The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-26
TODAY IN HISTORY
Trial of the Maid of Orleans.
SATURDAY., MARCH 26

ono OF The most famous trials i'm all
hmisrory history 90 began ;n, at Rouen. France, on
captured nearly year before. was called
before an English tribunal to answer the
chn[sc 2h OF being witch and hereto
composed of members of the Inquisitlon
and convened at the nstigation of the
hn,niNerSity h,nn,oG Ks of Paris; was the cruel and
who stood before him in male attire,
which was one OF the chief offenses
charged against her, was OF medium
Inl Grand, melancholy eyes" and what
Victor Hugo calls "a certain fragrance
OF purity were probably the utmost OF
her personal charms. but she had the
contagious sincerity Of the religious
zcalot.
Joan was, born in 1412 at Domremy,
France. and named Jehanne. which in
English is Joan and in modern French
Jeanne. The Maid" became known for
her iisl devotion, her over abounding
needle. in which IL was reported that the
court ladies themselves could not excel
her But her maiden heart were not In
these things
There was a French legend that a fc
male deliverer should come ont OF the
Domremy region. and France was great
y IN need Of a deliverer. Joan believed
she heard angelic voices telling her she
was tho heaven appointed instrument
She went to the stake affirming her un-
faltering faith that she had heard and
manifestations What is more, she was
able to make others believe in them
her parents. and a first rough and in
credulous Bsndicourt, governor or Van
TO Cha rles the dauphn. and finally
Charles himself whom she IS said to
have beer. able to, by her marvellous in
from crowd OF courtiers.
Jonn's two great ends were the raising
Of the siege Of Orleans and the corona
achieved both and had she been allowed
then to depart without reward, as she
besought for her native village, she
might have escaped the stake. Charles
army Of 1000 men, under experienced
generals, TO whose skill the technical
side of her military success Is probably
due.
Joan. riding at the head in her suit
Of mans mail in one hand an ancient
sword which she had OWNED to be hid
in the other white standard en-
broidered with her own designs Of lilies
and sacred symbols. inspired the army
with such wild enthusiasm that the Eng
lish believed her To be a witch,
She finally passed into their hands, be-
ing sold to them for $1,000 francs by
some Burgundians. who had captured
her in an unsuccessful attack on Com
pieene. and she was tried at Rouen,
without an advocate and without a pro-
test from the unworthy king. TO whom
she had devoted her young life
The trial consumed number Of days.
and she was sentenced to death as a
witch and hereto and was burned at
the public stake in Rouen. May 30. 1881.
A curious incident was the appearance,
in 1886 OF false Joan, who claimed to
be the Maid of orleans, escaped from
| the flames, but whose imposture was
| speedily unmasked,
II was on March % that the first en-
barge act was passed in 1894. 1t is the
clergyman 0706). Benjamin Cleveland
the Hero Of Kings Mountain" 0I3S)
Count Rumford. the scientist d753)
Moses Stuart. the noted philoloSist and
| theologian 17SO); John r, Thomas. the
composer and singer US29). and the day
| on which Ludwig Won Beethoven died in