The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-03
TIE TRAGEDY IN TIE ALPS.
WAS NINE. DE 7OURrILLE THRowg
OVER A PRLCIPICE
DC Torrviiie's Goodness when Auneuncing
the Fate of his Wife-Statcmpnis OF the
Doctors who xam,nod the Yicnn.s Body

tnt tAfe ~ MS WI e-Stntcfnputa OF o.
Doctors who Examined the Yicttn.s Body.
From ne london Ns,rs
Tho hearing of evidence ngainst Uenr,
dc Tourvilie, atlas Hem Perrc H. charged on
sus JCon OF numbering his wife In the Stelvio
Pass of tlo Austrian I,rol. was resin ed befIre
Mr.. Vaughn, at Bow street Police Court. yes-
terday. fhe accused, q native OF France. claims
to be British subject nv force OF certificate ~
u turalizati N. and Is n bar ister OF tine Middle
Temple The object or the present procecd ngs
L. to remit tue prisoner to the Austrii authors
ties Tor trial ON the carital charge. and for that
purpose deposltions taken at an Inquest In that
country were put in evidence at the present
Freddie Hofher. the manager OF the hotel az
Trafui, In his depo -itOn after stating tn 4 tho
PRISONER aud his wife arrive there on the 10Th
and dined. stated that they left about midday
for the FraUzenshOhe. The lady wore ezra
ordinary ornaments. Round her neck was
clpse-HttinU gold chain rs thick n a nngor
which could only be taken OF 10y unfastcnug IT,
unless the clasp was we X. IL could not fall of
She also wore a steel chateaine. About eoui
the driver returned with the empty carriage
and SAID the gentleman had told him to come
nack. and that he ana his wife would walk back
An hour or AN hour and half afterward the
gentleman returned alone. lie went ~ meet
hi.n' seeing him anproachine, and asked what
was the matter. lie replied that his wife had
fallen, and ~ his language. and by putting his
hands TO his head. made him understand that
bleeding. Ihe prisoner was not at all OK.
cited, aud therefore he thought 1t could
not be very rtOua matter fTe snii to
his sister thlt he believed the adv hat Slip ed
aud got scratched. liz observed nothing extra.
Ordinary about the Gent. rmau. aud his GOODNESS
made him suppose that ne did nos feel much
anxiety about hi wife. lie I'D his wife was
iall AN hour or three-quartcr, oil an hour ~, AMI
be nhdc MS driver unlef3tund that he wanted
four men To GO up and bring her down lie then
wen, into the dining room and ordered hottie
the prisoner skcd that the horses might be nut
In the carriage. and he started with three men
about quarter past six. they dill not return
TIL nelrly nine o'clock, and iheu they began 10
consider the matter much more serious, as the
ladv could silly have been brought down In
About $50 Her and others returned, SAYING
the lady was ad, having fallen into the deepest
part OF the hollow belOw The rivulet. Everybody
wac had been there WAS OF the opinion that she
could not have fallen from the spot, but must
have been murdered and dragged down. The
prisoner sal IN Tue uinlng room, but as every
BODY Was taking ABOUT the lady not muon at
tcnton was ulid to him. 1t was decided TO
send the pr nner to SpDn1nt with a guard.
lie searched the carriage for arm. and found
none. but he found an OvercOat and two nm.
SAID he had fOund the handle n short distance
nom TIE place where the unfortunate ladi
had fallen across the grass. lhc prisoner was
searched, and he told Il 'ler he bad u chain 10
his trousers, POCKET, BIT tho witness aid
to watch the body, and they did so until tns
cOmmi-sarl arrived. lie examined the SPOT
with the Inspector. and he could not got iil OF
the int resslon that the lady was dragged down.
