The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-14 00:00:00

The Murder at Boulogne.

The Impartial de Boulogne gives additional particulars
respecting the above crime in its number of Saturday last
It seems that the accused Leducq persisted until Thursda:
afternoon in the story he at first told, viz., that the two
children did not belong to him ; that they had been entrusted
to him by a woman at Folkestone to deliver to some one
who would be in waiting fcr them at Boulogne; and that
upon meeting in the latter place with a person who claimed
them, he had given them up. On the day referred to, how-
ever, he was visited at the House of Detention by M. Ouzouf,
the commissary of police. A photograph of the two child-
ren found drowned had been taken, and during M. Ouzoui's
visit it was accidentally seen by Leducq. "At the sight
of this photograph," says the ,Impartial de Boulogne
he turned pale, and became excited in the most extraordi-
nary manner; tears flowed down his cheeks, and he ex-
claimed, 'My poor children I' A few minutes afterwards
he made a more explicit confession, but which is still in•
complete. The following is a summary of his declarations,
according to information which we have every reason to
believe correct :—Leducq resided at 4, Biggin-street, Dover.
His mistress, who was of English origin, was named Anne
Campbell, and was 32 years of age. He had by her the
two children drowned; the elder, Henry, was born in
January, 1830, and was therefore nearly five years old;
his robust constitution alone induced the belief that he
was older. The other, Arthur, was born on the Bth Oct.,
1861 ; he had only just attained hie third year. Leducq
had been without a situation for about two or three
months ; his concubine kept a greengrocer's shop,:but she
is said to have led an irregular life, and had abandoned the
two children exclusively to his charge. He was plunged in
the deepest misery, and did. not know where to get bread.
There is no doubt that ho was -recently unfortunate at Dover;
pawnbrokers' tickets for men's and women's clothing
pledged in the town were f3u ad upon him ; the most recent
was dated the sth Noven:Coe r. At that date he received 15s
for a pledge. Unable to -procure work, he resolved to quit
England with his chilt'a-en, but he had no intention of
destroying them at il-,tat period. . He left Dover on
Sunday. An emp/ole of the South Eastern por-

fectly recollects seeing him walking on the quay at
Folkestone with his 4zwo children; he appeared very much
absorbed. Having land ed at Boulogne at half•past 4, he
remaineu about an hour and a half in the baggage room,
and even placed his cb ildren near the fire, as they com-
plained of cold. When he left ho asked himself what he
should do. Should be abandon them in the street? Or
should he get rid of tLem and perish with them ? He re-
solved that it would t a better to put them and himself out
of misery. With ail; view he crossed the bridge, walked
along the quay, and. :then entered the road leading to the
cement works. Thum he placed the carpetbag and the box
which he carried upc,n the ground, seized the children by
the waist with each. :hand, and threw himself into the stream
with them; Lut he .had not the courage to remain there,
got out, and went ial,vay. Such is said to be the substance
of Leducq's coufetifihni."