New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-12
STORY OF THE DOUBLE CRIME.

March gives ground 1Or lhe opihioh 'Hd' II
was the work of maniac.
STORY OF THE DOUBLE CRIME
Ronndsman Caru;cl OF the Twentieth Precinct
pohce was riding on a Seventh-ave. car through
Tbompson-st. nj 10 a. III. yesterday, when he saw
man near the corner of Prlnce-st with his throat
cut and his garments despatched with blood. The
officer sprang from the car and approached the man.
who was staggering along the sidewalks. lie was
Frenchman of middIe.age. His windPlpe h,d
been severed by deep, cash across the
front of the throat and he could not
speak. but he made the policeman under.
stand by signs that he had inilic the
wound upon himself. trail Of blood extending
several rods up the street showed the direct on the
man bad come. The roundsnan took the wounded
man TO the Prince Street Police Station, and an am
buIance was summoned from 81. Vncenfs Hosnt al.
Blood was still flowing freely from the wound.
Unable speak the man took m rSnS B ap6 0'i zee
also scra IS led the following lines:
go to iii Thompson-st. woman is there
dead"
As he wrote the words his face was distorted by
horrible grin and his ewes sparkled. He walked
out of the station to the ambulance and was taken
tc the hospital accompanied by policeman
DISCOVERY OF THE MURDER.
In the meantime it was discovered that previous
to his attempt TO kill himself the Frenchman had
murdered Mrs. Marictte Renaut, at No. l4l lhomp-
son-st. The woman lived with her husband and
the tenement house, About $3.50 a. m, Mrs. Am
Piestey who lives the top story of the nuilGlrg
went INTO Mrs. Renauis apartments ana saw me
woman sitting III the front room, which has been
used a. a parOr She was talking Wit Bigot. wlio
was seated near her Her husband. Nic'or Rcnaut'
carpenter, was awA1 at work ana he' chlHTel
were in another room. Mrs IrI siey, after talking
for a few moments. LETT the building an" went 10
neighboring grocery she returned about 10
o'clock and saw Mrs. Renaut come out into the IA
holding her hands TO her face. Hrs I le>tl"y did
not notice that the woman was wounded nntlL she
fell upon the floor of the hall.
4 terrible spectacle was then presented T. Vl'w
Mrs Renaul's throat had been cut. and tcr breast.
face and arms were drenched win biood. MIS-
Prcstley shreked for aSslSta cc; but before any
one else could Teacn tie spot Mrs. Renaut was dead.
The children of the murdered woman were soon
clustered about the body and her husband WAS sent
for. The police, when they arrived, placed The
body upon lounge IN the front room and covered
it with cloth. In the room they found bloody
razor which Bicot had used in committing the
murder and in wounding himself
Ii was evident that the Frenchman had been de-
lbcrate III hrs horrible work. The wound IN Mrs.
Renauts neck extended from he left SIDE lmmedl-
ately above the shoulder. 10 point below the Tghl
ear The windpipe and both the main arteries had
been severed. and the razor had even cut into the
sJ1ne. From the depth and direction of the cut ne
police believe that the murderer had forced the
woman INTO a kUee!ing posture, and then holding
her head far back bad inflicted the wound As Mrs.
Prlestlcy did not see Bigo come from the house, II
was supposed that he made his exit immediately be-
fore she returned from the grocery.
THE WORK OF 4 MADMAN.
Coroner E!lingcr was summoned. and with the
assistance of the police. he learned number Of
facts winch led him to think that Bigot wac a mad
man. and that the killing the result of
demOuacal within. The acquaintance between
i got aud his vct IN began several wears ago, when
BIgot. who was a caLinctmaker lived with his wife
and two children at No 112 West ltOuston-St. II
wife died from consumption eighteen months ago,
and Mrs. Renaut who had been very intimate with
Mrs BigOt promised TO look after the family
Bigot moved 10 No l43 lhompSoH-St so as 10 be
oiti l.N
of SIX wears, who WAS a cTlppic, was sent to tie
French Orphan Asylum, and his other son, Eugene
a bright lad of eleven, remained with linn. MI
Rena1t cooked their food and took care OF their
TOODls.
Bigot was very respondent after his wite's death
and on Marcel . he made an attempt 70 commit sui
eide. lie took two sheets from his bed, and max
ing them into a rope. suspended himself ry the
neck. He was discovered and cut down before he
had received >cr.od~ injury. He then attempted to
beat out his brains against the wall and failing IN
this. went to the window and raised IT,. intending
to lump out. he seized and fOrcibly held un-
til he promise 10 discontinue his efforts at suicide.
Later IN the same day, however, he succeeded in
getting a quantity of Paris green and swallowed
ii. He was taken to the 81. NmcentS
Hospital where be resisted with all his strength the
efoIts made by the physcianS 10 use stomach
pump. An autidOte was 3.lniD!stesed, and IN q tew
DAYS he able to leave the hospital. He re-
turned TO his home. but almost Immediately re-
novel to No. 100 rhompSon-st. 1t was said that
Big0: bad formed passionate attachment tor Mrs.
Renaut and gossip mad been busy about the! rela
lions. Renaut. who ana not doubt his wifes purity,
Blgot to enter his house
TIE sons STORY
Soon after Bicot killed Mrs. Rcnatu yesterday his
SON. Eugene who had been standing in front OF No.
al Teompsons ST while his father was INSIDE, gave
into the hands of pOicenan piece OF cruMplcd
writing-paper containing the following:
TO the Police;
Ii look in the Bible yoa will find the reason why
See that nobody touches this 1t is for he Coroner
The boy said that his father had gwen hlIn the
note and had directed him to give il TO policeman
if anything happened. TIE police paid little Atten-
ton TO the note and the boy went to the rooms in
The third story of No 100 Ihompson-st where he
and his father had been living. He afterward told
a TRIBUNE reporter that he had found letter in
the Bible that morning, but he had torn it up and
burned II.
What possessed you to do that p the reporter
asked
Because thought it was good Father wrote
1t last night TO the woman that Is killed"
III answer t0 quest iOns, the boy made the follow
ing statement: d" MY father got NJ at u o'clock |
this morning, and We had breakfast together After
8 o'clock We went out together Father had bis |
working clothes on and he told me 10 play in front |
OF No 1f1 Thompsou-st. with the Renaut chill |
drcn while he was away He went w STAIRS |
to see Mrs Renaut, and l heard her call |
him dirty beast He went back to our |
house and when he where | was again |
he had on other clothes. lie told to stay on the
sidewalk, and he gave me the note which handed |
TO policeman, lien he went up to Mrs. RenauPs |
room again When he came down, after long |
while. he had blood all over him aud ran away. |
have got uncle in New jersey who will take |
care of me. | don't dare TO 90 on the street now |
because the Renaut boys say they wll Kill me"
The scene at the home of the murdered woman /
was sad one when her husband returned from bis |
work at noon. lie broke down cOmpletelv and |
cinging to his children wept like a enid. Coroner
Elllnger gave y INIT for the removal Of the BODY
and II was c0nveyei TO an under takers place m |
sprIng-st. The woman was native OF Lorraine. |
France and waa about forty three wears old She
was married IN this city twcnty-One wears ago
BlgOt's wound was dressed at the hospital yester-
faV, and the physicians sad ne might 1--we. alfbOugh
his condition was critical. lie was not able TO |
speak last evening.
TANNER STILL EATING md SLEEPING.