The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-16


Bodeux: soon afterwards he was seen en- tering
the building on that street in which were her
apartments, and quarter of an hour later he
was observed to leave by an old man who lived
IN the house, and who wanted TO see the girl This
man, entering her apartment, discovered her on
the floor, with her throat ffiRhtully gashed, and
the marks of bloodstained fingers on the dra wers,
and Their contents, which, as well as the mattress
on the bed, had been rummaged for valu-
ables. 1t was found that the murdered woman's
purse, containing f3, and several articles of
ieWelry, had been stolen; and, luckilV there
were found In the prisoners possession suifclent
articles to identity him. Before leaving he had
had time TO wash his hands i'm a basin which
stood upon the dressing-taole in the apartment
The two other murders with which he is con-
nected we're committed in the spring of 1864
One morning in April that year, an unfortunate
named Julie Roberts, not having appeared since
the evening OF the day before, was found in her
apartment in the Rue st. Joseph with her throat
cut in similar fashion TO that OF the girl Bo.
deux-her pockets and the whole apartment
bearing marks OF hasty ritling, and handbasin
in like manner marked with blood stains, The
prisoner is said to have taken with him a hand
kerchief which has been identified as the de.
ceased's property, and he Is proved to have been
spending money freely at the time, although ne
had but newly entered on an employ
ment after term of ofidleness and had vet received
no wages His strange demeanor and agita-
ton at the time have also been remembered
against him. The most horrible affair of all
was the murder in November following in the
Rue ST. Marguerite, of woman named Mage
and her two-y earsoid. On Sunday morntng in
that month workmen passing to their work OBJ.
served for moment woman in her chemise
at a window hoarsely crying out and gestIcula-
ting strangely; but, thinking she was drunk or
mad, they passed on. She was neither
drunk nor mad, but in the fatal grasp Of
a murderer. Nor did her cries bring the
assistance OF neighbo-s. Half an hour
alter man resembling the prisoner was seen
to descend from the house and depart, leaving
the KEY OF the apartment OH the landing.
how xunp fnrA,,
beng made, the two bodies were found hor.
ribly mutilated and brulsed-the woman hav-
ing plainly gone through tremendous struggle
before ner antagonist succeeded. There were
the same marks OF ritiug left as in the other
cases, showing the same author. The prisoner
was not only Identified by those who saw hum
leaving, but another unfortunatel whom ne
had addressed the same evening, had been so
frightened at his LOOKS that she would
not take him home, and had seen him
afterwards going home with the deceased.
She was not the only woman of
her class who testi6es TO having been saved from
probable murder by similar fear. The strangast
TACT of all remains and that is the horror OF the
prisoner at his own crimes. His sleep was dis
turbed by righttul dreams. After the last men,
toned murder those in the house where he
lodged heard him raising frigbtful cries, rs if
some bloody apparition had appeared before
him. He plunged into deeper debauches to
Grown the tcrrois OF his conscience. Que would
almost have expected that so wholesale orimi-
one Of the most lrightful chapters of crime tnat
have lately been recorded. The prisoner we
learn, is not to escape the last penalty OF the
law, although it is considered that the 1864 cases
are not quite established against him. Even a
French Jury has found il impossible TO give him
the benefit of e&tenuatng circumstances.
We must also remark that the affair is by no
means creditable to the French police. There
are said to have been twenty-three cases since
1861, but they all failed TO find out the mur-
derers or rather murderer. since the records all
showed striking similarity of method.
EXTRAORDINARY DECLINE IN WHEAT.-Within
the past twenty-iour hours the wheat market IN
this city has experienced most extraordinary
decline OF twenty-five cents 10 twenty-seven
cents per bushel. On Tuesday, No. regular
spring wheat was sold at $l'88QDSl'90, and yes
terday IL fell as low as $l'60--closing dun and
nominal Mt $l'65. This decline in prices is the
result wholly OF excessive speculation. A promi-
nent operator some time since purchased the
eutire stock OF wheat, and two or three hundred
thousand bushels beside tor future delivery In
order completely to corner" the sellers, he
adopted the somewhat novel eXpedient OF sell.
ing cargoes I" free on board" to shippers at ten
cents to thirteen cents below the market price,
for lots in store In this way the stock was
reduced quite materially, and the sellers were
| forced to settle at the buyers own price. This
being accomplished, he threw the balance of
| his wheat upon the market. and broke it do Wn.
-OhacagO Tribune, thursday.
HoRsE-FLEsH IN PARIs.-The Prefect of Police
| in Paris has issued certain regulations under
| which the sale of horse-lesh is permitted in the
| city. The ANIMALS are to be killed in public
| slaughter houses, in the presence of competent
| government officials, after previous eXamina-
| tion; the meat is 10 be stamped before its re
moval, which is to be effected in close vehicles,
and the shops which allotted for its sale will
be indicated by special signs. Any restaurant
selling horse-fesh without clearly announcing
| the fact, or who shall iraudulently mix it with
| other meat, will be liable to punishment under
| the penal code.
CONVICT LIFE IN FRANCE-A man has Just left
| the hulks OF Toulon after passing thirty-tive
years there. He was condemned for homicide
| to hard labor for life in March, 1881 by the
Court of Assize of the Calvados, and entered the
| hulks the same month. Different communications
| of punishment which he obtained have reduced
| his captivity to thlrty-hve years. He is the last
| convict there that was branded on the shoulder
with the letters T. p. (raUGur pubIloS), as since
| the Revolution OF July that portion of the pun
isbment has been abolished.
"ANoTHER CURIOUS CAvE.-A singular cave in
| Bainbridge county, Georgia, is reported, witt
an oriice so small that no person can enter it
Through this ori6ce strong current of air il
| alternately blown out and drawn in withou
any apparent cause, and regulated by no knowI
| law"
The above paragraph is travelling the
| rounds. Wonder if the orifce referred to is no
the hole In the mans face.
A FAMILY REUNIoN.-A family celebration o
great rarity has Just been celebrated at 0lmutz
Mo1avIa, in honor of NJ. WIsgrll, landed pro
pretor and his wife, whose united age
| amounted to lust TWO hundred years. thu
husband being one hundred and three and the
wife ninety-seVen. They were married on tn
26th OF May, 1871, and celebrated the seventy
fifth anniversary OF their union.
LADIES DECORATED. Countess de Pour
foIa hac f,tcV rom no Tafrar