The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-23
JEALOUS REVENGE.
HQxxible Murder OF . Woman by HeE
Lover.

NEW YORK, May 20.-At 8 O'Clock
this morning q Frenchman, who
proved to be Louis Francis, was
arrested while on his way to North
river, bearing on his back bag con-
tanning the mutilated corps of q
woman who had been murdered. A
policeman was attracted by Francis
mysterious manner as he moved
along weighed down by his ghastly
burden, and he was stopped and
asked what the bag contained. The
Frenchman refused to give any
explanation and attempted to move
on, but the officer insisted upon being
informed as to the contents of the
sack, and took Francis into custody.
He then seized Francis by the arm
whereupon he dropped the bag and
it's contents upon the sidewalk. The
officer upon opening the end of the
sack found it contained the mutt
lated
CORPSE OF A WOMAN.
The body was doubled Up and in
almost a nude condition. The police
man upon making q closer examina-
ton found unmlstakable evidence of
the fact that the woman had been
murdered. There were ghastly
wounds about the head and also on
the trunk. Francis when asked for
an explanation of the mysterious
affair, and after recovering from his
confusion, declared that the corpse
was that of his wife, and that she had
died natural death. Being without
the means necessary to defray the
expenses of funeral he had con-
celved the idea of carrying the corpse
to the river and throwing it in.
Francis again shouldered the bag and
bore the mutilated corpse to the
police station where he was placed
under arrest. He is about 38 years
OF age. Louis Francis
TELLS THE FOLLOWING STORY:
yesterday found..a valuable dog,
which my wife afterwards lost. I
reproached my wife for losing him,
and she swore at me. At half-past
seven last night she sent me out for
beer. When I came back found q
man named William Welch in the
room with her. Welch works in the
same shop with me. She sat on my
lap and dissed me, then she threw
the glass at me then can. She then
went out. Then Welch and I walked
out half block and then 1 left him
to come home. When I came back
she was lying on the floor dead. I
waited an hour, thinking she would
revive. She did not, and I do not
know what was the cause of her
death. She told me before she died
that she did not care for me, but she
liked the man who put up wine for
her. He is Leopold Saconville, and
he lives with Mrs. Lynch on Broad
way. After I found my wife was
dead took Is cents and
WENT OUT AND GOT DRUNK.
In half an hour 1 came back and
put her in the bag to throw her in
the river"
The woman Is not Francis wife.
She was Selma Fehol, 80 years old,
with a son IS years of age who lives
in Boston. francis, who is one year
younger than his paramour, has
worked for some time in the French
polishing marble yards. Three
months ego the couple moved into
the apartments where the crime was
committed. Francis lived on the
ground floor in q rear structure. His
three rooms were comfortably fur
nished and neatly kept. The parties
were persons in appearance above the
average in tn neighborhood, but
both drank freely of beer, tho man
often to excess.
THEY QUARRELED FREQUENTLY.
Two weeks ago In one Of his con-
vivial moods, hs beat and kicked