Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-05

The Terrible Revenge of an A pnthecary
From the London standard.

The Terrible Revenge of an Apntlecary
From the London Standard.
PARIS, June 11.-Fenayron, the retired apoth-
ecary who murdered his wifes lover, another
apothecary named ALBERT. at villa at Chatou.
under circumstances Of peculiar atrocty, has
made a full confession. ALBERT. whose ac-
quaintance with Nine. Fenavron had continued
for some years. was. it will be remembered in
weighed by her to visit her at night at Chatou
at the instigation of her husband and his
brother Henri aided him in the crime The
murder appears to have been very deliberately
planned. Fenayron's confession is as follows:
''In the morning my wife and / went out and
purchased twenty-five meters of stout rope and
hammer. 4 few days before had purchased
perambu!ator, which thought might want
to take the body away. My wife went alone to
Paris; my brother and / remained at Chatou.
had threatened to Kill her if she did not sue
coed in bringing her lover. She had no diff
Guilty in doing SO. My wife waited for him. and
when he came put her arms around his neck
and kissed him. As he was suffering from the
heat she took him into the bed room and mixed
for him glass OF sugar and water. was in
an adjoining room, and through a glass door
saw her kissing ALBERT. After he had drunk
the eau sucree my wife went out, and took the
light with her.
l rushed at him and hit him on the head with
the hammer as hard as | could. He fell and d
"rrible struggle cnsued between us. But he
grew weak from loss of blood. and with sword
stick struck him repeatedly in the chest.
then called for light. Ny wife came in with a
lamp which she put down on table, and ran
away. then said to NJ. ALBERT: DO ouknow
me? | brought you up; for your sake | lost my
fortune; and you seduced my wife and went
about bOastng Oft l then again began to
strike him with the hammer and the swerdstick.
and soon he ceased to move. NV wife and
brother then joined me. They assisted me in
taking his clothes off, and to gag him. and we
bound his arms round him with piece of lead
piping.
We then reflected that if the water entered his
mouth the body. being distended. might float
so we took pin from my wife's dress. fastened
his lips together and tied napkin fast over his
head. In our haste we had forgotten to I'M
mark the napkin, so we picked out the red cot
ton of the mark after we had tied it on. We
then burnt the clothes, and having placed the
body on the rerambulator we went out by the
side door to the Bridge ofChatou. On the way
the body fell off the perambulator and we had
some difficulty in replacing il. We then went
to the bridge and threw the body over between
the second and third arches. 1t was | alone
who did it all. and would have done more if
could
The law papers intimate that the Public Pros
ecutOr holds that the murderer was fully aware
of his wife's hGsOn, and that he decOyed the
victim to Chatou. not in a spirit of revenge but
to eXtOrt money from him. and murdered him
for refusing to help him out of his pecuniary
eGDarraSSmentS.
a complete confession was made by the woman
Fenayron She said that she and her husband
had decided to murder NJ. ALBERT several DAYS
previous to the killing
At S O'Clock she was at her rendezvous with
Nj. ALBERT. who, according to the prisoner.
showed hesitation in taking tickets for Chatou.
She proceeds:
ole hesitated, but coaxed and fawned upon
him so much that he at length consented.
When We arrived at Chatou. we went directly
toward the house in the Rue d'Espremenil.
When Aubert was in the courtyard planted
with trees it was pitch dark. Here Aubert's
presentiments of evil seized upon him again
He said to me. What is the use of entering
that house: 1t is very sad and gloomy here.
1t required all the charm which had exercised
over him for long time past to induce him to
cross the threshold. When once he had pene-
trated into the first ROOM which wasnot lighted,
| locked the door. and told ALBERT to strike a
match. | opened another door. which closed
immediately after Us. We were in the drawing
room. which was lighted only 10y the wax match
held by ALBERT.
He was however. able to see that he was face
to face with my husband and his brother and AT
once understanding the situation. he exclaimed,
1t s all over with me- | was not present while
my husband ana his brother tortured Aubert
The fortunes they inflicted on him lasted three
quarters of an hour. | am aware that they first
OF all asked him to sign bills for certain sum of
money, and that when ALBERT refused they gave
him the first blow with the hammer which laid
him PROSTATE on the floor. He struggled against
his aggressors to the very last. 1t was only
when the crime had been contaminated that
re-entered the drawins-rOOm. helped to place
the body in the little handcart.''