The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-30
THE MISSING BOOT.
n CRIME ron WHICH TWO iNN0.
gIsNT MEN SUFFERED.

was Found In a drafting AnaHg the
#nuins one nj the stranaest aud most
Complicated stsries ut Crime ana tir-
EsulastantIal Evidence Ever Narrated.
luinrlanati Enuuirerl
&s1a last act In a judicial drama Of un-
+htnuh Interest has just been per
ned in France. The facts are of q
safkRble nature, and furnish another
aflee Of the falsity Of the proposition
+ circumstances cannot lie.
| b 1869 Henri I0ume resided with his
Ter. a farmer or small means. at LA
[pte, q town In La Gironde. Near by
Ia b wealthy landowner named Reu-
snr, who had an only daughter, &C.
apliHhed and beautiful. The girl
young Loume had known each
or from childhood. and latterly
lr acquaintance had ripened into
ID. Henri had just attained his ma
Wy. and Margaret Reutillier was In
n eighteenth year. His father had
ierto opposed her union with Henri.
auHe he was III humble circumstan-
and was anxious that che should
Try one August Terneaux. q wealthy
KisuWner residing near. His daughter
violently opposed to this union,
II ut lDEbY WAsA bbS IbbISh AVaha Eh1tb
#unly chila's health was failing. and
d III fact ehe was fretting herself into
grave. he consented to her mar
I4e with young Loume. and
TIsE WEDDING DAY wAs FIXED.
bn September 10. 1869, Jean Loume,
afAther. accompanied his son to the
.sAtillIer dwelling aud spent the even
Athere. They started to return home
Nut o'clock In the evening, and had
d Hix miles to walk. Their host Of
q to aend them home in his carriage,
they declined. Between and 10
socls Henri Loume roused up the
yor Of La Motto and informed him
the dwelling OF one Gormez. an old
Inner, was ia flames. Gormez lived
HUT half way between Bazaille, where
outillier resided, and the town Of La
tie. and the Mayor directed the fire.
a to proceed thither at once. After
he time the flames were eatinguiah-
and the body Of Gormez was dis
erred among the ruins. untouched by
Hames, but
HORRIBLY MuTILATEp AND BLOODY.
can and Henri Loume said that as
h turned the corner In the road they
flames and smoke issuing from the
lner's dwelling, and at the same
ND two men sprang over a fence and
sried down the road in an opposite
Actior1. One of them. they thought,
Without boot on the right foot
walked lame. Jean Loume called
aehe neighhors for assistance. while
Ari FASTENED to La Motto to arouse
SMayor and get assistance from the
linen.
Twas very evident that a murder had
committed and that the house had
fred TO destroy the evidence o.
crime. A sharp investigation was
Ton foot. and some one insinuatec
suspicion that Gormez had beer
dered by Jean and Henri Loume
suspicion gained ground and til,
critics. with that precipitanc,
lib charaeterizes such cases il
ice, caused
Hs ARREST OF THE FATHER AND SON
charge of murder. As Is usual II
country. all the preliminary exam
! una were kept secret, and nothins
III pired as TO the evidence agains
focused until the trial. which cam
Nthout delay at Bordeaux.
the meantime the prisoners wer
ned In the jail at La Roelle, and al
Asrd transferred to prison at Dor
to be ready for trial. The YER,
following Henri's arrest was tina
1 for his marriage with Margare
N ,allier.
vi was a mystery to all as to what mo
he prosecution would urge as hav
rompted to the crime. When TIL
5ame on, however, 1t was show
Jean Loume had recently pur
IA from Gormez considerable
bf valuable land, the consideration
7that Loume should buy Gorme
nuity OF $4,000. 1t was claimed b,
@osecution that Gormez had beef
lit OF the way In order to reliev
10 from the payment OF this yearl
It was urged as
REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE,
although there were many resi-
near by, the father and son wer
st to see the fire. It was further
lrged as q most suspicious fac
hey pretended to have seen tw
ID come from the direction OF tn
Is dwelling, leap the fence an