The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-07
THE yIrRrOL- THROnIN0 CASE.
The Trial Continued-Testimony OF the Victim
blinded for I.ife-The Evidence Finished.

Prom he London INNS
PARIS. July 2i-The hearing Of the
vitriul-throwing case was continued to-day.
when the victim Of the outrage, NJ Rene
de Ia Roche. was examined. After stat
oner Gras commenced in January 1865. and
that he resided sometimes in Paris, sometimes
in the country. occasionally travelling abroad.
on tho 18Th Of January last went to dine with the f.
male prisoner in the Rue de Boulognc then went home
I. ds; returned about H. and remained about an hour
W. @SE "a" G the % s to ,S !" thu h, 9sqa
oncr shomc alshied al the gate. paid The csbm.n
and rang the hell while up the Avenue TO the
s9mcthns a, me elt,erribs pain in the face .hrekcd
lie ho stars s e p rooms .V q" M% NM I' Sra %
nurscd me. and the next day doctor came
Here the witness stopped. on which the woman
Grns exclaimed, Mas drfeudS moi done. defends
moi donc 20 The presiding Judge next put
questions in answer To which the witness said;
was doing my twelve months mhtar, volunteer service
never followed me on ny travels In is58 Went to
hs,rt and Italy Constantly corrcsrop,ans with her !
absence Ircpo.cd much confidence in her and loved
The 5,h d " oS6cr to he & u bcceG6cr @,, wa.
,o,an N r1T' and on ,csns pron'sd to ,ase hst
danserou she had hut lust recovered nom bronchitis
e.pondcncc lad tried to divert er from lie pa"
ny ba w hsT m r @ s@ nm n my nam S
,cnousy, ! saw nobody at all but the prisoner in her
hgir,om sometimes ~ The dining room ! do not re.
III uttt
time 70 dress" then read one OF Montaigncs Essays,
which spoke at women.
As to the last part of this deposition. II should
be explained thnt the foundryman Goudry,
who is charged with having carried out the dia-
hOlical scheme Of Nine. Gras. went to the
house at night while his victim was away dress
ing and on the return of the Inter wns placed
10y Nine. Gras in u dark closet whore he
cGauid he9T thr c1ny rI Afcording to NJ
whcrcupon she told him TO 10 70 the dining
r,o2m and look at u book he would find there.
Z ,pndle said 10 MN, lois CONNIE Je SuiS
belie. kissed him. and sworc If he did what she
three months. After the pair had len. he went
into the dining room. found Montaigne's Es-
says there. looked at the chapter ON " Trois
bonne f9nwes waited TIL 2;30 then took up the
vial Of vitriol she had given him, vert nuscless-
" down stairs and waited for his victim in the
garden. .Goudry,s visit. to the house was. OF
so Happened that the u" concigS S" was S 90.
IN H thu ny upper HUT "prs at RSy very S Time IN" he sa
chosen a. most likely to escape observation.
her. and heard him stop ut Nine. Grass door
Alter the outrage she stated this 10 the police
and II was n this way that Goudry was arrest
ed when Mime Grass letters. found in his
house. threw 50 much light on the plot that he
made clean breast Of it. Another cause IT su--
picion was the mysterious manner of Nine
Gras on being questioned by the police. She
refused tO answer certain questions. and denied
that n nottingham l(iouiryl had been to The
Italy hut received n hint from the authorities
that she would not be- allowed To- leave Paris
She wrote several notes to GOudry 10 warn him
against visiting her. and met him on Feb. IL
in ShnronnG Cemetery. when she urged him
to destroy all his clothes stained with Vitriol
and gave him 100 francs to buy others
While in prison. she managed 20 convey a
letter 10 him. in which she pressed him to as
sumo the whole responsibility. NJ. de In Roche
was thunderstruck on learning the arrest Of .he
woman who had been nursing him. and profess
ing undated attachment for him over since the
outrage. but perceived the deception OF which
he had been the victim on being told she had
picked up fragments Of letters he had torn up
and told her o. throw into the fire. These she
evidently intended 10 use. II necessary TO OK
tort money ~ she had done with former lovers
Goulry II di-nntly related to Nine. Gras
and from childhood she had kept up nm ne
circumstances. She employed him on SUNDAYS
ip cut up wood. 49, and. on his avowal oi q pas
sion for her, she apparently discovered that he
might be made her tool in forwarding her
scheme of gaining COMPETENCY for life by
making her lover dependent on her care. The
| evidence was completed to-day, and tomorrow
the advocates ON both sides Will speak.