaPs connivnce, had handed over TO
! the Governor OF Trieste after having made
! out its real meaning. But, unfortunately.
that was quite enough to make good the
accusation Of conspir!ng against the State;
! and 1t mad been decided to bring Count
Sandort and his friends before special
.ptt n
! proceed in military fashion.
Sarcany's game WAS a deep one, and he
! played it with the cooness and delibera-
| ton that distinguished him. He had al
| lowed himself to be arrested, to be con-
| victed, If need be, on the understand
| ing that he should receive a pardon; aud
10 this way he hoped to dlsarm suspi-
| clon.
Sandorf was completely deceived by
! hlm-and who would not have been?-
| and resolved to do his utmost to clear him
| OF the charge. 1t would not be dlficult.
he thought, to show that Sarcany had
! taken no part in the conspiracy, that he
| was merely an accountant only recently
introduced into ZRthmar's house TO ar
| range certain private matters which in
no way had reference to the plot. II
neediul he would call Silas Toronthal
| to testify to the young mans innocence.
Abclc tuulu uS no uuuuL, therefore. LuaL
| Sarcany would be found innocent of hay-
ing been either principal or accessory,
IN the event OF the prosecution being per-
| sisted Ia.
The Austrian government knew moth
ing OF the conspiracy beyond what they
heard at Trieste. The consplrators In
Hungary and Pennsylvania remained ab-
solutely unknown. There was no trace
in existence OF their completely in the
a
need have felt no anxiety on this head.
As far as they were concerned, they had
made up their minds to deny everything
until some material evidence was pro-
duced. In that case they knew that their
lives were forfeit Others would one day
take up the movement that had now
proved ab0rtIve. The cause of independ-
ence would ind new leaders. If they
were convicted they would avoW what
had been their hopes They would show
the object at which they had aimed. and
which one day or the other would be at
tained.
IL was not without some reason that
Count SandOrf and his two friends thought
that the action Of the police had been
much restricted in the matter. At Buda,
at Pesth, at klausenburg, In all the towns
IN which the rising was to take place at
the signal from Trieste inquiries had been
ment had arrested the chiefs so secretly
at Trieste. They had sent them to Pisino,
and desired that nothing should
be known of the matter In the hope
that something would happen to betray
the senders OF the cipher message. The
hope was not realized. The expected sig
nal was not given. The movement was
stopped tor time at least. The gov
eminent had to content Itself with try
ing Sandorf and his companions for high
treason.
The inquiries took several days; and it
was not till the Goth Of June, that the
proceedings began with the examination
of the accused. They were not even con-
fronted with each other, and were only to
meet before their judges.
The chiefs of the Trieste conspiracy
were, as we have said, to be tried before
a court martial. The proceedings before
such a court never take long, the trial is
conducted very quickly, and there Is no
delay in the execution Of the sentence.
IL was so IN this matter.
On the 18th OF June, the court martial
met in one OF the lower rooms OF the for
tress OF Pisino, and the accused were
brought before il. The proceedings did
not take very long, and nothing startling
was discovered.
The court opened at nine O'Clock in the
morning. Count Sandorf Count Zathmar.
and Professor Bathory, on the one side.
and Sarcauy on the other, saw each other
for the first time since their imprisOn-
ment. The clasp Of the hand which san.
dOrf and his friends interchanged az they
met, gave yet another proof Of their
uuanimity. A sign from Zathmsr. aud
Both0ry gave SandOrf to understand that
they left IL TO him TO speak for them.
Neither would undertake the defence.
All Sandorf had done up till then mad
been we'll done. All that he thought tit
to say TO the judges would be well said.
The hearing WAS public one, in the
sense that the doors Of the room were
open. But few persons were present, for
the affair had not yet transplred; and the
spectators, some twenty in number, be-
lOnged TO the stan or the castle.
The identity Of the accused was first
proved. Then, Immediately afterwards,
sandorf asked the president the name Of |
the place 10 which he and his companion /
had been brought for trial but no reply |
was given 10 the question.
The identity Of Sarcany was likewise /
established. lie still did nothing to dis. /
tinguish his case from that OF his compan-
ions.
Then the fac-simile OF the essage
handed over TO the police was produced;
AMI the accused were asked " they re-
membered receiving the original. They |
replied that 10 was the duty OF the |