New-York tribune., 1868-12-28
4 SHoRT WAY NTH HUSBANDS

share "tull and OIDculaf' as any WHICH le
Quincy cOuld have imagined On the one side we nave
the guilty wives playing their part boldly IN TINS world
while they ushered their husbands into anOtner WIN
every show OF affection and grefi IN the Daekgounu
stands the wise woman with her predictions ana polsons
and the dreadful chemist with his secret chanber Iu OF
deadly drugs. first impuny begets cOnhdencei then
jealousy breaks out between the accompces ana then
About the goth Of August in the present year flower
girl named Angeique Jourdan while selling her bouquets
woman who inquired for another bouquet seller named
Mette Marino When was found that Mlette was not
I'm her accustomed place the woman gave Angelquo a
message for her which to the effect THAT ette was
TO oof 70 TO M a er rr and intended shortly to do so
moreOYo that this mistress had ALREADY disposed OF her
In order TO convince herself of the OF all this Mete
co. accompanied by two witnesses To JOyes sh0
readily accede 10 her request offered money enough
and then Miette declare who she was ana accuse
startling announcement was tduly communicated by
Angeque Jourdan to Mette Marine and the gr IN turn
recOunted it to her husband This man, Bartheiemy
Marine iourneyman mason, recognzes ~ sr9 TOren Woman
as Fanny Iamberte fortune-teler and notorious bad
character Joye had been resident IN Marseles only for
aud had lately been released from imprisonment at
yQuion AT st he ioek W NE quarters 7 fe2meeE M y
the worst and least known districts Of the old town
Later however he eonved to pass the necessary exam
was settled as herbaliSt In thciKue Paner. Knowing
what sort of persons these Barh6emy Marno was
his mistress Mdme Vile, who had but recently become
widow, aud questioned her the subject OF her &C
30 unsatisfactory that Marno determined to m the mat
ter Tor himself Accordingly he assumed the part OF
had heard enough from his wife and Mdme Vile to
derstand his man. and told him at once that he was
Mdme. Ve's lover He also told JOye that he had only
done his work by halves that IL was his business to get
rid Of Mdme Marino just as NJ Vile had been disposed
said, Are you T. Certainly am man." reoins
the other or shouldn't be here but don't wish that
my wife should be bungled with and tortured NJ Vile
was Joye thercupOn declared that that stupid business
was entirely the fault Of thelwoman Lamberte, who
"A
knowledge OF ner art and utterly incompetent 10 deal
called In, he inishsd hm off in very few days with his
little white powder" Satisfied to all appearance on
this point, Marine made an appointment with Joye at
Mdne Yes on All early day and went back to his mis-
tress TO tell her that he knew ALL and that any attempt
that she did kill her husband addg that she
had first obtained poison from Lamberte, but ndng that
slow in its operation she had recourse 10 JOye and
his white powder. Mdme Vile ayowed also that her in-
tenton was TO Kill Marines wife. ard then 70 have
poisoned him also II he refused 10 marry her Noxt day
this precious pair went into the country 20 small house
belonging 70 hdme VILE. On the way Marlno spoke OF
the probable consequences OF nnrderlng MS wlie, e1
hibiEg some fear on this head The lady however, en-
the widows Salvage and Gabriel had disposed Of their
IT, At this Marn0 seemed 10 take heart, and more
wns said. Next day Jove went to Mdme. Vile's house.
