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but he could not get the money as his fathers
signature to the power Of attorney was not

In
received at the Hotel du Chemin de Fer du
Nord the letter by which Gustave hinck IN IN
formed his father of his inability to get the
money at Guebwiller. had written to Gus
tave Kinck in his fathers name not TO come 10
Paris until he had received the 55OOf BuG ne
telegraphed me (thinking ne telesrapneM pannne m.e
father the 10th OF September, to announce
his arrival the next day. went to meet nun
| at the railway station. 1t was $3.50 r NJ, luh
| of September. He told me ne haa 9eeii ul
able to get the 5500(. ut Guebwlllcr. iiiatt
ed him was going to take nun 10 MS lushci. ':i
We took the omnibus to La Nlllclte, anu we
| went on foot to Pantin. When we reacned Il
solitary part of tie fields lit was then lo:3o +.
n \ we walked side by side. TOOK out q
tobje.knite, which had bought the day be-
fore. and / dealt Gnstavc q blow in the back.
| He did not scream once, but 1ell on.
his face and did not move. II gave MN
several other blows (and do not remember TO
have done SOY it was doubtless to prevent him
from being recognized. do not even remem,
Der where left my knife. l afterwards heard
It remained sticking in Gustave kinck's throat.
I had before this bought shovel anu PICK
axe, and had hid them hard by under ground.
dug grave with them, and placed GustaVe
Kinck's corpse in it. after having arsI !ahen
his watch, papers, and the four or hVe francs
in small change he had in his pockets; !
buried near him the shovel and pick-aXe had
used. Before carried Grlstaye kinck to Pan
tin went with him to the Hotel du Chemin
de Fer du Nord, where made MN write 10
his mother to announce his arrival 10 ner' anu
tell her TO come to Paris with the other
children.
MaE. K1ScK AND HER FIVE cIIILpREN's AssAs-
sINATION.
Nine. Kinck reached Paris with her chill
dren the 18th September, about 10 7. N.
met her at the railway station and told her
was going to escort her to her husband. we
took a hack to Les Quatre Chcmins. en-
raaSd her to get ont and leave the chlldren In
the hack saying her husband mlSht Wlsnto
return to Paris, and that we would not take the
children: but the two youngest Insisted upon
going with their mother, and we started altO-
Sether in path across the fields. Nine. kinck
walked foremost, with her little daughter IN
her arms and her little son walking by her side
When we had gone some distance from the
hack plunged the table knife with whlcn
was armed into her back. She did not cry IN
| the least do not remember whether she fell
instantly. All remember is l struck her re-
peatedly, but more cannot say. also struck
The children, the little girl first, and then the
| little boy; neither ofthem gave cry. Linen
went at once for the three other chllden lett
| in the carriage Before reaching the spot
| where the corpses lay made the children stop,
| and then l brohght them forward one by
one. made the first one put silk handker-
chief around his neck under some prcteXt.
and when we got near his mothers corpse
strangled him with this handkerchief. The
| child cave no CRY. went for the second, and
afterwards for the third in the same way, and
sucoSssively strangled each in the same man
neS They fell without utterins sound. II
was only after the death of these three chill
drcn struck them with the plck-aX to disi9-
IRE them. / do not remember whether
| struck the mother and two other children III
the same way did not search their pock-
cts, but instantly dug with u second shovei
and second pick-aX which had bought and
hidden beforehand in the field. grave, in
which placed the six corpscs. 1t was about
1 A. NJ when ended covering them up.
killed Jean kinck to get possession OF the
money he told me he had at his bankers. and
which would be paid on presentation of his
check. ! intended 10 forge his name TO Il
check for this amount. After l had asSasa!-
mated Jean Kinck was under necessity, so to
say, to kill all the members of his family. for
every one of them knew Jean knck had gone
to Alsace witlfale.
TRAUPMANN RETRicTs HIS CONFESSION.
Traupmann, during the trial, retracted this
confession. He pretended he went with Jean
Kinck to Alsacc to counterfeit money, and
that his accompnccs killed Jean Kinck and the
other members of the family. A short extract
from the examination will place in clear
light the whole system of defence
Judge. You went to Sontz with jean kfhck.
What, then. did you do with your luggage?
Traupmann. kiuck left 1t at the omnibus Of
| fee, and then we went to breakfast w1tli-l
don't remember whom.
Judge. You breakfastcd with baker who
distinctly recognized you, and saw both of yoli
90 towards Cernay. Did you not stop at Wat
tawiller
Traupmann Yes, at the Hotel du Cheval
Blanc, where we took bottle of wine. We
then together went towards Herinfiuct. after
| meeting the three persons of whom l had
spoken to Jean knck We continued to push
drink. One of my accomplices gave him the
bottle. He drank and fell dead.
| Judge. Who procured the poison
TraHpmann. I made the prussic acid.
Judge. Who killed Jean kinck?
Traupmann. One Of my accOmplices.
Judge. You are now entering upon new
system. Explain yourself.
Traupmann. The 18th August last saw
three robbers climbing over wall. At my
approach they fled. / recognized the young
est of them, and wrote to him the next day.
He came to me and begged me not to de-
nounce him. l have remained since that
epoch in relations with him and his two ac-
completes.
TIE HACK DRIVERS EXAMINATION.
Claude BaruOl, QrlFeT vi llach No. 9luS, WIS
introduced amid buzz of curiosity. 1t was
he who carried the unhappy family to their
doom:
| The 18th September, at 1850 P. NJ, took
the prisoner ut the railway station TO carry him
to the Porte de Flandre; he got into the carriage
with lady and five children; when we reached
Porte dc Flandre he paid me the price for the
lob, three francs, and asked me to drive them
to Les Quatre Chemins; there he left the three
children in the carriage; and in twenty or
twenty-five minutes came back for them.
Judge. Is yours an open carriage?
| Witness. Yes. The lady occupied the back
seat. two Of her children were by her side, and
the the little girl was in her lap. The prisoner
and the two boys were on the front seat.
Judge. They all seven were together and
talking-about what?
| Witness. did not hear what they said.
Judge. The prisoner was talking to that un-
happy family of tho beauties of Paris, while he
was carrying them to death? Go on.
Witness. When we reached Les Quatrc Che
Minis he got out Of the carriage with the lady,
who held the youngest children by the hand.
They lett me with three others and walked
straight away.
Judge. Did you hear nothing?
| Witness. No-'twas windy night. merely
asked the children why they stopped there.
They replied that they did not know. While
talking with them they told Inc Two persons
| were to have come to the station 10 meet