" resume this question by mere allusion revolting details surgeon examined inquest only necessary published inferences, in regard number of ruffians, properly ridiculed as unjust and totally baseless, by all the reputable anatomists of Paris Not matter as inferred, but that no ground inference: - was there not much for another ?

" reflect now upon 'the traces of struggle;' and let me ask what these traces supposed to demonstrate gang But do they not rather demonstrate the absence of gang ? What struggle taken place - what struggle so violent and so enduring as left its 'traces' in all directions - between weak and defenceless girl gang of ruffians imagined ? The silent grasp of few rough arms and all over The victim must absolutely passive at their will here bear in mind arguments urged against the thicket scene, are applicable in chief part, only against it scene of an outrage committed by more than single individual imagine but one violator, conceive, and thus only conceive, the struggle of so violent and so obstinate nature as left the 'traces' apparent

"And again already mentioned the suspicion excited fact articles were suffered to remain at all thicket where discovered It seems almost impossible evidences of guilt accidentally left where found sufficient presence of mind ( supposed) to remove the corpse; and yet more positive evidence corpse itself (whose features quickly obliterated by decay,) is allowed to lie conspicuously scene outrage - I allude handkerchief name deceased If accident, not the accident of gang imagine it only the accident of an individual An individual has committed the murder alone ghost departed appalled by what lies motionless before him The fury passion is over, and abundant room heart natural awe deed His is none confidence which the presence of numbers inevitably inspires alone dead He trembles bewildered Yet necessity for disposing corpse He bears it river, but leaves behind him the other evidences of guilt; is difficult, impossible to carry all the burthen at once, and easy to return for left But toilsome journey water his fears redouble within him The sounds of life encompass his path dozen times he hears or fancies the step of an observer Even the very lights city bewilder him Yet, and by long and frequent pauses of deep agony, he reaches the river's brink, and disposes ghastly charge - perhaps medium of boat But now what treasure does the world hold - what threat of vengeance could it hold out - which power to urge the return lonely murderer over that toilsome and perilous path, thicket and its blood chilling recollections ? He returns not, let the consequences be what return if His sole thought is immediate escape He turns his back forever upon those dreadful shrubberies and flees as wrath

"But how with gang ? Their number inspired them with confidence; if, indeed confidence is ever wanting breast arrant blackguard; and of arrant blackguards alone are the supposed gangs ever constituted Their number, , prevented the bewildering and unreasoning terror which imagined to paralyze the single man Could we suppose an oversight in one, or two, or three, this oversight remedied by fourth left nothing behind them; for their number enabled them to carry all at once There no need of return

"Consider now the circumstance that outer garment corpse when found, 'a slip, about foot wide torn upward bottom hem waist wound three times round the waist, and secured by sort of hitch back ' This obvious design of affording handle to carry the body But would any number of men have dreamed of resorting to such an expedient ? To three or four, the limbs corpse afforded sufficient, but the best possible hold The device of single individual; and this brings us fact that ' thicket river, the rails fences were found taken down, ground bore evident traces of some heavy burden having been dragged along it ! ' But would number of men have put themselves superfluous trouble of taking down fence, of dragging through it corpse which they lifted over any fence in an instant ? Would number of men have so dragged corpse at all as left evident traces dragging ?

"And here refer to an observation of Le Commerciel; an observation already, in some measure, commented 'A piece,' says this journal, 'of unfortunate girl's petticoats was torn out and tied under her chin, and around the back of her head, probably screams This by fellows who had no pocket-handkerchiefs '