New-York tribune., 1871-09-25

session, being thrown by se7 votes against no.
TRIAL OF THE COMMUNISTS.
EXAMINATION OF THE PErRoLEUsEs-sEvERg
SENTENCES PASSED UPON THEM.
TPROn 0Ua SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
VERSAILLES, Sept. 6-On Monday. we had
not only change Of prisoners on trial In tho Hdns.
school but also Of judges and The third cSun
Gil Of took holiday for few days after its lahore
In trying the Commanist aders, and tho Riding school
handed TO the fourth council, presdd over by
Col Boisdenemetz, In command Of the 1s5h Regiment Of
the pe IN order TO try i've accused Of arson and
page in the FaubOurs st. Germain, at the time Of tho
capture Of Paris by the regular roope More wrctched
women than these never Nos one Of them looked
pretty there the degraded countenances Of all
Ave the Stsmp Of something Ear than nero usness
One could zee st glance that not Of these
had ever known what religion even common deecncy
meant repusve spectacle than they presented,
In drassed clothes, with dsheveled hair which dd not
look - II 1t could be eobed straight and tidy,
not well be imagined. They al under the same &C.
eusaon viz: Of having ve. aid and assistance to the
insurgents In defending the barrcsdes IN the Fsubodrg
o oerAin ON the d and 2sd Of May last, Of having pill
Ootn public and private property In the ssmc quar-
ter and OF having set fire to many buildings notably
tne faace OF the Leon Of Honor Cour des Comptes
and several private houses.
Inc aces a. aeessaeton gave confirmation Of what
on the figures Of the accused, vz tho fact
some preliminary sparring with the bar the President
began the OF each prisoner the
other four being removed while their COMPANION vas
examined Col Boisdenemets showed ct once that he
was much sharper president than Col Merlin who IN
tsrroaated each prisoner with his felovs IN oourt
thus enabling them 70 avoid contrAdictng each other
The frst prisoner examined the girl Rets who In
common with the Others, accused of pilla9e and
6he persstenty denied all aocusatons brought
against her. She had. she said only attached herself to
the asth battalion Of the National Guard nurse and
discharged other functions with It. It quits un
true that she had been drunk the 22d Of May and had
said that all Paris to be burned. She busy at
tending to the wants Of the wounded at the barrcade In
the Rue solfeno. As to barrels Of petroleum, she had
never any, far less touched any. The President
cooDy remarked, when he had finished her examina-
ton, that her defense was 10 tissue OF lies
and that It would not profit her. He then went the
next prisoner Mdle suetens who proceeded to deny in
Like all the charges brought against her. She,
however. admitted that she had barrels Of pc
troleum In the court Of the Logon OF Honor The same
took place at the nterrogaons Of each succeed
ing prisoner. Il aiding questions from the President
ected persistent denias Of everything which could pos
sbly inculpate any of the prisoners.
After the examination Of the prisoners began that Of
the witnesses and all the evidence Of the same IN
definite character that durtn, the preceding trial.
The first witness for the prosecution named
Dislas. She 10 having vivandiere Of the
National Guard roll barrel Of petroleum into the court
Of N. dc Chabrols Hotel, now heap Of ruins; this
woman was quite alone Madame Dlslas, however
could not to any (f the prisoners The next wit
the wife OF coneSrs0e In the Rue de Lille, who
recognized the girl Rete but could not 10 hav
ing her with musket. This witness recognized
Retife from the fact that the latter had
asked the witness for linen for the wounded.
The witness also recognized the women PaSavone
suetens but could not swear to anything against them
Madame Thorne, the ne witness, in mourning for
This poor told very SD story Of the cruel death
of her husband who was shot by the National Guards
but she could mt swear TO one Of the accused
that her evidence went for nothing against them Il
most painful and heartrending to listen to the poor
woman, who was more tran once stopped by her tears
when spoke Of the husband who had been murdered
almost under her own eyes. Next clme Rochaix, .
servant In the offices Of the Palace Of the Legion Honor
who recognized Retie particularly because he had
her walking about among the smoking ruins Of tho Le
on Of Honor the day after the fire. On That occasion
be told her that IL insoent Of her walk about
among the ruins which she had probably helped make
This witness at all something positive
namely, that great number of barrels Of petroleum
brought to the Palace and the oil spread about in
all the He stated that officer lighted the FIRE
by dschargng his revolver into stream Of OIL Another
concierge, named stehlin recognized the woman Mar
chas She carried musket and the witness heard her
say, "set fire to everything" In his opinion.
this woman was moro dangerous than the men,
whom she :, urged on to murder and arson
charge Of Count Darius hotel No Is Rue de Lille, swore
that s ~ Ss ss aSn S top
the Palace Of the Legion Of Honor where he was in I'm
there but would not swear to any one OF the
he wished hc could he said and hoped the Court would
also stated that woman accompanied the National
Guard when they came To- Rilags Count Daru's hotel
ocer Iisn the TeSefas 'H' 0'
on ths second days trial the first witness examined
Ss1ieade bar IN the Rue @ de- e T Ne @ recGsniseS Rs
% a and md Ss ns% .na IN G s
went into the Palace Of the Legion Of Honor just before
as not he Iso yemen pase Although
pilaRing In the house In which he lived. Madame
prisoDers among the Fcdsrsis each Of tSe bad mus,
ket This analysis faithful ne possible OF the most
this the accused were present with the Federas and
themselves In arms 1t Is not poved although
psss % and arson committed BY the National Guards in
the FaubOurs st. GERMAN It no use for the Govern
dence No doubt these had hand in all the evil
deeds eommi:ted ted in the FauOours 81 German, SSt
when y ToulS nave been ,t 50 easy 70 give IT. me cen,
@ on Se 0n ur 0s and %
the Afth sounded very severe after the sentences
saturday. Surely men ike ASH sndTrinqust arc
TO society than these wretched drabs who
81 :ns
verely "a the verdict on tss leaders Of the Com.
and Parent (both Of whom we're members Of the
Commune) have been scquitted It Is hard TO aee how
men can be continually sentenced In Paris to long
Of imprisonment because they fuAlled some very hum
And how can you expect the army TO receive such
verdict ss this 80 continues the Dt6cts "When those
who are called on to repress come see
thai Insurgents not duly punished they win adopt
future one OF two courses, both equally deplorable
either they win refuse atoeether to- march against
the insurgents, or, y they do mareh, they win
members Of che Commune have appealed against their
sentence. Ferr6, Urbata Dioray, hegcne fourde and