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water, which you had asked for, sayiLg that you were
thirsty ?—Yes.

Had you not previously met your husband at the
bottom of the staircase, with Err -atice, and did he not
say—`• Gustave is ill! Vinegar! vinegar !"—Yes.
Did be speak to you in a low tone or voice?—No.
Did he say, in a low tone, " Cry for help!"—lt is poi-
, aible that be did.
In answer to wirer questions, the avused stated what
she had done to remove the traces of the nicotine
on the clothes and floor. Her husband had confessed
to her that he bad ccmmitted a crime, but suppli-
sated her not to betray him. He had also said
that his only fear of being discovered arose from the
scratches he had -made on the face of deceased. As
to the nicotine, he said that he was perfectly tran-
(pi!, as there was no means of discovering its presence.
He had wished to show her,the corpse of her brother, but
she had refused,notwitliganding his violence. All that she
had consented to do was to burn or wash certain things
which were stained with the nicotine. Her husband had
feared that he would be arrested, and had said to her,
" If any
.one tells you that I have made a confession do not
believe it; justice often employs that trick to obtain
evidence. I will take, if necessary, two celebrated ad-
vocates of Paris, and I am sure that nothing can happen
to rue, as they can discover nothing, for nicotine leaves
no trace behind it."

This concluded the interrogatory of the female pri-
son,er, and the Court rose.

SECOND DAY.
The President took the chair at half-past nine, and
continued the interrogatory of Mina. de Bocarmti,
The President—You said yesterday that your husband
bad told you •to look at the victim and see whether the
nicotine had run from the month!—Yes, he did so, but
I did not obey him, and he looked at me very savagely.
(M. de Bocarme smiled at this reply.)
3 Did you not send for a medical man after the death
of Gustave?—Yes, Sir, I did so by desire of my husband.
Was not that done your jouer la comtdie r—Probably
it ;was. (Madame de' 40earm here a peered to be much
inabiltrifaited, end-14E44A: op'htiv gratifff
in great agitation.) , ' •
Did the doctor remark that there were symptoms of
poisoning?—No, Sir.
Did not your husband take some warm water in order
to make him vomit ?—Yes, Sir.
The President then ordered M. de 13ocarm6 to stand
up, when the prisoner said, in reply to questions put to
him, that when he married Mlle. Fouguies, he was igno-
rant that the family had brought about the marriage
through ambition. He was to have received 2.000 f. a-
year from his father-in-law, but the first year was not
paid. In May, 1850, his pecuniary position was very
embarrassed; he bad pledged some diamonds at Brussels
for 400 r. Ile had money due to him to the amount of 1
104,000 f. He owed 14,0004 to a notary for money bor-
rowed.
The President—Did you not call on an avocet at
Brussels in October, 1850, to know whether, having
debts to the amount of 300,000 francs, you could not by
means of a fictitious sale get rid of those liabilities?-1
wished to know whether, having such debts, I could
leave my property to say children.
The President (to Mine. de Booarm6)—l have put
questions to your husband, founded on what you said in
your preliminary examination—has he given a true,
answer ?—No, Sir, he has not stated things as they ac-
tually took place.—(Sensation.)—What I have before
stated was the truth.
To further questions put by the President,
M. de Bocdrire stated that he had never coveted the
property of any one; he was not at at ail tempted by the
fortune of Gustave.
_He might be reproached with pro-
digality but not with avarice. His reason for consulting
a medical man as to the probable duration of the life of
Gustave, was that he had been requested to do so by
au aunt of his brother-in-law. He had never used any
violence towards his wife, nor had he ever struck her
with his fists. He had had a-very angry discussion with
her one day, but he had never'struck her. (The female
prisoner here shed tears.)
The President—Did you ever seize your wife by the
throat?—No, Sir.

Did not Mme. Chereguefosse tell you that if you did
not change your conduct you would come to the seal-
fold ?—No, Sir.

Did you not, on one occasion, drag your wife along
the ground in the garden?—No, Sir; what took place
was this. My wif, one day spoke to a domestic in the
Passage, and ordered him to go and polish the floor in
her bedroom. I objected to this, and she put herself
into a violent passion.
In reply to further questions put by the President, ho
admitted that he had bad criminal connexion with a
girl named C‘lestine Logrin, by whom he had a child.
lie had never compelled his wife to receive this fruit of
his illicit connexion at the chateau. She willingly con-
sented to do so.

The President (to Mine. de Bocartr6)—Were you not
compelled to receive this child?—Yes, Sir, he told me
that uakris I did so he would have a separation.
From the further replies of the prisoner, it appeared
thst ho had caused his wife, but without violence, to
agn a letter by which she consented to receive the child
in qUestion._ .

