Being asked if he had any written evidence of the fact, he, likewise, replied in the negative.

"Then his Excellency will unquestionably deny your assertion," said the judges.

"Alas, then am I a dead man," replied Volmar, and the unfortunate deacon never spoke truer words.

Captain de Maulde also confessed his crime.

He did not pretend, however, to have had any personal communication with Leicester, but said that the affair had been confided to him by Colonel Cosmo, on the express authority of the Earl, and that he had believed himself to be acting in obedience to his Excellency's commands.
On the 26th October, after a thorough investigation, followed by a full confession on the part of the culprits, the three were sentenced to death.