Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-28

panionship, looked upon A. q soft Of
Qenteei. well-dressed Sphynx.
In two days the trial Of d. Beau
champ approached its conclusion. He
had for bis advocate one OF the shrevd-
est members of the French bar, and for
whose ability the court and the Procur-
eur d'Etat bad the greatest respect.
The last witness had been heard, the
State Counsel had made his lest plea.
when q messenger entered tbs court
room. pushed his way 70 the counsel for
n. Beauchamp and gave him q pack
n9e, whispered moment to him and
departed. A French advocate Is moth
ing If not dramatic. The advocate
arose, opened the packet, took from II
copy of the Koniteur, unfolded it, and
addressing the Judge, said:
II think that this trial can now have
but one resuIt-that of the release of NJ.
Beauchamp. have bat three new wit
nesses to offer. One Is few lines in
this paper. the Nonifeur, bearing date
June 18th. 1873. one day before the
murder Of Mme. Roquelairs. will read
them:
Escaped from the private Maison
de Sante of DIR. Roguet d'Allaire, a pa
tient accepted and registered as Jean
Boudinos, insane from jealousy; placed
in the asylum by his wife, Nine. Matilde
Boudinot. May 18th, 1871, az incurably
insane and violent; hight, five feet ten
inches; powerfully built, brown hair,
scar on cheek; was clad at tiIae OF es-
cape in dark, close suit
This notice," continued the advocate,
II offer in evidence"
.sBut what has this to do with the ac-
cused or the crimel" asked the Procu-
reur.
ave shall see. 1 now call DR.. Al
laIre."
DIR. AIlaire came to the witness chair.
He stated that Boudinot, the escaped
lunatic, imagined he had mission TO
kill his wife for her infdelity. He had
sworn to do it and he would.
"Where Is Mime. Boudinotf'
"Until to-day l did not know what
had become of her. She sent her pay
ments regularly for the custody Of her
husband, bat after the three first
months never again visited the asylum.
She removed from the Rue Livaudais,
No. AZ, where she had resided, and all
trace Of her was lost"
'What sort Of woman-l mean what
sort Of age and appearancsT
about twenty-five. Here Is photo
graph, in this velvet case, which was
left with her husband, and which we
took away from him, as the sight OF 1t
seemed to increase his fury In the in
tervals of delirium."
The advocate took it from the doctor
and handed it to the Prooureur.
Compare that with the portrait of
Nine. Koquelaire found in the house of
n. Beauchamp."
at is tae portrait of Madame Rogue
;aire,' involuntarily exclaimed the Pro-
cureur.
PRECISELY" said the advocate, Now,
then, / call my third witness, Pierre
Roster, sergeant-de-ville, until this
morning on duty guarding the house OF
Nj. Beauchamp, II which the murder
was committed"
Pierre Roster stood up and said, in
answer to the advocates question:
Two days'past the passers-by on the
opposite side have reported that the
house was haunted. One man told me
he bad seen frightful face at the up
per windows, which came and disap-
peared. Yesterday afternoon / Notified
my relief of these strange reports.
With the consent OF the commissaire.
we entered the house and searched floor
after floor. We reached the cellar, and
were about leaving it, when We heard
scratching sound at the rear Of the dark
underground chamber. Turning our
lamps in the direction whence the sound
came, we saw. huddled up in a corner,
terrible looking object. 1t was man,
with fierce, hsggard face. He spranR
up, but no. 80 quickly that We did not
throw ourselves upon him, bear him to
the ground, and secure him before he
could recover from his surprise. We
called for assistance and conveyed him
to the commissaire's office, taking with
us the club, a very heavy piece of wood
resembling the larger end of billiard
cue. This weapon was covered with
clots Of blood and fragments of dried
flesh. The man was evidently very
nearly famished."
Who did this man prove to be?"
"This morning the commissaire as
certained that he was Jean Boudinot,
the escaped lunatic."
did he speak or answer the commits
saire's interrogations?'
"Yes. He said he had killed his wife,
and had danced the devils jig upon her
body. The only things we found upon
his person were this bit of paper and a
bit Of a pencil, both stained With blood"
This piece Of paper" said the advo-
cate, holding 1t MP, exactly fits the writ
ten paper from which 1t was torn, found
in the blood near the body. This is the
pencil"
"There remains nov but one more
statement necessary. That is mine. /
promised the accused, my client, not to
reveal his secret unless il was absolutely
necessary. II Is now necessary as the
finale of this CASE"