The New York herald., 1870-01-20

and chain on September TO the Matchmaker, Du-
rand. the watch ana other effects oeonging to Gus
tave Kinck were found either aDouS his person or ~
hls room In the motel.
MADAME KINCK's LIFE TO BE TAKEN.
The second murder had been consummated. Tho
murderer had been unable 70 get hoid OF the ooool
which he ardently coveted, but nc had stili TO
plunder the woman VINO was about TO arrive, pro-
vlded with the papers OF Kinck the savings OF the
on the following DAY September IS, Traupmann
writes home TO hrs parents that MS business going
sUe 70 nad 90 csnsy on Moa
10th. The letter OF Gustave nad prouuced the
Desired enect. The woman Klnck, overcoming
under circnmstances which gave her great un.
easiness, dlsregarding the fatigue which her state
Of pregnancy entaled upon her anu, with one OF
her children just recovering from illness, rapidly
prepares for the journey, aud on the 18Th al noon
ngn giee at the prospect OF the trip before them.
Al the Lille terminus she nnds there Is tram start
ing before that winch she has been directed 70 taKe
she takes her place and arrives IN Paris several hours
before the appointed times she Immediately inquiries
her way to the hotel She asks after Jean Knck, n
told ne u out u requested TO rest little IN the par
or; she declines this invitation, whica would have
saved her. saying that she prefers returning TO the
station where her husband has appointed TO meet
her. She goes on with ali her children, leaving
merely parcel at the hotel, goes to the station and
waits there until the last train from Lille arrives.
THE MuRDERERS MOVEMENT
Meanwhile what was Traupmann d0in9f He has
been unable to account for The employment Of his
preparing instruments wherewith commit his last
crime The garden shovel ana hand pickaxe when
body OF Gustave are not equal to the daty OF killing
six human beings ana hiding their bOdies lraup.
mann therefore H purchases % = hardware dealer Of
and leaves them 1T tne shop notifying he Will call
for them at eight O'Clock.
Night having fallen ne does call for them, and gets
on the top OF an omnibus which leaves him close 70
the Quatre Chemlns. questioned a. TO these facts.
MS invarisoe answer that ne only acted under the
direction OF Klnck, Sr, who was waiting for Nun at
the Chemin Vert.
At ten minutes to eleven P. M, the driver OF an
open carriage, one Bard0t stationed before the ter
minus OF the Northern Railway, was hired by the
kincK and her children Traupmann bargains with
him to take tlIem to the gaze IN the fOrthcatiuDs
on the people inside talk merrly together ana dwell
on the pleasure OF soon seeing papa"
TALKING WITH THE KINcK CHILDREN.
Arrived at the Porte de Flandre, the cOachman Is
ordered go on, and agrees to do SO iOr an extra
fare. He Is told TO drive to the Quatre Chemns; he
loses MS way. Traupmann sets MIN right At last
the cab reaches lonely building by the roadside.
The coach ia stopped. The prisoner makes the
mother and the two Youngest % @ children @ ailght; ne
children to walt for him and that ne will soon be
BACK. He disappears with the mother ana the TWO
babies down Q path across the field.
Twenty minutes elapse. During that time the
c0achman chats with the children; they tell HIM
the first time tney have come to Paris; thas the
with them Ia, as 1t were, relative; that they are
waiting Tor their father and are all going back TO.
gether TO the Hotel du Cnemln de Fer du NOrJ.
The prisoner returns alone and says, my boys,
We stop here" pays the coachman and walks on
with the three little Fellows. 1t was then about
quarter to one A. "A. The coachman drove back TO
Paris He heard nothing. A nighs watcher IN the
manuactory close 70 waca tne partE gs, agased saIa
feeble cries OF "Mamma mammal which ceased
Immediately. That night, as on the previous one,
when Gustave was murdered, rraupmann did not
return the hotel Next morning ne returned there
alone; went out preclpJately, alter changing his
savg eveny ne Was az Rsye snc
were the revelations elcited by this investigation
when 1raupmann was given an opportunity OF max
gxpEnrs BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.
