The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-05
TRAGEDY IN TIE ILrS.
The Trial Of Wealthy Enaiishm.n for the
Alleged Murder of His wife.

Fon ne Lnic TINES
VIENNA, June i9.--Ycsterday afternoon tho
Court resumed the sitting. The prisoner spoke.
in turn. French. Italian. and English. and gavc
his version Of the affair with great volubilty and
cpcTs T TIA ndm1pt Tn,s thst On ro the h
don. came with his wife and her maid to Sprn-
dinig. whore. the road To the Stclvio Pass
branches on from III" main road in the vicinity
OF vintsoga. The gentleman who seemed very
excited and impatient. ordered IA light carrnsc
,or thG nsyt mopTn n TO- rony,y nm TO the
was not to 20. The carriage started at q A. NJ,
and at half pnst 4 reached Tgetoi. At half
past IL they started again from Trafoi. arrived
nt2 =. VI. on the Fran1nshohe. whore the gen
tlcmnn took some wnr and then they went on
,c Fcrinnshohe, the highest poini, Of The road;
when. Mt the so-calcd Iiasrtta. Tourvll said II
was too hate 70 60 up. and that they wanted to
return. At4A they were back again Mt Fran
zcnshohe. Hero he gave orders To feed the
horses. while he and his wife went on. Tho
coachmnn obicotni. ns he had lat his oats 1t
Trafoi, and proposed to return there. This WIS
agreed to- ana NJ Tourvillc and his wife went
on foot on the Scrpentinc nth:
An hour qftorwar1 Tourvllc wns olservcd
walking at his usual pncr. not Mt I'll heated and
He said he f"it hot, and nskrd for glass "
vine. When asked where his wife WINS. y" said.
without any sign " anxiety or sorrow, TINT she
had fallen and badly hurt herself po. ning to
his temples. In reply To n question from the
ccoa'hman. Tqprvillc ted him e. take two or
that he would follow. Ills account to The maid
was that while his wife was aimiring
TIE, s E ro.3 S San sq ny ,n way ana
again. h. nsscrtci that his wife. WHO
wns always sclf-willod, would 20 on foot. and
that she knocked her foot against n stonr and
fell down. Although from the lnd'n rrneo
shown by TourVilr all W re OF opinion that no
great hnrm had been done. the hostess sug-
grstrd that the carriage should still br taken.
and II was ordered. Inspector Iolncr ana two
other men rom Trafoi 20, in with T9urville.
who mentioned that above AMI below IN" pa'"
whore his wife had fallen down thcrr were
rcd stones. when the carriage reached that
spot /nllnrr drew the nj ention 81 Tourv.llo
to the rcd stones hut received no answer, rho
carriage went on for some twenty minutes
more. when Tourvillc said his wife must he
low fr down. The carriage returned. and on ITS
arriving mt the red stones Tourviiln said.
Hero II H." The m'n got down. but he re-
manned in tho carriage straw hat and vrst
were found four mctr : under the road, with n
stone upon th,m. Tho hat was full of blood on
III" ms DE. -, The men took i To the carriage
and Tourviil". without touching il. replied in
differently that II WIS his wi"'s; near 10y u
hundk"r hi,f spotted with blood was found.
and this. too, WIS taken NJ TO the earring" and
tho traces Of blood. the mon iounl cum AMI a
n"rhtir, ikrw - spotted with blood. and at last,
in the depth uf the kumha h. the liclr-s body.
tho hcah downward. with gaping. wounds
! drosS l"rang"i. and the legs crushed. The mon
! returned To- the rarragr and communicated the
| news To- T"urvll" who WIS walking w and
down. H. answer was, Dcnd. dndeodi ana
! men In bring up the body. To this. how vrr.
! the Custom oil'rr objected. and ordered all the
! TN ug~ To be- let on tn spot. TourVille wanted
| to - back 10 Spnndinig unicr tn" plea that thu
/ German: hut he WIS detained AMI SEARCHED
He wls usArd % TAX" down his gloves There
] WIS blood on the first und middl" fingers ana
| when g~e'd Tor an explanation he said il Wa