The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-10-25
Selett Stogg.
LATEST PARIS MONSTER
A Murderer's Frantic Effort to
Drag His ParamOur with
Him to the Axe.
Tho Baby Wltness-HOrrld Scenes In
Court.
Lcorrespondence Of the wOrld.l

lY without CTlulluhI bohS"' '''' W
sort. Billor guillotined for cutting m
mistress into fragments and tossing Tn
pieces into the r'ver Moyaux dumps
three. year.old child into dry welI'to b
eaten living of insects and vermin; the AK
fallen on his neck, the Widow Gras ap
peared, and barely had the doors OF tn
prison changed behind her than Aloer
and hit mistress came up for trial as tn
authors OF the affair of the Tour Malaket
The French system of conducting trial
shocks us Anglo-Saxons accustomed u
codes which regard all men as innocen
till they are proved guilty and surrounn'
the prisoner with every possible safe
guard. Tie French system is not so fair
not 80 humane, bnt it possesses this advan
tage from journalists standpoint-lt Il
more productive of dramatic scenes. al
acte daccuSat0n is generally as good read
ing as a novel, and scarcely an importan
trial but presents tabeaux as striking al
any to be seen at the theaters.
Joseph Albert may be described as
GOOD iype of the debauChee of low class
thief on occasion, assassin in event o
need; he is man of middling size anc
dark complexion, with hair slightly brush
ed forward "A dead cold eye aud an earthy
tint, the forehead bulging and the figure
bonv. Hortense LavUitte, his partner III
crime, is woman of lwenty-nine stout
brunette, with regular features and high
color and the bold ,brazen air OF woman
who deserted her husband and three chll
dren to descend to the lowest ranks OF the
cirv's vie. She has Z Eiolent temper, as
her flashing eyes, heaving bosom and tirm
set Jaw testify at any moment OF exclte'
ment. She is CullOssa liars and the num-
Der of falsehoods she uttered in her ex'
animation is inralcuable. Now she de-
Clared herseIfto he the daughter OF lady
of rank, kidnapped and brought up by
gipsies: then an angel having appear
ed in her cell and bidden her to tell the
truth, size gave as her own the name OF a
respectable married woman whom she
had known Then she denied all knoWI-
edge of the crime; then admitted her par
tiCipation in i at one stage; then reasser-
ted her innocence and swore the crime
upon The victims husband
The best description of the crime can
give is taken from Albert's confession
when ! led the officers to the scene OF
the butchery of the old woman in the Gel ,
lar Here" said he, halting at the head
of the stairs; here is where ! called out,
mime. LepelIeter, your rabbits are loose
they are in the cellar" Then he led
them to the main cellar and went on,
"here Hortense waited for me, hidden
in this corner (placing himself on small
heap of stones) She was there, Watching
for her prey. Nine Lepelletier Was be
hind me; kept talking to her about her
rabbits; she hesitated to follow me. She
seemed to lack confidence poor soul; she
wasn't wrong. At last she enters hes.
itate, but zee my mistress, that demon
from hell who lifts her arm aud waves
for me TO strike | s'rike-l strange my
victim; she falls brit still breathes. She
must be finished. say to HOrtense, You
who drove me to this crime, come help
me complete it, She comes and kneels
here is the spOt-and she and wiring
the Door wOman's neck. We couldn't get
her to die; she was gasping or breathing
for two hours. When she was qnile dead
| tried to bury her body yOnder, at
the extremity of the cellar, but the ground,
YOU zee stamping his foOt),was too hard,
so we laid it here under this heap of
weeds. At night to lower it into the well,
we took a rope. 1t was not easy work the
steps in the passage making us stumble.
Going along the little passage we saw Lep-
elletier husband of the murdered wo'
man) going in and had to stop minute;
then we reached the window oyer the
well in the court yard. l left the body
out of the window down into the well
gently, for respect the dead,and soon
heard it splash in the water"
Here the woman Hortense was led into
the cellar al went and placed herself in
a corner remote from that indicated by
Albert, saying, ut was here | remained
during the murder, and for two hours af.
terwards."
"No," cried Albert, with violent ges
lures; "you lie, you wretch! God should
crush you. Come over here, here in the
corner where you know you were waiting
for me, calling to me, wishing to fling me
down to the hell we are both gong to.
Dare yon lie, now? Here is where the
woman was at your feet; sa" you take
her by the neck, saying, "The- won't
die, won't she? and we killed her tOgeth.
er."
"No, it is not true, it is not true" feebly
replied the woman The officer piled her
with questions and pressed Der to confess,
showing her how the man unaided could
not have carried the body along the pas
sage. She said at last, IL wished to help
him carry it, but l Couldn't-it was too
heavy" "Pshawp said an officer. "No
one could have carried it alone" well"
she admitted, reluctantly. 81 helped him
carry it to the entrance of the passage;
there my strength and nerve gave way.
Then she was pressed again and admitted
having helped Albert with it little furth-
or on.
"Ah, hap said Albert, "now you're be-
ginning to talk; go on; tell everything
about it"
II have admitted everything" she an
swered; sit was here l left the body and
went up stairs. You did the rest"
81 tel you, you were there" answered
Albert, With some irritation, Hold on,l
know how to fetch her. My little nephew
was in the passage ana saw it all. 0 if he
could only speak,"
TIE officers sent for the child and sat
isfied themselves that from the passage ii
could have seen the drama in the cellar
The little ones looks betrayed certain
amount Of intelligence; the nurse explain.
ed that he was beginning to talk. 1t was
not frightened at the sight of strangers
and said, in its stammeriDg manner.
"Bobo lhurt mamma Pelletier-throw
in well-under the grass(th kelp) )-uncle
(Albert) make her bObo-aunt Hortensej
hit her like this" and the little one
brought down its tiny fist.
bravo, bravo, cried Albert, clapping
his hands, "Ir is the hand of God You're
caught at last. Now lie, will youl"
On the stage such scene would be
thought impossible, but there it is, trans.
lated literally from the court recordsl
When the two prisoners were confronted
hafora the Ill0e n Instruction there Waa a