Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-08

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was the scene OF the exeClItion of q youn sian
OF good descent, and endoxrd VIZ, greaJsa0il-
ity. The hesdsInan performed his 1fs sdfsa task
the horrors OF the &C casioa was the yeak,ssso OF
the doomed man, who tainted " hen he calna in
sight of the guillotine, and who, After he had
returned y consciousness by the sdminiatsatien
OF strong cordial by tnrns begged piteously
for mercy, utsering piercing screams and feeble
attempts At resistancs, unit ne had 1t last been
fastened to the fatal planIs and his head rolled
Pradler de Mile was only Is years old when
he met his doom. He was born near Limoges IN
lsis. and had been carefully educated in Paris,
ated with distinguished honors, and as he was
an elegant and fOrcible writer, he Obtained al
once good position on the Steele newspaper.
Some satlIital articles which he had written for
with the notorious Paul de Cassagnac, Who in
hicted very dangerous wound on him. Dur
ing his sickness. NJ. de Mile was devotedly
nursed by one Byzante Crenier, woman Of bad
character, but endowed with extraordinary
beauty. She was considerably older thaf'M. de
Mile, but from the very first, exercised the
most irresistible influence upon him. Her lover
and she showed themselves repeatedly together
in public, and the scandal to which this gave
RICE, caused De Mile discharge from the Steele
ne ne went with his inamorata TO Limoges; where
named Perrin Desanty, resided. II. Desanty
had always taken the liveliest interest in the
welfare Of his glified but hayward y. nephew and
Mile. ' - -, - >" ''o e''f ~ -
When the latter came to Limoges with Mile.
Crenier, old Desanty demonstrated. De Mile
emphatically refused to dismiss the woman, and
the uncle, in ft Of fury, tore the will in his
nephew's presence to pieces, and told him he
would make another, and I'm 1t leaveever SOU
Of his property to the charitable institutions of
Limoges. De Mile turned livid with rage, and
drawing large pocket knife, plunged it four or
eve times into the breast of the old man. While
the latter sank to the ground, covered with
blood and in dying condition, the murderer
ran to the house where he and Byzante Cfenier
acquainted her with the dreadful deed he had
committed. With wonderful presence Of mind
she urged him at once to cut of his whiskers,
put On PAR o. green sRsctases and CAP
first train for Paris, whittier she would follow
him. Scarcely forty minutes had elapsed after
old Desanty had been stabbed when his muir
derer was en- his way to Paris. No one n,olested
him ut the depot, and finding that the alarm
had evidently not yet been given, he felt some
what treasured, but three hours Aferyards,
one OF whom had a telegraph in his hand, en-
tered the cars and began to Inspect the faces of
the passengers very closely. De Mile was AN
passed through his whole frame when the Off
GERS approached him with scrutinizing glance.
care you NJ. Pradier de Miller" The disguised
tSsaS overcome by his feelings, simply ut
Two officers were dispatched to the house
where De Mile and his mistress had rooms.
When the woman was told she must 90 to the
prison to be confronted with her lover, she
wfung her hands in despair and exclaimed, go,
he has not escaped then!" When he appeared
in the midst Of his captors at Limoges, a vast
concourse of people had assembled, and there
were the strongest manifestations ofindignation
towards him. The prisoner looked deadly pale
as he arrived at the prison. He admitted his
guilt to thewarden Of the Jail, and cIied Bit
-terly when he was chained to the wall of the
dungeon. His trial took place ON the Sd of Sep
TENDER, and was rich in startling episodes.
When the president of the court asked the pri-
soner to stand up, his mistress, who had not seen
rush toward him, uttering piercing shrieks.
The scene appeared to have completely un-
manned De Mile. He wept like child, and i'm
answer to the question Of the president repeated
again and again, ~ wanted to marry Byzante,
and had not the means to do SO 7" His fierce
much sympathy among the listeners, but he was
found guilty, and sentenced to be beheaded.
In prison, he lay mostly on his low couch. On
the morning Of his execution the headsman
visited him and made his toilette-that is to saw,
he cut off his hair and put him in the straight
knife of the guillotine was sufficiently sharp,
and II the stroke would cause him any pain.
About :, 900 people witnessed the execution
Many tainted with horror upon seeing the sick
enlng episode upon the scaffOld. ByZante Gre
nier was ordered to return to Paris, and was
seemed to have become changed woman.