The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-30
M.iDIME GIRfRD'S
Found on the Flo.
DIED sr by n Man who Says She
while he was sleeping.

-ne. Girard was found dead in her room
at l21 West Thirtleth street. on Wednesday
night with several stabs on her person. The
testimony gained 10y tho Coroner pointed 50
strongly in tho direction OF murder that no
locked up Joseph Douvict. who says he awoke
Mt O'Clock on Wednesday afternoon. and saw
tho woman lying dead on the Goor although
sho was alivo in another bed when he wont to
sleep. But the surgeons knife discloscs basis
for the hypothesis Of Nine. Grard's suicide.
Tho gashes in her body were so numerous
AMI so peculiarly distributed that 1t would seem
impossible that she committed suicide
Joseph Bouviot Is n Frcnchman and q cook.
He has boen in this country sixteen years.
Although he s only thirty-lvc years Of nge.
he became the companion OF Mime. Girard
the widow OF on old man. and herself gray
haired and fttythreo years old. They lived to-
gether more than thrce years The homo OF
the couple consisted Of two rooms in tho front
OF the third story Of tho tenement at 121 West
Thirtieth street. In tho main room are two
beds. chair or two. n bureau. q hair-covered
lounge, and strip or two oi carpet Every
thing else was packed up. for Bouyet was look
ing out for now lodgings for Nine. Grnrd.
whtle he intended to 20 70 work today
H. the kitchen Of Coney Island hotol. on
Wednesday. according To the testimony Of
cook named Andre who Is in the House OF De-
teutiOn on account Of what he knows otthe case.
ina sixth avenue drinking place known as
" The Globe" near Twenty seventh street.
Andre was obliged 70 take him home. Andre
went into Bouvicts rooms and saw Nine.
Girard lying on one Of the two beds. He had to
pnss this bed twice in. entering and retiring.
lie saw little pools OF blood OH the floor by the
bedside and wondered what had caused them.
He did not inquire. Nine. Girard moved as
Andre was closing the door and az ked what was
and likely 10 be arrested unless he stayed homo.
oh. don't leave him here" said tho woman.
very earnestly; take him away Her voice
was TINT of a woman in health sueaking natu-
rally. This was at 10 O'Clock in tho morning.
ing the afternoon with friends. returned 10 tho
Globe saloon. and was there at O'Clock In the
afternoon. when Bouvet came IN. He was less
drunk man IN the morning but ne was p3le
AMI excited. lie said his wife wns dead. and he
begged Andre to 20 with him and SEQ what
went with them. While they we're together
Bouviet said nothing more than that his wife
was dead. except To add that no woke up and
streets. Andre saw Nine Girard lying on the
outline OF her body. Tor ali but the feoi were
covered, simmons. the third man. took 10 his
heels. Andre at once ran to ne I1nlrtlcth street
the body and found a blood-staincd razor ON
the floor behind the bed. Andre and Bouvict
When Deputy Coroner Miller cross exam
ined BouViet, yesterday. he saw blood on both
shoulders oi the mans shirt He asked Bou-
Wet how blood came there, nnd the uris-
oner denied that 1t was blood at FIRST: then.
afterward. said that II It was, it must have come
from the woman's romans when hC embraced
and kissed them. DR. Miller took some OF the
blood for microscopic examination.
Perhaps the most remarkable result of the
Investigation Is the fact that the three garments
which the woman wore are uninlured 10y tho
razor. The sleeves were rolled W beyond tho
wounds in the arms, and the entire covering
was drawn up over the chest while the wounds
on the ribs were made. After the wounds were
effected the clothing was restored 10 its place.
Coroner Flanagan has charge Of the case. H.
impanelled a jury. and they viewed the rooms;
He ordered the arrest Of tho Fren hmNu and
the detentlon OF tho only valuahla Witness.