The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-02
Il SINGULAR MURDER IN FRINGE
Tho Terribie Revenge OF mn Apothoosry.

PARIS, june IL Fcnayron, tho retired
npothccnry who murdered his wifc's lover an
ulhor npothccary named hubert at n villa at
thutUu, under circumstances of peculiar dtrOCi-
~, has made u lul confession. Aubcrt. whoSo
acquaintance with Nine Fcnayron had cnnlin-
urd Tor some years. wns, IL viii bH remembered.
invrig.cd ~ her TO visit her at night ut Chutou
Ut tho inSlisatipn Of her husband and lis
murder appears to have been very deliberately
planned. Funuyron's ccninss.vn Is ~ follows:
pursSi wem NV w% e n@ Of TG s6 Hp' r ono
chascdG pcTonlbujqtor. which / thought might
chatoS had tRfoatSncd to XII her Il she a did
difficulty in doing 50. Ny wifo waited for hin.
ana ana, when be camG put her arms round h..
from the heat she took him into the BOD roo ON
and mixed for him glass of sugar, and water.
i 1 was IN IN alj1ininY ROOM ana through u
had drunk tho edG Sncree my wife went out and
took the light with her;
the hammer MS hard as l could. lie fell and
terrible struggle ensued between us; Bnt he
swordstick | struck hin. repeatedly. in the
chest, | then called for light, My " iic camo
n an Yh aMay r t Ean f % o ao% % table
you know me 2 | brought you up: for your
sake lost my, fortune; and you .seduced my
again began to strike him with the hammer
and the ,swordsticki and soon ho ceased to
move, MY WIG UHu uIOlutT lllbll JDlnpu INC.
They assisted me IN taking his clothes of, and
to,gag him. and we bound his arms round him
WIZ Re Ss0 r 81 eaa dP la the water entered
his mouth the body. being distended might
n , so We took 1 pin from my wife's dress.
fast over his head. In our haste we had for
gotten, to unmark the napkin. so We picked out
on. We, then, burnt the clothes. and having
placed The body body on the psraBmb.9lator We went
On tho way the body fell off the porambulator.
then went to tho bridge and threw the body
y Sosd alone TG oo dd it ALL and would have
"! The law paper y" Intimate that the Public Pros.
ecutor holds that the murderer was fully aware
OF his witn's lidiSon, and that he decoyed the
to extort money from rom him. and murdered him
for refusing to help him out OF Ills pecunlary
embarrassments.
woman Fenayron. She said that she and her
husband had decided to murder NJ Aubert
At, o'clock she was at her rendezvous with
NJ Aubcrt who, according to the prisoner.
showed hesitation in taking tickets for Chatou.
s. He hesitnted, but I coaxed and fawned upon
him so much that he mt length consented.
toward tho house in the Ru" d'Espremenil.
When AuPeert was in the courtyard planted
plrcscntiments Of evil seized upon him again.
f. He said to me, What is tho use of enterln;
llHl ''lSt II lS very SHu ana gloomy ncFt.'
1t required all the charm which / had eSercs-
ed over him for long time, past to induce hin,
peneraied into the rS room whs was wa mat
lighted. | locked the door. and told ALBERT to
strike u match. opened another door. which
] closed Immediately after us. We were In the
drawing room, which was lighted only by the
WAX match held by Aubert.
He was however able to sen that he was face
to face with my husband and his brother and
at once understanding the, situation. he ex-
claimed, It's all over with me- l was not
present while my husband and his brother tor
tured Aubert The tortures they inflicted on
him lasted three-quarters Of an hour. l am
aware that they first Of all asked him to sign
bills for certain sum Of money. and that when
Auhert refused they gave him the first blow
with the hammer, which laid him prostrate on
tho floor. He struggled against his nggressors
to the very last 1t was only. when the crime
drawing room. helped to place tho body in
the little handcart."