The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02
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but the postmaster having refused to
deliver them tonneZI bad returned
to Paris. I found her .hnsbandawait-
ing 1T the station ana he told me to
getrrnl instantly to > Guebwillero and
get the $500 francs. I gave to, Gus
tase Kinck the power Of attorney
from his, father Iforgea this.powcr
Of attorney al, Lille, where + had
stopped to enable him to get the
monega ,3oToa NJ .
Gustare. Il il vent y t.0I aGsebwin-
II, But lie = could not g get 'thha tie money,
a as his fathers 4a esss signstpre thepower
Of, at oGneyy was n osswitnessede1'f re-
/ aiiyed att thee Hotel da iGhemin de
Fer odu b Nord the fletter by..which
Gastase nkinck uniformed, father
of hisrinebilits tot get chez oreys.at
Gaebwillef. sThSd awa1rifAttt9a IL Gus
taAe Kinck,,iihh his fatbeers' name name, not
itoF come to Paris ,aniiI be had rsaeiv-
ca Sl,i th,s 5,5C{gl fya4p But he otele-
grap lassdd mr e, thinking pllS he talsgraphed
bis iss. lfaa tthsEs the 18th efaSaptember to-.
announce 1hisiarlnval the nexslday
n hwep. tonset him fats tho railway
sstationt Itiwasu9 :Sga p.M.a theIl7th
of Septeinber.i4H eeold a4ae he had
been unable TO get the $500 francs at
'Guebwiller.q I Informed him was
going u take him t. his father lh,sga@ We
took took the o alr fl f. Tillette, and
we y went t.iqq nn foot to IPsasnatial When
/ qsi reaesh hss a solitary BOT, the
J fse ll then o:l0sRo A.-+we
walked usids bysssidesihIat took out a
table knife which I had bought the
daysbefore, iandsE dealtE GuAave IL
blow inithe back. He did not scream
onee;abut felt on HIS face, ana didhot
move II Tgave Him rs .seSv Vel 6other
81 bIcy and 4 "a. DO not reme gre to
have si5 Gone e So it vas doubtless tie to
Pr prevent Eie Il hi amf fgop ,bein being recognized.
I de not even remember where I left
my knife. bIoafterwardsI heard it re-
NAMED sticking ain Gnstave Kinck's
throat IiI had before this bought a
shovel and pickax, and had hid them
hard by nundera ground! 4 dug
grave with tke,ni,e and 'paaeedI Gudstaave
Kinckis corpse sihn3a ii,i,aa f4tet Ia having
first rse taken Watch, papers ape is and the
four Of FIVE e francs in in small change be
bad + a ii i, bis apoeketF i barred onear
hin hip # the YeP shoYsl and ipiakaxeuI had
" used. u ii Before y IT, eamaedsi GnstaSe
,Kinek TO Pantin Lyent with hint to
the Hotelo duG Gheminude1 Fer du
.Nord, where Imade him write to his
motherosto oanno ounce his arrival TO
her, ana to tel hefrton cofhea to'Paris
with the other children. 1oiies nf IS
ID Madame Khcg arssaRchs pa .l.fs With
her children The 18th of September,
about 10 Pm. Imet hefsat toe rail
way station and toldrher T was going
to escort herotb herIhusband. 1--WE
took q. hack bto; Les.yQ aa tre, Chenif.
| urged her tolgst eutCand leave the
children in the hack, SAYING hex bus
band might wish to retprn, t., Paris,
and that, We would not take the, chil-
|dren; But TIE Two Youngest insisted
upon going With at6eeir Mother, and
we started all together, in the path
across TIE fields. :, Madame Kinck
walked foremost With her little dang-
ter in her arms ana 1ittle S6a w.alE-
ing by herosidel aWheA weshad gone
some sdistances from othedhaek, ~
plunged theitable knife with which,I
was armed, into her back. sISheadid
not cry-in the Least. L do not re-
member whether she fell instantly
ALI remamberlis Lastrdck her re-
peatedlyo but more 4 cannot say.dPI
also struck the children, the little
girl first. and then the little boy;
neither of them gave cry I then
went q at once for the Three other
children r left In the carriage en-
|TDBefore reaehing the spot where the
corpses lay, umade tlieehildren Stop,
and rthendroughtthens forward one
by one.oiI made, the first one put on
silk handkerchief around his neck,
under some pretsxtsr-and when we
got near his mothers corpsetI stran-
gled him with this fhand1erchief.--.
The child gave, no cry3o ]. wentrfor
the second, r and afterwards for the
third, in the same way, and success
lively strangled each in the, same
manner. THEY fell without uttering
sound. 1t Vas only after the death
of these three children I struck them;
with pickaxe to disGgure them~,I
do not remember whether 7 struck
the mother and two children in the
same way IaAdid not search their
pockets, but instantly dug, with a.
second shovel -andsa second pickaxe,
which I had Bought and secreted be-,
ferelaand IN the field, a,'grave, in
which l placed the six -eorpses. I
| was about 4 O'Clock E. ", when I fin