The New York herald., 1870-04-11
FRiGHTFUL CRIMES.
A Belgian TraUpinaBn-,rrial Of Dess0us. ie-
MOnsiicr--ifivs Murders, Robberies and
FOrGcYies--Thc Pris0ner--The indictment.


Forgcvies-The Prisoner--1'he indictment.
Mons March 2p correspondence OF London stand,
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rso conT Or ssEA5 HaTgT A
tier present striking analogy with those recently
committed by Tranpmann. The disc overy OF the
pantn 6utcnery nus peen colmcdent WIN tnat q the
tiers house; in both cases the victims were p"~ -
roas; me infern.. suruy thai had Tod .aupmanns
pc%Hclaa Land seemed to he inspired tie assas-
The last lew d. there has been no question here
t out oi lie Moustier's trial. The town isq quite
sas.. ate Ihe court Is closely packed. On q table
andng before the judges are placed the pieces dc
conrsctt0n, among which are several bottles found
in the prisoners houses; a nagon, with contents
wen nave @ 'cem sno ega S
pietey t0rn tue boards Of Old Harvez's coffin, the
inner sides Of which also bear traces OF arsenic
The court is presided over 10y M. Sanchez d'Aquiar,
counclllar Of the Royal Court OF Brussels. lie is
assisted by the President and Vice President OF the
Tribunal OF First Instance OF Mons. NJ. de Baray
Procurcur General is the public prosecutor. The
prisoner Is defended 10y Maitre Defuisseaux barris-
ter al Mons, and Maitre Huysmans, Of the Brussels
bar.
THE CRIMJNAL.
DessOus.le- Moustler Is thirty years OF age; his
stature IL short: his face does not reflect any per-
verse tendency: energy Is the dominant expression
OF III his features are rather regular, ana, on the
and calm; ms forenead betoEens q certain amount
OF intellect Hc wears far mistache and his hair
Ia naturally cnrled. lie is dressed In black frock
TIE INDICTMENT.
After the Jury had been empanclied and sworn
the recorder read the Indictment Of which tue fol-
lowing Is full summary
The three brothers, Tnrion, Gusave Echoas and Peter
Joseph residing In the Belgian Luxembug, partners
and trsng In cattle and dealt mostly with the Bornsge.
When they visited Mons they lodged at the inn Of sape
were 18th OF March, 1885, aud they left
Nicholas went TO the Borinage to collect due
them 0usavc went TO Overboelnero near Gramulont,
the ersnd, ard PecrJoseph returned to Bery, in
that me Pe,eroscph came back to Mons on the LIST of
April with cattle and stopped at Loseau's
tin the third, when he left. lie. too misscd after
that The du Roi Informed In June,
1865 o the disappearance OF the brothers Thron Searches
and Inquiries Instituted in parish of bs district
but all In vai Then he wrote TO all his colleagues through
Belgium and also Of The frontier districts OF France Holland
ana Germany The police Of those countries applied
10, but proved OF avail In fact, Dessouse Moustier
had murdered them at Hofn aud buried them in tho yard Of
he house The corses OF Peter Joseph and Gustaye
discovered in an old we'll that Dessous le eMoustier
OF Peter Joseph wa. found AZ depth OF three
yards that OF GustRve at depth of
As 10 Nicholas his corpse found in hole yard
fold Nicholas lying the lef, Side with large
pressing his heads indeed the head
from the body at the moment of the jsntermen The spot
where the prisoner had dug that hole occupied
door bearing against the sheepfold's wall.
Ise%Sprs s2% snrosl isss in hs sessaS osS' rcs
ment Of Light Horse in 1862 the court martial Of
servude for having stolen watch. The expiration
his sonteuce he took service with several
iu 1856 Florence daughter of John Baptist Hayiez In
January, 1865 Mouser who Then little farm
OF his Hornu, bought from the brohers Thrion 100
sheep fcrs1 $50 francs But they doubted hs sovency
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