The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-16
a HORRID CHAPTER OF CRIME.
Twenty three Persons Murdered Seriatim.
Ii Innnr GLohn
From the London GiOl

HTOHt We LIOftuON UtOOS'
On the 1lth of January last middle-aged
widow lady i'll Paris, Madam Mldy, by profession
q painter, narrowly escaped being murdered. A
man who had lately been in her house as a work
man in the employment OF trame-maker whom
she patronized, was the intended murderer, and
he had doubtless been tempted to the deed
in order to rob his victim OF some small but
valuable paintings which had been intrusted
to her by Polish prince. HE called under
pretense OF looking TOR a tool which he had
accidentally left behind. Not finding II, he drew
IRON his pocket q bolster cover, asking the
lady II 1t do not belong TO her; and, as she
turned away, annoyed by his questions, he took
the opportunity TO throw The cloth over
her head SO ass 10 cover it, at the same time
placing one hand on her necK and the other on
her mouth, sJuting the linen do Hn her throat
SO as TO stife her cries. She had been able 10
scream little, however, and her screams, the
noise OF the scutile, and the sound of her fall
on the floor, brought a brother painter-the
Sieur Vauchelet = who was in an adjoining
apartment, to her assistance. The prisoner,
thus interrupted, coolly walked away, merely
saying that the lady was Ill; but he was fol
lowed and arrested The police soon identified
him as the man who was wanted" Tor horrid
murder committed a few days before, and a
little more investigation proved their prisoner,
| Joseph Philippe by name, to be one OF those
great criminals of the Dumollard type, who
| commit murder by wholesale, partly from pure
| bloodthirstiness of nature, and partly for the
| plunder and outrage OF their victims. His trial
| mas just taken place under one OF the most
| formidable GCtes GdccusdtjOn which the inge-
| nulty OF French lawyers has constructed. The
| prisoners appearance and antecedents quite
| correspond with the last epoch of his history
| He 10 short, thick-set man, with black hair
I closely-cut beard and moustache, low forehead
dtepset eyes, thick lips, and generally terocious
look, although dressed in the garb of Well-to.dO
| workman. Born IN 1881, so that he is thrty-fiye
years OF age, he was taken or the military service
| in 1852, condemned In 1856 to a years imprson-
ment LOT mlscohduGt' and enrolled soon after in
| one of those terrible battalIons d'Afriuue into
which the scoundrels OF the French afmv are
grated. He returned to Paris ia 1861 and has
since been in numerous situations as groom
cook, general servant, and warehouse messen
ger, but staying long IN none on account of ms
drur ken habits. The idea OF living nv murder
and robbery appears TO have originated i'm the
necessities OF MS poverty when out of emaloy-
meDt; and his system is novel, as the first
| attempt to take advantage of a certain feature
in our social life. The murderer, two wears aoo
at Florence, vctimZed lodginghouse keeners
whom he found out as a fdlnednt lodger and
whom he was enabled to murder on account OF
| their lonely position. Joseph Philippe selected
for his operations the class OF unfortunatee
whose degradation and isolation, and the pecu
liarities OF tEeir miserable trade, expose in a
high degree n the danger OF assassination. The
WateTloo-road murder, and the more recent
| murder OF Emma Jackson, eXempl1iy among
ourselves what these dangers amount to. Bu
the prisoner Is the first 10 nave seen IN the tactl
| the chance OF a living. From the evidence
now obtained, 1t ls certain that he die
act ON gystem. More than two wears ago
females in the weakness OF intoxicatiOn. %
love women welln be said, land do for then
well. stuff their mouths and cut their thrOats
Wait bit, aud you will hear me talked about
What passed Tor grim Jest has become toC
hOIrid reality Several untortunates had per
ished in Paris since 1861, strangled, or will
thrOats cut but II Is only within the last tW,
! years that cases have been found in which Their