The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-01-24
Human Tiger and a Wholesale
Murderer.

from France cOthcR fearful nP0fu.-
Foe seine time past one or two quiet
asfic"i,muat vil'aces te,w.rn Is"ai"enr
and Calais seem I" have leen kept in a
state If constant alarm 10y u Inys;e'i-
"ns series If "ntraers. lnctn'linry
fires, rnbhrrirs, attempts to mmr.ter.
actual n,n,.ler, accompanied with htn
tai nlntiiation~. we're Trrprtrated year
after wear and month after ns"hfh.--
The c,,mipal, after each- o'tras+. con-
iris cd to retreat a,.'l.s. rse'l ts' his lair,
In, ut length trifliuG coincide in con-
nectinn witt, cue If rhe r.'hMrics threw
suspicion upon the guilty person ~h"
has s" long b.en the sc"arSc Of his
,reishbprs. ,fa} ssG}e 9i}s589m9;f -
Joseph Lemettre was about eighteen
years Old, when, ip 1854. l'-, was in
SERVICE ut tie !armlIuuse If St.llrr, und
had won confidence hy his l.'an*t can
duct aud regular hai'its,' aud since
that date he is believed t" have Perr'c-
rated ut least tutitty-sescn crimes,
many If them Of The deepest d,e. =
The ,ncte tl'accusatl"n vii! lie t"unl, as
usual, in FraDce.. 10 present a vivid
picture. nf this career Uf mnlisnity, Int
the hriefest, aud most prnsaic summary
il sufficiently appalling. III the, MI
81. -
house and shed, and again, sa,ne farm
bni.dings, Mere sn Il u.p distinct Oeca
si"ns burned down. n" motive is IA
signed in these instances. but the ACCT
.ient "f L'.methe having leen Seen
near the spot aud aiterwatd tlenyin. j,
throw III, lin. ;iavc suspicion, from
which, however, he WAS protected by
his general good character. Earl, III
the, next year the farmhouse. Of the
u,an hO had suspected him WIS hIn-
ken into, and an attempt was made to
set 1t on fire, and it may he presumed
that. ~ all these cas,.s. fire had lnen
employed in mdrr to cover tie rnhl'r-
~. Len+ttn's master then died, and
the history passes ever an interval 1t
va Years. LeM.ttr., huwcver, seems
to have remained in the service 1T hts
late masters Milnw, aud when, in
1867. she wis married tn Il connection
"f his. own, and vent to reside at IA
neishlo,ins hamlet, he accompanied
theu. ,f,......- .f,, f..
At the end rf that year tie course of
pnira.rs RECOMMENDED, NOT +" IN. again
interrupted nEti! I."mcttrc. apprcl,en-
: Ht.. IT. Sfpf@Hther lfir frll"N servant
Was robbed If goo francs. Shots wc,r
fred at his cmrt".rrs, and u box f"ii
If pow der placed against the wal! "t
their house. Lrmrtirr. it il -aih, now
admits that he committed these. ont
RACES in "i.ler t." f'rigi,trn lis master
and mistless lack, to their old farm
The next year. 1868, vas marked Ivy a
nn..!. r.,uS assault on u brewers car
man, as he was returning from Andre.
s,.!'rs witt, seine tu"nry tor his rni I.
picycr. A lari,arOus usutilutit,p. more
over. Was Inflicted ON the. eict .a.', ~ List.
Mas repeated in some Of the snt'sc Qnc',t
"n.rn" ,s. In tue same Year n widow,
s.lles, and wln, had received. Al SIM, uf
Ei2OO, was aroused ut night Ivy II man
demanding her money or her. life she
was brutal. stabbed, and her hnns..
partially ,uhi..l. Ourc more. ~ the.
sauie year, the house Of the priest MAS
entered dung mitin,sh: mass; an.i iOL-
bed "f plate and money.
The ear 1861 opened with two r"h-
berries IF meme. fr"m the same fellow
servant wl," had been '"ilnd in 1867.
Lrmrttre about this time took a i'",,se
iu Anirrsclles. In the conrst Of the
summer II Young man WAS f"und nur-
.h.Ua aud robbed. on The evening afsrr
n tair, with his head close IT, the stable
! tlt",r "f Lrmrttrr's house. aud the tod.
exhibited the saWr horrible mntIluti"n
IN in the I,cvi"ns assault IN the brew
or. Sn-piri"n fell npou the oM ner nf II
wine shop. VIM, hnwever, wns sM,,,
exl,p n"rMcd hy lF,ng himself found
murdered, with the san". marks at BIN
| tality. The house had i,ppn rubbed and
attempts made to FIRE it. A fifth crine
ia this year WAS a burglary ut Il neigh
BERN. farm house.
The year 1870 ~ Icnesi Will, the mur-
der nf II man who had denounced the
existence ut robbers in the meigl,l,nr-
hood, and another burglary was CONT
n'it,e.l Lrm.ttrc was thea al'seu,
from, lu'n,e for six months, serving in
,l.e Garde Mobile, aud during bic alb
sencr the cr,,n.s chased. immr.l;atsl,
"n his return, in April, 1871, three sue
ces>i.e tarslaries renewed the alarm
If the neishl.ah" "i, aud I4en,tttrs ,~.
gan to t,e " atcl,r,l. He himself, how.
ever. felt sufficiently secure t" get mar
RED, and l" celebrate the occasion with
n preferences which. no doubt, agra.
vat,d the thrifty pc;'-an,s suspicion.
AT length he Was ol,sirye,l, Onc NOM
ing. by man VII" had long suspected
him srsus,itto it,tta "A s.nts.ss ftnttsx, and