beladOnua He gave MarnO OF each, only stipu-
atng that MarinO should not make use OF them IN Mar
assented explaining that he shortly going with
his wife TO her native village he could DO The business %
went straight the poceoce, and denounced bavago
Gabriel as well us his mistress ana her aceompiees Lam
Ndme VIlie who is described as by no means hand
some woman, 40 years old. the wife OF "a man who
had risen from the position Of common weaver he had
accumulated n moderate fortune IN trade and retired
from business. Nine. Vile herself dealt In porcelain
ware For many years she had lived quietly with her
husband, but some months before these terrible events
happened she fell in love with Marino, man much in
feror 20 in position She appears to have had some
suspicion that his affection was purely OF mercenary
kind and in order TO find out whether II was so or not
applied Fanny LamOerte in her capacity OF for
tune-ieer Lamberte following the nsual practice Of
her tribe tells Nine Vile what she thinks Will be agree
able her. affirming that according TO the cards Marino
is far more attached 10 her than is M Vile. From
creeps gradually in certain direction until
the best way to secure Marinos affection for Mdme Vile
was 10 remove M Vile from this life. An agreement was
made cOnsumnate that end, and ealy IN 1868 Fanny
Lamberte furnished the poison with which Mdme. Vie
began 10 practice her husband The latter who had
previously been in good health, is taken seriously Ill and
occasion she nearly poisoned her servant and herself
All the time 10 be dcyOtedy attached 10 him. grew
and worse and Dr. Martin sent for lie conceiyes
asree as TO the symptoms, but Mdme. Vile is
cautious that they are unable TO verify their suspicious
desists SH3sf for a. time NJ Vile grew better al once But
at the end OF sT9 % ne aga "a Nae Ies R e m M aI'er nGH
TO WIFE For ms services on this occasion JoJe re-
II took nearly Ave of slowposonng to kill the
unfortunate NJ Vile; hut Rosne Salvage had been far
more expeditions IN tho treatment OF her husband, Jean
rough drunken fellow Toward the close of tho
year 1867 he fell ill., and R0sne got tired OF nursng him
Accordingly, she consulted Fanny Lamberte, and the
result of the consultation that Jean Salvage died
within few days the sd Of February IL was at Lam
bertes ROsne Salvage met Mdne Vie aud conded
10 her the manner OF her husbands death.
THE thru case was almost worse than either OF the
others Josephine Duguet the natural dsugter OF
woman named Marie Dye, Who LEFT her 10 be brought
up at the founding hospital she vas taken thence Dy
weto-dO couple, 81. aud mdme Simon, ana adopted by
them so admirable was her conduct that she OBJ
tained the prize left by charitable person TO
be given TO the best pupil brought up at any
OF the public institutions OF Marselcs she was not only
good but beautiful IL not long before husband
was found for her in the person OF clever mechanic
named Gabriel After time they left the Bmons, and
her husband fOOsy placed her behind sinai drinking
bar OF course the young wife was at once thrown INTO
bad company. Her mother and woman fayo' DoIh oi
the most dssOute character got access 10 her hd be
aide she found lover OF whom she fancled hersc nady
fond Josephine also becomes eager TO know her fortune
and to attract her lover her by some supernatural
means She hears OF Joye great proficient In fortune
telling and sOrcery and To him. lie proposes not
only to her lover 10 her. but TO put Gabriel ont OF
vounp girl-she was hut tweny-with horror, but her
mother persuades her 20 give way ana FhyO suggests
that wax candle burned at the shrine OF the Oonne
mere would impuny AT length hef cruples are
oyercome Flayol acts as go-between and fecnes the
poison from JOye IL Is all over IN elgt days lakeA III
on the Sst of July Gabriel dead on the st OF August
His wife tended hlm with the greatest anu WAS
rewarded by will made In her own favor just before her
husbands decease JOyes services this le were valued
AT 100 francs down and bill for 400 francs On the post
mortem examination largo Quantities OF hIschc were
found In the bodies Of both Salvage and Gabriel but In
Vlles body 10 traces exhibited. JOyeb room IN
the Rue g. Antoine discovered TO be iu OF polsons
Shown by the criminals In themselves sufficient TO
Iace them In the hands Of wTetches Ike Lamberte ana
love: but the fact that person OF fAnDy lAmDeite
character should escape suspcion anu 'h' h; ,,h
on let or little for the surveillance OF the
French police