The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-09

Sensational Criminal Trial. ia
Paris

Lucy lIJoper's Paris Letter
The trial Of Biiloir, the sensational az
sassin who killed his mistress disem
boweled her corpse, chopped it in two
and threw the pieces into the Seine, was
beg IN few days ago. A dense crowd was
present, many ladies, among whom WAS
the Prussian Embassadress, the Princess
Won Hohenlohe, being among the spec
tators. A curious gentleman disguised
himself in lawyers gown to gain admis-
sion, but, the cheat being discovered, he
was ANONYMOUSLY expelled from the
courtroom. Among the persons present
were noted Mounet SulIy, of the Comedie
Franchise, and Grand Duchesse Schneid-
er, which last had brought with her fan
ciful handbag in Russia leather, full of
eatables, and who sat munching bon-bonS
and nibbling mandarine oranges through
the whole course of the proceedings. The
scene was highly dramatic one. Ga i
table before the Judge were placed glass
jars containing the hair and viscera of
the victim, samples Of s1wdust found in
the assassn's room, portions of the floor
ing, etc. On chair was placed a large
object covered with a sheet of paper. AT
Il certain moment in the interrogatory
the p per was drawn aside, and Billoir
was confronted with the grinning, CHASTITY
visage Of his victim, not the corpse itself,
be it understood, but the bust modelel
in wax, which was exhibited at the
MOrgue, when the remains had become
too dee composed for recognition to be
possible. An immense sensation was
created by the testimony of the physician,
vino declared from the perfectly blood
less condition of the body when found
that the poor creature must have been
cut open while she was still alive. The
President Of the Court gave a vivid, bnt,
of course, wholly imaginary, description
Of the struggle that must have taken
place between the ass ASSN and his mis-
tress, whereat BiIIoir was visibly affected.
He is said not to resemble in the least
the usual ideal of murderer, being a
quiet and respectable looking elderly man,
with 4 bilious complexion and vague,
duh eve. He was carefully aud neatly
dressed in black, his linen being of ire
proachabIe cleanliness. The trial only
lasted two days, at the end of which Il
verdict was rendered Of Guilty without
extenuating circumstances, so that I'M
less his appeal to the Court OF Cessation
be successful, Billoir will soon be called
upon to undergo the dread penalty Of
the law, OF, according to Partisan slang,
to kiss the basket" But ain told that
a pardon based on his military services
will shortly be presented to the author
tiles
The other criminal, he who threw his
little daughter down a dry we'll alive,
AMI left her to perish slowly from star
walton and of the injuries received in the
fall, is to be brought to trial likewise in
a few days. The widest sensational
novel of crime ever written could hardly
surpass in its incidents the career of this
scoundrel. How, after numbering his
child, he c0ntrved to escape, how he
tried to kill his wife and father i'll law,
woundng them both how, though his
house was surrounded, he managed to
escape a second time, and how for
month he lived in concealment, battling
| all the researches of the police--such are
the facts of this desperado's career. Nor
was his capture Mt last by the police, but
| through the Intervention of former ac-
/ aIaintance, who recognized him as he
was examining the pictures III an Illus
trated paper, suspended at the door of a
newspaper vender He, too, like Bill
lior, was subjected to a sensational expe-
rience by the authorities. After the
first interrogation was over, he was led
| into a gloomy hall, one end Of which was
concealed by dark green curtain. At
a given signal the CURTAIN was drawn
aside, and there was revealed to the MUIR
derer, stretched out on marble table,
the corpse of his innocent victim, which
had been preserved by some chemical
process He endured the sight with
stoical firmness, confessed that he had
done the deed, and only regretted that
he had not succeeded iii killing his wife as
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