Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-05
\ FRENCH MURDER.

mother old Honsaa Killed For Her Money
---d,t I9e9 Widosr UJlo Tired .llone and
Consented ,cith Profigate 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. 1t is only q
few days since Barre and Lebiez we're COP
demned to death, and the mystery OF the
Rue Poliyeau 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.
1t was on Dec. 49, last year, that Nine.
Cremieux was found on the floor of her
room bearing marks of violence. Her nose
was tlattened 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
! tc the most Infamous vices. 1t appears that
Mime. 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 up her eccentric hab-
| its, which he feared would bring about some
mishap sooner or later. His authorizations
We're soon realized, but the question was,
| "Who were the murderers?" II was evident
that theft had been their object, and, in fact,
the jewel. case was found void of it's 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 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
deDauchery. 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-Hodister- 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 jurles of the accused were turned tC
evidence against them. The body of Nine
Cremieux was exhumed, and accurate casts
taken of her jaws. Both Hodister and Des
QUEENS had wounds on their hands, which
| the doctors pronounced to be bites, and or
applying the model of the victims mouth i
was found to correspond exactly with thu
scars. There was not a large attendance a
the court this morning, owing, probably, tx
the fact of it being known that most of thu
proceedings would take place with closet
doors.
/ Desquiens, who appears alone before thu
tribunal, does not seem more than 16 or
years old, although he is really 20. He doe
not at all resemble the ruf1ian the public ha
generally imagined him to be. He has
perfectly smooth and effeminate face, with
somewhat prominent nose; his hair is care
fully parted in the middle and slight,
curled. His dress is CAREFUL,
arranged, and his hands bear no trace O
work. He looks, in short, much like
city clerk who piques himself on his per
sonal appearance. He belongs to an honor
able family in Roubaix, but at the early ag
of ID he was condemned to be imprisonet
for theft, and his subsequet life has bee,
one continuous degeneracy, ending in tn
lowest depths of deprayity. After readin,
the dcted accusdtion, the court declared tn
huls clos for the examination of Dsquiens
who persists in denying his guilt with th
utmost cyicism, in spite of overwhelmin,
testimony against him.
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