Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-17
CRIMINAL CELEBRITIES.
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AT.Sy tie wItI.essss-one hEndred and one m
stn.isT had l--en heard, iL,: ca unsei for tho
81 be- 'Cu8Us ncss: their GIrficuit task, which
b-tv5 siiy :. Il into TWO d visions, light vi the
sst seed lIh rhCh other. Tie Counts harris
Isl Esss. EHdnubti diy tiir more urduous duty ID
i~rsUIn', aiid he chief pOint ~st- 10 prove that
w J,.tnt ~Es not T. sicnsibl- for has aclioas
r.. -. s;.G 8 b.. hss. hssn la America, he had
IL b;t.s t. 81 he eo"tIlI:ea OF the s,yag :, AMI
~ 30, - Judged 10y rn European standard
ef -i,lii1siich. AZ regards the murder ilsr!i,
s~i IE- e.t Es.l speak - az Won co;np-e:,rud
= CT NE earned OuI with such stupidity In a
sii- teHu, surrounded by listening servants, 20
ssD nBit such n murderi II BUcarme formed
Hr icea OF pc:soaing his 3r0thG.-i1-ia-,
~ Glt; Ee, ~ l. rvis abr man. have done so
" I'd ihst EicctIne which he had been pr,:par-
nag icr mere than SIX months previously
~ did LIE not pur chase = !e :. drops OF poison
n bH humorous Wits TO Ghsnt, Brussei-, aad
laIis. n IIch would have btpn amply suitiy,snt
hsr the IGrpU-r IL would la we been ,;,s,
hight o !uiiy IA poison q us II with nicotine
seeGt 'las preparation of which tile young man
saa ioi z o en- I.Irired, that he would MT
sske sI'y thing from his hand OF eat at his Ia
tie. But even supposing that man and wifi,
s-d combined 10 commit this fearful crime, the
way II which they executed il showed that
they we've eubr-cts Tor th- lunatic a.yiutna
ast for the scanoid- The accusations ,h,,
10Sbisss mao. against her husba com Jiete-
~ broke down; Tor, were they trur, shs wa,
.ie ehiei Gull iii. II The Count mrri:.rsi her
trcihtT, she should have shrieki d tor help, or
she Vac 10 woman. To the honor OF numani-
CHARGES
tonatrss brought against hsrself were irnpos-
sIbse.
The. counsel continued, that there might b..
Also = shssCs OF n sudden death by accident.
~ oeie'ce of this theory, hu assumed that the
CeEEitse might possibly have given her bro
Met slsss VI poison Ia mis- take Tor wine II
Is m SEic' nee, that, after me deed VA done,
nG toEBiesS tenceriy embraced her husD and,
sbd c>iied him My poor kinoche"' Instead
81 r,puisinR axe sssassu with horror sin,
sisPi"yeo aBeetion for him. Ii a crime had
Nvrnns it'd 10,
tkss kh. wac fearful monster, and the real
sfin sEa. But Ihe counsel adhered ~ i,Is a.
siosLtIseoTy. 10 was possible that Gust,ye
mis bt nave poisoned himself. having taken up
Ire oune LoiiIe by mistake, and rais al II 10
Ass lips Finally, the advocate addressed the
C.upivss Ia the following apostroph- --.' That
hvti- ccrobet Tor w slch You @trOSe > 4 aious-
BY, seu Row thrust contemptrcnsIy from YOU
1tG hope 70 become once again Lydle F'ouy-
MES, m maiden filled with poetic illusions.
Ga Eoi c iCr tie ERplln. IS OF your youthful
jars All! You resigned all hopes of tina, on
Nc day when you accused your husband, in
sTssr 20 save yourself, forgetting that II, thanks
~ ycu, ne mounts the scafiold, You will az
soHI aEy HIM The rect Of this apostropns
%. lie aGdlence was very great Count b.
ssTmE warmly shock his defenders haad
.-G' Et!t men OF the jury he said, al wear by
heaven that am innocent thank my coun-
AL for having defended me with such warmth
II q Gt otIOn.
