The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-07-17

otlt Ie hau eVldcntly locked the door OF
the salon and taken the key with him.
Specimens Of his writing were found,
and an expert declared that the pencil
scrawl upon the eblood-stained paper very
closely resembled his method of writing,
changed, Of course, by the action of 1,
terrible mental excitement upon his
nerves.
There was no doubt in the minds of
the officials that he, in a fit Of rngoveml-
able rage, and possibly crazed by jeal-
ousy, had committed the fearful crime,
and then, recovering his reason, had
sought, safety in flight. Two of the
most expert detectives from the Pre-
| fect'S Office were soon Oh his trail. They
traced him to Marseilles, thence to Bor-
deauX, where he took Il sudden change
OF route and went to London.
Here he was arrested and brought
back to Paris.
When Informed of the crime of which
he was accused he fell into Il species of
stupor and for three days was apparent.
ly unconscious.
Recovering, he alternated from pro-
testatlonS Of innocence to bewailing the
death, us he asserted, OF the only woman
he ever loved, and calling upon heaven
to pursue with it's direst tOrments her
murderer.
Gradually he became cooler, and at
last was able to make an intelligihle
statement. 1t was to this effect: lie
had quarreled with Madame Roquelaire
| on the evening of her assassination.
They had often had similar lovers dis
agreements. She had a terrible temper,
put her anger seldom lasted beyond the
hour.
Con this night had playfully accused
her OF liking some one else better Than
myself.
'She retorted; words made words, and
still in jest l said would correct her
shaking large closed fan ut her with a
prctense Of rage.
"Fmally she grew so violent that I
dressed myself, put on my hat, and
taking out my valise, bade her good
night, left the house and started upon a
trip to B6rdeauX, wlrich had long been
contemplating, and intended to come to
her Immediately upon my return. We
had separated in like manner before that.
After day or two we always came
together again, and we were devoted to
each other.
VI am not a brute; | was her best
frlend-she loved me and would have
died for me. Why, then, should have
Killed her; beaten her to death so cruelty.
whom | so often caressed?"
Nj. Beauchamp's story was not be-
lleYe''. 1t is not in the creed of the
police to believe anything an accused
Mlne. KoIne1dire Was buried, tie
house locked up, put under seal, and
guarded day and night by a sergeant de-
vile.
The servants were subjected to close
surveillance in order to retain them az
witnesses in the trial of their master.
The conviction of Beauchamp was
regarded rs a fOrcgOne conclusion.
Mons. Jean Bcauchamp's anteccdentS
were those Of a man with moderate
income, man little known in society;
rarely seen at the theatres or other
places of public resort; rcticent as to
himself or his affairs. and, in fact, by
the few with whom he sought occasional
companionShip, looked upon as IL sort of
genteel, we'll dressed sphinx.
In two days the trial of NJ. Beauchamp
approached it's conclusion. He had for
his advocate one of the shrewdest men,
bers OF the French bar, and for whose
ability the court and the Procureur
d'Etat had the greatest respect.
The last witness had been heard, the
State Counsel had made his first plea.
when messenger entered the court
room. pushed his way to the counsel for
M. Beauchamp and gave him a package,
whispered moment to him and depart
Ell. a French advocate is nothing if
not dramatic. The advocate arose.
opened the packet, took from it copy
of the Moniteur, unfolded 1T, and adj
dressing the judge, &lid:
~ think that this trial can now have
but one result-that of the release of NJ.
Beauchamp. have but three new wit
neSscSs to offer. One is 4 few lines in
this paper, the Moniteur, bearing date
June IA, 1873, one day before the mur-
der of Nine. Roqucaire. | will read
them:
Escaped from private Maison de
Sante Of DR.. Roquet d'Allaire, a patient
accepted and registered as Jean Buudi-
not, insane from jealousy; placed in the
asylum by his wife, Mime. Matilde Bou.
dinot, May II, 1871, as incurably insane
and violent; height five feet ten inches: :
powerfully built, brown hair, scar on
cheek; was clad at time Of escape in
''This notice." continued the advo-
cate, 81 offer in eyidence.o
"But what has this to do with the
accused or the crimc?" asked the Pro-
cureur.
"We shall see. 1 now call DIR. AL
laire."
DIR. Allaire came to the witness chair.
lie stated that Boudinot, the escaped
lunatic, imagined he had mission TO
kill his wife for her infidelity. He had
sworn to do it, and he would.
"Where is Nine. Boudinot?"
"Until to-day l did not know what
had become OF her. She sent her pay
ments regularly for the custody of her
husband, but after the first three months
never again visited the asylum. She
removed from tho Rue Livaudais, No.
AZ, where she had resided, and all trace
OF her was loSt.'
"What sort of w0man-I mean what
sort Of age and appearance?''
"About twenty-five. Here is il pho
tograph, in this velvet case, which was
left with her husband, and which we
took away from him, as the sight of it
seemed to increase his fury in his inter
yais of delirium."
The advocate took it from the doctor
and handed it to the Procureur.
Compare that with the portrait Of
Nina Rnrnn1o;cn H., bo n