New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-25
A PARTISAN TRAGEDY.
RIDER FOLLOWED BY SUICIDE.

THEN KILLS HIMSELF.
lpRoM THE REGULAR coRREsf oNDENT OF THE TRIBuNfl
PARIS, Sept 1.-THE two great dramas IN real
life of the present week are not invested win
the interest which mystery gives. The Whoie
world knows why it was that Eugene hiauaet
shot the beautiful Gabrielle Morales, u second
rate actress by her talents of the CHAT
elct the Vari6t6s and the Palas Royal
and demi-mundane who expected to dominate
in the hemisphere. Everyone is aware what the
motives were which impccd the irritable Breton
Gentleman to become the assassin of woman
whom he had madly loved for eighteen months
and then TO take away his own Ire. ms IL ho"
the tragedy came to be enacted III tho su'o Vi
plainly furnished rooms inhabited by MILE Maroi'.
"A name she changed, by inverting the letters "li'n
composed il, into the more euphonlons one VI
Morales. At Trouville NJ Riaudet. the son Vi
widowed lady of Independent means, saw, TWO
years ago. Mile. Morales playing ut the Cisiho'
She was Il haxen-haired blonde. with
remarkably fair skin, and such a we'll
made figure that whenever there was n piece
being brought out, the success of which depended
on the beauty the artists legs engaged In II, she
was sure to obtain lucrative employment Her
photograph representing her in silk tights ana a
lowbodied dress without any prctcnsion to sleeves
was on view in the print-shop windows OF the
Rue Viviennc the Palais Royal. the Passage
Jouffroy and the Bouevards. She had not only the
4 points ! mention but regular features and much
sweetness OF expression and In her extraordinary
4" rig out" which was really more indecent than the
nude, she did not look a brazen woman Tier
blue ewes were sadly pensive. One would have
thought the tragical event to which she
was approaching cast a shadow upon them. Well,
| Riaudet saw Gabrielle Morales at the Casino OF
Trouvlle. and fell in love with her. He bad
little property, worth about $4,000 year. and his
| mother was irving, when the first meeting with the
pretty took place to obtain for him Subtle
lecture through the MacMahon family. At the death
of old Madame Riaudet lac was to have come In Tor
| q good deal of money, part of which she was DIS
posed to make over him in her lifetime If he mar
| ried with her consent. Eugene was fine looking
young man Of four or five and twenty. and brought
mp at Rennes in Brittany. His friends there having
observed in HIM resemblance to victor Emanuci,
he trained his mustlche and whiskers to grow like
those of the late King Of Italy. There was great
earnesiness in his character. and he was alice
tomato toward those he was fond Of and
m implacabe haier. In fact, In tho mans
moral nature there were, to believe his
mothers accounts of him, bright and prominent
virtues, winch were given relief and value
by the shadows they projected. His frst impulse,
when he became cnslaved by Gabrielle Morales,
was to marry her, which-shc having discovered
she was beauty. and aiming at az amphibious
and lucrative career OF dramatic art ana yice-dld
not fall IN with her plans She was therefore very
Glad when he asked his mothers consent, and
that respectable lady refused. The actress wrote
in effect TO him, Do not dispute with yOur
mother. II would bring ill-luck upon Us. You
have 10000 francs a year. 1t is enough for us.
MY tastes are simple. always dreamt OF love IN
cottare, in soi:e far of sunny island-but
IL must be sunny We can go TO
such paradise without presenting our
selves before tho Mayor priest. swear TO adore
Won and YOU only, and i'm return 10 Won look after
me. for I am very much ont Of health and In great
need of tender care. And, indeed, she was In need
of the sunny cottage the tender care Of lover who
was wiling to become a sick nurse. La Morales was
suffering from racking cough which her doctor told
her was the first stage of pulmonary consumption
Riaudet took her to Nice and hired charming
little place on the hill near Villa Franco; SET her
up with carriage in which they explored tho
Maritime Alps, and was thoroughly devoted to
her that at the end Of eighteen months his prop
erty was sold aud the money Il fetched all gone.
Mademoisello Morales having recovered her
health. and being lovecr than ever, spoke of re-
surning her former mode of life With a few thou
sand francs that remained to her ont of the wreck
of Eugene Naudet's affairs. she moved down to
the Promenade des Anglais, made rich acquainanccs
and gave the cold shoulder 10 the Breton lover who
had taken seriously her vows of eternal gratitude
THIS jealousy annoyed her. When she came back
70 Paris she told him to 20 to America or any
other outlandish place in which fortunes TO BE-
made rapidly and that if he came back rich she
would welcome HIM again. But that to
he frank she could not respect him If
he stuck to her. and that she could no
moro do without luxury than fish
could live ont of water. Her hgh-heeed slippers
cost her 81 q pair. and the prices of the other
articles Of her toilet were In proportion. Beauty
wasa fast-Aeetng thing, and behooyed her to get
rich before the bloom departed from her cheeks This
ultimatum inspired Raudct with vengeiul ideas. He
resolved 10 take away the actresses life and his own.
TO which end he nightly followed her from the the
otre logged her wherever she went, and kept watch
and ward when she was ut homo before the house
in which she lodged in the Rue de Beui. From
journal which tc kept it appears that he had many
times aimed his pistol at her. but that his
nerve failed him. To muster the energy which
the execution Of his sinister purpose demanded he
determined to call on her, and TO ask an cxpana-
tion which he felt would lead To high words and
when in the heat of discussion he could draw OUT
bis revolver and shoot the object of his mad idola
try. This design he carried ont Wednesday
nirht. The soubrette who opened the door o. the
actresses suit of the Rue de Berrl at first
denied her mistress. Riaudet answered. that ho had
seen her shadow the window, and that he would
not 20 away without speaking TO her. He
toro a leaf out of a pocKetbDok on wh,cL he
wrote his name and sent it in. Mldemolselle
Morales in a charming toilet of white muslin and
Valenciennes lace over pink silk, and her blonde
hair falling over her like a mantle. ont of her
bedroom She never had appeared more lovely,
and perhaps she came to enjoy the spectacle of 4
man who had ruined himself for her given over
TO the most cruel torments. Justine, the
servant went into the dning-room. shutting behind