New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-25
FOREIGN NETS BY MAIL.
TRIAL or A PRIEST IN FRANCE FOR MURDER.
The Paris correspondent Of The Ddiy Neps

IKlAlg VI a lhlfNl IN MANU- i'iA hiFiNi'i'iN
The Paris correspondent Of The Day Netos
dondonl writing on the 18th, gives the following ac
count Of a remarkable murder trial:
The Assze Court of AK has been occupied yesterday
and to-day with the trial ~ woman accused having
ntscred her husband the sexton and belruEr OF BauN
n small parish IN The reimbursement Of ArIc. between
Avguon and Tarascon ara ol ne cure OF IN, id lAisn
The affair eNctcs the greatest Interest ana TIE Couri Is
crowded To su1ucdOn, while numerous gtoip, are out
side nnxiousy awaiting scrap, Of uo"s RON %lih Eat
there being priest the case ana some OF W. evidence
being expected TO be Of rii.ui3iy i,totins shAr
acter the presiding Judge made decree ti no report
should be published In the newspaper leyond NE
re d'GcrusnfiOn and the verdict aud sentence Inc IN
dictment alleges that on the lVth 81 i,'tualp i
Toupay "A cOckmaker md the bciiTingef OF bhuA dltu
after short illness Strange rumOTs circuaitd ~ To
the OF his death ana the heghhoIs nAoE,d mat
his wife and the cure had pul-out nm. AloIihc iu-
breI the widow OF the man whose death IL tho subject
81 inquiry, L. woman Z" Ho.oi '',eS 49, .
shortly after leaving the saint LOUIS HOspct ~ ANghon,
where she brought up, hhc had cld Al th' age oi
II. and for many years allerM"it NnS 4 i'nho W lHo
lie hrOthes In AyguOn ana Arcs Later tbe MtI' To
service, ana ultimately ihaIHsL 1870 a. ~
made small change IN her Ola htOhn. ait hotVi''urA
had adutcrOus connection WIN an h' Ahhh hAI''h
rOgnard; aud her husband man OF fable disposition
and inclined 10 idenets not ouiy toteuHe1 lIIesH"I4
ties hut rather encouraged them e. "a means Of
of 1868 the woman iOuIy etuu'nJ ut'tltyh
Crognard, aud ast1nished everybody 10y regularly
going 10 church Public astonsAmcnt took another
direction when II found mat she became ne hosekeerr
OF Father DOnIs the cure Tho uuicccutb al the prs
ouer DiOnis very bad. Ever since las has been In
holy orders complaints ot coarse ana cyhca language
have been frequent aud his bishops have marked Their
of his misconduct bl lflIl IfiIuhtlN from ono
parish 20 another Al BauN ne soon hDhe hlH'eH re-
marked the impudent CentlOasucss OF ms COuVer-a
ton and decent families ahstlued - FAR as they could
from any intercourse WIN MN some OF ~ phIIshl"eIS'
however, thought IL right 10 tell lin tHt Tho woman
Tougay passed for his mistress; ana tu them be replied
81 ike such women a. ehri We ItluehuS go
down our knees IN prayer together. ! have
Lord himself kept company WIN hNIotsT rus
explanation Of the relations between himself ana
Archbishop OF A,IgnOu about the -CaudI; and In CON
sequence Of Remembrance from his ga,e be dismissed
cudesncy, and her visits 10 the parsonage being re.
ported tho Archbishop, the cure Don- was, Oh Jahu.
AIRY 90 1862 transferred 70 another padah al ~ Antonn
ana the Ycar.GeneH ordered him 20 proceed 10 his new
cure immediately He however DELAYED his departure.
and on February the day before the dcthof lougay he
went 10 house IN the neIghbOrhOud Of BauN, which he
had hired Professionally. On March - more than
huned Eu!nent chemists and physicians OF the faculty
Of Montpelier examined his ontrls aid reported that
yljIiO The woman TOugay was then arrested. on her
second intcrogatory She made fun confession She
said that after DOni, account OF the town talk. had
been obliged To send her away from h, house. she con
tmucd TO see him secretly going through private door
room That the cure always did his be5 20 make Der
hate aud dcspsc her husband That when he found him
with hu II she could get her husbands permission In
writing and when she said that would lee impossible, he
lection that tins would DC crime, but hc overred
this scruplc by promising her good alsolutlo Then
nc Gained her fears by saying thai nothing WIS
more easy than 20 buy some rat poison from a
bring death gradually, without exciting any bus-
pciOn. Acting this advice, she purchased from one
gGOccT phOspbOc paste and some rat poison from
another she dissolved "A small quantity OF each OF the
poisons - cup Of very hot coffee, pntting plenty Of
sugar away the taste and 10 her husband
He ont OF doors about his business, but soon re-
turned vomiting and very i'll. The evening she had
secret interview with the cure, who recommended her
TO doctor and 10 ask for some medicine Tor her
husband but 10 take particular care that the doctor ala
not him. She got draft from the doctor but instead
Of administering II, put some more poison IN cup O
tsaue ana which her husband drank lie died the next
day The remnants ~ the two sorts OfpOsOn were found
In places Indicated by the prisoner Tougay.
The woman Tougqy appeared at the bar IN the plcur
csque Aries costume Is about 80 years OF age, aud
though pretty sOcW hat attractive DiOnls Is 81
years old.