The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-08 00:00:00

_rat he had Mt very, nervous after leaving there,
which he a'tributed to the excitenent. Ho said he
thought he frequently heard a noiv behind him as
of a numbor of rats running along. When he spoke
about the lady who had itited him h 3 wa4.al ways
very excited, and once I remember his crying, as if
in great grief. When he talked of destroying him-
self, it washy means of drowning that he threatened

;o do so.

W. Anderson—l bade nursery and seed shop in
Dundee in 1852. I became acquainted with Emile
L'Angelier while he was in Mr. Laird's shop. I
had occasional conversations with him. He seemed
them.
tioticlinusne,se.rswatecsijo.ennetebwea:s
binhjayetc to
(fomfanc o'vnhavioneursspea:tri os9nnh.
whene When
ladies hook:e
ne
of a sanguine and excitable disposition, and his
much about them and boasted of his success with
conversation turned that way, he told me he was
very iutiniate with the ladies in Dundee, and that
it soemed to him his at'achment was returned, that
they were very beautiful girls,
and worths consider-
able sum of money. I understood him to mean, not
that anything improper hadoccurrecl—rkit he loved
them, and they loved him in return. I did not take
this to be• bragging merely ;, be seemel in earnest.
'remember he said he did not know very well what
he would do if he was jilted -by any lady, but he '
would have revenge upon her in one shape or
another. He was occasionally irritable in his dis-
position. He had more of a French,. Spanish, or
Italian than an English temperament.
William Ogilvie, assistant teller in Dundee Bank.
—ln 1852 I was secretary to the Floral and Horti-
cultural Society in Dundee, anti tale ineelins were
sometimes held in Mr. Laird's back shop. In this
way I became acquainted with L'Augeli+ r. lie was
very variable in his. spirits, remarkably so. His
conversation was generally about ladies. He some-
times seemed vain of his. euzceFs with them. He
talked about the ladies looking at him as he passed
along the street, and boasted of considerable success
in obtaining the acquaintance of ladies. On one
occasion in Mr. Laird's shop, while speaking of his
sweetheart, be said, if lie got a disappointment, he
would (taking up a long knife) think nothing of
putting that into him, He was not speaking of any-
real case, but generally. The idea seemed some-
What to excite him, lie hal spoken to me about
travelling in France. He led me to understand he
had been travelling in that country at one time
with some persons of distinction, and had charge of
all their baggage, carriages, horses, Szc. He men-
tioned that the herses were very much knocked up.
with some long journeys, and that he had given
them arsenic to recruit them. At that time I was
not acquainted with the effects of arsenic in that way,
and I asked what effect it bad ?. lie told me he had
given it in order to enable them to accomplish the
journey better. He ea;dit made them long-winded,
and thus he was enabled to accomplish a feat. I
asked was he not afraid of poisoning the horses?
And in reply to that lie said, " So far from
that, I have taken it myself." I told him I
should net like to follow the same example, but
he used some expression to the effect that there was
no danger. He said- another effect of it was that
it improved the • complexien. I inferred that ho
took it himself for thatpurpose, but he did not say
so in so many words. "He also said he sometimes
complained of pain in his back and had difficulty in
breathing, and that he had taken it, and it had a
good effect in relieving him. I think he once
showed me something white in a paper, and said it
was arsenic. He either showed it to me or said he
bad it. I have seen him several times taking poppy
seeds in pretty large quantities. I expressed on
one of these occasions my surprise, as I understood-
they were poisonous ; and he said, so far from that
he could take them in large quantities', and that
they were Letter than filberts or nuts. .de said ho
had taken these poppy seeds in great quantities,
till he had become quite giddy He said he had
~
done so when he was at Dicksons, in Edinburgh.
Cross-examined'-:--I became acquainted with him
in 1852. lie never told me he had been jilted. I
did hear Of that, but not from him. We had just one
cOnvers;tion about arsenic. Se did not say in what
shape or quantity lie teok it. The reason that I
thought poppy seeds dangerous Was that opium is
extracted from.them.
By-the Court—l cannot say whether he gave the
horses arsenic on oue occasion, or throughout the
journey; but I think it was on one occasion. I knew
he was a foreignsr, but he spoke remarkably good
English. I only once heard hien speak French. 1
, I am- quite certain it was arsenic he spoke of giving
the horses. He spoke in English.
David Hill—l am a market gardener in Dundee,
and was in Mr. Llird's employment in 1852. I
re-
collect one day finding a Brad]. parcel in a wood
north of Dundee, which I thought was arsenic.
I brought it to Dundee, and was told it wasarsenic.
This was before L'Angelier came to Dundee, but I
told him of the circumstance afterwards, Knd he
said, " Oh, that was nothing strange, as he used it
reg,u'arly." He did not tell are for what purpose
to remember, but I
chaenunsoetdniotiv
do
ohav been trying
so. e
Cross-examined—l have been trying to remember
-since I have been asked about this affair. I told it
ifitirstoftoGlilasirg. ljwai liecame
' was the superinten-
dent of police at Glasgow, and is now a messenger-
at-arms. No ono was with me when I spoke to
Glasgow to me. Pulmy late master, and Capt. -Mil-
L'Angelier about this. We were passing along the
top of Union-street. No one heard what passed be-
tween us. He said lie used it regularly. I did not
merchant in Dublin. I
wasiiqEadin
i rN
se,
a,trhe
adn
habit lai
Mackie--I
k oei f
—d
visitingoa tnsayla
in what way.
Edinburgh in the course
Ifgmotyvisited the Rainbow.
lier there. I was inti-
mately acquainted wi'h Mr. Baker, who kept the
tavern. I first became acquainted with L'Angelier
acquaintedt us i n es. I
with occasionallyL ,
n
in 1846 ; and I continued to see him at the Rain-
bow until a day ersoprevrousto his goingto Dundee.
I had several conversations with him. I saw quite
enough of him to enab!e me to form an opinion of
iris char acter and disposition. I formed anything
but a good opinion of him. [ considered him a vain,
lying bfellow. • Be . was Very boastful of his per-
sonal appearance, and cf parties 'admiring him
—ladies particularly. He boasted of his high
acquaintances repeatedly, and the high society he
had moved in ; _that was when he returned from tbe
continent, when be became .more or less of a man ;
he was quite a lad when I first saw him. Hemen-
tioned several titled peopled whom lie had known,
but, not believing anything he was saying at the