Ihe prisoner had plenty Of time Tor this. as he
was distant ABOUT three-quarters Of IN noun
from the hotel the longest way ITe WIS also q
powerful man, much stronger than his wife.
ness WAS asked why he thought tho lady had
been murdered and dragged into the
was left at Spondlnlg. because the driver
was sent back, the finding OF the broken
parasol, the beating down Of the grass
which was foot high, aud could only have been
caused by a lad being dragged through IL, nd
not by person moving forward. II also seemed
imurob tbie that pers1 could have fallen
down the precipce, and further, all places
where ttere were impediments to DIR gging
oody forward were avoided. lie threw several
large boulders from the SPOT from which the
lady was supposed - h We fallen, but they all
OF them stopped before reaching the place
where the body was found. He also believed II
was murder, because OF tho extraordinary in
difference OF the prisoner. lie was so cool when
he returned that the witness believed the inju-
iie- the lady had suffered were only Of a trning
character. A. soon a. he heard OF tho accident
ho sent of TWO men to lock for the lady. hut
II was hnlf an hour after before the prisoneI
asked for carriage and four strong men tc
fetch his wife lie (witness) wondered ~ his
u-kiug Tor Tour strong men, a. two would have
been, sufficient. Tho necket was 20 closely
htted To the neck that II could not have slipped
over the head, and unless the clasp was weak 1t
would not have come OF merely by the LADY
oner was suffering from u bad foot. when he
returned 10y hims,lf he did not complain OF any.
thing. IL was the gener u opinion that tho LADY,
had not fallen but was dragged down the preoi
pct.
He had heard n rumor that the laty's things
were placed near the first falling spot by third
Party i2 s 4 .DG gwen ny tne prisoner on the
of other bribery Iourville was able TO maka
himself pretty wen understood in German. Mr.
r'uW RI FclNhn fNl0 nm lo had heard that
the ladN's maid had told waiter at the hotel
that ber m ster and mistress did not live to.
gether in the best of harmony. lie had heard
that Iouryllle on one occasion occupied the
same room with the ladV's maid.
The evidence Of Or. ncndrich Zmmer and Dr.
Flora as experts, VINO made an examination Il
the body on the lstn 81 Juy in the schoolnouse
AZ lrafoi, showed that the body WIS one and
Utrecht, hs metres In length. aud appeared to
he that OF person A. TO IS years OF age. Tho
body was clad in a SILK dress. which mad been
cut open 10 front. where the lady wore a vain.
A larx wi "a
pettcua was spotted with green spots from
Her black SILK stocking- were torn in any
places. sue had thin. fair ha,r, mixed IN some
pl1ces with grY A. the back u the head
second wound three and a-half cntinatre- long
going ihrougl tllo winnie thickurs- Of the ssuI
blood rtiy e. aggiated. The eyes were ed,
toe nou nal. OPEN aud the tongue nxei 10
bet Neen the teeth. ON the forenead
gaping wound above the eyebrows. showing the
naked frontal bone. Anotner wound was three
centimettrs NJ. Another wound on the iight
ifnrle VS. Tour aud-a-hali centimetres long
Iters WIS no blood from the ears aud no marks
Il Stransuation on the neck. IoGrv.lie said ne
ana not wish {" b" hr"-"ni NJ the lnqu st %
post NOR IN 4 imitation OF his wife.;le his
feelings should be- too much affected nv II. In
i'pl' To qle, ions suhmitird Ia writing the ex-
perts replied ON the ~ 81 O'tpuer mat THEN
opinion wa that m possibility or PROBABILITY Of
murder cnNld NOT he denied.
Inc dcposuons Of the medical men, Dr. Helm.
rich Flora and Dr. Anten Z'nmrt.r, were then
read. Asked ~ to tue cause 81 tine death. they
reserved the rignt t. give a specific opinion, hui
sad they thorgnt IL was cau-ei by injuries u
the artc1c+ of the temple and concussi6n OF Inc
brain. A 70 whether demh was caused hy
Hnpi her person a. not. they said they could moi
exclude the Ios.ihi,ity or even tie prnnnbtl,tv
that the INJURY " ~ caused ~ another person
II was hardy doubtful mat TIE lady might h we
fallen down a. the spot indicated. ana against
the theory u murder was the tact That
hey had passed the hi.i prrcIui o.. wIich
WIS mucn moro likciv ilace 4 winch to COM
a,so the fact mat the pri.rr,r might ea,iv
u We thrown hi. "ii1 ~" the uFer Tue VIE