Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-10-18
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bkcu HkilltlbC JIG servant. ln0 DIS
Oner then returned to the house Of he
husband, who lived with his uncle, I'll
elderly widower in possession Of
small fortune. In q short time tn
prisoner, according to the Indictment
became the uncle's mistress, md ulti
mately induced him to make 4 will !,
favor Of her husband. A few week
after this, in June, 1876, the uDcl,
died suddenly, and, although I'll,
neiSlbols suspected foul play, stil
nothing was said to the police. Tn
prisoner now got her husband to MAKE
q will in her favor. She then formed
the acquaintance Of a young man il
the neigl,borlood, q clerk to Tie Mayor
Of Lambesc, and-wa afterwards hear
to express her regret that she was mo-
a widow, so that SHE might got mar.
lied to him. Eventually, on the 3ls
Of November, 1878, her husband wa
taken i'll, and died suddenly In terri.
bic agony. The neighbors were a,
last aroused 70 action. Tie police
were informed Of the prevailing sus-
picions, aud the prisoner was arrested.
The body other husband was exa,Din
I'd, aud tho doctor found a quantity Of
arsenic in 1t. This led tn the exl,um-
ing Of the bodies Of the old widow aud
the uncle, and tho same poison was
discovered in both. The trial occu-
pied several days. On the first day
the Judge questioned the prisoner,
and found he had met his match.
The Judge begun thus: "You know
where TO look when your designs ne
cessitated the use Of the substances Of
which you have made such criminal
use !" Tho prisoner replied, III never
evtn knew where those substances
were TO be found, and even IL I had
knowD--' Tho Judge interrupted
her, aud went on 10 state that she had
poisoned the widow Martin. 70 this
the prisoner retorted t1n.t the village
doctor had deposed that she died Of
choleraic diauI'pa, whereupon the
Judge said he had since re-
tracted that statement. Coming
to the second case Of alleged poison-
ing, tho Judge having stated that a
doctor was called in to see the victim,
and stopped tie vomiting, the prisoner
quickly interrupted and said, "Then
It was not poison" So the unequal
struggle went on till at the end of the
|nterrogatoire, the Judge having made
The usual observation to the prisoner,
'That is your system Of defenhe,'' the
prisoner exclaimed, "Ah! God in
Heaven! you do not need a system
when you have done Dothing,' The
lea'ing of the witnesses then began.
Several exciting incidents took
,lace during the examination with re-
gard to the death of the old lady,
Martin. The prisoner, on being asked
what had become of the money the
deceased was known to have on the
,remises, replied that her mistress a
CIV days before her death paid a large
um to the washer woman. This per-
on was forthwith called, and she do |
lied the statement, on which the &C
used called her all sorts Of ugly
James, and the Judge had to ,epri-
naDd her. Respecting the death of
'er uncle, SHE also stoutly denied the |
violence Of witnesses to the effect |
hat she had become his mistress and
vas jealous when he talked of getting |
1arried. The evidence concerning |
he prisoners husband showed him to |
ave been a weak minded man, pas
fond Of his wife. Here tile
ccused exclaimed: 81 was the hap
lest Of women; why should J have
estlOyed that happiness by killing
i'm, rs you pretend 7"
NJ. Isido'e Blanc, Secretary to the
layor Of Lambesc, said he made the
cquaintance Of the prisoner shortly
fter her husbands death. The ac-
used denied it, and ridiculed the
lea Of her falling in love with u man
ID enough to be her father. Another
nportant witness was a chemist
AIMED Girard, in whose service the
lisoner had been before she became
&c servant Of the old widow lady,
[artiD. He said that the key Of her
Junk opened the cupboard where he
ept his poisons. A woman named
.onorat declared that the prisoner,
hen her husband was taken i'll, said
10 would 60 to the chemist and pre-
are the medicine herself if the chem
t was not at home. The medical
violence was then taken. Boil. the
DctOrs who attended the three de-
'ased persons, and the experts, de-
AIRED they had never come across
'ch conclusive proofs of poisoning %
ose they had discovered in their
'st-nortem examination. The ex-
erts had, by means Of the Marsl, ap-
sratus, detected in all the bodies a
rye quantity of arsenic, which was
'own to the jury in glass tubes.
ere the Judge reminded the prison
that she was the only person who
tended the deceased in their sick.
,ss, and the only person by their
lie when they died. TO this she re-
led, lit is fatality, it is a mystery
know nothing, only that I am limo
mt" The trial ended with the pris-
'er being found guilty, "with extern
'tlng circumstances Of course, and
e was sentenced to hard labor for
e.
And how does Charles like going
school !" kindly inquired the good