Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-05-08
A PRIGHrPuL TRAGEDY.
The Latest London Mathematical Murder In
Park Lane.

The Latest London HneItement--A Murder In
Park Lane.
London has lately been greatly excited
over murder In Park lane. No similar
crime, since that of certain nobleman by
his valet in 1870, appears TO have awakened
affair are thus given In the London Times OF
the 9th Instant
Yesterday a most atroclous murder was dis
covered 10 have been perpetrated In Park
lane, Piccadilly, the victim being 4 freLch
lady, and the perpetrator Of the crime, there
Is little room Tor doubt, her own domestic
and tellow-country woman.
Tho murder uai discovered under clrcum-
stances which give an additional horror TO
the crime Itself. Mademolsele Rel, who Il
member OF the French company now per-
forming under NJ. Felix at the 81. james
theatre, returned from Paris by yesterdays
mail, and arrived at her mothers residence,
No. Is, Park laae, ut about eight o'clock In
lhemoming. shewas Informed that Madame
Rel, who was widow, was not ut home,
and At first II was thought that she had gone
10 meet her daughter. Bot subsequently IL
was found that certain doors were locked,
and that the cook and the keys were also
dressing room, and Madames outer garments
being there ready for her 10 put on showed
that she had not left the house. One Of the
places locked up was the pantry, and Il was
opened with duplicate keys in possession OF
young lady. On tho door lay the dead body
Of Madam Rlel. Her death appeared to have
been caused by etrangulatlon, for the tight
violence upon her body left no doubt rs TO
heE having been murdered.
Tha murder was evidently committed In
some other place than the pantry. Il 10
probable that the body was hrSt placed In the
coal cellar, and thence dragged or carried to
the pantry, Tor Elizabeth Watts, the house
maid, on balng interrogated about q CONVEX
sation she had with the cook, mentioned that
aha had spoken abeut fetching up Goals after
her mistress was thought to have gone out,
aud that the cook desired that she should
not do so. The danger OF the 'dv being
seen while Il was In the coal cellar must have
struck the murderess, and sic lOOk tbs OPP
portuniiy OF removing II 10 the pantry ~ q
place over which she had direct control In
the coal cellar were found little articles, such
as halr-pln and key the deceased lady
always kept, and there were marks on the
body rs lit had been lying on the Goals.
The hair was full Of elnders, and the appear
ance showed that death had not been caused
without struggle, for there were many
marks besides the deep indentatiOn caused
BY the tlghtuess with which the rope, which
was In sllp-knot, had been pulled, aud this
indentatlon was particularly deep beneath
the ear, where the knot lIseli came.
bVsplcloni hnu something more than suspl-
clon, At once rested upon Marguerite Dix
blan, the cook, who ut night, about 0 o clock,
went our and apparently did not return, for
her bed had not been slept In, aud the keys OF
the saie, where the deceased lady kept her
yaluables, aud Of the area, were also not TO
be found.
An Inspection Of the safe showed the In
dneement for the murder. All the yaluables
epttcwelry, which Il was, perhAps, thought
might lead 70 detection, were taken. Bank
notes, FIench bonds and railway shares Ase
believed TO have been stolen; the jewelry left
behind was not left by any oversight, tbs ar
tlclos being placed on one side as Of no ac-
count, II Is be ieysd, too, that other yaiuables
have been taken, and with whatever she took
the woman has for the time got clear off,
DlxhlAnc 10 said TO have been In Paris
during the Siege, and To have been associated
with the Communists In their struggle after
the German occupation. She Is described as
being very powerful woman. Z hs police
describe her as twenty-elght years Of aye,
1--we feet sir inches In height aud stout, with
4 fresh CONF leIion, red face, dark hair aud
brown eyes. She 10 also supposed 10 be 10
possession Of Bank Of England notes and
French bonds.
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