The Worthington advance., 1882-02-23
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
How tho Lady Mazel was murdered o.
Sunday in Paris.


woman Of fashion called Lady Mazel. Her
house was four stories high; on the ground
door was large servants hall, in which
was grand staircase and cupboard, whero
the plate was locked up, of which ono of
tho chanbernaids kept the key. In small
room partitjoned off from the halr s.@pt the
valet de chamber, whose name was LIE Brun.
In the floor up one pair of stairs was the
lady's own chamber, which was in the front
OF the house, and was tho innermost OF
threo rooms from the, grand staircase. The
key of this chamber was usually taken out
of the door and laid on chair by the SER
want who was last with her lady, and wso.
pulling tho door after her, shut it with a
spring, so that it could not be opened from
without. In this chamber were two doors,
one communicating with back staircase.
the other with wardrobe, which opened
to the back stairs also.
The fourth story consisted Of lofts and
gIanaries, whose doors were always open.
The cock and other servants slept below in
the stable.
On Sunday afternoon, the 81 Of Novem-
Der, lie Brun, the valet, accompanied his
mistress t. church, he himself going to an
other. Lady Mazel suppcd with the Able
Pousard, who lived III tho house, as usual,
and about eleven o'clock went to her cham
Der, where she wns attended By her maids.
Before they left hes LIE Brun came to the
door to receive his orders for tho next day,
after which enc Of the maids laid tho key Of
the chamber door on the chair next to it;
they went out. and LIE Brun, following them,
shut the door after HIM, and talked with
tho maids @ few minutcv, and then they
parted. he seemise still worry cheerful.
In the morning he went to market unll
was jocular and pie, e,sant with everybody L.,
met, as was his usual manner. Ho ther
returned home and transacted his usual
business. At eight o'clock he expressed
surprise that his lady did not &c: up, as she
usually a:csa att; ho went to his wife's
lodging, which was in the neighborhood,
and told her that he was uneasy that his
aady,s bell had notrung, and gave her sew
Gil LOUIS d'ors and some crowns in gold,
which he disired her to lock up, and then
went homo again and found the servants in
their lady, when one observed that he
feared she had been seized with apoplexy
or bleeding Of tho nose, to which, she
was subject. Le Brun said: 1T must be
something worse; my mind misgives me,
for found the street door open last night
after all the family were IN bed but myself. i"
then sent for the lady's Son, NJ de Savon-
7ere. who limited to LIE Burn his fear OF an
EpopleSy. Le Brun said: ut is certainly
worse, my mind has been Uneasy ever since
found the street door open last night after
the family were iii bed" A smith being
now brought the door was broken open,
and LIE Brun entered first, ran to the bed,
an! after calling several times, drew back
she curtains and said: ~Oh, my lady is
murdered" He then ran to the wardrobe
and took up the strong box, which being
heavy. he said: "She has not been rob-
bed: how is this?"
A surgeon then examined the body, which
was covered with no less than fifty wounds
they found in the bed, which wes full q
blood. scrap Of a cravat of coarse lace and
napkin made into nightcap which *as
bl"ody, and had the family mark on it; and
from the wounds in the iaay's hands it ap.
Peared she had struggled hard with the
murderer, which obliged him to cut the
muscles before lie could disengage himself.
The bell strings were twisted around the
frame OF the testcr,so that they were ont of
Ecach, and could not ring. A clasplnife
ssas found in the ashes almost consumed
by the fire which had burned off all 1narks
of blood that might have been upon ii; the
key of the chamber Was gone from the sea
by the door, but no marks Of violence hal
appeared on any Ct the doors, nor we.e
there any signs OF a robbery, as large sun
OF money and all the ladys jewels were
found III the strong box and other places.
40 Brun being examined, said that after
he left the maids on the stairs he went down
into the kitchen; he laid his hat and the KEY
OF the street door Oh the table, ard sitting
down by the fire to warm himself fell
esieep; and he slept, rs he thought. about
an hour, and going to lock the street door.
he found it open; that Lo licked it, and
took the key with him to his chamber. On
searching him they found in his pocket
key, the wards Of which were newly filed
and made remarkably Large; and on trial i,
was found to open the street door, the ante.
chamber, and both the doors in Lady Ma
2els chamber. On trying the bloody night
cap on Lo Bruins head it was found L, fl,
him exactly, whereupon he was committed
to prison.
On his trial it appeared as if the lady had
been murdered by some person who kaG
oeen let IN by LIE Brun for that purpose Ind
had afterwards fed. It could not be d me
by himself, because no blood was uoon his
clothes, nor any scratch On his body wi ich
must have been on tho m''rderor kN>n ~
lady's struggling; but that it was LIE Brun
who let hin, in, seemed very clear. Not
one of the locks was forced, and his own
story Of finding the street door open, the
circumstances Of the key and the nightcap,
and also ladder Of rope being found in
the house, which might be supposed to be
laid there by LIE Brun to take off the atten-
ton from himself, we're all interpreted as
strong proofs Of his guilt; and that he had
an accomplice was inferred, because part oj
ny-ot< s,>k H. L 4 =
not to be like his; but the maids deposed
that they had washed such cruvat for one
Berry, who had been footman to the lady,
and was turned away about four months be.
fore for robbing her. There was also found
In the loft at the top of the house, undei
some straw shirt, very bloody, but which
was not like the linen of LIE Brun, moi
would it fit him.
LIE Brun had nothing to oppose to thes,
strong circumstances but uniformly good
character, which he had maintained dur1n4
tne twenty nine years he had served
n1s lady: and that he was genernlly esteemed
good husband, a good father, and poot
servant. 1t was therefore resolved to pu
him to the torture, in order to discover hit
accomplices. This WAS done till he died
declaring his innocence.
About month after notice was sent from
the Provost of Sens thata dealer in horse,
had lntely set up there by the name of Joh1
Garlet, but his true name was found to bt
Berry, and that he had been footman i.
Paris. In consequence of this he was takcl
up, and the suspicious of his guilt was in
creased by his attempt to bribe the officers
On searching him gold watch was found
which proved to be Lady Mazel's. Bein
brought to Paris, a person swore to seeing
him go out of Lady A1azors the night g:
wa:cb she was murdered. Berry said that
ne had been killing cat.
On these circumstances he was con-
deEned to the torture and afterward to be
broken alive on the wheel. On being tor
tured he confessed that, by direction and
order of one Nine. dc Savoniere-Laly
Mazers daughter-he and lie Brun had un-
dertaken to rob and murder Lady Mazel
and that Le Brun murdered her while he
stood at the door to prevent surprise.
In truth of this declaration he persisted
until he was brought to the place OF exc
cution, when, begging to speak with one of
the judges, no ecanted what he had said
against Le Brun and Nine de Saw
oniere, and confcssei that he
came to Paris on thu Wednesday before
the murder was committed. On the Friday
nVaOinO ho wont ir<r> <lo l,o,,co .-l