The New York herald., 1871-09-04
The Life Prisoners.

Urbain and Trinquet are the only PRISONERS sen-
fenced TO Imprisonment for life. in the triai OIL
Urban the chief witness for the defence was
Nine. Leroy the prisoners acknowledged mis-
tress. Had she been his vile the Court could |
not have taken her testimony; but as she
merely .Iived witnn Urban there was no
legal objection to her giving evidence for her
lover. And very excellent witness the lady
Quietly and in excellent taste, not saving word
TOO much nor yet leaving out anything .i Of nm im,
audience by surprise ana certainly left an i'm
pression on the minds OF both that the ugly, |
black as the other evidence had painted him.
THIS Madame Leroy, who Is still detained as |
prisoner, VIII, unless am much mistaken, some |
day or otner turn ont very notable character; she
has IN her all the qualities that, IN france, would
during the Commune the mistress OF the sefelected
May OF the Seventh ACCOMPLISHMENT seems TO have
acted as sort OF poca eaeef rr ~ !s ,hs a%
OF what IN It's normal state Is the most arstocrac
part o. PARIS, containing as u does the iegiumlst
URBAIN's HISTORY.
Raoul Urbain thirty.four years, chez d,Instftu.
,oa IS man Of higher ssamp who n%,S6 TOOK
Tor mis- advocacy OF the shooting OF
led by the versaillals. He was also constant
hGttae Of the clubs, and belonged TO an early
before thai Of now historic name was born; became
an active member OF the Committee OF Vigilance
under the Commune, and was malre-wiln ms
!
0ssement
Alexandra Louis Trnquet is, perhaps, the purest
type OF any beside MN OF the Parls Communist
and agiator OF an inferior order 10 those tnose
ocre appearance, intelligent but OF one 'laea
IN poliucs, the worshipper OF Gamoeta IN his palmy
ne IS now, out OF the range Of popular intimate
VISION, the ardent follower and admirer OF genius
that nature must have predes,lned for Paris,
10 be fashioned INTO street ana cafe polltiolan,
To him, ike so many others Of his class street
ngntng the tearing up of pavemenIs and tne
blocking up every avenue against the ieSitinaie male
OF the porcupine. Beng interrogated ny the Pre-
sident, he repneu:-
have been occupied politics before the insurecon; in
1859 condemned siI months for
Ing vys la Eepasque and ,o. carving sors.3nr rsvSvsr
was made eSumsndan, Of battalion in the National
assisted al sne aac 'Ya approved prov Of the formation
a. ,a, ' n as as e s,a hs
Genetae delegates OF marss we had 5u right to make
priest
II ss s osaa sansshs' s
was necessary TO search for arms and provisions
sna r s 20
No nd 1S
would voted the destruciiOn Of The column but not
e1esaon is se 1s' r~ensh
Upon The be was sSo, the cour, we performed
n e rAEsiprST-i though. marriages aeolished3
TSIN9uIraNS' at all The m,Sney ,ssy found on me
II. ie FRE5inTST 70 Jourde- the members deny
the Ss say ySS ss s.vs .ls os see
whom PAID twen,yeigh. received IT, which have put in
PrSquet % rein.IfosatsdM named member Of the
s one s e en SsrceS with Sas now
would been killed than remain TO witness !be
ss.es t hey have fought ssa wished 10
tight by arms but not to use ire bo' am Guy o assas
snstops
ASST Bllioray Chanty, Rcgere Grousset, Yer.
dure and Ferrat were sentenced TO deportation and
confinement In q fortress.
Asst is decidedly handsome, and in his answers
showed seicommand and ability. The atttude
Of his head s manly and dlgnined. His ges-
lures are varied and animated whenever there
is occasion for animation. II Is pity that
his utterance is not more distinct and that he does
not better cOnceai MS efforts to attitudinize.
Assi's mother was standing opposite 10 HIM during
his inte Trogatory. She signaed 10 him two or
three times her satisfaction at his demeanor.
Though she was dressed in the deepest mourning
she did not seem In any way cast down. On the
contr airy, she comported herself like Spartan
mother and smiled encouragement 10 her son not
to show ,he white feather. She gave an English
% ..Poor '1S boy ~ " she sad, "he is splendid WORK.
man and an honest patriot. II had only known
cesperate ate eiIort 10 give him little education.
Whatever he knows, he picked up, can't tell how,
for he was apprepSed az the aye o. eeven @ and ne
mans estate to read much.n ASST, IL appears, s
an exceptionally skiful mechanic in Italy he
earned seventeen francs day, and his lodgings
were provided by his employer. To zee him IN the
oock one would never think that nineteen years Of
his life were passed IN Jorge
ASsI's HISTORY.
Aoolpne Aphonse Asst aged thirty mechanician.
comes first In Alphabetical order, as he is also per-
hans first in strength OF UluQ anu importance. A
mere working engineer at CreuZot, he first came
into notice as a leader Of strikes though he ad-
miis oelng guilty OF partaking in only one, the
object OF which was simply hnanciai. La July and
August last year he was IN trouble, respecting
but acquitted. Seeking employment, then, and
beng unable 10 find II, owing TO his reputation as
an agrtator, he set about planning secret military
objects at Paris for livelihood. In anticipation Of
the siege OF Paris The Attn September had just
became oficer OF free guerilla corps or the Isle
OF France. Needy in pocket and ambitious by
than glory on the fields outside Paris, and became
a member OF the Comlte Central which was then
a member of the lnternstionale OF this CON-
mittee he soon became prominent member, was
MOI Mopimsrre and ADVOCATE Of the right OF the
| Garde National TO keep the cannon in their own
possession: became commander OF the the 1921 bat
| ianon on the l7th March; and on the 18th March
found himself governor OF the Hotel de vnle-at
the absolute head, for the % moment, Of the most
an elected member OF the Commune; and though
! he eventually lost the confidence OF his coadjutors
| and was imprisoned on parole, he eventually
| turned 10 service, and was superintendent OF the
manufacture Of The munitions OF war up TO the end
or the Commune reign.
BILLI0RAY.
On Friday, when Buoray was under trial, one
OF the witnesses for the deience-a respectable.
looking elderly man, OF the small sh0p-keeper
cass-was called INTO court. Before he took the
oath TO speak the truth the President put The
usual question to hm:-"Are you related
to OF connected with the prisonerY, "No,"
was the answer 1.-THE prisoner Is no relation
necton Of mlne, but he Is the father OF my grand
; Children" "fhen," said the President, ''he must
be your son-in-aw." "No," replied the Wit
ness, 'he is not my son-in-aw, but he lives
with my daughter" And the avowal made
with not the least shame, as much as a matter
OF course as II the speaker, respectable middle.
class man, merely named an everyday common
occurrence which could not possibly shock any
PERSONS feelings. Strange TO say, had BilOray
been legally his son-in-iaw the witness could not