The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-02-25 00:00:00

FRINCH MURDER.

TheCourtof A, aids of itaineet-Laire has jest been
occupied with tuo trial of • one named Gauthier, aged
22, and a worn Ln named Brain., egad 27, for the
murder of the husband of the female prisoner. It
appears from 'Le add d'acduation, that the primmer'
had long corn. 1 on a criminal /dim ; and that both
were equally de,, ms of putting sway the obstacle to
the realitation of th•it project., The yield= Tethered
no less than err. a wound., six of which were 'Deleted
by • knife, and be seventh by • boll from a revolver.
The general I,,picion in the village was that the
murder, ee Ilona .4 it wan discovered, hod been oda.
mmitted by lb. p.isoners, whose guilty relations were
matter of publ,o uotoriety. Gauthier, Adam-like when
arrested atterup .el to cad the blame on the vierinee
wife, his accomplice, but she made • clean breast of the
matter, and contented that it was she who, with
G•uthier, had encompassed the death of her hothead.
When Gauthier wai informed of this open confession
he exclaimed, "Very ; linoe she be. ben such •
fool as to say t use things, I declare that she we. the
person who forad me to do what I have donor' sod
afterward. recounted all the drounratthoes connected
with the crime. The murder had, as althody stated,
long been proj ',tied and was probably only delayed by
Gauthler's beei.g called out to take part in the war of
187041. After the campaign Gauthier returned to
Brix, the name of the village where the Grime was com-
mitted, sad renewed his relations with the Brunit.
The husband was soon Informed of what we. taking
plass between hie wife and 11.uthier, and wrote to the
Ides bogging him not to continue his visits to the
house, and., at the same time, promlidn; to forgive
their paste:moue: if Gauthier world leave the neigh.
bourhood. Bot the guilty pair, instead of saparatiag,
sot to work Vzo more earnestly to devise means of
getting rid of tfadrans Bruire's husband; on several
mothions rendezvous were made, and the victim's wife
fixed the day and the hour for the deed on no loss theta
dm occasions, imt the male prisoner felled to put In an
appearance. One night, however, Bruere's father who
had been spending the 'venire at his hones, was to be
twoompanicilloo3o distance by the son and the daughter-
in-law, and Gauthier wee to lay in wait. Armed with •
adz-barrelled revolver and a formidable knife, he
awaited the Morn of Bruits and hit wife. Wholl
Gauthier presented himself Bruore's wife at ones
disappeored, and left her paramdir to commit the deed
without intorvereur on her husband's behalf or raising
any alarm. G it,' bier then hacked his victim dont la
the most stroeMini manner. After the reiterated
recriminating statement. of the female prisoner sad
the partial oonf-selon of Gauthier, the j my brought In
• verdict of guilty, unthoompanied with extounatiag
oirsurnstands, ond Otathrar and liadome Brads were
condemned to death.

Four hundred men among the farmers and smiths on
strike at Bury rosamed work at Hop, foundry to-day,
the masters grouting the demand to three-fourths of
the men. Other works will probably follow suit.
A Home Rule C colorents, attended by Kr. Batt and
Captain Nolan is being held at Birmingham; and a
Berne Role Aasoetstion is being formed.
At the London Butkreptey Court, this morning, •
Damen of 'kr; 'a:ion was flied in the ease of Joseph
Lizardi, of Canon Arcot, merchant The total liabilities
ore stets, to is! • million sad • quarter. The assets
are not stated. 'rho debtor It at present raider remand
.barged with daireollng ilessre. Glyn, the bankers, of
twelve thousan pounds. A receiver to the oKate was
appointed.
Th• tistropoltan Board of Works has decided to
Increase the wszes of Its labourers in Southwark and
Flnabory Park,. and on the Theme* Embankment to 4s.
per day.
Two swipes have sumeed sash other on the London
and North-Western Railway it • siding near Warring-
ton. One belonging to • goods train on the main lil2o,
and its other to • passings' train +blots sae leering a
aiding at Bisik'ssth Station. One passenger was
seriously injured, and many others were shaken. This
was blooked for a couple of hours.
. . .

King of Spsin, on abdicating. sent the following
1...5i0 Wow= to hie fother :—" All in over. I will
write.—Aniadeo."

The cootest io Wistownshlre recalled to favour of
the Coesereatiee candidate, the numbers bolos for
Vans Agnew TVS, and for Lord Darrymple 656.
Ths lutist created ofiluir under the relocation Aot I.
a " penuadeir "—one whose duty it is to persuade
&Wren to attend a plsoe of worship. The Halifax
Bolted, we obeevee, objects to pay for his serviess.
A great toieet'ng in favour of religious educatioo was
held on Thornier 'light at Bristol, Essiolotisos were
carried is favolir of education bbavd on Chrletianilie
and of the price pies of the Elementary Eduoation
Let The ro.i.tiog was crowded and entbasiaatie
throughout.

Mr. Charrirg...,o, lets of the Arm of Marriegtoo,
Head. and Co., the groat Loudon brewers stet.d at •
tompenume me. leg on Tsesday, that be had lately,
through • some f his former error, qoitted what might
be „a.' the !rink traffic," Tibial was daily and
yearly ailing our workhouse., Prieeal, sad lunette
asylums.
TRIAL PIM : Iliggrexce op DiATII.--0a
fietarday, at tho Cumberland Ageism, Hugh Haim, •
isboueer, 40 years of gm was indleted for otitis! murder
Km Hagan erss monied th to e primmer's mean, who
46.4 weedy six years ego. She bad lye legitimate
chum,. the I Meat of ftiob (named Jobe) is twelve
rags of ag% sod the youngest *bout i.e. She had
also IWegitltnets child, 111 remit& old, mad it wee
with the reum!or of this ebild the plissaex wee *harlot.
The jury retained • verdict of Goat, of Wilful
Murder." mad Mr. Justles Arebibaki passed moteues of
41111th.
BOLLOW•T'P 1100 1130WD•Ot weather
to • ormaiderat. e extent the natural exhalatioos of the
skis, an alterative is rtquired to expel this. entirely
from live body through some other nhamml. Rol-
lowey's Pills ,Aut be coolideutir recommended as the
emikwo, surest, end safest means 011 attaining this
desirable sod withoot weakening the meet delicate or
bworacooding the most foible. When, from filmiest
chills or impure sir, the blood becomes foal mid the
seciretiona vitlet.d, these Pills oreemt a ready mad
ellisient mime of eleaneing the farmer sad eorreotiog
the latter. lity this easter, preseeding dismal te
arnoltimt at its eats*, its pubes and iseoevesienere
avec asd the nervous straelaree sewed fres the
aisle entailed apse then by so Was..