The New York herald., 1851-10-14
Most Extraordinary Crime.


A most extraordinary crime was com mtted In the
Theatre de Celestins at Lyons, on Monday evening,
during the performance just after the curtain
rose for the second act Of "Adrenne Lecouvreur,''
n slight cry was heard in the principal gallery,
snd It was followed by extraor iinary agitation.
The cry was uttered by young woman who had
been stabbed in the breast with a large ponard
knife, by man seated behind her. Her blood
spurted on the persons nearest to her. and she was
Immediately conveyed to a saloen, where a medi-
cal man paid her every attention.; but all his ef-
forts we're nnavailiDg, and in few minutes she
expired The ASSASSIN, who made no attempt to
etcepe, was secured The perform lnce, after be-
inc suspended for three-quarters Of an hour, was
resumed; and the spectators, no. .withstanding the
fearful drama which had passed before their eyes,
paid great attention to IL. The murderer, IL was
subsequently ascertained, Is young man, named
Jobard, aged 20, clerk to NJ faibeaud, n trades
man, Of Dljon. Having mbezzled some money be-
longing to his master, he feared dete ,tion, and
solyedto get rid fife. But having received very
religious education. he could not recon ,ile himself
TO tte idea Of suicide, because, as he says, he
would have bad no tme after striking the fatal
to demand pardon tf God. Accordingly, he deter
mined to commit crime which should cause him
TO be cent to the scafold; the period which would
elaIse between the perpetraton Of 1t and his exc
cuton being sufficient, be faid, to ena ole him to
N axe his peace with the Almighty. He hesitated
some time as to who should be his victim. First.
be fsys, he thought Of killing the President of the
Republic, on his visit to Dion but the reflection
,hst 'bat would bring disgrace on his mother, who
tanned the idea OF numbering n priest as he was re-
turning from celebrating mass, aud had said to him
self tta, such crime would not Compromise the
victims salvation, a. be would probably then be in
q state Of grace; but this idea he alec abandoned
At last he resolved to kill q woman, but without
6sirg on any one in particular. He thereupoa de.
teiniItd d TO 60 TO Paris but instead of taking the
rsili Dad train for that city, be took the steamer for
Lyons. Immediately after his arrival, he bought
a large poinard knife, and then proceeded to n
house Of i'll fame, with the intention of killing soma
girl but his courage failed him. lie then pro.
tecdtd TO the th, atre lie quietly witnessed the
hrst act OF he pitce, and on the commencement Of
the tecoLd drew forth his knife. lie carelessly-
picked his ais 18th il for minute or two and then
suddenly plunged with all his force into the left
part Of the breast of the victim. Her husband.
who was seated by her side, not seeing the b ,od.
cried "What have | done, that you strike NV
wife y "Nothing," said the murderer, with great
sang frotd. "Noshing; don't even know you |" The
unfortunate woman had strength to pluck the knife
from the wound, and she was then removed She
was the wife OF M. Ricsrd, professor Of mathema-
tes, in the Ll Gee Of Limoges, ard daughter of the
proviseur Of the same college. she had only been
msiritd six months, and was enccinfe. She and
her husband had only arrived the previous evening
at Lyons, from Limoges, on their way to visit some
relatives at Avignon. One Of the Lyons papers
states that the morning after the crime the hus-
batd disappeared, and II could no. be aicertained
what had become Of him The murderer expresses
rot the slightest regret for his horrible crime.