The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-16 00:00:00

CRIME IN FRA4IV-C-E.

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The Court of Assize has been occupied twe'
with the trial of the man Beuchard, aged 24, fclr
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the murder of M. Danin, in the Reu d'En.ghiirt in
s
the night of the 31st July last. Of this trim the
de
tailed account was given at the tirae• °n bOuse
night in question, the concierge
heard a noise in the office, just above Ills
of M. Danin, who was director of the Union •i
sod
merciale et Industrielle, and he went and r 0 the
up that gentleman, M. Danin hurried to
so.
office, but, before entering it, was met I:7„aelDea
who stabbed him eleven times. es. He s'abierol-
- stairs to the lodge, and expired altc°s,l- lthe
of th.e
mediately. The office was on the entresol, aT'd
murdererq
„ letting himself down from the win:d-
got.- clear off.. But he left behind him a Peib7;:ris
knife, and it was recognised as the properti °•f•
Beuchard,. who had been in the service e` re-
Da. Danin. It was evident from the state of the
mises that the murderer must have secreted 111`00.
,self over night in the yard of an adjacent hells&
the guilty party, before entering M. Danin 's ?Pole
ment, had taken off his shoes, and left them
yin 1a
ard., and they were recognised as Beuchard's.. ,sa
addition, just after the murder had been conmilt.lo,
a man, resembling Beuchard, was seen liipPierf
along the streets, without shoes, and had 111132„sra
conveyed to Montrouge in a cab. Benelle
was two days after arrested at that place.
hand,
had a sprain in his foot and cuts in his
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and he could not give any satisfactory account.
to how he came by them. These circutasOeco
left no doubt of the man's guilt, and he but fax
he
denied it. The only matter on which there co
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be any doubt was his motive for the crime ;
vehemently asserted that he had no other than tea
desire to be avenged on Danin for having fort 1
an improper connection with his wife, who
he
in his service, and had remained in it after ill
(Beuchard) had left ; but a drawer in which s%
was known to have kept his money had
bean
forced open, and there was reason to believe that
a sum of money, though it is not known h°,,
mach, was abstracted. On being interrogated ui.T,
the President of the Court, Beuchard answered'
„d to Prevell"
"M. Danin took my wife from me, to nl7
my seeing her not only forbade me to comet
house, but would not permit her to leave it to _
to market. This irritated me, and on the 31:.,
July, on reflecting about the matter, I became e
asperated.. I several times prayed God to g In,
calm, but in vain. Fatal thoughts oppressed
and. I went without reflection towards theneusme.
It. is true that I entered the house, and wh °n-00
within, I went to my wife's chamber, but she NI. 10
not there,. and I supposed that she was in Danl,°
A determination to be avenged then seized me .
looked about for'matches to get a light, and in sodoint
upset some papers in the office. M. Dania eV),
u—l had a poignard in my hand, and the misi°,:t
tune. happened!" The President remarked t"'cl.
this statement could not be true, inasmuch as it hisi,
been positively ascertained that his wife was in Ile:
own chamber on the night in question. The 10:.
persisted in saying that he had not gone to tt!:
house to rob. A number of witnesses gave evideln
to the excellent character of the prisoner's wife
an
the belief in the court was that his whole ;.°,1.,/
sed the extenuating
prisocnierrcu
tm o circumstances, es,
labourncd tfil;
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concerning her and the deceased was entirely'
out foundation. The jury returned a verdict
guioulrtty withhnc
life.