New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-21


asked
Did YOU not IN October. 1850. 90 10 an advocate n
Brussels 10 ask HIM II YOU could not dispense with
paying your debts BY making simulated sale Of
your property, with The condition that u should re-
turn To your chidren' No | only desired x know
whether could not make over my properly to nv
children.
Didyou not ask = you could make simulated sle
and the Countess having observed that the PRETENDED
purchaser was SRI without fortune. did not the a.
vocate tel you that such a sale would De VOID No
Lyd.a FouzIae>, say what you Know concerning
this matter-Ihe facts occurred Is You have stated
(SenSluon.l
Nou hear.
The accused continued to dcny his VIE, stale.
nent and was then asked whether he had not recson.
ed on the death Of ms bTotherin-aw and consulted
doctors as 10 the probability Of ms recovery Ieae.
med having made such inquiries with any other mo.
tive than IN the interest OF the deceased
Did Won not continued the President. M Novem-
ber lSl4 REQUIRE your wife 10 make a viii m which
she appointed YOU he. sole heir My wlic told ne
at Mons that she had made such VIII never
asked her to DO So.
Have you always behaved towards your WIFE with
that regard which IS Cue 20 wife NE love l loved
her very much, bat We sometimes have had domestic
QuarrelS.
Have YOU not beaten her-have You not gwen her
kicks and blows with your fist 50 that your mother
had to interfere to protect her 1T not 50 One day
| had dispute With my wife she was seized with 1
nervous attack, and then ran ana told my mother
that had beaten her.
One dav m the garden dd you not throw her 70 the
ground and make her plough the earth with her iacei
No. she came INTO the garden and was telling the
man-Seryant 10 come early 70 herroOm and clean the
floor went up 10 her and SAID, " How can YOU tell
a nan-Servapt 10 come into your room When |
not there You ought moi To do such things My
wife threw herself INTO passion ana sand had
beaten her.
She was wounded Possibly.
PRTslprNr-N hat have been your occupations
since your marriage II have devoted my>el, 10 asr-
culture and horticulture.
Have YOU not devoted yourself % cul.,ya'iug p1-
sonous plants. TO chemistry and pos)ns Il ndouht
eddy. did 50 because my atnef cafrlod on udie
in cotton and tobacco I'M America / hIl >tli.eJ the
cultivation OF these plants, ana when came go this
country continued my studies, which were ISely
10 prove ofgreat utility 10 thiS branch oi commerce.
Did YOU not turn your attention n 1870 ;o plant, Of
q poisonous character III think an ls4> maica
mystery OF n 10 10 one The accused them United
that he had applied for plants OF tbs nature 90 scvc-
raj horticultursis under false name. and using MS
wlie'S handwriting The reason he stated Tor adopt
ing this disguise that they might not charge HIM
a high price on account OF his TILE, After aluinS
10 his chemical studies. which the accused stated no
had lcit oil nm lst- ana resumed IN 1900.
The President proceeded With the following qucs-
tons You devoted Yourself 10 the preparation OF M
cotlnc You had previously no notion relative 10
the mode of preparing It J had studied chemistry
You lad attended a course Of chemical lectures al
Cologne. where YOU say you had learnt to extract
vegetable polsons. Thus could nobe special study
with YOU. In May, icJO, you consulted ihc WORKS OF
NM Or6la and Remand. 1t was after 'hi, that y0u
studied the mode of extracting vegetable polsonS
The accused maintained that since mat time nc
had not pursued his chemical studies.
President. On the day YOU went INTO me SHOP OF
the bookseller Tlrcher, at Brussels. you there met
an ex-mltary apothocary named lcmome Pos
sIbly.
Did YOU not speak 10 him of nicotine Possibly
You looked out IN chemical work for the article
nicotine No
WHY did ,ou wish 10 learn the mode and process
OF preparing nicotine because my father traded IN
cotton and tobacco The studies pursued we're 10
ascertain the different qualities OF tobacco sue
ceeded IN ascoTtainng the quality Of tobacco oy the
greater or less quantity OF nicotine when u con-
tanned. (SensahOn)
The examination then turned To the purchase of
apparatus, which the accused had also procured uh-
der false name. and TO his visits To VI Loppehs lot
the purpose of gaining instruction as to the mode OF
preparing nicotine On beng mtenogated as 10
what quantity of the pslSon he had prepared ana
how it had been disposed of.
The accused was BETRAYED into several lnconsls-
tencies, which thus summed up by The Pre'l-
dent.
You are not in accordance with yourself You first
spoke OF seven phlals-verslon the first men YOU
SAID YOU had put the poison INTO VINE ootue-Vtr-
cion tho second You said thdt You hdd thrown me
poison away on the day the apparatus was cleaned
version the THIRD lastly-verson the iourth-tlat
you had locked up tho poison IN closet the key Of
which you placed on the chlmney-pece an the red
drawng-rOOm, and that the key might have been
taken thence for the purpose of obtaining part OF tho
poison. Now, here Is a new version. You say that
il was the result of previous operation which YOU
placed i'm the VINE bottle All these assertions are
contradictory OF those made by You before me nyes-
tlgatng Judge nj Toumay.-I explained myself
badly but what Is certain is that threw away the
poison the day before the apparatus was cleaned,
and placed IN the bottle the result OF previous OPP
Grafton
The President then proceeded to intcrrogaie The
accused certain animals he had poisoned, and IN
particular grey cat, which he had been seen 20 bury
IN the garden. HIS statements relative to the time
when thls cat disposed Of and the mode ~ when
II had been obtained, were the occasion OF another
fat denial on The part OF ms wife The examination
then turned on the visit OF Eustavc Fougnles al me
Chateau de Bury on the 18th OF November
President-Gustayo came to announce his nnexl-
bic determination 10 marry Mdlle. de Dudgeele He
had announced n % month before
This marriage not agreeable TO you Il did not
look at 70 with favorable eye,
with severity How do yOu mean ms II was
no doubt nom motives of interest.-No looked At It
with an uniayorablc eye, because Gustaye vas not
IN position 10 marry.
On the 2Oth Of November you were informed Of the
arrival Of Gustavc al the Chateau, and you lInnedi-
ately acquainted your wife AS my wlie was IN the
habit Of lying late IN bed urged her to rise as Gus
You then SAID "Itis to-day | mean TO settle ms
business r-(NHh yIyacityJ IL Is an Infamous cal
lumny and / repel It With indignation never Ut
tered such speech
But ask you again do YOU believe your wife Ca
pabe Of falsely accusing YOU 1t would not surprise
me. (SensauOn)
How My wife is afraid 10 speak the truth
think she does well. prolonged scnsatonJ
This language you have never before uttered. II
would be- the hight Of peyersity for your vile 70 Nl
thus.
The accused, on being pressed with questions, per
sisted IA maintaining that his wife ought 10 make
false statements and accuse him IN order 70 repel tho
charges Of the indictment. On being asked since
his wife afraid 10 speak the truth - declare
himself Who the guilty person. he replied, II
Is She herself but she s innocent Prolonged agr
tatiOnJ My wife often Is not aware Of what she IS
dong IL was by accident that she took the bottle "
which there had been vine, but which unfortunately
contained nicotine when Gustaye asked for some
thing 10 drink. II was without knowing Il That sho
took this bottle and gave It's contents 10 her brOte
20 drink. This bottle IN the closet after u had
been brought IN the morning from the cellars 70
where il was IN the closet OF the dining room u
was mistake which caused this misfortune"