Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-16
THE EVENING STAR.
CRIMINAL CELEBRITIEs.
The Count and Counters Bocarr,e.

TIE tount ana tocntefS BccorrSe.
Al the ehatenu OF Bitr, Inant, ia Uainauit re-
saied, In the year 1850, the Count and Counties.
I. Bocarme. Dung married roupir, whcsa
duet ne d t<en, for some time past, the topic of
nsrai conversation. owing TO their extrava-
CANT mode OF life, and tina more than dubious
b+hsyior OF the husband The latter, belong
Ing IL one OF the noblest Belgian families, WAS
forn In India, and bad spent his youth in
ArkarsAs. among the say ages and The lowest
s:cse CT the American lakewood population.
The CountFsE. Whose family name Fou.
gnlee. vac the d. lighter of q rich tradesman in
thr vicinity. and had married him for title and
pcs;ticE, rather than through any affection.
TIE maria &c was far from ~ ing happy one:
TIE LADY wGs oytravaEsnt n her tastes; the
husband notorious prvligate, who had out
EvsG shame. Only IN one roint do they ap-
pear 10 have thoroughly agreed. and that was
IN the commission OF the fearful crime for
which they were tried, and which produced
m extraordinary sensation throughout Europe.
Il few years sufficed 70 6is sipats the fortune
the Countess had brought her husband. aad
ruin stared Them In the face. unless some
lucky chance tefslI them. The Countess had
A. only brother, Gus tayr Fougnirs, weak,
s;Ekiy lad, WHOSE foo: had bern ampEtatPd,
and who Walked on crutch-s; il he died. IS
every Eody anti irafed, his fortune would fail
r. bis :!str. To their great annoyance there
fsre, Tbe Bo5aTn.Gs heard the ne VS. that e rs
tsSr intend. d TO marry, and they tried,in vain,
- ,UIn' lam frcIu his design. he was ob-ti-
Aafe, and though repeated quarrels took place
between bimse II and his sister, the marriage
was finally arranged. On November ~. 1856,
E:Iruont. and the next afternoon his betrolIi-
81 receiy. q a verbal message, to state that he
had died Of an apcpiectc stroke, just a. he
was about u drive away from the house
Gus;aye Fougnes was dead, but his shade
HID, and erosa, too, clearly. There htd
h=ru = strange ccnfus ion at the chateau, cries
had Teen heard in the night; the state of tF,a
soTrsr w@s accompanied by remarkable symp.
km-, aud the conduct of the Count and Count
go peculiar that, or the 22d OF Noyem-
her, their serN ants proceeded in a body 10 ASH
- d--y- IF -hf Ne riSh ipcf ~ Lhsir
tNrn, hGweSe TT, they found that JUSTICE hand al
re=dy iElerpcsed. and the Bo:arnas. Were az
resied on charge CT murder The preliminary
iEyrSE; alton .ast. till MAY 81. 1851, when the.
corpie were brought before the assiZe Court.
We need hardly cay that the trial created the
Gost extraordinary sensation, not only on ac-
ccGn. of It's tragic lntrrest. bat also for the
high rank Of tie sccused. Those ac4 ueinted
with Lir Count were hot astcnlshed that Hip
polyi" Fisar should have murdered has bro
tErr-lIs-ia", bat That such an unheard-cf
crime should have been committed by a Eisart
d. BcCarTsr, aEG IEa' lusticP should interpose
In q country where the arl>tocTacy are still SO
POy.rrfnl-that produced the Teal sensation.
In Itself the trlal formed pendant to the eau
sei rs!t1rFz OF the Duke de Praslin and the muir
der OF the COuntrSs tIorliiZ. both of W Inch had
thrown so lurid light or The CORFU tion exist
ing amongst The highest classes of society.
Another point az strong interest was. :hat the
2ccEsCG jDs had OF making common cause. had
sought 20 iEeuipats eacl other. and the extra
o. binary spectacle would be seen of husband
aed wife siding justice. by appearing each TO
accuse the other pUb:iciy. IL was evident
that thr CoIDtrss's counsel intended 10 saw:
their client by doing all IN their power 10 send
her husband alone 20 the scaFold. The Count
mTsr have been conscious of The critical nature
OF his position, fcr lie l. I'd a. tempted 10 commit
suicide shortly prior 70 the trial coming on.
