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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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In Marseilles, a popular tribunal condemned several to death for forced contributions. The acquitted procurator revealed a foiled plot for a St. Bartholomew-like massacre of suspects, confirmed by officers. Conspirators marked houses; many arrested, some escaped or suicided. Plot extended to villages.
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A few days after the installation of the judges of the popular tribunal, established in this city, several persons, convicted of having levied forced contributions, were condemned by this tribunal to suffer death.
The procurator of the commune, who was tried and acquitted, communicated a horrid plot, which was to have equalled in its execution the infamous massacre of St. Bartholomew.
For this diabolical purpose, the municipal council had an extraordinary meeting, at which all the members were sworn to secrecy, as to the object of their intended deliberations.
A member now presented the infernal project, which was carried by a majority of voices, and the purport of which was, that the city trumpets should be sounded at an early hour in the morning; and a proclamation made to forbid the inhabitants to quit their houses on pain of death; all those who were suspected were to be conducted to the church of St. Honore—and Fort Saint Jean, there, to be massacred, and their houses pillaged.
This deposition made by the procurator of the Commune, was confirmed by four municipal officers; and an infinite number of houses were found marked with red chalk.
In consequence of the proof of this abominable plot, the popular tribunal issued a great number of mandates of arrest; but a great number of the conspirators made their escape.
At the house of one of these; Izoard, was found a trunk, containing about fifty marks of silver. Another conspirator: Huge, was imprisoned, and his interrogation began to throw considerable light on this mysterious affair, when he contrived to strangle himself in the prison, with the ribbon that tied his hair. Izoard, a municipal officer, on hearing of the apprehension of Izoard, blew out his brains at the fort of Notre Dame de la Garde, where he was stationed as a sentinel over the Bourbon family; and the secretary of the Jacobin Club threw himself out of a window, and was killed on the spot. We have apprehended several of the conspirators, and have discovered that the plot extended to the neighbouring villages.
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Marseilles
Event Date
May 30
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several persons condemned to death; plot foiled; many conspirators escaped; huge strangled himself; izoard blew out his brains; secretary of the jacobin club killed by jumping from window; several apprehended.
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A few days after installing judges of the popular tribunal in Marseilles, several were condemned to death for forced contributions. The acquitted procurator revealed a plot for a massacre of suspects akin to St. Bartholomew, planned by the municipal council: sound trumpets, confine inhabitants, gather suspects to St. Honore church and Fort Saint Jean for massacre and pillage. Deposition confirmed by four officers; houses marked with red chalk. Tribunal issued arrest mandates; many escaped. Trunk with silver found at Izoard's; Huge imprisoned but suicided; another Izoard suicided at Notre Dame de la Garde; Jacobin secretary suicided. Plot extended to neighboring villages.