The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-30


truth mother reserved 10 heI self 10 choose thp kn
OF oestb aod she Kept secret Anaelna declares mat
sbe knows nothing as 10 how her mother deprived the
thtsr of ie buks probable that put her baat
en lle ehilds throat and slled both its breathing and
| It's cries.
II is pa,urs, to ask oneself the question whether Aage
lima is as sincere her account she pretcnas h.
Every thing proves that Nine. Lemolue we'll employed the
me ans she rssorfei Sho knew that silence
cessary condition Of the success OF her crime, sue
imposed her daughter notwithstanding the violence Of
the pans Of child BIRTH For oDg.r reasoa she
Obliged TO impose il the child. II Angelina prc,an ia
be tain what kind OF death was Inflicted tue
ch she felt no doubt as to its being criminal al kaew
| very well" sbe ssid ''that my mother wouli kill tue
| chd, and she did Sci" II nothing more 10 tue
cha the leaving the umbcal cord united while it
TIE quite enough u destroy ifc aud c0ase
qusny render Nine Lemoiue ana her daughter
sbe for act which they had planned with the most
| frebtiu sang fro'd.
On tho 10th Of December when the indictment bad
been read the elder prisoner was removed and Nile e
Intercepted. After admitting that she had
been great novel reader aud that che admired Marion
Deorme. the President asked "nd you II shortly alter
you attained the ago OF seen feel interest in your mo
ihers coachman Fetish" "Icommled the imprudence,"
she said, GOT allowing him certain famiiares wnicn
t.ssn ssmsIes win hims aSo sir "W,sassses
say that ii was you who began romping with him. and
who ended BY allowing things 70 so iarher'' 81 admit
Ss Ss
dn you not propose 70 marry hms" "No SIR"
u your Ss rss so ss.s Sd s
| l knew not what I said." The President put
several questions for The purpose Of getting her ADMIT
that she had promised the marriage, but she per-
sisted in deny that she had done "When did your
intimacy with Fesis commencer" "At the end OF ssptsm
was no question Of marriage between your III cane cane
from the famliarcs allowed him totako" "Wbs were
oee faniaritess' The accused returned no answer.
"where did your intimacy first take placer SIN the cellar!
But only yielded after very long resistance" "Do you
pretend that violence usedf ~ do say that
why did you mention what had taken placer BE-
the man seemed repentant, and feared that my
mother would be very Indignant "But then why did
you continue your connect0n?" "Becausc afraid
Of hint" "Ietis sa,s sit began in your chamber 'No;
it in the cellar ~ HE pretends that II was you
who entced him into your chamber" "No, sir' "when
did you find out that you cnceinteSn "in Decem-
cause was afraid Of scandal "Did not Te,s advise
TO speak TO mother and ask her let you marry
hmf' 81 told him that would do neither that
scoundrel Then he said Il will ruin you, and will
Their" ''You evidently fear to admit In public that you
mother say after the demand OF Fetis to marry ycu
when she learned the connection you had had with the
manf She said that ne must be discharged; but did
not approve Of that. because thought impru.
dent" "You spoke to him as he about to leave?"
81 said. NJ mother is about to send you away-she
| will hear Of marriage "Then after all, there
was question of marriage between you?' II never
MY mother will get RID Of the childY" 81 never
said tbat After the departure of Fetis, what took
place 81 entertained doubts that was really e7,ceie
| g At the end Of April your mother had doubt, and
what project did she formS' My mother felt certain
I that nothing would come off my situation We how.