Ae Ii is naanitestly impossible, IN our limited
space. 10 give all the details of this Tnemora ole
trial, we will restrict ourselves 10 the indi:t-
HeEt il which all the facts are summarized.
Aftsr describing the condition OF GuStaYa
fougEless body, when inspected by the police
physician, the advocate tells rs, there coGid
be nc doubt that lee had died from the effects of
corrosive poison. which had been poured
dow Il bis threat. The scratches on his faca
indicated that considerable fierce had BEEN en-.
p]CyFG, before the poison could administer
ed In he Eext place. u hen the Count Bo:ar-
the marks OF a seyCre bite Were found OF his
forsfingGr, for which he could Ii We nc salts
factory eSplanatior. Lastly, dissection prov
Ell ihat death had b+en produced by nicStina,
an organic aikai, obtained from tobacco, aad
one OF TIE most violent known poisons. Fur
thrr nVtsti.aIions proved that, during the
fas two months, the accused had devoted HIM
>riT to the preparation OF this poison, and thar.
few days prior 10 Gustaye's death, he lad
sneceedco IN prod cling Two small phiai. Of
G:is poison, which, however, could not re
found ain. In addition, the Countess had
pe.nt- bank charged her husband with poison
ing her Lrcfser. Ard il must % remarked, that
the count himself allowed taat he had prepar-
Ell he nIcOnne, which produced Gustavr's
cath. though not expressly stating whose
hand administered il.
Af;cr rirg into q full explanation OF the
Counts bankrupt condition, whsch could only
be reirie ID by GustdTe's death, the Irocureur
prcce eded to analy7@ the evidence In Frbru-
airy, 1855, Count BOcarme, under the name of
e rant, called on Lorpus, chem ical professor
At the Industrial School OF GaGUt. He wished
to learn from that gentleman what were the
most suitable instruments with which 10
tract vegetable essential oils. He sail, ut tho
"a nie time, that ne had seen the American si,-
wage. poison their arrows with such jnices.
More Csi.C c;alll did be enquire OF Loppnis III
what way nicotine should be distilled. and. by
the professors directions, ne ordered brass
apparatus, which was delivered to him on
III srch Iith. In May he returned TO tIiarnt,
and showed Ioppuis 4 first specimen of nirO-
tine. " hieh WAS not successful. lie therefore
b-gan his experiments again, under the pro-
fessor's directions, and. after two days, sue
ceeded in extracting three drops of pure Moo
tine. In October he again visited Loppuis,
and told him that his experiments had, at
knrtb, proved perfectly Successful. On the
10th of NovPmbcr, he completed the prepar:t-
ton OF the two yiais OF poison, which he en-
ploypd on the both OF the same month, and
VII ch disappeared after Gustaye's death.
The implements hG had employed were so art
fully concealed: however, that they were not
discovered till six months after the Counts ar
rvst- This caution, II must he conceded, did
not prp-snpposc purely scientific inquiry, and
the change of name NJ Client was also suspi-
eious. Hence it may be believed that, so Tar
back as April. I-j0, he had meditated the
crime which was carried ont six months later
And his OVID mother III ust have had a forebs,d-
IN u, Tor she said one day 20 Der daughter
law:
"Hippolyie IS capable of anything. Some
accident might occur with his chemistry
which Eaight bIi ing him 10 trial"
His labor night and day showed, however,
what his purpose wa-, especially ut n period
when G. Ustave's marriage was again noot-d
The Counties herself WAS Obliged 70 confess
this, for he said plainly IN one OF her exaIni-
nations:
Only husband speculated on Gustava's
death, and he lived too long for him. From the
Ist OF November kne W that poison was ready
for my brother i also knew that the poison
was nicotine. BY husband teid me so himself
IN the la wash house on the same day W hrn
ssw the large retort and he said he was dis
illing Eau de Cologne. lpressed him a thou
Eand times, IN order 10 discover what he WAS
really distiilng, and al length he confessed
that u was nicotine. 4 few DAYS later he add
ed that. go soon as the oppor tunity oHersd he
would make Ixistake ~ ith q ustaye: and on
November 2Gth, when hH heard that nay brother
a l. - L.