Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-05
A Case Of French TyEaHny-An ExtraOr-

What is mildly called in the French papers an ex-
ua Idi ary Judicial bun ter but when Is really an
oIlinsble crime against jlsee and dsceuey, is ths
iaiest topic Of the Paris and Londcn Journals TRo
years ago young married womao nsulsi RosaIis Gar
ulni native Of Belgium, and speaking only Flemish.
"ss arFesto IN the French department OF the Nntd,
charge Of numbering her father Martin Doiss. She
was convicted her confession AMI wassen enced
70 had labor for Ife Recent dsyeioumsnts however
s%no" SNOW that the Bsmaa did not nnit the crime bu:
ma TIVE men nsu ed VsnhslEyn and Verhamue wers
the mn derers Of her fstser
On the confession Of these mn The woman wa "a.
leased hem prison, and the case was carried TO tn,
ass re 90 ut Of the department Of the So1nos where
.n'iousn Ting Of the conf etigg cjnfes ssions was
u z. Ensr the fact came out. The woman Rosslis
when Asked why she had confessed the murder Re-.
pea IN substance, that shs intimidaed into con
ssSen and thst he officers OF justice themselves were
those who forced her She declared TIA. the iuterur
Ter Of the court hsd thea ened her vi secret con6ne
ment Ia dung on and that ss shs vss prae1snt g,5
wanted to save the Ifs Of her child she esoIved 70 de-
clare herself guilty. The Interpreter himself bel p
asked Dy the procu eurgene al IL be had held out such
tn'ezs 70 he woman admitted that he had but sati
tlat he did than interpret literally TIE ,rorss
OF the Judge Construction.
Further examination proved the following facts.
For tEo months this woman locked up by herself
IL csl to which air and ght were enly sdmfsts5 IN,
an spertuFe few inches square, made By the rsmoys
rom tue wall of single brick The 50 furniture OF
MS EoTriole dungeon fstd tub aud straw mat
tfess laid a brick floor The mattress yyss daIi2
ANen away to be aired, Dursnan 10 sanitary regnls-
tons and then the unfortunate creature who mayer
Aad cha to sit upon could nos even s down exeeo
upon ths cold bricks Tbs prison 4tron who brourh;
'-o leliy PRISON 1907 70 "a Eer continually n
s9e would confess, she won be taken out OF tbat
place ana would not have hez head cut Of Tbis vo.
man was herself convicted rsoner n slate Sf pro-
patton AMI Il wss her interest 10 curry Fl yor with an
t1oI4tJ % & rae iug q nfessIgns.
TWO noutaS the oor woman whose terrible position
was aggravated BY t5Oss feslnRs and fsne@s
Whieh notor0usiy accompany he advent Of maternity
I IL herself abandoned by Goa sud m T. st lea { fn
tns World the idea struck her that II what he woman
constantly tod h-r rus t5st by confession she
mgat sss out OF the black Lo e, and prevent hsr
he21 be ns CT cf, Obese her own expressfoTs)
sas would az any rate be spared 70 bring her chid
alive ilto the word
The convict pTi-Or met-on eagerly reported 70 her
supeTors that ROsale Gsrdin had confessed her ers
ana thers 're the prisoner, against no evidence
had been found ushered into h study Of ths udes
OF instruction. This funetiOnary who, without be,.
more cruel than the rest Of msnki1d fees IS much p
fsssiousl plessure hunting down prisoner as lei.
eese shire huutsmIn il rsc1 gernz cold scent invied
Rosalie 5ardi0 to repeat her eolresOn She being re-
stored to the light Of daY, said st she had told
story and that she no murder her a,her but when
he spoke severely b her the fear OF being rne dsev
sent back to the black nole, operated SO strongly
upon h.r nerves taat she repeated ths false avowa
ana the judge forth ith recorded il against her ub
less with such addition and rhetorical aERravstion
as Il is tbs nsture Of the judges OF instruction to
nduse in. Poor ROsalie gave birth to her ehfd-preu-
aturely n prison, srd is astonishing this Of
spring did not live long.