Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-12
A FRENCH MURDER.
mother Old Woman Killed For Her Money
IAN aged Widow Who LiUed Alone and

another Old Woman Killed For Her Money
IAN aged WIDOW Who LIUed Alone and
COnsOrted srith PrOfiigate Young Men.
Paris Correspondence London Telegraph.
The epidemic of murders, assassinations
and mutilations which has visited France
during the last two years keeps the criminal
tribunal constantly occupied. It is only a
few days since Barre and Lebiez were COD
demned to death, and the mystery of the
Rue Poliveau is now succeeded by the crime
of Neuilly. Some eight months ago an old
widow lady named Cremieux, who was
rs years of age, and resided at
Neuilly, was assassinated. One of
the perpetrators of the crime ap-
peared before the assize court of
the Seine this morning; the other, Belgian,
will be tried at Brussels. The former is
twenty years of age, the latter only sixteen.
It was on Dee. 10, last year, that Nine.
Cremieux was found on the floor of her
room bearing marks of violence. Her nose
was fiattened to her face, and bandage tied
across her mouth. The victim, as the act of
accusation says, was entirely destitute of
moral sense, and the assassins were addicted
to the most infamous vices. It appears that
Nine. Cremieux led strange life. She re-
fused to live with her children, and preferred
to remain in an inexplicable solitude. Not
that she was morose or ill-natured; on the
contrary, she was very fond of receiving boys
and young folks, and showing them her jewels
and valuableS. Three months before the
catastrophe her son wrote to her, begging
her once more to give mp her eccentric hab-
its, which he feared would bring about some
mishap sooner or later. His anticipations
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"Who were the murderers?'' It was evident
that theft had been their object, and, in fact,
the jewel case was found void of its contents,
and sum of 500 francs had disappeared.
The police were for some time at loss, but
at length the fact was ascertained that one
of the assassins had received wound
in the struggle with the victim,
which he was imprudent enou Oh
to have dressed at a chemists shop in the
neighborhood. This gave clue, and the
two boys-for such they were-were tracked
from one lodging house to another in Paris,
where they did nothing but live in drunken
debauchery. However, they both succeeded
in crossing the Belgian frontier. Arriving at
Brussels, they squandered the Jewels and
money of Nine. Cremieux until they were ar
rested. Desquiens was sent back to France,
while the other-H odister was claimed by
the Belgian government, to be tried before
the Assize court of Brabant. One
of the most remarkable points in
this disgusting case is the manner in which
the injuries of the accused were turned to
evidence against them. The body of Nine.
Cremieux was exhumed, and accurate casts
taken of her jaws. Both HOLSTER and Des-
QUEENS had wounds on their hands, which
the doctors pronounced to be bites, and on
applying the model of the victims mouth II
was found TO correspond exactly with the
scars. There was not large attendance at
the court this morning, owing, probably, to
the fact of 1t being known that most of the
proceedings would take place with closed
| doors. a TfE
Desquiers, who appears alone before the
tribunal, does not seem more than 16 or II
years old, although he lie really 90 He does
not at all resemble the rufian the public has
generally imagined him TO be. He has q
| perfectly smooth and effeminate face, with .
somewhat prominent nose; his hair is care.
fully parted In the middle and alightly