Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-28
Capital Grimes I'm France.

The Paris correspondence of the Pal
MqH Gazette says: 1.-The sentence o.
death passed upon three of the men who
took part in the murder of the poor old
widow in the Rue de Vaugirard ha:
been cOmmuted 10 one of hard labor fol
life. There were six men engaged in
this crime; three who remained below
and three who went upstairs and slowly
and patiently strangled a defenceles;
woman. Georges, Thauvin and Mail
lot. a returned convict, were condemned
10 death about a fortnight ago, but,
thanks 10 the intereession of the Cardi-
nal Archbishop of Paris, the triple exc
cution, anxiously expected by the usual
satellites of the guillotine, is not to take
place. The Court of Cessation has or
dered a new trial for another murderer,
and has rejected the appeals of two 9TH
ers. The number of crimes committed
this year i truly alarming. The papers
inform us this morning that the st.
Jacques quarter had not recovered from
the emotion caused by the assassination
Of the widow Rqoues murdered by her
som when another drama took place in
the same street-three children locked
up and left To starye. One FIambard,
100, has Just been tried for attempting
TO assassinate his mother for having
served him up some Indifferent soup.
The jury found eXtenuating circumstan-
ces. Perhaps the soup was bad. Flam-
bard j. to finish his career at Toulon. 4
man called Dubois was also convicted OF
murder about month ago, and me
with the indulgence of the jury. Sent
10 prison, he endeayored TO massacre a
turnkey, and is now TO be guillotined.
At ChaFtres, where the life of a woman
convicted ofmurder was recently spared,
a man has assassinated comrade and
has made his escape. A telegram from
lie Mans SAYS that a ruffian who strang-
led an old woman in that town has been
let off with hard labor; he assured the
jury that he was dreaming when he
committed the crime. This defence per-
iaps deserved success from its novelty.
A. if a sufficient number of the fair sex
had not been made away with this year
in land which is proud Of its native
gallantry, one now learns that a woman
of bad character has just been strangled
at Versailles, and that the murderer
then set fire TO the premises. He exhi-
biued a certain amount of humanity by
T..
ln the Rue ROllin in Paris, jealous
sergeant de-ville slew his wife few days
ago and then made an attempt on his
own life and failed. lie is recovering,
and was strong enough TO take some
soup yesterday. For the affair of Beau
caire, where Sancho, aided by another
ruifian, threw sack over the head of
his sister-in-law and repeatedly stabbed
her, SanchO is to be guillotined. For
the affair of Ste. Adresse, where Cor
poral JOdon, aged twenty-three, killed
his friend Florence, and robbed the cash
boy, the corporal will probably suffer.
IL is also supposed that Mulot, who
walked thirty miles and slew an old man
in an isolated cottage, will be executed.
Ii is clear that 'messieurs les assassins,
as Alphonse karr called them, have no
intention of commencing to give up capi-
tai punishment, and yet crime was on
the decline till this year. In the first
quarter of this century 6,665 persons
were condemned to death, and probably
half of them were executed. The worst
years were in 1916 and 1877, following
the wars of Napoleon. From 1925 TO
1850 there was a decrease: only l.563
condemnations aud 999 executions. Ii
must, however, be taken into account
that the penal laws We're greatly mOdi
fied-forgery, arson, &c, being no Ion
ger punished by death. There were
seldom more than 100 condemnations in
the year, and 80 per cent. were usually
executed, except in lSI0, when there
were 81 condemnarions and only COM
mutations. From 1850 to lS60 there was
u further decrease-502 condemnations,
2S3 executions. Between lS60 and 1870
the number of executions fell 10 about
II year. In 1871 there We're 10 execu-
tions; in 1872, p; in 1873, "a; in 1874
probably more; and this year the num-
ber of condemnations is fearful. Ii must
be remembered, too, that ii is very diff
cult TO get jury in many parts of France
10 return Il verdict carrying with it
capital punishment; they bring in ex-
tenuating circumstances, and so avoid
having blood Oh their consciences."