The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-04-21
TWO PARTISAN HORRORS.


The Murder TrInI or nIlI0Ir.--Thr Assassin
ConfrunIrd by n Wax MBdrI oTIhr Corpse
nf Ills TlcIlm...TruIh Stranger than
Fiction.
Lucy Hooper, in II Paris letter, says :
The trial Of Billoir, the sensational as.
sassin who killed his mistress, discm.
buwolled her corpse, chopped it in two,
aud threw the pieces into the Seine, WIS
begun Il short time ago. A dense crowd
WIS present; many Indies, among whom
WIS the Prussian nmbassadrcss, the
Princess won HOhenlohc, being nmong
the spectators. 4 curious gentleman
Disguised himself in lawyers gown tn
gain admission, but the cheat being dis.
covered, he was ignOmiuiously expelled
from the court room.
Among the persons present were noted
Mounet Sully, Of the COmcdie franchise,
and Grand Duchcssc Schneider, which
lust had brought with her ianciiul
hand bag in Russia leather full Of cnt-
ablcs, and who sat munching bon bOns
aud nibbling mnndarine oranges through
the whole course Of the proceedings.
The scene was u highly dramatic one.
On table before the Judge were placed
glass Jars containing the hRir and Wis.
cera Of the victim, samples Of swlust
found i'll the assassin's room, portions Of
the flooring, etc. On chair was placed
n large Object covered with sheet Of
piper. At certain moment in the in.
terrogatory the paper was drawn aside,
and BillOir was confronted with the
grinning, ghRstly visage Of his victim,
not tho corpse itself, be it understood,
but the bust modelled in wax, which was
exhibited at the morgue when the rr-
mains had become too dccompOscd for
recognition to be possible. An immense
sensation was created by the testimony
Of the physician, who declared from the
perfectly bloodless 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 u
vivid, but, Of course, wholly imaginary
description OF the struggle that must
have taken place between the assassin
and his mistress, whcrcnt Billoir was
visibly affected. He is said not to re-.
scmhle iu.thc least the usual ideal Of Il
murderer, being quiet and respectable
lo0lsing elderly man, with bilious com.
plexion and u vague, dull eye. He wis
carefully aud neatly dressed in black,
his linen being Of irrcproachablc clcanli.
ness. Tue trinl only lasted two days,
at the end Of which verdict was rem.
dcrcd Of "pIiity without cNteuuating
circumstances, 80 that unless his appeal
to the court oi cassation be successful.
Billoir will soon be called upon founder.
90 the drcal penalty oi the law. or ne.
cuniing 20 Partisan slang, tr "kiss the
basket" But am told that petition
Tor his pardon, based ou his military
services. will shortly be presented to tho
authorities.
The othc. criminal, he who threw his
little daughter down dry we'll alive,
aud LEFT her TO perish slowly Of s.arya-
tiDn AMI Of the injuries received in the
iall, is tn he brought To trial likewise in
very short time. The widest scnsl-
Li0nnl novel Of crime ever written could
hardly surpass in its incidents the career
Oi this scoundrcl. How. after murlcr-
ing his child, he cuutriycd to cscnpc;
how he tried TO kill his wife aud his
iathcr-in.law. wounding them both: how
though his house was surrounded, he
managed To escape second time, auI
how for month he lived in couccalmcnt,