Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

Cl tuiueu TOuuu SNORT DenU the
water was lost from sight, and the
earth had opened, we imagined, to
gulp us down. The illusion is dis
river and dashing through a success
sion of breakers, we deboucE into a
beautiful valley. w. II. POWELL.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY INFRANCE.
A Woman Shoots Her Rival Sister, Two
self.
One of the most fearful crimes
which has ever Oeen committed in
the South of France, took place on
the 9Th ult., at Marseilles. The
following particulars of the affair
are taken from the local papers
About half-past five O'Clock yes
terday morning, as the workmeE of
the building yard known as the Pha-
! ro were proceeding to work, ter
rlble scene was enacted in a hotel res
taurant, kept by NJ. Bonnefoy. Five
| pistol shots were heard in succession.
and Immediately after the attention
of the men was directed to the spot
| by cries of ''Help !" and "Murder ~
The house was entirely barricaded,
and all the keys had been hidden in
| order To prevent any one from put
ting a stop to The execution of the
crime A few courageous men soon
) broke in the door of the restaurant,
while some Others got in by window
on the first floor, which had been
opened by NJ. Bonnefoy Here is
what had taken place a few mo-
ments before At about the honr
above mentioned, Madame Donnefoy
had risen as usual, and descended
| INTO the kitchen to make the coffee.
But instead of lighting the fire she
went into the shop, where, with her
back against the door and a six bar
relied revolver in her hand, she wait
ed till the rest of the family came
down stairs. The first person who
| presented herself was her sister An
nette, against whom she had lately
conceived violent hatred, in conse-
quence of some attention paid her by
| one of the customers of the house,
who, it turns out, was Madame Bon
neyfoy's lover. She had no sooner
descended the last staircase than
Madame Bcnnefoy sent bullet in
to her breast. Without stopping to
look at her victim, the murderess
bounded upstairs.i into the room where
her own three children were sleep
ing. She first approached the cradle
of the youngest, a boy of five years
She bent down, put the pistol to his
hrart, and fired. The noise of the
fire Immediately aroused the other
two children, whose bed was by the
side of the cradle. She again cooked
her weapon.
Mother, mother" murmured the
elder, "what are you doing ?r
'Do not be afraid" replied the
wretched woman, 'you have moth
ing to fear, all the money will be for
YOU"
"And placing the revolver near
the other child's heart she fired, tel
ling the elder child to be off.
1.-The boy went down stairs tremb-
ling. The mother followed. On
reaching the shop the woman took
another staircase leading to the bed
room of her husband. Mr.. Bonne-
foy, aroused by the pistol-shots and
shrieks of his sister-in-law Annette,
had put on his clothes and W as about
to descend, when he met his wife.
Without saying word, she raised
the revolver and fired, sending a
bullet into his.stomach.
Having finished her butchery,
VIC III uiueIcSS no" ueUerm1Qeu To
shoot herself. She had already re-
cooked the revolver, and was hold
ing it towards her head, when her
boy ran into the room, crying,
"Mother-eh, mother, what are
you going to do ?"
"Hold your tongue, will you,' was
her reply i have spared you, and
you will be rich
Placing her finger on the trigger,
she fired, and lodged q bullet in her
OWL head and fell insensible on the
ground. Medical assistance was
soon at hand, and the victims forth
with taken to the hospital. Strange
to say, none of them were killed, al
though all are seriously wounded.
Operations was Immediately per-
formed tC extract the bullets, but in
the eases of the youngest child and
the father the doctors have not vet
succeeded, and it is feared that they
cannot live long. The wretched
author OF the tragedy is the least in
danger. The motives which led to
the crime appears to be partly jeal-
ousy and partly remorse. Madame
Bonnefoy has for a long time past
led very irregular life. Frequent
dissenSions in the family We're the
consequence, and the girl Annette
always sided with the husband. A
day or two before the crime a quar-
rel had taken place in the restaurant
between the customers above alluded
to and NJ. Bonnefoy, at which Mad
anne Bonnefoy was present. 1t was
noticed that the woman was touched
with remorse at her guilty conduct,
and, from letters which she wrote
during the night, it appears she
thereupol3 determined to make a
holocaust of the whole family, ia-
Guiding her lover. Why she spar
ed the child may he easily eonjec-
tured.n