The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-30 00:00:00

THE PANTIN TRAGEDY.

The body of Gustave, the eldest son of M. Kinck, which
was found in the field where the other corpses were discs'
vered, was brought to Paris on Monday, and Traupiraanil
was confronted with it. 'Me prisoner was perfectly unrre;
pared for the spectacle presented to him of Gesture
freshly dug up corpse. As on
previous occasion, he feigned tears, but he
in reality startled. M. Douot d'.Arcq put the
u. sual question, "Do you recognise his body ?" "leg't
it is Gustave." "You murdered him ?" "No, it
have been his father. The wretch, only fancy '-
murdering his own son." In vain the juge wade
touching appeal to him, addressing him as
the ;
man on the verge of eternity, and imploring
him that to persist in denying to himself to
consolation it would be to him during his last hours, to
reflect that he had at least confessed and repented of his gel'
sins, and thus might crave forgiveness from his Cre3tot.
The few words the magistrate said were to the PurPc'see'.:
and uttered with unfeigned emotion. The c°-1,
lent man's efforts were, however, fruitless. Tlougro
Traupmann replies to every question, his ansWeee
are in strict conformity to the line of defel'ii
he has adopted from the first—namely, that he was in.er°lcre
a subordinate employed by Kinck pert, in fact a a,
looker on. He signed the proces verbal with a ffll3lll3.l'ed,
The question, says the correspondent of the Star, aris-,;{
Does his signature correspond with the handwriting
the letters received by Madame Kinck from her linsW•co'
indited, as you are aware, in a strange hand'i,io
consequence, as stated therein, of his having spraine'Amat
wrist If Kinck pere sprained his wrist so severely ly
he could not hold his pen, how comes it that he suddll
c
acquired the strength that Traupmann imputes t 0 htye
required to deal the murderous blows which causecl, di
gaping wounds to be seen on the corpses of seven 111
viduals?

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The Barnsley Working Men's Liberal Assocla—;
had an enthusiastic inaugural soiree on Tuesday, at
Lord Milton was present. His lordship spoke the
of the cultivation of political knowledge ong the worki'ls
classes.
Women's rights are making way. The oversee°
of Brown University in Rhode Island, one of the 1 1 50S
institutions in America, have resolved that it sll."08°
opened to young women as well as young men. it
"Courses of Instruction "at Harvard for the Conlin; Yoe
also will be given to " competent persons of both se%e,s.
The Council of the Bradford Chamber of "irior
merce on Tuesday adopted a memorial to the Lord CbOcesiva
requesting several modifications in the BankrurtcY"tct'4l(l
another to the Colonial Secretary praying that steps ~
be taken to obtain the reduction of duties on iroPerts
posed by some of the colonies.
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The Westminster registration comnieue`,. use•
Wednesday, before Mr. F. 11. Bacon. The list shows- u° of
hold claims, 97; lodger claims, 4,278; objections, 99:, or
these about two-thirds of the householder claims On
the
jections emanate from Liberals, and 2,617 lodgers. °l'
part of the Conservatives, the lodger claims are 1,661c1,00.
At a preliminary meeting, held at Dudley p° oriel
day, a resolution was passed to the effect that a Inernetia
should be presented to the Mayor to call a public rseecept
to consider the connection of Mr. Sheridan with the
rota
failure of the Albert Assurance Company. M. tisli
will, in all likelihood, receive a notification of the 19-e)
about to be held.
At the annual meeting of the Female Mei(jiilli
. per
Society's College, held on Wednesday at Exeter Bared' 00
Edmunds, who presided, stated that 82 ladies had ante bad
students at tho society's college, and no ensTiaint9Tbe
reached the committee of professional inctliciener op
society was of a purely public character ; and, s.° '4°l Col'
funds were collected, they would consolidate a Inedii,eis.e sad
lege for women by Royal charter on a strictly Pub
self-supporting basis.
There is at present a dispute as to the ".11.re1 e7ll
of St. Andrew's Church at Ramsbottom, LallertePre'
Mr. Giant, who claims the church as his own Pr °roof 5
perty, has about eighty men in possession. Oa 0f
formal demand for admission was made on bel'4.-dbois
representatives of the congregation, and tbo den'
upon
fruitless, a committee was appointed to &cid° hoe"
course to be pursued to regain possession of the co air
A great crowd had assembled, but there was
turPance. Qacav
The canonry of Durham Cathedral rendere,d
The
by the death of the Bishop of Exeter has been cePies).lol;
the Bishop of Durham upon the Rev. J. D. Bade- 0 ott,lll,
Bishop Phillpotts held what was termed a "gctierg of to
but most of the gold will in future go into the cc"eigcsol:l
Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The stipend of the WO
will be £l,OOO a year. At a meeting of the C°l2:°c,,:socGir
Durham University on Tuesday the degree of P.'"
-1101.1‘
forred by diploma upon the new dean.
AMERICAN COTTON CROP. The Sc.:3 alb;
Skipping and Commercial List, in its annual e3l-lil 150`714
cotton trade, makes the aggregate of the crops cr050di,260,557 bales, against a total of 2,430,80 the: Sr:69
cotton year. The exports to foreign P°4.r 31, Ito
year, from September 1, 1868, to Aug lis' bals°,l3l
are stated at 1,447,643 bales; 980,'57" et p
Great Britain, 224,527 bales to Fran' to °"
bales to the North of Europe, 56,436 ba'e"
13$
foreign ports. hrOiltll se0g
The crew of the lost fishing boat at Ar-,,0 prie-0
happily turned up. They got on board t"
the r 0 5
Alice, a barque which had been lying °- le. 0
th t
orders but which had to put to sea owing to •---e bu-
barque was as far north as near the GirdlenesciStotecl, set,
unable to touch land. The weather having W°, g ti°,/jtb.
got back to Arbroath, and landed the three n"bs-vboarob.ii.,
men. When it became known that they Nvere.,,°e: 01 et''
barque, a crowd, among whom were their 111 ~,beit 0
at
dren, assembled on the quay to welcome thorn.
a froo
had been despaired of.
tad f
A murderous poaching affray is repay
yeti
ofgu nßsa Barton, near Bideford, North Devon. A gang of four own Turoiti,
rAer,
the
wellin
noble °c his
others wat ncheenienriagßiliedaaetif. d ge-ho
citfhl;f: °'
°I
whom turned round and fired ord. Zho gatunlleiikue.°
life-Pd
followed, the gamekeeper using his
antagonist was even 1 ually capt ured, and prove_
ourboi ;0 of
Sparks, a navvy, and a stranger in the neiglll)., c! arg
comrades escaped. Sparks is in custody oreketenpuer.
_a
poaching and attempting to murder the gars , Olt.
They do strange things iu Nottinglourn„u to 1: it
of the strangest we have known was enacted,ros,l:o lola et
bullock was publicly roasted in aid of a
.to
yeenlorf.o4
is proposed to erect in that town to
_re prtriv_ti
the late Sir R. Clifton. Bands of rausicaror. qv%
and the principal actor in the affair v'tof
Bad
Seymour, who undertook the extraordinary_atsbiJl Dootiae,
yi9
coat off, apron on, knife in his ham, cut 0, 01 :° tpA
up the bullock in slices for visitors.
steel
s. rte
the bared gentleman must certainly hay.' "our V
figure. Ho afterwards. made an 9r6691:1 14
91.1ect YIQW. el at