But  to  return  now  to  the  murderer.  The  investigation,  which
was  at  once  instituted  against  him,  showed  that  his  name  was
Eobert  Franz  Damiens,  twenty-two  years  of  age,  and  he  named
Tieulay,  near  Arras,  in  the  Department  of  Artois,  as  his  birth-
place. His  father  had  been  a  farmer,  but  as  he  had  become  bank-
rupt, the  education  of  the  youth  was  not  much  considered.  His
parents  were  glad  when  he  was  engaged  as  a  cook's  boy  in  the
Jesuit  College  at  Arras,  and  left  him,  after  this,  completely  to
himself  and  his  good  fortune.  This  latter,  however,  did  not
particularly  favour  him,  as  it  brought  him  no  further  than  to
Ibe  a  cook,  and  on  quitting  Arras  he  was  servant  here  and  there
to  different  gentlemen.  He  also  did  not  distinguish  himself  by
-any  means  by  a  moral  mode  of  life,  although  he  had  been  brought
■up  by  the  sons  of  Loyola  in  bigoted  fanaticism,  but,  on  the
contrary,  he  was  a  slave  to  the  commonest  vices,  and  was  well
-acquainted  with  the  art  of  thieving.     This,  however,  did  not


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