The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-19
THE TRAGEDY In THETYROL
DID DE TOURVTLLE PUsH MS WIFE
OYER the ROCKS?
Further Evidence tstvon Before the Londnn
Magtstrate-What the Driver says-F,nd.
Ina the BODY estimony Of n Shepherd.

tng the Body estimony Of n shepherd.
From the London Telegraph.
AT Bow street Police Court on Saturday,
Tourvie. alias Henry Perreali. said 90 be bar
rister Of the Middle Temple charged under an
extraditlOn warrant with the murder of his wife
while on an excursion in the Austria Tyrol In
July last, was again placed in the dock:
Mr.. Poland, for tho prisoner, submitted that
his worship had no Jurisdiction whatever 10 dead
with the case on tho present occasion. There
was no doubt whatever that the passport grant
ed by Lord Derby accurately described the de-
PENDANT "a y naturalized British subject
Mr.. Vaughan The prisoner has been properly
brought before me under a warrant which Is
sued at the request OF tho Secretary Of state for
Foreign Affairs. have hold, right to pro-
coed with the Investigation.
MFR. Douglas. magistrates clerk then read the
following evidence taken In Austria;
Johann kirscher. servant. ~ years OF are,
said TINT on July IL last h0 was engaged at SpOn-
dining to drive a lady aud gentleman In a car
rngo with two horses. In the mountains by the
Stelvio Pas. He started about nine o'clock, and
arriving at n hotel he proceeded to feed his
horses with bread, three-quiuters Of an hour be-
ing allowed him by the gentleman tn do So. The
lady and gentleman drank some wine. In the
afternoon ho WIS ordered To drive To Tycetta
and several other places. When he had got about
half way the gentleman told him to stop, AZ they
would yet out and walk. He was to drive slowly
after them The road being wet with snow
water. they only walked n distance OF forty or
lfty yards, and then reBntercd the carriage. He
was then told To drive to frnzenhOey, and on
tho way the gentleman snid they would again
alight aud descend to frefoi, where witness
might again feed his horses He drove on NJ the
usual pace. aud saw that the lady and gentle
man were following him. He fed his horses at
the hotel. where ne remained until six o'clock,
at which time the gentleman returned
alone. He asked him when the carriage
to he ready to which the gen
| tlemnn replied that he wanted him and three
| four men to 20 with him hnll-an-hours distance.
as his wife was not we'll and could not descend
The surveillant Of gendurineric. with others
went back with them n the carriage. aud At
some distance the servant iirst found bonnet
under the road ana aftcrwlrd, at a distance OF
about pistol shot. u lady. She was dead then.
| lying with her head near some stones. She lad
lie fall all. Fa hay
returned to the gentleman he asked where she
was. and was told she was dead in the valley.
| lie seemed a little sad. but took 1t very cnollv.
lie did not seem to grieve much about the affair.
| The gendarme seemed To think lac might have
pushed his wife over and the consequence was
| they Kept him in the gcudarneiic. AZ the spot
| where the lady must have fallen over there was
small but not very high wall ana below that
| he found handkerchief with spots OF blood on
| IT, near where the bonnet was found. The dead
! body not moved. but was lett where 1t
! The ger ,leinan aud lady appeared To be- very
| friendly and joyful together. and there did not
seem to Je the least dscord between them. He
| iwitncssl recognized the handkerchief, which lie
handed II The gentleman.
