New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-04
FRGN PAIiis.
A Enuse Gclebre.
From Our Own Correspondent.

PARIs. May 90. 1854.
Paris is much occupied this week with tw,
murder cges. one Is the case OF homeopathic doc
tor named La PommcFais. he charged with poisos
ins Nine PAW. whom he had induced TO insure hs
life in eight different Offices for total Of 5JoW
francs and to transfer the policies to him. The It'd
closed four days ago with a verdict OF gu;y-withou'
extenuating circu,nst rnces for a wonder Personally h
was most uninteresting scoundrel. The other is i.
old cause ctIebre Of Lesurgues. who was tried. COZ
demned. AID eullotined for mail robbery and nrrdI
in 1896 twas brought up in the Corps LegisstH ias
Monday. bringing whit some other noticeabs natter
for discussion and leading Immediately to ore curious
result. The outline OF this Tragedy OF Errors is
follows:
ON tie night Of the 27ih April. 1886 the mail coach
from Lyons 10 Paris was attacked nen- Meiua. tl9
guard killed. and considerable sum VI money IA god
AID nss gnais Che reenbacks 81 that r0y), robbed
Mc.gn i Only tweItys ven miles disent nom Eris
Shortly before this date NJ. Lesurgues. man o. IL
most honorable anieccGe.ts. and IN The oljoymeet u
considerable fortune Lad moved Rom Provincial iowa
to te capital TO personally oversee the education VI rs
son. Mt lonS after this dase he had occlsioa
o. 70 vth Is friend TO the CenT-l Iuresn q
Police a; time when the JHse q lRs'rir
iiOn was secretly examining into TIE c'SS
abou. which pablo feeling was much excited
Two women who chanced TO see these gene
men pass fsceg-i;ed them rs two Of the pesso.'
suspected u the crime and they were arrested. CuN
ffoatsd with those and then Will witnesses, the eye.
testimony was suSnaly strong ag4nsi Les-4 Sues ~
only 10 his general appearance bu! 20 his escFy Ib
ture and even u a scar Oh his tace Thc riAapi! Mis
had served as country once as soldier On To 0ii
hand indeed the testimony IN proof OF G6 seems " 70
irrefragabe. But unfortunately, one OF the wilcsss
called by Lesusuos 10 attest his prcscDcc in Pcr' on
Ito oh tlo!ea 9Th ApriD was Jewe.cl o. WON %
had bought that day piece OF silver p.atc lEi tls
Jeweior being careless bookkeepeT bad entered
the sale under date OF the 81! lerel LIS blcti1g
lOOk-had for gotten 10 set Il down AZ tie tire ulVt
fi. il as
two she eyo-Yltncsses 10 identity testified 70 post
lively, GGenot, the friend OF Lesargues. was uc'
Quilted. But ~ excessive importance being given by 30
Judgc TO the jewelers. botting book and an excessive
yea 10 procure the condemnation Of the victim being eI
erclsed throughout the trial by the presiding Jalgs
lhen as now, ihe presiding Judge at o French ern.'
hal trial acts always against the accused and seems
an American or Engishman Il moro formidable erGf
of the prisoner at the bar than the Prosecuting ~
tOrnoy himself AID tie sentiments Of Gil men, Al W.
moment. being In violent reaction against the aarniIs
negligence 81 the Directory CHE Government of tas
passing momenD to secure the safety OF travellers AM
some other quite accidental circumstance sSAAulY
uanagcd by the prosecution coming in aid OF the pre-
sumption u his gailt NJ Lesurguos was condemned py
the jury, and on the JDtn OF October lo dressed d
while. aud oamly protesting his innocence 10 the lHs.
mounted the fatal scaffod.
lime and space here are wanting to follow. step By
step tho tangled course OF human justice o.
A few years after the eNeeuton OF Nj LtsurEnes oos
DuDosc bis Sosc his Drotneo. was arrested rled aal
Justly condcmned and executed foS the crime which le
surguess innocent blood had not exFated. Que Of I
with this scoundrel went mad with bgoodng OVER -
fearful consequences vi her error. he soa vi Lts
CUES Tor whose education tho htber had 80 ,.'a!
moved 10 Paris joined the Imperial armies, and GeI
tho shows Of klssin. The widow of LcsurggeS wt1
mad on hearing the decision of the Legislature OF i@
time which decided that decision OF lega gr,s'1I
not within its jurisdiction. At a hies date on
his daughters went niad the other committed suicide
wild passionate. desperate protest against the s0e>-
pltfl obstluacy anu vanity OF poor humans e0!le
with the brief authority q! Legislators and Judges "
could ind strength in themselves ~ rise 10 al
mission of the falliuiy OF the law iGaeneiA ds's-
and exercised by fellow humane Here, just here - ~
knot and essentially false, but to FreGca distorted ,
almost sacred. impeachment not only oi tganseeHas.,
Justice. but practically Of poor human strehihs Oh"
Justice. -
There Is In France artificial respect fOT the ds
sions OF Courts that has been raised 10 0i hss
ism IL Is not permitted admitted To question ~ !
ehosS jESss. A Court made up OF many jaSss |
and 50 many jurymen, ali mon. aud all c0aseqse.A |
capable III all sorts vi inconsequent CONCLUSIONS hals
once decided thar A. or Is. shsud DO guiloiineS@
OF the forty million. more less OF fronoh s~"
humans must presume to question, much less 20 ole-
attack the justice Of the decision So that II has "
~ be assumed automatically that law human -
adInnslered BY merely human creatures against ~.
fellow creatures, 10 not humble limitation. Otsj
feet rP!ies not to say originally perfect counic'p''
infilllblo divine law.
Again. and again. and again. the fast passing rtln'
that France has undergone since ly6 have reeoslD
by implication tho innocence Of the judiciaiy esss
mated I.csurgues. Again and again petitions for irn
recogn milton by Government Of the fatal wrong dons
Lesurgues and his family have been answered by As
money allowances ~ bus heirs. These allowances
ms heirs amount In all. to hundreds OF THOUSANDS.
francs. Thoy amount to the shamefullest eonpkns.
implication Of recognized wrong In the decision u w
Court of Asszes that sent innocent Lesgrgues ~ ~
sealiold. Moro than this repeated recognition unaa
the Government of the first Empire under the Go,ds
ment OF the Restoration under the Government oi -
and again VI that VI 1885, and even now oi that OF i