Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-16
A Series of wurt.x.

lie fars correspondent OF the London yrh,
writes The assizeS 81 the Eurc-et- 900 49,
just tried = man for . Serios OF uurse-s 49,
passed N GOODNESS AID brutality. TIE rris,Ds,
Vac one Sylvan Poiricr, aged 81. farm ishorS-
From early youth he bad been notorious ~ ~.
bsd Character In l>h~, when only i5 ves~s %
age. he vas condemned 20 I've vazrs In a he-ss.
81 correction tor theft and sEinding. He tbep
',sr on Hs'!oas fArrns, snd in is7i be got
nv months after his WEDDING. A widow named
Lecoints Nas OF the point uf leaving the farm,
S,. q. She bat sod most 81 her goods
&c 2le cstue, and had thereby am zSsed about 40
Eouler, who assisted her tu this fssk defer
mined 70 possess himself OF the money IA
- SiSea himself and lay In wait TN
eNtIa eodF had leit the farm, SUI towards nine
oc'otk IN the evening broke into TIE ho.ss
re widow, alarmed, aSked What he wanfed.
- wi !! MStSy Wa the reply. Take IL,
chest OF drawers; there are siI hnDdred ana
twenty iiahcs. Having pat the money In his
pocket, be Was about % leave, when the 49,
cried out. 81 Know ynu: Won are Po--tSr -,
Finding himself reccguizej, he resolved 10 An
Ler, stc selEng a large bar OF IRON, struck
Tie widow or the head, killing her o. the srot
At this moment another woman, named R,ois,
whom the widow had asked % come aud Keen
her company for the night, appeared on the
thrFho'd. She Immediately shtieked a. fhe
SIGHT before her. and rushed into another room,
20 escape. PORTER dashed after her ans zee
BIS rod oi iron knOCked her about the head AN
she Was dead. lie next returned q the WidoW
Leeomte, ana, finding her sull breathing, gave
her hnsl blow, smashing her skull 70 pieces
lie then shut the door. aud went home - bts
vic, VIC EEeG ~ The ueighooriug commune.
AS calm and unconcPrned a. 10 he had been
working iunocently In the fields. The bodies Of
the two victims were found weltering IN blood
TIE iulcwing morning, hat the murderer va
Io' ulstoNrre'l- tcalrirle Porter spent the
fruit Of lis crime AZ the wine sh-p. H. psNf
tAlioi' v a. committed two ycsrs later. on the
ofh OF January, l~-f. he entered A small inn N.
by Nine. Beard. and called TO- a "a, ~ =,
Zee. The woman was atone. HavInt nniahad
LIS coftee, be rendered a tNeuty-franc piece in
payment. Tie M suspectlrg hostess opened a
cupboard % get change, and an - doing dis
aged several hawk notes aud other MONEYS
Tie sight OF them vas enough-P0irler was lie
termintd O. have them. lie frst OF Al tried n
steal the money during the temporary absence
Of the woman, but had not time enough He
then decided 20 XIII her ard while Nine Re
zArd was STOPPING 10 star the IRE, ne seized hold
q large lump ~ wood and dealt her A fearful
blow on the back OF the head. lie wAs Ai,out
20 repeat the blow when he was disturbed bv
the sound OF cart approaching. shutting the
uoOr and putting the KEY IN his pocket. P6irieT
ran into hedge close by ami hid himself The
cart stopped IN front OF the inn, and the driver
called Tor tie hostess several tlneS The wN-
man recovering n little, cried out. sWhat do
you want" hut she Gid not ATTEMPT 10 omen
TIE hoor. IToosby she thought ~ was her
murderers. The driver, however, being IN A
hurry, moved On. A. soon a. tie cart y a out
CT sight PcTi6r lef. ms hiding place re entered
The Inn, and finished his victim by da-hing out
hSf hfalns. lie then took tie money from the
cupboard ana departed. His last crime ex-
cteded the above IN brutality snd horror. n
was committed IN May iast, AT q small place
called Testu, where a farmer named Trarers
lived with his wife and two children--one A bow
OF sixteen and the other a girl o. fourteen. The
parents had left home on business Poirtsr
under the Tretext OF buying some wood entered
the farm and got into conversation with the
Two children. who we're alone on the premises
The hoy invited him % 20 into the stable to
see the horses, and POifier followed, hiding
under LIS blouse large irOn hammer.
De boy having shown him the animals Wa
about 20 leave the stable, when PORTER Knocked
him Gown with a blow or the head with his
ceacly weapon. The poor little victim tried d
Ett up and defend himself, but iu vain. Five
OF slN more blows followed IN quick succession.
and be Wa all but dead. PORTER thinking he
had finished the boy forever, shut the stable
ana returned 70 the house. The little girl went
70 meet him. he seized hold Of her, dragged
her INTO the room, and with one blow Stlif her
skull open: she fell 20 rise TO more. The NOM
ster then broke open the drawers and cuDboards
sud, putting al the money he could ind into
his pockets, LETT the spot. Before going home
10 bis wife be washed his blood stained clothes
IN riyulet, and had the hammer IN A hefge.
however, the boy TrSvers, although horribly
mutilated, recovered gradually, aud on being
confronted with POiTier immedi ately ercls imed,
" That's the murderer 3" For some time the
prisoner protessed his innocence, bat on being
recognized 10y the boy he confessed his guilt
and gave minute account Of the different
crimes be Esd committed. lie appeared q
show little feeling in court. The jury returned
verdict o. guilty without eNtenustng circum-
stances ana he was sentenced % death.