During this part of the interrogatory, Mme. do Bo-
carni,i covered her face with her hand, in order to screen
herself from the view of the auditory.
The female prisoner, in reply to a further question of
the prisoner, declared that sne had been compelled to
sign the letter.

'The interrogatory then turned on the chemical studies
of M. de Bocarra. He said that since 1842 he had not
occupied himself with chemical experiments, and had
got rid of his instruments, but he had since studied
poisonous plants.
The President—What was your object for so doing?
—I wished to go and rejoin my father in America, to
carry on business in such plants. It was for that reasoa
that I put myself in communication with some dealers
at Ghent.

The President—Did you not cause your wife to write
to these dealers, and sign your name?—Yes; I thought
I might do so, as she was my wife. My object in study-
ing the nicotine was to discover the best quality of to-
bacco, which was proved by the quantity of nicotine it
contained. I thought that study might be useful to my
father, who cultivated tobacco in America.
The President—ln the division of property which you
lately made with your brother you expressed a wish to
retain the chateau of Bitremont—that did not look as
if you had any intention of quitting Belgium.—l wished
to leave my property here to my wife and children.
Did you not purchase, in May, 1850, the chemical
works of M. Orfila and if. Reynault?—l did, Sir, in
order to study the qualities of poisonous plants.
In reply to further questions from the President, he
said that he had entered into correspondence with a cop-
persmith at Ghent, in order to procure some vessels of
which he was in want. Re had, on that occasion, as-
sumed the name of Bkan, under the idea that ho might
obtain the articles cheaper than if he had given his real
name. Ho had consulted M. Lobens on the manner of
extracting poison from plants, and requested him to give
him some lessons in chemistry. M. Lobens knew him
by the name of B‘ran, as the coppersmith had introduced
him to that gentleman by that name, not knowing him
by any other.
The President—How much nicotine did you extract
from the quantity of tobacco which you purchased?
—About seven phials full.
For what purpose did you intend that nicotine?—lt
was the result of my experiments.
I ask you to what purpose you intended it?—l have
already told you, Sir.
No. You have not done so. I now ask you where
you put those phials?—l put them by.
For what purpose, I again ask, did you intend them?
—With a view to the trade in tobacco.
In reply to further questions, the prisoner said that
he bad placed the phials in a cupboard; that he some-
times-carried the key in his pocket, and at other times
left it on the mantel-piece of the saloon; that he was
not aware whether any one knew where he had put those
phials, but it was possible they might, and that he had
emptied them when the apparatus was cleaned.
The President here observed, that the prisoner, on
his preliminary examination before the examining ma-
gistrate, had spoken of only three phials, whereas he
now mentioned seven.
The President—You told your servants, while you
were extracting this nicotine, that you were making Eau
de Cologne, and charged them not to speak of it, as you
might be fined for distilling without having a patents.
Did you not also tell your wife that you wished to get
rid of Gustave Fougnies?—lt is an infamous calumny.
I cannot conceive how my wife can maintain such an as-
sertion. If I had wished to poison her brother, should
I have said so much to her who loved him?
You did not then like him?—l felt an indifference
towards him.
The interrogatory now turned on the fact of the pri-
soner having tried the effect of the nicotine on one or
more cats, and, in reply to a question of the President,
the prisoner said that he had poisoned a cat
.belonging to
f
the chateau, and another which hefirst sairl
had brought to him for that purpose, and afterwardshi wife
had
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that she had employed a woman in the neighbourhood to
get it. •
The
to Ghent?—Yes,we'nhePresidnt—i butts
d yo befpooieroenanadnyafctear.t before you
On Mdme. de liocarai being questioned as to whe-
ther she had ever taken a cat to her husband, or
ordered one to be procured for him, sbe po,itively de-
nied it.
The sitting was here suspended for a short time. On
its being resumed,
The President, addressing the male prisoner, taid—lt
is evident that a strong feeling of hatred was felt by you
against your brother-in-law; a letter written by your
mother proves this fact. She rays, " I deeply regret
she dipcussions which take place between you, your
wile, and ilippolyte; there is nothing in the world so
deplorable as dissensions and diseusatons between bro-
th, rs and sisters."_.

-file pawner —That was a recommendation given by
my mother to Gustave ; but there wcre never any dis-
cussions.

The President—You know that your ade accuses you.
How can you account for the accusations which she
brings against you!—My wife fears to speak the truth
from a dread of being compromised; she does not wish
it to be known how her brother died.
But how can you Suppose it possible for your wife to
have a heart hatbarous and inhuman enough tit accuse