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

Paris, July 5.-A crime more hor.
riLle than that of Eilloir. who cut his
mistress into morsels. or al Moyaux.
who cast his chill into dry well and
hear,l it for three hours bellowiny
like a bull' in its agony. will shortly
b. avenged at AK the murder nj thu
widow Boyer by Leon ViIalis AMI her
Maria. The prisoners have
Just been tried, and the trial, for sheer
horror, will long BIZ notable in French
criminal annals.
Maria Boyer Is tall AMI handsome
girl of II, slight. supple. with Il
piquant AMI attractive face. small and
regular features. AMI great. liquid eyes
Of black, that being c:,s, DOWN. lend L"
her an expression Of melancholy. Af
her trial she appeared dressed plainly
in deep black, and spoke in low voice
often broken by a sob or shu'lder.
Leon Vitalis is u Young man Of unpre-
possessing appearance, with a slight
stoop; he Is understood, lean and
with struggling beard.
sunken cheeks and q bilious tint. His
uneasy and evasive eyes were rarely
lifted from the table or the ground,
though at times with fearful f;lscina.
ton, they were drawn to a heap Of
bloNl-stained clothes AMI large
cheeseknife-ghastly relics Of the
crime.
l do not know that can tell the
story better by summarizing the testi-
money Of the two actors in the bloody
drama rs elicised in their examination
bv the court. Maria was brought up
in convent and called ''cold and
insensihle chill She would not 60
to her father Oh his diving bid. Few
things moved her. though once she
had some thought Of joining a religious
or,ler. In her desk ut the convent
were found some notes to schoolmates,
Of rather indecent character-that was
al the special fault found with her be-
foreshe left school and went to live
with her mother, who carried On her
deaf husbands business, that Of a deal
er in butter. cheese, etc Nitalis
visited the house and was IN friendly
terms with both women. He sought
the Younger one in marriage, but in
October last there was rupture be
tween them, she sending Vitalis
letter in which she said that she would
not say she loved him. but that she
hal for him true Friendship which
circumstances might very easily change
to love. MY answer is always the
same. All depends on certain things.
I leave YOU free and wish to he left
free. do not change. as you, who
know me SD we'll. know. You think
this letter cold. but ] have had to0
much experience Of life to wish lightly
to engage myself" Her mother, the
girl sail to the court, had been the
cause Of the rupture. The old woman
and Vitalis were ON criminally init
mate terms, AMI she had done all that
Law in her power to sunder them. In
March last the girl sail publicly that
on several occasions she had slept in
the bed where Vitalis and her mother
were already lying. Did you. asked
the court, ''not wish tina: your mother
were dead?" The prisoner. coldly
"Yes. One day, when she was sick.
Vitalis said: If the good Gul would
only take her out Of the way! and
answered: 'Ah, she makes US suffer SC
much When We discussed the attack
upon her l never thought he meant "a
kin her. He said to me: Your moth.
er detests you and wishes to kill you
there must he an end to all this
thought he meant IL stun and gag her,
that We might fly together" At Thu
point the prosecution read the girls
first avowals. as follows:
Il thought that Leon maintained
Illicit relations with my mother. Ap.
pearances indicated it; and. as | bore
q consuming lOee for him. l was jeal.
Gus of her. I did not dare to speak to
her on the subject, but did to him, and
he swOre that there was no ground for
nv suspicious and that he loved me
alone. Had l known that he was on
intimate terms with her he should
never have become my lover. He
never told me that he proposed killing
her, but when she was sick he and ]
used to pray that she might he worse.
He complained Of the scenes she had
with him frequently. + = At the
beginning Of the stru ggle ! went into
the front shop and moved about boxes
and chairs to make a noise 40 that the
sounds Of the struggle should not be
heard. After while o Leon called me,
Maria. bring me the big cheese-knife,
quick! She has got mine and is cut
ting nv fingers! / took the knife to
him he seized it and finished her with
it. turned away my head so as not
to zee him do it. Must tell all, sir ?
On Monday Leon disclosed his plans
to me. If you will be mine, he said.
there j. only one Wayne must get
rid Of the old woman. II We took the
money and ran away she would follow
and find Us. You must get Marcellia,
the shopman, out of the way that
night. 1 will answer for taking care
If your mother At first ] made OBJ
iections, but he Overcame them. He
only used the big knife when he found
that nv mother was so heavily dress
ed that her clothing turned the little
one he had. At night, as We We're
sleeping in her bed"
At this point the accused sprang To
her feet. "What / said there" she
cried, twas false. They forced me at
prison to say that. ] said it to save
him, that he might be sent to New
Caledonia, where he could marry me.
He slipped Q note into nv hand bid
ding me do this. / swear to-day that
I 1;1 ,,s,fb;uy. I did not share In the