Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-15


But not this alone; / found likewise
a funeral dscourse-shost. but as wei
written as any I had ever composed
and all In my own handwriting In tire
chamber none other than ! could have
been. I knew. therefore. who II was
that had written the discourse. and II was
no other than myself
mot more than half year previous
I had. In the same marvellous state.
gone In the night time into the cnurch
and fetched away a handkerchief winch
/ had left In the chair behind the altar.
Mark now-when the two witnesses this
morning delivered their evidence before
the Court. then my previous sleep-wak,
Ings fnshed suddenly across me, ana l
likewise recalled that in the morning
after the night during which the corpse
must have been buried i had been sur
prised 10 sec my dTessing-gown lying on
tho floor just inside the door, whereas II
was always my custom TO hans IL o"
chair by my bedside. ,,,.s
1.-THE unhappy victim OF my unollI,eu
passion must. in all likelihood nave tanen
down dead in the wood ana n' -,
in my sleep-walklng' have ioAoNeu IN
thither. Yes-the Lord have merc!'-So
It was, so It must nave Oeeh'
V.
On the following day sentence OF deatn
was passed upon the prisoner--a seh'enS en-
wbtcn many felt TO be too severe anu
which led 20 a friendly conspiracy on MS
hebalf and had IL not been LOT MS own
ror,,eoi IN he a parry TO anything IN
lawful. he might have escaped. e
iailer ,vas gained over and hsnerindh
had his boat in readiness for night 10
the swedish coast, where he would nave
been beyond the reach OF danger
But Soren Qvist refused 10 nee
He longed, he said, for death anu ~
would not adj new STAN 10 MS
ton by f'Bht. -,,. 81, mind
He maintained his suehsln
TO the last, and from the Scaiioiu ho ."
Sr.ssod 10 the bystanders a discourse OF
much power, which he had coilposeu a.
nrison during his last days.
r. treated OF anger and its direful con-
sequences. with touching illusions TO him
solf and the dreadful crime TO which MS
anger misled him.
Having finished speaking, he donea Ms
Goa, bound with MS own hands tho nap
kin before his eyes and submitted HIS
neck TO the executors sword.
>,ov for the extraordinary sequel OF TINS
judicial tragedy.
one and twenty years after the pastor
Soren Qvist, of Veiiby, had been accused
tried condemned and executed Tor the
murder Of his serving man, an old beg
,-orrnon anplied for aims 10 the people Oh
AaIsoe. the parish adjoining NeilDy'
sneniclons were aroused by the exact
likeness the beggarman bore 10 morton
Rurns Of Ingvorstrup, who had ia'elS
died and also by the curious and ANXIOUS
Inquiries the man made concerning events
long past. "a hurled
T,ba naetor OF Aalsoe, who had purleu
Norten Burns, took the vagabond 20 Mo
parsonage. and there the follow an uh-
concious OF the portentous nature Vi
admission. acknowledged that ne was
Niels Burns. the very man Tor Who's
supposed murder the pastor hau su'Ae'0"
the shameful death of criminal
Had his brother Morten survived niin
II Is pretty certain tho truth. concealed
60 Iong had never been known. as Niels
hod civ returned TO the district IN the
hone of proNting by Mortens ueath, the
ne,ys ~ which had accidentally reacheu
MIN. he professed-and, indeed PLAINLY
e,nerlenced-the utmost horror on near
inc the dreadful history Of the pastor
y was all Morioa's doing, ho said but
~ ,-as so overcome by the terrible mar
ratlve that he could scarcely gamer
strength to reply to tho questions put 70
him.
Tho truth may be summed up brlehy.
Norten had nursed a mortal halrea Oh
Soren Ovist from the time he refused nm
his daughter and had determined on re-
yenge. II was he who conpelleI Niei
TO take service with the PASTOR 10 10
enurred him on 10 his repeated onenceS'
viz
suit owing to the pastors nasty tempe,
ord Nd carefully nursed the feud whlch
COO, arose between the master anu nhah'
Niels told him daily all that took place
ON leaving the garden on that laIai
dav ne had run over 10 lngvorstrup "
acouaint his brother with what hdu nap
pened. -,,,,,a room
that no ono might see him. 49,,
shortly after midnight, |neh the ~
yuiage vas asleep, the two pTotheis We
20 nlace where the roads cross edcH
other. and where two days pre'iou''''
according TO the custom or that uiie' @
suicide had been buried-a young man V
about Niels's age and stature. py
light Of a lantern. in spite OF Nleis
luctance and remonstrance' they uus
the corpse and took II lh1o 4"o'
house. a., n suit
N-iels was made TO strip and don SUI
~ Martens. and the CORPSE was el"u'
niece by piece. IN Niels's CASTOR Clo'n09'
even 10 the very earring. Ihen MoI'ci l,
battered the dead face with q space az"
Via q in q sack until the next hlsh',
-rben thsv carried II into the WOOD he''
Vellbv parsonage and buried II.
And noU." said vengeful Morten 70
his brother. "you go your way. here -
. rurse with a hundred oonars-make lo'
tha frontier where no one knows thee,
mass thyself under another ho'ne' -
never set thy foot on Danish sou 49,, ~,
as thou wouldst answer 1t with thy me-
NieIs did as he was commahueu'
norted from Morten forever. lie hau vi
iisted for a soldier, suffered great hdl
sbIns had lost a limb, and had reIu'n9"
N his native place q. mere wreck
thus at last was the memory OF %, 0'
Ovist purged OF the stain OF murder'
the Identification OF the body or the sur
oida as that OF Nens Burns was as per
frct as that Of Guldensuppe can De' ", ",
less the missing head IS FOUND hVeiy
other physical appearance talhed-oIii9
the head and face were unrecoe ui|aDl',
Ana the circumstantial PROOF "a'
.Iinched by the pastors own solemn con
Teton what more proof could have oeeh
roo,,ired IN satisfy a court or Jury
$50 event the evidence Of the head ana
COO which Morten Burns had cunningiy
destroyed. |
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