An investigation by experts had proved that All
the letters and signatures ascriDed TO Jean kinck
were In Iraupmann's own handwriting.
Traupmann, nevertheless, adhered to the line OF
defence he mad taken up, adding other Inventions,
which it would be too long and supernuous to men
ton. he even went 80 far as 70 aege that Jean
Kinck had gone with him 70 Lille TO slgn the power
stead OF gong to kOuDax to see his family he had
returned 10 Paris. lie also alleged that Jean Kinck
had initiated his (Traupmanns) handwriting.
The preliminary investigation was completed, not
outstanding the unsuccessful search IN the woods
os TN me noay oI INA.
complete preliminaries OF Traupmann's guilt
EQuIvOCArIONs OF THE ACCUSED.
The case was about to be sent to the assizes for
tral when on Inc 18TH Of November, understanding
that his accusations against his TWO first victims
merely increased the horror OF his crime, and wish
Ing prolopg the delay OF the preliminary proce
dnre, Traupmann requested leave to make an
He said he was the only culprit. He had induced
Jean KlncK 10 accompany him 70 the deserted en-
vlrons OF Watwiller on the pre:ext that he had
base coin. In the middle Of the wood he had hauded
70 him . fask OF wine, into which he had poured
knoS nans ~ e nanse Re sad
robbed Lns body and buried It on the hill.
be sS .s s sSs H ge the
have immediately started for America. But The
mnr1er he had committed had proved frultless IN
that respect. He mad then planned the journey and
the murder Of Gustave and his. mother in order to
net large sum. The murder OF all the children,
Sood % mot G as
with one blow Of KNIFE, but he had Afterwards
hacked away at the body to dishgure It. Az regards
the mother and the other children he described the
scene OF their death just as the medical men had
ferred it to have taken place from the postmortem
knife, ana then with the pickaxe, had been sum.
Gent He had also repeatedly struck the corpses 10
dnngure them. Silk handkerchiels, which he had
put beforehand round the chtldren's neckS had
enabled him to stIfe their cries. Notwithstanding
few details-obyiously invented, which he added-
It was evident that truth was at length found from
THE BODY OF KrNCK sR., FOUND
On Traupmann's indications 2 iurtner search
was made for the body OF KInck ST., and 1t was dir
covered IN the midst O the Forest close to the ruins
Of the old castle ol Herennug. The body was IN
death could not be exactly ascertamed but an analy
sis OF what was left OF the vlscera produced chemical
results " cn leu 70 tno inference tnat IraupfnAnnS
spoke the truth when ne stated that he had poisoned
klnck. 1t Is, moreover, established tnat he was
acquainted with the preparation Of prussic ACID and
he had often spoken OF It's deadly effects.
TEAUPMANN ALLEGES ACCOMPLICES.
Traupmann In this alleges that he had three ac-
compIces, to whose identity he gives no indlca-
tion out the letters IN which he makes these dis
bear evidence OF being mere fancy nara
tive, and It remained taken as almost proved tnat
he the sole pcrpetraior OF the elgnt murders.
TRAUPMANN on TRIAL.
1raupmann was placed on friai in Paris on the
2Sth OF December, 1859, on formal and SPECIFIC in
dictment, charging him IN eight counts OF murder
and four counts o. rODDery ana forgery.
Inc court room could accommodate only coo or
400 persons, yet the first day there were 5000
applicants lor seats, ana tne pressure was most
lnLense.
HIS COSTUME AT THB BAR.
Eacn day during me trial the prisoner was the
| last TO enter the room. A buzz ran through the
court as ne ordered In. His awful position called
out reverential leeing. prisoners usual gtlar0
consists Of three genaarnes In tins instance there
| were SIX.
Traupmann wore the suit OF clothes described IN
| the month OF Sepember-namely, Drown paetot
with white. Spots, waistcoat of srlKingy vulgar