With q yiCIrHt attack on the wicked pres
which had made il its business 70 dart .uch
Prr-Gnal arrows at womAn--a wonltu who,
with N Der prison walls, could not defend her-
- II, AND was condemned toy ths public before
rial. shn WIS unhappy wife; her husbands
bs uIaliiy toHa ards her had Only been too evi.
dent III IEe course of the trial. Bot she was
rssignaton aad forgiveness Itself Aft.r the
moot FEARFUL event had occurred, she could
OILY gave way 10 pity and compassion. When
che called Der brothers assassin "My poor
Ninoehe :" ske only saw in him the condemn ned
husband. 'Sshe II accused of ha wing poured
lie poison down her brothers throat because
a. was never possible that the murder could
have been committed by one person. That il
the only proof. But Gustavs was a cripple.
and weak Hippoiyte Bocarmc, you see him
siandfng before you-you know him. All over
las person he bears marks OF q terrible strug.
gle, she none. But Gustayes cry, Pardon
Htppolyiev' that Ii the sign which allows the
with TO fash on Us. Lydie cannot have besu
present; for had she been SO Gustave would
have cried, .Help, LydieP As he did not sas
her, NE did not call on her name. When Cesar
psrssissd brutqs among his murderers he eI-
SuppoeinR, however, that the Countess really
knew hat her husband intended 70 poison nus
lave, and did not warn him-that might be
morally a crime, but was not SO legally and for
such n sin shs had already been sufficiantIv
punished by eight months imprisonment and
separation from her children. But she was not
absolutely certain Of her husbands intention.
She knew his empty boastiux-.sIf only had
him IN my clutches, would soon make an end
Oh him" But all threats not carried out
and the counsel q uotss an anocdote ilfustr.t We
lyon remember that red barber of LYONS who
publicly said, III Gen. CasteIiane only came To
me &c 10 shaved, would soon settle him The
General heard 81, went 10 the barber, and baIe
HIM shave him. The barber fell on his knees.
and then shaved the General in the most tender
WY fmaginabie."
Noone could assert that the Countess ,ozJ
lively believed IN her husbands threats ha
sides, things had changed. and (iustaye was
Coming 70 announce thst the marriage Wa
broken on There was nothing more To 30
feared, and the crime, therefore. b-caur M
nfeessaly In this way the counsel tried 70
place all the Countssss actions, before, d uriur
and afirr the crime, IN the most innocent Iight
Before n, Ihe weakly ob-y ed her BIuebeard
whote power 70 PUNISH her she had alraadv
rseeiyed Proof OF; alter the deed, she acted a.
tie ProSident wife and mother, whose tr,t
and meet sacred duty SEEMED Ia be, 10 do All in
her power thai might save the father of her
ehIeren. After pathetic appeal TO the spirit
OF TIE murdered Gustaye 10 come TO the aid of
Die 1njustly accused si,t-r, In the same way n,
kls yoite, all but speaking from the grave mad
done On the night II November 2uth, by crying
"l"rdUn, Hiri.olyte w the defender OF ths
CONT So concluded with expression OF a.,
sahtdenoe that The judges would liberate mr.
An+r consulting for an hour, The iury re-
torLed into court with the finding that Hinno
Iyte dc bocarin- WAS Guilty, (unaninousiv ,
LSale ont Mes Not Guilty (by u malority OF
On the Cbun, being asked whether n. IN.
sAS thing TO say, he r-piirG, in a trembling -,
al sm snuIely innoecnt Of ali an sccusad ~ !,
OF us nrst nul= two b, a'y tears were seen
fotnhs down hi~ clerks; but the weakness yr a !.
Sf1y mCm~niary, and he NJ OIL q baxLn Co..
PtflnF ith his counsellor, who put IN an An.
zeal To The Court uf Cessation, which an - a
I,kkSLsned alignment wL- Gisniss, d. On IN,
Issh OF July tht' LeSs as brok-n 70 him 4 al
Erf1claimt q az Is tmpo>- Det'' r. r,attadl.
Tie stne evening, the officials told him m :. +,
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