The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-05-13
Romance OF o Roor Young Han.

The sensation caused by the trial OF
Mile. Biere for attempting TO shoot her
lover has barely begunlto sabside before
| another case, equally extraordinary. bat
| FAR moro painful, is on the point of COM
| ing before the Paris Assizes. The origin
Of the story datec se for back ms the Sum-
mer of 1869. In chat year @ young man
named Alfred Gilbert fell In love with q
| young girl Of the name of Gabrielle CO.
ran. They both belonged to poor fami.
lies. and both lived in the neighborhood
of Palais Royal. 'a "
After courting In secret for some
months, the young man demanded the
hand ofhis sweetheart, but her father, who
was en- ardent Bonapartist, and occupied
stall in one of the public offices, refused
his consent On the ground of the Repub.
lican opinions held by Gilbert. The
young couple then resolved TO run away
together, and Que night the girl disap.
peaTed iIoIu nome After week s;saa arccii rch,
the father found them living together in
suburban retreat. On the promise Of
forgiveness and consent 20 their marri !. 70,
the girl returned homo TO her parents,
bat the father declined TO keep hfs word,
and began TO ioox out for auoiher son.in.
law.
Driven to despair, Gabrielle Coran
again eloped with her lover. and the two
determined 10 commit suicide. For this
purpose they hired roona in small inn
at Plessis Piquet. The young man bought
revolver, and the young woman pa,,k.
ct of lucifer matches. Gabrielle Coran
trst OF all tried to poison herself with q
decoction of the matches. This failing.
ahe told her lover to fire bullet into her
heart. Alfred Gilbert fired, aud without
waiting to see tho effect of the shot, dis
charged second bullet into his own
head. Neither wound was, however, fa.
tai. Both were taken 10 the hospital,
where they remained two months. The
bullet in the girls body was extracted,
but the other bullet still remained in the
skuii OF the young man, where it has ever
aimee been.
Gilbert was abDut 10 be tried for at.
tempting to shoot his mistress, when the
war broke Gns and put stop to the sit.
ting OF the Afsizes. AS the Germans
marched into Paris, and the seige became
imminent, the authorities, waiting all
the able,bodied men possible 70 defend
the city, consented to let him out OF pris.
on for the moment, on the condition of
his enrolling himself in some active corps.
md promising not to seek after Gabrielle
Coran. lie joined the shnrp.shooters Of
the Ternes Quarter, and distinguished
himself SO much in the Buzenval sortie
that he was mentioned on the military
order of the day, The war over aud
peace proclaimed, he returned to the
hands ofjustice to undergo his trial, but
once moro fate stepped in and postponed
It.. !he Commune arose, and all the
public powers having withdrawn to Yer.
the insnrrectionists, who opened the nria-
on.donys md enrolled the inmates, among
them ALFRED Gilbert. z ff9st s,sffs
The young man does not appear to
have taken o conspicuous part in the in.
surrectioE. However, he was tried by
court. martial in 1871, and sentenced 10
transportation to Now Catalonia, whore
he remained until few months ago.
when be E's.s sa;nest;ed. He has lust ar.
rived in Paris and given himself up to
the legal authorities to 20 through his
trial for the deed committed at Plessis
Piquet ten years ago. But the pain.
fnl part OF the story remains to be told. ).
Gabrielle Coran Is now the wife of we'll.
to.do merchant, with several children.
highly respected and of irreproachable
character. @s's't - 81
Forgetting the folly of her tender years,
and believing Gilbert dead and buried,
she married. but kept the tragic love.
drama of 1870 . recret from her husband.
The sad consequences of this unexpected
resurrection OF the young man can be
more easily conceived than described.
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