The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-07

second arm" At these words the
sensation Of horror and hatred in the
crowd was 80 marked that proceedings
hal to be suspended for a consider
able time.
Maria Dyer having made a clean
breast Of the murder, the examination
III Vitalis was necessarily brief lap
pend the most sensational part Of 1t.
After elicting that in some measure he
had obtained the widows confidence,
anil helped her in the administration Ut
her affairs. and that she hal promised
him her daughter. while declaring that
the girl was still young. the presiding
magistrate continued. "Were YOU not
the widows lover," PrisOne ~ with
energy: Never" You never kissed
her in public ?" Never" "And vet
it Is proven that you shared her bed. I"
"Oh, that was quite against my will.
l couldn't help myself. l had been to
the theater with her and her daughter
AMI when l brought them home"
Tell me now, what part Maria had
i'm her mothers murtler." maria
she did nothing. She was only there
that was ALL" No, it was not.
Come Out with the truth. She con-
fes-ed everything" "lf she has spared
ms the horror Of telling YOU vi it. y
(sensa.ion. Did she hand the knife
YES" did she stamp Oh the dead
body Of her mother? You said tina,
she did" Il did not think that was
very important. Sensation. "Iou
say that Maria asked you to rid her Of
her mother" Yes" "After you
had cut up the body you and the
young girl slept together in her
mothers bedw Il not remember"
The testimony Of the other witnesses
did not create much excitemen,
or reveal much that was novel, il
being merely corroborative Of the
admissions Of the two criminals. One
woman. however, brought out the
cheerful fact that Vitalis and Maria
Boyer had kept the shop open during
the evening. and that Vitalis had
employed the knife with which he hal
killed and cut up the old woman Il
serve out cheese to his customers
During the trial the complete .scen
dency that Vitalis had obtained Ovel
the girl was remarkably apparent
She watched him narrowly wher
about to answer question endeavOr
ing tn read IN his face what he de
sired her to say-indeed, sd noticeable
was this that the court ordered hi.
withdrawal from the room during hel
examination. One Of the jurors
overcome by the horrible recital
tainted and displayed such nervous
agitation that the court had to FIJI hi
place with another man. The ad
dress Of procnreur-general. NJ. Simon
was a powerful piece Of invective
The widow. he said, was frivolous j.
her conduct and miserly, but though
appearances were somewhat agains
her, her misconduct was not full
proven. Her daughter was q girl
cold. hyp'critical, heartless, feigninI
a love for cluster life while givin;
herself up to precocious RIGHTEOUSNESS
Vitalis was Il libertine, corrupted b.
reading filthy books, wrecked b.
shameful diseases, who loved neithe
the mother nor daughter. but slew l.
steal. The jury should make No dis
tinction between the two prisoners
Here the girl burst into an agony 0
iears.1 "The emotion" said NJ
Simon, "would have been better dis
played under other circumstances
The girl who showed herself SO COLI
and deliberate at her mothers mur
der, could, if she would, restrain her
self now. She was ripe for crime
she is ripe for punishment" Vitali'
lawyer contended that there was n
premeditation, but that his client hat
killed Nine. Boyer to avenge Mari
whom he idolized, for the fortunes sb
suffered ut her mothers hands. Il
was love carried out to its most vic
Tent expression" Finally. the jur,
found verdict Of guilty. with ex
tenuating circumstances in the girl
case. She escapes with life imprison
ment at hard labor; Vitalis is to b
guillotined.