| Johann Zolcr, chief surveillant or Inspector
Of gendarmerie at 'rrefoi. deposcd that the rea-
| son he had for thinking the lady met with her
death at the hands Of the gentleman was be-
sause h. found that the servant had taken him
| up thu hi,l aud returned alone, shortly after
| which the gentleman had returned and coolly
said that his wife had fallen over the rocks, and
| wanted three or four men To 20 with hin. The
! gentleman dc-criped tho spot where his wife had
| fale lie obscryed he was lame. Anton
| lhNtnl iNNfl the nay hAt OF bonnet. Mnl'u
was soled tnsid" aud OFT Win blood. The SUR
Neillint took the hat to the defendant. who was
| very cool and Indifferent. and said THAT that was
| his wiiesht without saving anything else. \
! short distance from the spot where TIE lady hat
was found there was rose-shaped earring. and
| traces Of blood were found from the ruad above
downward. Another witness. named Joseph,
went ON and found the body ~ the lady near q
small rivulet. IL must have crossed a small
| grass-cuvered plain. over which the body. he
! thought, could not havc rolled by itself
ed plain there were large stones. which
would have stopped any further pronress. he
and it was at the bottom OF this that the body
| was found. When Jacob Asper told the gentle
that she was dead. he shook his head slightly
| and said. "Oh dead without expressing any
other grief. The body and articles found we're
| left ON the spot for the purpose OF the local
| examination. The gentleman then aske,l where
| there was a telegraph ONCE. and he was told
| that he must remain under surveillance. The
| witness then observed that there was little
blood on the top of the Tentlenan's right hand
| tleman said simply 10y stone. though there was
no injury ON his hand from which blood could
have flowed, aud IL was observed that this blood
| appeared after the gentleman had taken of "A
good pair Of black gloves, whereas on the pre-
yious daV he had been seen wearing a pair Of old
| brown gloves. ON reaching the hotel the gem
| tlenan went into the dining room aud asked To
be served with eat ables and drink
Jacob Asper. residing at Trefoi denoscd to
| having been ~ tie hotel when the news came
regarding the lazy who IL WA said. had fallen
! a. snot i'm the road from whence the Fran1en-
! herg could be seen. lie saw the defendant. and
! heard him Immediately order horses to be PVT to
| his carriage for the purpose ~ going hac. for
her Witness, Anton Thoeni, and others set out
| In search Of ker. After getting along the road
| for acme distance they searched. hut without
| Immediate result. Having proceeded some dis
| iancs further. they SAW the genteman's car
riaSe, which had followed them, turn round all
| AT once and 20 back toward Trcfoi. They did
| the same. While passing the place where the
| lady was said To have lallen they found. lrst Of
veil. stained with blood. and at a short distance
from that traces OF blood were to be seen
fh.. MI. -
also found when the body of the un-
fortunate lady was discovered she quite
and head downwaris. II she had rolled down.
she could not have gone IN =" regular line
turning to the road he and his companion told
the gentleman, who remained ia his carriage,
deadf" witness asked him where he had left
her. and he answered, At tho tree at the tree !"
and he pointed downward. He said he would
pay 80 honns 4 the lady were brought up, but
witness said, " Not to-day, but Tomorrow" on
the way back he and his companion talked over
the matter, and formed the opinion that 10
not very easy to explain how the lady could have
fallen down n she was said tn have done. There
wa "A straight marx on the grass showing That
the lady must have gone dawn lsngthwise. Next
morning they proceeded to the spot to keep a
watch, so that the body could not be removed or
robbed.
Joseph Therer, servant NJ the Post ONCE al
Trefo depossd Ia having heard the defendant
get his wife. lie did not hear him say she had
fallen. Al the road where the lady had fallen
then Anton Tnneni went down and found a hat
| vt the hOttun there was "a small grass plat with
a stripe max across II, ~ of something passing
over IL.
Anrun llocni deposed: All he knew was that
on SUNDAY. the 10Th, four men were told To 20
down the road Ia fetch mp a lady VINO had fallen
over thr path. The gentleman came IN the ear
riage. There wer four others with them, he
sides Irspec~ Ioier. lie pick ed ny a nat and
| fudnd that the inside WAS stained with blood
| lie gaze II To- Inspector Loller, who took il up
10 the gentleman. He went up the road fur
Their aud found spots of blood. They afterward
/ found the body, hut as the lady was dead they
| lott her there. ON going hack Inspector /ullrr
found "A brpNen parhsnl handle. whom they
| told the gentleman She WAS dead he a. hrs /
| looked very sad, and said that he would give
| 30 1urius for her to lac brought up. They re-
| Piled that they could not do that until n COM
| mission had seen her They could not under
stand how She could nave fallen So far over the
stoues. and began to think the gentleman might
| have pushed her over.
Anthem Gutgscll deposed that he was shep-
| herd, and that he WAS with his sheep. From the
| spot in the mountain, where he WAS paStuIing
| them hc could soc the place where Madame de
| Tpur,ie was said 10 have fallen down. lie did
not any one driving there, nor did he hear
any one call Out. though he WAS within hearing
distance. lie did not, however, take much mo-
tc1 of all the sounds and noises he heard. IIo
took his sheep give them feed on the Alps,
th.rs4 h hal IA ltfta