New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-23
A Partisan Romance.

NEW YORK, June I6-The Paris GORE
spondent of the London Echo writes that
one of those savage crimes, of which the
| the sergeants-de-ville of the empire were
the unfortunate victims, during the siege OF
| Paris, has Just been tried by the courts. II
is asserted, though the crime has been COM
| mitted so long ago, the facts are quite new,
| the matter having been hushed up at the
| time Of its preparation, in order not to in
| jure the defense of Paris. There were three
| prisoners in the dock, named, respectively,
| Botherau, DOre and Meyey. The chief wit
| ness was Constant Andre, a brother of one
| of the victims, who gave a very clear &C.
count of the whole affair On the ninth of
January, he said, he had dined at the house
of his brother Jean, with his brother JO-
seph. He had left Joseph, who was an ar.
tillery man, at the EcOle Militaire Jean
was about to go home when, at the top of
the Rue Cambronne, we were accOsted By a
man who evidently knew my brother and
who invited US to take something to drink.
Having. taken glass together at the
cafe. we left, but | had hardly babe nv
brother good night when 1 saw a crowd
gather around us, shouting, "They are
assassins, and are the cause Of our being in
such a state; down with them" We were
thereupon pushed and knocked about; both
ran. Botheran pOunced on my brother l
seized him. He then turned upon me. l
defended myself Botheran got my thumb
in his mouth. called my brother. Jean
came to my rescue, and finding a stick on
the ground struck at BOtheran, but Bottle
ran would not lose his hold of me, and
dragged me to the house of Madame BOu-
cher. My thumb was now nearly eaten off,
and | cried out. Jean, we are lost" The
crowd-men, women and children-were
shrieking, death to them death to them ~
Madame Boucher succeeded in making
BOtheran release his hold of me.
We then ran into the yard and climbed
UP shed four yards high. l told my
brother to lie down fiat on the roof, so as to
hide himself, but he refused. / then forced
him down. We laid there a few minutes.
and kept quiet 1--WE are lost" said nv
brother; 'they will return; | am deter
mined to defend myself to the last" The
crowd outside shouted and shrieked Sud-
denly they broke in. A man appeared on
the roof of the shed. "Ha ha the seound-
rels here they are" Cries of surrender. |
replied, ''We are ready to give ourselves IN.
but don't do us any harm" "Come down"
shouted the crowd, ''or you will be shot"
We began to descend, when two shots were
fired. My brother exclaimed, I am lost
The bullet had entered his stomach. l was
also wounded, but only in the hand. l
hardly know what then took place. The
crowd surrounded me. l was kicked and
puSuCu On oil SUES. COIub BLFuck WIN the /
butt of their muskets; others bayoneted
me. They elm bed on each others backs
to get at me. was taken to the station
house by Dore, who knocked me about all
the way. My brother was brought in five |
minutes after. | asked to be let loose, as | |
was not sergeant. "DeviIle, if you don't |
hold your tongue, we'll settle your business
at once" was the reply.
The commissioner at length arrived, and |
TTnu ua1F 70 he he al L
wounds dressed. My brother lay on the |
stones, stripped naked, in pool of blood, |
and bleeding from all sides.
Another witness saw one of the prisoners |
thrust his finger into the wound of the |
dying sergeants-de-ville, with the exclama-
ton, "Canaille, it is our turn now" The |
prisoners, who were all bad characters, |
pleaded they had been struck first by the |
deceased, but the jury refused to accept |
the plea. and condemned them all three to |
death without extenuation of circum- |
stances.