, 1876-03-31
A FRENCH POISONING CASE.

How n N ofTlcr nnd Son Do Avny with
slu E'nthcr-A Bonss KOtttrn for His
E:tiucntton.
An extraordinary poisoning case, showing
what rural manners are in france, IA now being
tried by the AsslxeA OF DordoKne Tie facts, a.
t,o.aod bY tho Paris correspondent Of tho Lou
lon Standard, hro AZ follow: IN. Garriguns.
wsll-to-s!o farmbr, living atsains Julien Laupor,
Ind 40 only child, aon, and llko maty possons
IN tho Bamc position. lo deairod to mako tho
fars 10 make doctor of him. But, as ofton
lnnpeus, eyon In the beHt regulated femtlios, tho
young man on arriving tn tile french capital
preferred ploasnro to medicine, and devoted him
solf moro to tho Study of The Interesting aub-
jocsa outailo tho hospital than to tho pa
tients within. Howevor, lto passed his examina-
zion, nnd was duly legalizod ~ one Of tho iiaci-
rlos OF H:ecHlapIus. But On returning home no
found ass hs fste5 e h'a an hqt op, ssd %
Paris during aevsn Year,, but that tho family
situation vaa aggravated by n dinorouco bo-
tvcou hia fsthor and mother, Tiliei, lea 10
ss s s s'st 4, .ss ss,s 1s e sSsnxs' sFs,. dS ss~
over, eventually returned to her husband, mud
matters went On pretty smoothly until Ii. Garri~
CUES, pere boinE taken llnwo|E after eating botno
SOUP began to suspect he wa seing poisoned
wife. and was sent to prison for fow weeks.
On rcgnining hia liberty, he found that during
his abHonco q domestic uatnod lesier, tad
taken bis place It homo, aad thst they
Deing entirely rntncd l,o brought an action for
almentary pension agalnst bis son, who waa
condomnod to support bis fathar., On leaving
court tho young Doctor WAS henra to aay, III
later @ II. IT, dafrlgaos psre e.mo homs rather
late; Ao had not dlnod, but liis son
sea 70 lsass ~o lin lin s soms Of Of liz s'a'sa eis!i
- -.
IN .hort limo va seizod WITH cr.mp nod yoln.
1t. 1Io took to his bed, and died in fow days.
Ills death was tho occasion Of getioral Rejoicing
at homo. Tho domestic lsaori tho lover OF afne.
Garrtguos, ordered tic collin. aud volunteered
but, tho coffin being rather too ANAL,
,o had to tramp1e OIL 1t to got 1t in.
4 josal banquet was sLen glyon by
Nine, dnrrgneB. and toward midnight tho coffin
was found 10 bo IN tlames, the curtains round It
having boon sot on fire. Notwithstanding these
suspicious facts, tho burial took place in due
courhe. But tho police wcro aroused. and a
post.moEta1n examination Of tho body slowed
that tho deceased lad bccn poisoned viii.
Tho domestic 1hsior were nt ouco arrest-
cd. As uaual In aach cases, thoy all profess
their Innocence. mud throw tho unus OF tie
crime on tho shoulders Of their accompfccs.
Nine. GhrrtRneB however, admfla giving lier
husband something ia bis Boup provided by her
HON, but Bne protests she thought 1t would do
him good aud that hor son being doctor,
knew what Ito waa about. On the ol!lor hand
Dr. dar1igues fills protenda that he acted tlndor
tho Influence of his mother. Az for tho Scr
want fHrier, whose rotations with Nine. Gar
ttgucs wcro no socrot 10 her BON, he to-
nca having taken tho sl!ghteat part in the doath
ho nppcafs In court t1sessed IN untmpeachablo
black, with violet gtovcH, and nppears calm aud
coutiaeut. Hts mother ia u littlo woman Of b3
years. md wears her mourning aud widow 9
woedB with apparent ntucessv. lRsier, her lnvcr.
IL described ~ 4 vulgar clodhopper, with blond
whinkers aud uustacho. Tho tEat has created
great sensation, not only in tho Department OF
the Dor1ogne, but also throughout Franco.