ever discussed the question to the OF getting
rid of the consequences OF my fault My mother said that
il bad miscarriage we might burn the embryo, But
in place of an embryo there be child arrived at its
full timer said Do not be disqueted about that said
mamma, there will always be means Of causing it to
was to be burnedY' " what understood was that my
mother would send 1t away" "That is what you say
now-but you did not say 20 in your preliminary exami
nations' g What said misunderstood" "You did
not ask your mother what she would do if your child
was born alvef" 81 had not the idea Of questioning
child eWsy msr m ads Voa take
violent exercise in order to produce a miscarriagef
''No but because she thought that was behind time,
and IL was of my accord that rolled down the hill
You to roll down saircases" she said, laughing, Il
be oil rsht But answered that by such fall should
perhaps kill myself and she said that she only Jest
W a .e Sss
persuaded that the child would BIO dead she told me
make noise For II the child dead it useless
to let any one know and so render herself liable TO be
suspected Of crime which she would not have com
mitted." .'Did you remark that the child to whom
ii moved" 'Dd not your mother remark that he
was large childS" ct was big, certainly, but
lam no, sure ths. was born alive Il did not cry -
did be die He was siborn you an mot say
that ssa ws that Eat p hnS
killed the child she could only have done in that way
sDd yon not that you knew your mother meant to
kill the child? "N0 knew that she meant to the
child to disappear but that is not the thing kill
ing it," The President then read extracts from hcr de-
claratons after being arrested for the purpose Of showing
that they in accord with her presen; statements
and that therefore she was not worthy Of credit She
thought of marrying Fets and IN answer 10 reference
to something he had said she exclaimed with disdain,
| ssSuch man cannot be belicvedl'
At this point tho nterrogatory, during which the girl
bad displayed remarkable energy, was suspended ut-
matey she brought back, and the President said:
sTell US the manner in which the child burned. 81
only know, answered the prisoner t'what my mother
had prepared beforehand fire in the CRATE, how she
executed her project believe in q by the
side Of that in which confined that the burning took
place Frewood and faggots always kept in closet
in that room" 'We have reason to believe said the
President. that the preparations for burning made
the day before your confinement; and If So there mus
have been the premeditaed design TO burn tho child
whether alive or dead" 81 give explanations on
that point" "You appear to have always entertained
certain degree OF fear Of your mother Why then did YOU
no! communicate your situation TO your father, who loves
your My mother entertained the certainty that nothing
would Of my situation, and she led to share he
convictioR. consequently had need TO conde in any
one my interest being to have my fault kept secret.
EXAMINATION OF MADAME IEMoINE.
Nine. Iemoine was then Intercepted aud she sad:-
| watched my daughter as 1t was my duty TO do
coschman Fetis Ishoud not have tolerated them; when
heard Of the reports my daughter laid complain
aganst some persons for caumniatng hcr; never en-
tered into understanding with my daughter, when
learned her situation to represent that the c0achman hat
done her violence; If my daughter, on her preliminary
examination, said the contrary che is mistaken ! frs
heard the reports in November, aud questioned my
daughter; she denied that they true, and NJ
alteration had taken place in aer health believed her
"Tcll u.s." said the Pres mt, "what your danghte
sad to you after the discharge OF Fetis?' "Al!ov
sir not to repeat those details; there arc certain
things which ought not TO be required from mother.
.tBut recommend you to say what they were" at
very painful! to repeat them my daughter only said
few WORDS but they terrible" rel US what you
daughter said, since what che revealed to you, true
crime on the part OF one Of yonr servants" 81
was to cave my daughters honor that sad nothing aoou
the u The President again pressed the prisoner
to cay what the revelation and ut last she, In grea
agitation declared that her daughter had confessed tina
she had been subjected to violence by the goodman
She then in further questions protested tina
when she became that her daughter eraceit
she might have thought OF causing the consequences
disappear in the event OF miscarriage but, bursting
into tears she exclaimed ~ never thought Of committing
crimel, She then denied that the violent exercise
which she had caused the girl TO take had been intended
to produce MISCARRIAGE she also denied that se had no
commended her to roll down staircase, and said tina
the rolling down the hill accidental. She went on
that the confinement OF the girl had taken place
expectedly in the middle Of tho night, and she sale
that that fact explained why she had not called in