The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-04-17
Execution Of the Murderer LIE
MARIE in France Exciting Scene

Paris Cor. Of London Times, March TO-
Lemaire has been guillotined. 1t will be
remembered that he had deliberately muir.
dered woman whom his father was about
to marry. IN coai..tt he not only pleaded
guilty, but gloried in his crime. lie stated
that his "plan was to murder his rutiS,."
step-mother and her family, and then to
kill his father; afterward he meant to rob
the house, and fare la noce-a slang
French phrase, the only equivalent for
which is to have some fur " with the
money, and then surrender. He told the
court that q life of hard work would not
suit him, and he made speech to the jury,
pointing out that his was not case for
extenuating circumstance, and told the
court that his judges would have great
deal to answer for if they did not sentence
him to death. The jury for a wonder,
brought in verdict of guilty, without ex-
tenuating circumstances, and sentence of
death was duly recorded against him. lie
refused to appeal to the Court of Cessa-
ton, and stubbornly declined to be in any
way party to the efforts of his counsel to
obtain Communication of punishment from
the Emperor's mercy. His advocate, how
ever, used his utmost endeavors to save
the life of this precocious murderer; but
the report Of the medical men who examin-
ed him was conclusive as to the absence of
and indication Of any thing like insanity,
and it was determined to let the law take
its course.
For several days past the Place de la
Roquette. where executions now take
place. had been thronged by that motley
crowd which the guillotine always brings
together. Night after night, in spite of
the sleet and snow and frost, thousands
had met in the narrow dismal street that
leads to the dingy little square. The per-
severance of these amateurs of the guitlo-
tine was rewaFded-the sinister-looking
machine was being put up by toreh)ight,
Presently large body of troops and police
were marched up and cleared the narrow
square, so that the crowd, driven into the
back streets, was after all cheated of its
treat--to see the fall of the knife. But
some dSNetaati, who occupied the windows
Of neishboring wine shops, had a full view
Of the ghastly scene. AS day was break
inc, about halfpast five, the executioner
and his staff made their appearance on the
platform, and Immediately proceeded to
see that the machinery was in good work
Jag order, by twice letting the knife fall
Meanwhile his attendants brought up a.
number of pals of water and a number Of
bundles of straw, which they proceeded to
make little of under and around the fatal
machine. A little later black, one horse
spring wagon was driven up. While this
was going on the.crowd in the street were
not pushing or fighting, but quietly singing,
La femme a barbe, y" Fmlait pas qud
allie" aud other ditties on the same char
acter. Lemaire was reused from his sleep
at about half-past FIVE, and was told that
The time had come. He brayed it out to
the last-he quietly remarked that ne bad
been waiting long enough
He underwent the fatal toilet, l. e., the
shearing of the hair at the back of the
head and the cutting off of the collar Of
MS shirt, without wincing. Before his
arms We're pinioned be was asked whether
he would like to take any thing. lie said
he should like to smoke pipe to the end,
and he assembled the scafold, quietly putting
away at short black clay pipe. On the
scafold the executioner took it out of his
mouth, and removed blouse which was
thrown over his shoulders. lie looked
round unconcernedly. The attendants
then bound him to the plank. The eye
witness, who supplies me with these partic-
uars, felt unable to look on any longer-he
turned his head aside, heard a heavy thud,
and when he ventured to look up saw the
executioner's assistants dashing great
buckets fulls of water over the platform.
The evening papers state that he consent
ed to confess his sins to the prison chap
lain and to receive the last sacraments, but
nothing in his attitude showed pentence
lor the crime he had committed.
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