The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-30
a sHVRT WAY WITH HUSBANDS.

a sertes OF crimes has Just been brought to
light at Marseilles which recalls the old stories
OF medi@val Italy and the Aqua Tofana. The
whole of the terrible drama is reproduced in
the French city of to-day, In shape as 'full
and orbioular' as any which De Quincy
could have imagined. On the one side we
have the guilty wives playing their part boldly
In this world, while they ushered their hus-
bands into another with every show Of affec-
tion and grief; in the background stands the
wise woman with her predictions and poisons,
and the dreadful chemist with his secret
chamber full of deadly drugs. At first, i'm
punity begets confidence; then jealousy breaks
out between the acoomplices, and then follows
detection.
About the Goth of August in the present
year 6ower-girl named Ane6lique Jourdan,
while selling her bouquets in the Cours Saint
Louis, was accosted by a strange woman, who
inquired for another bouquet-seller named
Miette Marino. When 1t was found that Mette
was not in her accustomed place, the woman
gave Apgelique message for her which was
to the effect that Mette was to look to herself,
as her husband had a mistress who longed to
get rid of her, and intended shortly to do so;
moreover, that this mistress had already dis
posed OF her own husband with the assistance
of man named Joye. In order to convince
herself OF the truth of all this, Miette was to
go, accompanied by two witnesses, to Joye's
shop and ask tor poison to kill Marino. The
herbalist would readily accede to her request
if she offered money enough, and then
Miette was to declare who she was and accuse
JOye OF his infamous intentions in regard to
herself This startling announcement was
duly communicated by Ang6lique Jourdan to
Mette Marino, and the girl in turn recounted
IL to her husband. This man, Barthelemy
Marino, a journeyman mason, recognizes in
the woman who had addressed Jourdan one
Copelo, ordinarily known as Fanny Lamberte,
fortune teller and notorious bad character.
L.. Id hoo d.. IL
few months. lie was man about forty-six
years OF age, and had lately been released from
imprisonment at Toulon. At first he took up
his quarters in chamber in the Rue st. An
toine, street which ran through one of the
worst and least known districts Of the old
town. Later, however, he contrived to pass
the necessary examination, and though still
secretly keeping his old room, was set
tied as an herbalist in the Rue Pa
nier. Knowing what sort of persons these
were, Barthelemy Marino was somewhat
alarmed at his wife's story, and hurried off to
his mistress, Madame Vile, who had but
recently become widow, and questioned her
on the subject Of her acquaintance with Joye
and Lamberte. Her replies were so unsstls-
factory that Marino determined to sift the
matter for himself. Accordingly, he assumed
the part of private detective, and betook
himself to Joye's shop. He had heard enough
from his wife and Madame Vile to under
was Madame Vllle's lover. He also told Joye
that he had only done his WORK by halves;
that it was his business to get rid of Madame
Marino just as NJ. Vile had been disposed OF.
Upon that, Joye looked fxedly at his visitor
and said, "Are you a man?' Certainly am
man." rejoins the other, cor l shouldn't be
here; but L don't wish that my wife should be
bupgled with and tortured as M.Ville was"
Joye tbereupOn declared that that stupid bust
ness was entirely the fault of the woman Lam
berte, who, in truth, was mere card shutller, q
person having no real knowledge of her art,
and utterly incompetent to deal with such
case; but that directly he, Jove, had been
called in, he finished him off in very few
days with his 'little white powder" Salts
fed to all appearance on this point Marino
made an appointment with Joye at Mime
Ville's on an early day, and went back to his
mistress to tell her that he knew all, and that
any attempt at concealment would be useless
In great alarm she confesses that she did
kill her husband, adding that she
had first obtained poison from Lamberte, but
finding that too slow in its operation, she had
recourse to Joye and his white powder. Nine.
Vile avowed also that her intention was
to kill Marino's wife, and then to have
poisoned him also if he refused to marry
her. Next day this precious pair went
into the country to small house belonging
to Nine. Vile. On the way Marino spoke OF
the probable consequences of numbering his
wife, exhibiting some fear on this head. The
lady, however, endeavored to reassure him by
declaring that to her knowledge murder was
not always found out-that, notably, the
widows Salvage and Gabriel had disposed of
their husbands in that way and had never
been the worse for it.. At this Marino seemed
to take heart, and no more was said. Next
day Joye went to Nine Ville's house, taking
with him powder and herbs-arseniOus acid
and belladonna. He gave Marino some OF
each, only stipulating that Marino should not
make use of them in Marseilles itself. To this
condition the mason readily assented, explain
ing that as he was shortly going with his wife
to her native village, he could do the business
conveniently there. But instead of leaving
Marseilles he went straight to the police Office
and denounced Salvage and Gabriel as vel
as his mistress and her accomplices, Lamberte
and Joye.
Madame Vile, who is described as by NJ
means a handsome woman, forty years old
was the wife of man who had risen from the
position of common weaver; he had accu-
mulated moderate foetune in trade and re
tired from business. Madame Vile herself deal
in porcelain ware. For many years she haC
lived quietly with her husband, but some
months before these terrible events happened
she fell in love with MarinO, man much in
ferior to her in position. She appears to hav'
had some suspicion that his affection wa
purely of mercenary kind, and il
order to find out whether it was 80 or not
she applied to Fanny Lamberte, in her capa
city of fortune-teller. Lsmberte, following the
usual practice of her tribe, tells MADAME
Vile what she thinks will be agreeable to her
affirming that according to the cards MArin