The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-07-25
A VILE PLOT FRUSTRATED.


A remarkable interposition Of Provi.
dence is on record in Paris. In1766
young peasant girl went to Paris and was
hired as domestic servant by man
whose reputation vas excellent, but who
was hypocrite and libertine. BE
made improper proposals to the young
girl, who refused to understand his mean.
ing or give him any encouragement.
This finally 80 enraged him that be had
her arrested for theft, and secured her
conviction by hiding some jewelry in her
trunk. The prisoner had no friends to
intercede for her and was hanged. The
execution was novice, bungled over the
work, and after repeated attempts to kill
the girl imagined he had succeeded, and
handed the body over to dissecting sur.
geon. The first cut with knife showed
that the girl lived and she was quickly
restored. When she opened her eyes she
imagined herself in another world, and it
was some time before she could be con.
vinced of her escape. Her description OF
what she saw during her apparent death
vas listened to with wonder and amaze.
ment by her new.fouud friends. She
told of lovely parteries with beautiful
streams flowing through and round
[ them, of fora and fauna of dazzling gor-
geousness, of perpetual sunshine and
unmeasurable happiness. The young
| girl had lived prosaic life, was poorly
| educated and had no Imagination at all,
! if the chronicler is to be credited, and
her revelations are the more remarkable
in consequence. The scoundrel who
com mpassed her ruin was arrested, but
acquitted on technical grounds, but the
people "loaded him With well-merited
reproaches."
In l770 man was arrested at Bor.
deaux, France, for highway robbery. a
coach was dragging its weary way along
the poor roads of the neighborhood,
when suddenly man sprang out from
behind tree and before the driver could
recover his self possession the horses had
all been hamstrupg. 1t was the work of
moment to hurl the driver from his
seat, and to terrify the passengers, three
women and boy, into submission.
Every article of value in the vehicle WAS
stolen, and the thief then disappeared.
An alarm being given, man named
Henri Pouchard was arrested on suspi.
cion. He was positively identified by
the coachman and the, passengers, and
Was speedily convicted. BE begged to
be allowed to call witnesses to prove an
alibi and averred that he was fifty miles
off when the robbery was committed.
But no adjournment of any kind was
| granted and death on the wheel was the
horrid sentence pronounced. Pouchard
was fixed to the wheel, which vas set in
motion, and one after another limbs we're
broken. There were many others to be
tortured to death, and the executionel
was in q hurry. So rs soon aa he
thought the man to be dead he loosed
him and sent him to a surgeon of anatomy
The surgeon found that the bruised aad
broken mass before him still lived. He
exerted all his skill and restored Pou'
! chard to comparative health, though an
arm and leg had to be anputated
Pouchard at once set about to prove his
innocence, which be did to the satisfac.
tion of the Court, which rather stulti6ed
itself by granting him q pardon.
No man for any considerable period
can wear one face to himself apd