The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-03
AN ARCADIAN TRAGEDY.
THE CRIME OF A WOMAN

TIE PARAMoUR HANGED AND THE wo.
MAN TO BE HANGED.
A special to the Chicago Tribune from
Bathurst, New Brunswick. the 10Th inst.
contains the following account of am execu
Y Won at that piece CONNECTED with the per
u petra'loS OF peculiar crime in that pro-
II vince: Oallien, the RrefrclA nu r,5erey wss
! executed to-day TDere has not been
! much change in MIN for the past tsw
1 days. he has eaten little lately, wake
his cell considerably, and seemed TO
realise MS condition, eut WAS too grossly
Ignorant apd callous 10 show much sensr
bllity. A Roman Catholic pviest visited
him cssily, some times twice a dav The.
sheriff had difficulty in gstting the gaIlows
erected, as the workmen among the iphabi-
tants say they are taunted and jeered while
at work. Galhen slept better than asnal
last night. He was visited at S.spA. NJ. bv
the Revs. Pelletier and Carter, who report
him collected and resigned, though neryous
ana very penitent, acknowledging the
Justice OF hs sentence. They remained with
MIN 10 the last. A few minutes before 8 he
was led out by the sheriff and deputy to the
lnclosed space on the north side OF the gaol.
Where the scaflold was erected He as
eended the scaffold with firm stem. bat
trembled little at sight of the drop. He
spoke for few minutes in French. express
ing sorrow, and asking forgiveness
of those around him, Of EVERYBODY,
aud of God. When the roma was
cut be fell about four feet. aud
struggled few minutes hard. After an in
tervsi OF quiet he struggled again, spasmodie
ecnvulsion acting on the muscles. The sur-
geon in attendance declared him dead in
about twenty-five minutes. He apparently
suffered but little pain. He remained mo-
tionless over minute after the drop fell ard
then struggled hard for some time The BODY |
Vas cut down in forty minutes afser the
drop TELL He prayed, and asked the peo-
pies forgiveness and pardon. of God He
cried with fervent voice while approach
ing the galiows, Mon pere,- mon pere,
with the dead weight. Sheriff Vail cut the
rope. Among the prominent persons pres
ent were Sheriff Phillips, of Restigoaehe;
Mr.. McManns, counsel for prisoner; Justices
OF the peace Smith, Seaton and Rainney; DR..
Bishop, reporters and others. He confessed
his crime, and says he would not have done
il IL not urged on by the angel Poulin, wife
OF tie murdered man. He confesses that he
is the father of her children. Her eonfine-
ment is daily expected. The murderer was
dressed in white shirt, black cloth pants,
black necktie, and red scarf around the
waist
THE CRIseE
The murder ofExayia Poulin, Tor which
Olivier Gallien was hanged, as described
above, took place at Csraquette Island, in
the Bal des Chaleurs, just off the coast of
Gloucester courty, New Brunswick, on the
10th Of April last. Poulin, with his wife
and two, children. lived with Gallien
and Gallien's sister on the island in a small
cabin containing only one room, the prop
erty OF the Gillien family. Both men were
/ fishermen. All the parties were Arcadian
French, descendants of the Areadisns driven
| from the Basin of Minas in 1855 by Col.
Winslow, and, like most of their neighbors,
were very poor, very ignorant, and hardly
| ranking in the social scale superior to AMI
mails. The younger of the two children OF
| Mrs. Poulln owned Gallien as father, and
this illicit intercourse appears to have been
carried ON for several years with the full
knowledge of her husband, and apparently
with his tacit acquiescence. 1t undoubtedly.
had its origin in the discovery by
the Catholic priest Of the fact that
lleprosy had declared itself in Poulin, on
making which discovery the ecclesiastic- OK
dered q practical divorce between the hus-
band and wife, who, thereon, took Gsllien
as her affinity" Leprosy, of hereditary
kind, but not Of a contagious character, has
existed in the Aacadian settlement at tn
mouth of the Miramichi river tor the pas
century or more, but the people are sc fanl-
iliarized with the disease that the leprous are
; permitted to remain in the community tin
their approaching helplessness renders
LIS necessary 10 seclude thcln 10 tne
r government lazaretto at fracaole. .s ahoagn =,
!, his wife's intidelity, she and her paramour
|. apparently desired further liberty and
I planned his death with incredible openaess-
Thus, once young woman VINO had visited
the house remaining there over night, heard
Mrs. Pouiin ask Gallien to get up and XIII
her husband as he lay asleep on the floor
with blow, or else to strangls him that
, Ithey might pretend he had died in tit.
When the frightened visitor asked what
, they meant they pretended that they were
: but jesting, but Poulin got up apd said he
had overheard them, aad would in failure b<
! on his guard againT then. At anoth6
time the same girl saw Mrs. Poulin turniD
a grindstone on which Gsllien sAarpeMsC
This knife, concealing which under his coat
r gone, but returned a little while afeerwars
and said in reply 80 her question that h
{ had not done it,
r. HIS HEAEg HAD NAILED HIM.
On the 10Th OF April Poulin went to tn
> bush some 200 yards from his house to cut
Z swsmp-roal. He did not come back to din
4 tner. Soon aiier his departure GalIien fol
lowed him to the woods, having just held
Il whispered conversation with Mrs Poahn
|. Returnipg 2 in about hall an hour, he change
5 1 his clotking and crossed the strait to -
4 msinlaJld, whence he returned at e'closl
j. going to. the house of neSgi
boT Justin NORM. No s,s.sr Ihere wbs 70 W; W.
: she had gone to, the clearing to caia Poalil
!. but. had found him lying there dead. wit
? his head all smashed and bloody, and tina
5, ON telling this TO Mrs Poulin, the lats or hs
y sent her TO call the neighboIs. NORM an
5. Grallisn then went for the body and carri<
5, IL home. Mrs. Poulin threw ths caI,. whiC
rs a witness described as full Of blood, into u
te steve, saying that there was an end ofth
tol aay way, and then arranged the body SO
D. to present natural appear sDcs,, wsshir
NJ off the blood aud hiding tbs voun'
d. twith bandsges. There were three terrib
he wounds, beside many minor bruises, one {
or the nape of the neck, second on tie rig
ee temple and 2 third on the crown OF his hea
". On the arrival of ths nei2hboTs, Mrs. Poul
Id who had previously made no demonstr
tions of grief, gave herself up to noisy
n mentaiions. insisting that, though il Won