Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-18

The sergeant In charge Of the Twentieth
| precinct ,0tatlen-house did not detaln the
man Michael Powers, who was the only wit
ness OF the fatal act. Powers himself visited
| the station house aud made the charge Of
| murder against Sheridan, but from some In
applicable negligence he was allowed TO
leave, and has not Elnca bean soen In the
| neighborhood. The allowing tho only wit
noss against q murderer 10 remain at large
Il At least q questionable act, and might
very easily defeat the ends Of Justice. Cap
tain Gallery Or his sergeant, whoever may be
TO blame, were certainly lax In the discharge
| Of their dutles when they-falled 10 ldetain
the only man Who can give any particulars
\ as 70 this Apparently cold-bloodcd murder
N.rf. Hfrdid. ss $50 d y..as "
Another raEIpiaa TraEedy-A Hor-
D ribie !" An'AiFe' In tho CITY OF
| Murders "A Lady Bufehsred BY
Her Foesman--TerribIs Details.
0diiOnnii'S ASsssn1sr Of Saturday evening
gives tho following account OF a yery shock
Ing murder which look place In Paris on the
previous evening" .f- ..l I.
"a fcarfui tragedy occurred yesterday
evening In the Rus dn Fnubourg 81. Houore,
n lady named Bombat, residing at No. So,
having been murdered BY her footrnap, who
also dangerously wounded the ladJ'b maid
alteration with his mistressj and when, at
about 0 O'Clock In thu evening, she ordered
him TO a0rye the dinner, he rushed at her
with . knife and out her throat, Killing her
on the spot. Tho two female servants came
TO the assistance OF their mistress, and In
the struggle which onsued one was cut so
severely that her life ID despdired OF. The
murderer, who IL Belgian by birth, ana Is
believed to hayo been at the moment In a
state oflntoxieatloD, was eventually secured
by an upholsterer living In the house, and
was given into custody ofthe police. A ter
Tiblo detail IN connection with this crime Is
that the husband Of Mime. Lombart Is str.ck-
en- with paralysis, and Jaw his wife muir
darcd before him, without being able to
afford her asslstanco.2 z iEgr 3fTh7agl
THE sckSn or TIVE HUlsDHR.s rsr
Our Paris correspondent, writing on Sat-
urday evening, gives the subjolned account
OF the oecufrence The fashionable quarter
OF the Faubourg 81. Honors was thrown
into a state of CONSERVATION hast night BY
tho news that q lady had been murdered in
her own house by her footman, and that the
assasain had badly wounded two servants.
The story was but too true. Madame Lom-
bart, the wife OF a former French Consul
General In India, residing at No. IS Rue du
Faubourg 81. Honore, was killed by her ser.
yant In her husband's prusenpe, he being
paralytlc and unable to help her Thu man
bArps service about six months. Ask
o'clock, jnst As dinner was hbout 10 DO
served, the servant, whose name IL Fran.
coils, came into the bedroom where Madame
Lombart was RtteBdlnRto her husband, who
for years has been compelled topass his
days In an armchair. ..HE Egf VI L977H
now THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED.
An alteration took place between the
mistress and the footman, and the latter,
who was drunk, went out to- the dining
room and returned with a carving. kuife,
with which he very nearly cut of Madame
Lombarps head. The husband, unable to
sur rrvuI his ehair. saw his wife murdered
almost wlthln arms length Of him. When
she was quite dead, Francois rushed 70 the
kitchen, where he found tile cook and a
little boy from the porter's lodge below
stairs. Their Bcrehma brought 20 the kpot
the porter's wife and the cook OF the WIS.,
countess de FitEJames, o LADY living In the
same house, The latter woman attempted
10 dlsArm Francois, but he disabled hereby
The coneeirge then fed with her son, and
thersupou the man struck with the knife at
his fellow-seryant. she, instlnctiVely put.
ting her hands TO protect her head, re-
coived terrible wound on her Wrist, the
hand being nearly. cut of. Tha neighbors
speedily called y tho police. and the as
eaasln We9 hrrestod.sI..E rs 200 IEtUE
rr DESCRIPTION or THE NORTHUMBERLAND
srL gI1 TIruw 90 HABITS. Cd THuHT sff
The following additional particulars are
derived from the French papers. The mhr-
derer Is O tall, strongly built young man Of
very gloomy disposition, which, It may be
assumed, was In no way frightened BY his
habhunl Indulgence In Absinthe. He had
been drinking that strangely Intoxicating
liquor on Friday, and about O'Clock 10 the
afternoon had an alteration with his fellow.
servant, the, cook fellpie, with whom II
would appear he was not ION very good
terms, swell, Felicle, h, said ho, fare you
satisfied with mel DO you think 1 have
been drlnkingp "Why do yoh ask me
Such q question ~ Felicia replied I: SYou
are pot IN my service, and i have no right
% DO. Satiaded or diSsatIsasd with Tos.o
t'yery well, he auSwered as no left1 the
kltsbeDy II Ahah 60 and Rsk madame II she
10 sAtlsnod With mepg And he went to the
room of hlA miatIesa, where the shocking
Tragedy already described took place. 1f
ron MS Own ACCOUNT OF THn oRnn.d %
The murderer's own account ofthe crime,
when taken before the CommiaHaTJ Of Po-
lice, Was 70 the following effects Il l. IagH
~ went into the kitchen and got large
eAryipg-knlfe, Having Lit the lamp, IpFo-
eeeded to the ldrawing-rOom, whore found
hRdamo Lombard working Mt some tapes-
tTyH 'Are you eatlahedIIith me y aAkodI.
DO you think have been drinlIiDg your
WlneF Ny mlAtrass replied, gently, Come,
come, Francois, what arc you talking ab0dti
want,'I then TuAhed on her, and aflerna
desperate struggle succeeded In cutting hsr
throat" When asked the motive OF his
crime he replied, 5'tMJ mistress said / had
stolenn bottle Of vino, and IhRty l vas
drunk. IIoould not ia such thing DO said
about me, and therefore / cut her throat.
A. fer Che cool, !, sbe was In league with my
mistress g Say,i was thief and Hhe. also
Amer. he had cut the throat of Lis Mistress
he Tetuped 70 the kitchen, dhshing like
maniac into tho room, u with An open hnlfe
In his hand, and rushed upon Fellcle. She
had been somewhat frightened by his pecu-
iiar manner pToylously, aud had sent for
little boy, the con Of the concierge, 20 come
and stay With her, lThs piercing cries And
screams Of the woman and child soon
alarmed The house, and ths aral persoh to
arriYo waAR Yonng EDgllshwomap1 named
Mary Marks, q cook 10 the serylce,Of . lady
living on apotheg, floor. Dol Francois upon EN-
tsrlng the Kitchen, bad locked the door DO.
bind hiu., MARI Marks forced the door,
however, And entered the room. The mar
deTer nj anoe laft FelIels, set upon the new
conner, IRAd Ipnlctsd several very serious In
jpries upon her with, the knife. THERE'S
some doubt Wheeler she will TocoFSr. Fe-
llcle also received severe cut In the hand,
but her condition Il not considered serious.
Y was Al this point that the murderer rushed
rom the room, II Before he yeould reach the
street he MAS arrested X "A stated, asa Fe-
lEted Ike A maniac Ia 'tha struggles above
isscrlbed, he became quite calm and col
lected upon arriving AZ the pOllce-AtatiOn,
and asked for, water TO wAAh his hands,
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