New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-12
Extraordinary Criminal Trial in B.lgi.u.

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ton Of the parties, has excited general interest
/ IN many respects resembling ths, csl'el forh ~
( the Prss.in affair u France. TIE circumstance.
! nay be briefly related as follows
The persons accuse are the Count SO Cont.
ess Bocarrne, Tor the cnme OF numbering ,bs;,
I bro,her-in-law The Coun, belongs % one Of
tie nos, distinguished families o. Belgium H..
/ father, Julsn Bocarme married niece Of 4.
I Austrian General Chss,ellt. was AZ o.fcisl q
/ the Dutch Goyernmen, 81 Java. where Hrs5on,.
( bis only son, was born. He was nurses bra
coored woman. and grew up among the Nasn
whose savage and perhdious character be Sens
70 have imbibed Coun, Julian aGer~ard r,.
turned 20 Belgium. and lived for some iInr n
Toumay Here. however. he ENJOYED no res,
his love Of adventure drove HIN sbrosd SD -,
companied by his son. he wandered & Nof.s-
America, where he founded colony on u.
banks Of the Ohio smong the savages. Nou9
Hyppolie remained here ull he was eishlssa
wears old. when he returned - Europe, ane sooa
after married LADY named Lydia Fougnles ron
Peruweiz US Young wife was vel educated,
with superior talents. possessing VIVID imau.
nation, and chershing passionate a-nrA;onof
the French romance winters SIC sustained per.
sonal relations win some = them among others
wiki Balzac. who often passed several weeks in
the Summer a, Bury Cas's IN Tourney which
the Young couple hsi made .nor re.lience--
She also wrote some lew nosuia. nui cutie ins,.
nifcant ones Sech chamc.er vas by no
means adapted % l-fucnc, mar Ike Count
Hvppolle. who had arougn, VIA Am from
abroad the instincts of ha.-sgvars He aban
donod himself D. rms uunrldlec prsUon., and be-
came he tenor OF re acquaintance sld the dis
tres. Of ms relsu1ns n tae v--sse where he
lived he was hated mos. intensely % sccoanI Of
his severe and cruel d.sposuor.
The dissipated Ife Of ihe Coun. prolucoda
total disorder Of h IS finances Il was deeplya
debt. snd hal scuanaerei E .srce part Of his
estate His only hope was II iao inheritance Of
his bro,her-in-law. Gusiavus Fougnies Thn
person gave no promise Of long hie. HIS
health was bad ani hy iai. from horse. ne had
los; q leg 1 deep di-irusi Of rs broiheT-mlaw,
no one knows why, seems 20 have been early
rooted In his mind Although he was srleniI
attached TO his sister. and had made her the heir
to lis whole property, he seldom went TO Burg
AMI often said that he was afraid 20 est anything
there. until II had been tasted by his brosher-in-
law. lie was perfectly aware That he was anI-
ious to get hold OF his property, ami wished
nothing 50 much as lis death. Il Is said even
that he once expressed the suspicion that Court
Hyppoho had poisoned his father
Toward the close of last year Fougnies had
made up his mind to marry the Countess De
Grandmetz The wedding day was fixed, TIE
bridal gifts were purchased, the marriage con
tract was to have been signed on the 25d OF
Nov, when Fougnles, although advised 10 tie
contrary by his intended. who forebciei some
bad end. came TO the unlucky determination TO
invite, in person, his sister and brotheTin-a" 10
the approaching wedding The Countess 81
nounced the expected visit 10 her husband On,ke
Goth. who replied, wall 30 the bushes, for
him to-day" Gusiavus Fougnies arrived At Ire
Castle that day. and IN the evening be was dead.
On the next morning. the report was spread IN
the village that Fougnies had died suddenly 81
the Castle. hut the people did not hesitate to
speak of Count Bocarfne as the murderer The
universal prevalence Of the rumor, led the mag
sirate to institute an inquiry THIS Official ""
al first very circumspeci and lcmenl toward the
Count. but the embarrassment, Of the accused,
with his contradictory answers at length aroused
his suspicious, which soon took a more definite
shape Among other things, the examining
Judge discovered deep bite on the hand Of the
Count, evidently made by a man. and which he
could not satisfactorily account for he aceod-
ingly had the Count and Countess taken INTO Gus
tody and sent 10 Toumay.
The physicians unanimously testified that Ecu
gnies came to his death by corrosive poison
probably sulphunc acid. which be had been
forced to swallow But for e long time The bic
on the hand was the only Circumstance 10 direct
suspicion against the Count Both the Coum'
ess and himself strenuously denied the charge
serting that Fougnies must have poisoned Nm
self IN then house, since they found him dead III
the dining room, and the servants could thfO"
no light on the matter At length, kmerence' INC
French chambemaid Of the Countess mace
some important disclosures She stated ln'
on the morning Of Noyember -. the CouhI
sent his servant to village several mics on
and she took his place H. waiting Ga ''' '''''
When 1t began to grow dark, she asAe- ""''','
she should bring in lights. 0ut the to1n1 ~
rected her TO 90 TO the nursery ~ sial4s "l'''
were the children and the only tao "a'nS
maids then in the house. One Of ihe ohAl!e"
wishing for some milk. maid went down ID"
kitchen to get II. She was no sooner there ihaA
she heard a halfstiled cry IA the dining roon
Murder Assassination HyqpoAte Hypqo.is'
Size rushed 10 the door Of the kitchen, whea
was separated by one room from the cInlug-roon
and saw the Countess come out aud shat ne
door after her. She impenously ordered the md
to return up stairs. As the after passed ia'
window Of the dining room, she thought SIC heard
the deaih-rattle Of dying person She ai.s'
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