, 1873-07-16
A BELGIAN TRAGEDY.

A BELGIAN TRAGEDY.
Assn~sfnntion of n Young Girl by He's
Observation-Disclosures Escape OF 1hc
intended Victim.
On tile night Of the 18th OF Juno thero toon
p!ace near DrusaelB, tho capital Of belgian,
traRedy, tho shocking particulars Of which scona
70 M..Ia, have originated IN the fertile brain OF
n postv nm rather thsn to Lave occurred
gss.n queanoy young girl Of 25, who, for so,orI
yoafss had boon servant at the house Of
Wealthy widow lady in Brussels, was informed
enas " nes as3a mother, who lives at tho viaCe
a;co'dcnt, lost her eyesight. Tho dutifnI
daughter resolved at oncc to 1oayo her eitua-
ton, sna to return to her native village In order
o2iose 20 .afe eare a1s, 81 her pSor blind mother While
befslIon tho latter, Christine congratulated her
self upon having save from her wages the hand-
e some M gum Of 800 francs, which slo had depos.
nea with notary public, and which aho thought
wonla enable her to preserve heraelf and mother
from "ant Next morning she roooived tho
bone: Upon reaching. tho last station, she
found that ahe WIS unablo to obtain carriage
tant. eho resolved to proceed thoro on foot ).
but, after walking about three miles. she Ieas.
tasod. feeling Of terror seized ler she Ind
10 pass through forest, and there boing
ts noso 1el3hgbg to asaunntsneas Of hors IL
tho night thcre. sho reaoiod 1t ii
fow minutes, and found tho proprietor, an older
" farmer named Aubusao, and Lis wifo Eii2e, ia
1om9. upon inquirdng where. thore only
that efo hnd gono to Quatro-B Bras, and would MT
return before morning. Christine thon told
them that she was afraid to proceed with tho
money s!,e lad in her pocket to her native vil-
har to sleep under their roof. As sho was yory
tised they told her to retire Immediately, mud
Elize conducted her to hor daughter Francosso'a
bod IN the small back-room. Christine Duqucs-
n,,oy went to bod without delay, but as is often
ga not H'oop worry soundly: Bhe had net
closed hor oyoB very long when aho was
9Wakened y nh1ase Toleea IN the adjoining room.
though toy wero conVersnR nna us in n0 aa un
tono, Christine could understand every word
they uttered. To lor horror sho discovered thae
the two had resolved to murder her for tic
money Which sho had in her possoaaion.
"Erancoiso," said Aubusaes wiokod vito.
will not come homo tonight 90 nobody viii
know that Christine WAS In our house. We viii
bury her corpse in the garden. and who will evor
room, Christine Duquosnoy, q proy to iude-
ecribnb!o terror, sprang at once from her bed,
aud, although sho was but acantily lrossod.
climbed out OF tho opon roar window, and sped
across the ltargo garden into tho open field. She
back. Thon aho stood still. and, aftce
resting for a few minutes, she started
anew. IN her terror she did not care
IL what direction ahe was going. At last, aftor
she had been running for upward Of ono hour,
sEe reached tho Brussels highway, and Was soon
atterwnrd oapied by two gendarmes. They hail.
ed hor, and ordered her to stop but she sped
behind shrub by tho way-sido. When tho gem
darmos overlook her ono Of them threw Lis
cloak to her and then sAo told thom all about
the fiendish plot of Aubugae! and his wife. They
Seea eSe nor 10 accompany thom to The house of
vanced hour Of the night. All WAS dark and
silent in tue house, but, on going around to tho
rear Of tho building, thoy discovered Light
IN IN i % distant part Of the garden. They wont
up to 1t, saw Aubuaae and his vito engaged
in throwing earth upon q human body lyIna
On itH face in hole that Ind boon dug in tho
ground. Suddenly tho two gondarmes rushed
caught sight Of tho young girl they uttered
piercing erios OF terror.
"she ia alivo" yelled Aubuaae, whose faca
had turned livid
collared him and hts vito. while tho othor drew
the corpse from tho hole in tho ground. WHEN
10 held tho lantern, which stood by the side Of
the hole, up to the face Of the victim, Aubuspa
Aslu LIB Nilo utLeTQu BILL moro leAftrDn ding
cries,
- It ia Franeoisol" shrieked Aubusse's wife.
AubnsBe looked a moment at tue corpae. Then
he suddenly broke 1ooae from tho grasp of tho
gondarme, aud, before the latter wan able to
aoize him, stabbed himself with desperate oner-
gy while his vito fell into q deop swoon. Tho
greedy couple had murdered their own daughter,
Instead OF their intended victim. While they
Torc preparing the grave in tile garden for
Christine Duqueanoy. their daughter Francoise,
hnd returned from Quatre-Bras, and. being very
tired, had at once gone to bed. When al was
ready for tho reception OF the corpse, AubuBso
and his wife, Elize, had stealthy ro-entored the
house, and then, nttorly unaware Of the hanga
Which had meanwhile taken place in the
OF Francoise'R bed, they had
'ushod into tho small back room, and
Rmotlerod tho person in it to death BY covering
ler face tightly with hoavy pillow. Thay
perpotrated thia dned in tho dark, and, when tia
victim had ceased to breath, Aubusse lifted heI
from the bed and carried her into the garden,
ls wife preceding him With a dimly-burning
lantern, to the hole in which Christine Duques-
aoy WAS TO have been buried. AmbuBao throw
The corpae into tho hole, and he and his wife
had thrown few sloyefuls Of earth upon il
Hhon they wore surprised by the gondarmeB.
Whom Eliza Aubuaso roawoko it WAS found
that the terrible shock had deprived her Of hor
reason. 1t was horrible to hear that crazy
laughter with which sho looked upon the corpne
Of her young daughter md dying husband. who
expired soon afterWarlY.
A Wedding After Forty Yenrs' scpnra.