The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-08-12
HISTORIC MURDER CASES

The trial in Nyiregy hazs, Hungary,
against several Jews for the alleged
mu der Of a Christian girl for ritual
purposes, recalls two celebrated muir.
der trials, one of which was Ike the
one in Hungary, inetigated by
RELIGIOUS fanatacism and hatred:
while IN the other q aendacioua
child was the principal witness
sVaintt the accused, just as young
MoElCz Schart ID wiling 10 put his
father aud the o'her prisoners 90
death by his false testimony. 0ue OF
these two srials gained a historic
Prominence by the interference OF
Voi.a're. Il ia known SIS the Jean
CAlas case. The Protestant Calas
WIS an honorable ard wealthy mer-
ghsnt In Toulouse, France. On the
18Th OF O5t0ber. 1871, his eldest son
wss found dead, hanging on = poet il
que OF tho warehouses Ut his iasher.
At once q rumOr spread tbst the
young man had beeu murdered, and
tha authorities received IN anopy-
NOUS letter, III which it yqae charged
hist the father had committed tue
crime because bis son had shown al
Intention 10 join the Catholic church.
On The oasis If this vague and ia nc
Way e0Iro6orated accusation, Jeap
Caas was indicted and hs sad his
whole family inesratr ted. Tae
luemies OF the Protestant CALAIS,
| ianntical monks, did everything G.
! STIR up the sDimosily OF the Catholic
people; the body OF young Cslss Wa
buried in great p0mp and she dead
Was praised ss n msTtVr. Daring the
Trial against jean Calas before the
so-Gsiled Parliament, composed part
| ly of hereditary and partly of appoint
81 Judges, not the least evidence was
brought forward to eussain the suppo-
sition that Inc young man had III
tended to become Catholic. On the
other eide, it was proved that isthey
and 500 mad always been or tue bePS
terms, ard thss the young man has
shown a gloomy disposition for some
time before his death. NotWithstand.
ing all this and although the unhaps
by father, an old man OF sixty. three
J years, plesced his innocence in
touching words, the court found Gel.
as guilty and sentenced him to desth
on the wheel. This terrible sentence
was executed on the 9Th Of March.
1892, and the body was burned to
ashes. The children Of CALAIS Wers
given over to the monks, Who sens
: them into a monastery, while the
:, widow succeeded in escaping Al
3 Geneva, The trial had aroused the
/ greatest sensation throughout EugeDa
and was widely discussed. Voltsife-
! Who took deep interest ia ths Gaze
em brsced With fervor the cause Of the
victims OF cruel intolerance, and
; published soon after the execution OF
Oalas nis cele brateti w0Tk "Sur L.
Tolerance" by which ne secured the
, revision OF toe trial. At,er a thorough
examination Of the evidence, King
and Council annulIed the sentenee
declared Oalas and bic family limo.
cert and restored the oonfscated
property to the latter. A pension of
30. GOO francs was given to the family
by Louis XIV. Another result of the
agitation following the e1ecu ton of
J CALAIS was the client liberation Of tho
OaIvinisis in France,
The other remarkable Csae, In
which the klesangssand reyengeflj-
ness of a Child caused the ruin Of tGo
innocent per:oGs, took plsCe in
Giarus. s RiIzefland, toward the end
Of the last century There lived IN
that town, with the family Of d..
, Tschu1i, a servant named Anna
Goeldi. She was we'll liked by all tia
members cf the f4mi!v except the
. youngest chl.3, the nine-yeAr-oid
, daughter, Anne Marie. This epOiled
darling of tee family, 8 malicious
little creature, psTseuuted the servant
with endless annoying tricks, 60 shss
she latter could noe help losing her
temper now and then and giving the
child al occasional punch. Anne
Msrie felt highly indignant at this
treatment on the psTs CT such an in-
lelior person, and resolved to take
revenge. One morning ia October,
= | 1881, the little girl told her parents
that sha had found q pin 10 her
breakfast milk. The parents did net
take much notice OF the matter; bat
when the phenomenon repeated itself
on thu next few days, they questioned
| Anna G0eIdi. Who laughiDgIy answer.
ed that she did not possess any pina
at all, and could, therefore, not baYs
| amuggled sny il the break. ssh of tie
! Little girl. When, boWeyar, Acne
Marie found again pin on the next
moruing, this time in her bread. the
parents becsme alarmed sud dis
charged the faithful servant. Anna
Goeldi deposited her savings With q
friend of hers, and old locksmitn
usmed Gteinmueller, ard Iol. ths
'Owh ard canton OF Gis5us, Anna
Marie, evidently vel plsased with
the reaultjof her Iiltle Intrigue, did
not propose to stop; very soon she
invented sOmelbidg else, Ia order to
salty her ma ios against the poor SER
vaut and her morbid craving Tor tell
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