XXXIII. Bandits romains · XXXIV. Apparition
XXXIII. Roman Bandits (cont.) · XXXIV. The Apparition
The 1844 U.S. presidential race between Clay and Polk, the conspiracy trial of General Prim in Madrid, and a fatal student duel near Versailles dominate this issue.
- Daniel Webster, speaking to crowds of 100,000 at Albany and Boston, managed to praise Whig candidate Henry Clay in terms that highlighted his sympathy for abolitionists — a near-fatal blunder in the South.
- Spanish prosecutor Tomás Aznar demanded the firing squad for General Juan Prim, openly arguing that mere 'indications' — not proof — suffice to apply the death penalty under military law.
- French forces deposed the almami of Fouta Toro after river battles on the Senegal in June, installing a new chief who signed a convention guaranteeing free navigation along eighty leagues of riverbank.
- A mason travelling with a roofer named Berlin through a forest near Beaugency shot him point-blank for 15–16 francs and a copper watch; Berlin survived long enough to name his attacker before dying Monday morning.
- A pickpocket caught outside the Aubert print shop at the place de la Bourse was found to be carrying, among other things, a small ham and a ripe Neufchâtel cheese alongside the usual handkerchiefs and snuff-box.
- The mysterious pauper of rue Saint-Victor, known only as Saint-Edme, died in the Hospice de la Pitié and was revealed to be novelist and journalist Jacques-Marie Regnault-Warin, with about 100 francs found on his person.
- A student of the École polytechnique killed 23-year-old medical student Félix Delavarde with an unfoiled foil in the Bois de Meudon; the polytechnicien fled and four witnesses were arrested.
- The Marseille Chamber of Commerce ordered six fire pumps from inventor Letestu that are expected to deliver 9,000–10,000 litres of water per minute, nearly double the contracted output of 5,000.