The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-19
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that Of MOaStIA8r ~ vsVpOE8fN AatNlk
girl, vith, ,ppRsrQNs Kpupdn.Op So bed.
Her death appeared TO have hgsN SUCeuc
Sho- -was IeriPped, III -ilSsV U1UUlIEsTyT6
every thing she bod ARd. d.iARs@wiahI n.
aculIy that some small ohjeets Ters GaNpA Z
in the underwood, which, suhseaas9tIY.
was immediately tshen, J SsFVed IL i0sntI.7
fy her. FOR more than s'ysas' Sssihvss.j
legations Of justice were fFSikhsaa How,
ever, prOvidcntial circumstances snabled
the officers to ascertain that the upfoEtn-
fate girl was named Marie Baday. na.
tue " IsOuhans, IL the HsRAVtaSst -
One.ctL Lone, and afterwards = dSm6stio.i
servant ut Lyons. Like Marie PichOA
she had been one day accosted by an un.
known peasant, who had offered her an
excellent place ut . Chateau IN tIIc iscIRiI.7
bUThOOd, provided she would accent q
immediately. Marie Bsday had yielded
TO this allurement and had expiatcd her d.
imprudence by her death. The inforrna.
tion then acquired had furnished also the
description Of the man. lie was person
Of middle height, with eyes deepIy sunk
under his eyebrows, his upper lip dOuble
aud cut. Ever since THAI time this viIlninr
had carried OIL this species Of criue. Sew.
eral domestic servants had escaped FROM.
his hands with great difficulty, some OF
them losing their effects. The circum-
stances which preceded these attemptSs
the district whtFCin they were made. thS
invariable description Of tho unknown
with hair.lip-all proved that II was one
aud the same person concerned In them.
Minute search was now instituted hY.
the police Of Lyons, but without result.
At length, Providence put an end to this
series Of crimes, and Marie PichOn was
the instrument employed to bring the
criminal to justice. The circumstances
attending this last attempt, eSpeciaIlytho
carrying off Of the trunk, so short time
after IL; aud the facility which the guilty
lIan evidently POSSESSED Of evading the
immediate surveillance Of the neighbof.s
hood, gave IiSe to the .SnspiCim lhat hSA
resided somewhere in thu suviFoDs.y His,
description was advertised, and on Sunday,
the second Of june, the magistrate, Of tIae
district, upon information furnished by
the Constable Ol the commune of DnRue.
um, accompanied by the Mayor and the
Police, went to the houHc u Martin Uu.
moard, n small farmer in the cOmmdHe.
The alarm manifested by this pcrEon. ne !
striking resemblance Of his features n She
description Of the unknOwn n, his antUcey
dents the incredible quantity Of articles
Of clothing belonging to female doueeaicS
which was found in his house. weres 0oa-
elusive against him. DumoIard waO ct .
once arrested, t.ken to rrevaux, apd.tl1at
same evening confronted with Marie ,Pi,,
chou, WHO idrntiiied him positively. A
few days afterwards his wife was also or.
rested for completely in theft. From that
moment the inquiry proceeded rapidly
All the articles aud effects seized were ex6,
posed and classified il large room Of the
tribunal Of rrev0ux. Some Of them were
identified, especially some articles bwi6MEsl
ing to Marie Daday, who had been ansSvsQ
drrcd at Trnmoyt.- ,,.o,, ID,
But the subsequent course Of this hia.
tory is still more sad. From certain rev.
Citations nude by the woman DumuDard,
inquiries were instituted Mt MOntlueI.---
Two corpScs Of victims Of DuuiOIafd 6efe
disintcrred in the wOods. They were CAS
remains Vi {, males. The death oEOn0 o.
hem must have occurred three OF four,
years ago, for the corpse was little more,
than q skeleton. Certain indications
proved that the assassination Oftl1e other
must hive taken place about the and of
last February. The corpse was in 40 ~,
tnniShing state Of preservation, and Il WAS
immediately Identified by three sisters 81
the victim. An old nutilatiOn o. the
hand, perfectly visible, removed ~ dunha.>
The agOnizinE. cries Of the three sisaesA a.
the sight Of the corpse, produced pgVs
found impression Oh the bystandere, which,
contrasted horribly with tho impdftuT4.
bic Goodness displayed by DuuI6iaEd inF
presence of the mortal remains Of hisitiCd
tins aa 7s,q y,,v,
Shortly after this, another coEpae. .of q,
young glrl IN complete state at nudity,
was found N wood near che rasideRcs'
Of DumOlard, but no vestige Of anything
that could aid in the Identification Vf the
body could be discovered for ~ sbNk
time. At length the string Of an;apsSNT
like that usually worn by femsls sPgTaRla,
was found in thiCket hard by, Thin
string correspOnded with that upon eli
apron found IN the house of Dnm0IatSl,,
which wanted one string. Here wns Svi-
dence which seemed "a Opnect the taCNi
Of the poor girl with the monster now In,
the hands ofjustice. Other discoveries
are expected shortly, and there % FaAb0A
to believe that many more unsdspsdllae
servant girls have been murdered ;hF, ,Dhig
demon in like manner. Since the days
Of Blue Beard there has not besAs ~ re
morseless an enemy to the fair sexAs this
same Dumolard. But his motive for com.'
mittinG these monstrous crimes ieithe
most extraordinary part Of the''haalNssAy
viz: to plundcr the victims Ofthsieclnlhss
and Of articles Of small Value (0F q ,ppof
servants effects in Erance do not amount
to much. 1t does not appear. thai be vas
actuAted by any othcr motive thap almnlX
desire to murder on large scale and %
rob on n small. If the man be hot 3 th0l
no,naniac, he is certainly one Of&hs gTeAti'
est tiends on record. - ..issTya