The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-17

....Paris, June ll.-At Theirs, in
the department Puy de Domea, murder
trial has been IN progress tor some days.
The circumstances OF the murder and
the exciting Incidents of the trial have
engrossed the attention Of the people,
aud yesterday, the last day of the trial,
the court house was rowded with men
and women. anxious to witness the cl)s-
ing scene. When the people were cav
ing Immediately after the adjournment of
court, and were jammed upon the stone
stairway leading to the street, the lofty
stairway fell. The scene that followed
was appalling. Immense masses OF
masonry from above crashed down upon
the struggling people below, grinding
through their flesh and bones. and MAIN
ING and mutllatlng them IN a horrible
manner. The fall OF the staircase and the
shrieks of the people lying helpless in
the ruins caused a panic in the court
room, aud there was a rush Tor the now
wrecked exit. Those who were in front
were unable to withstand the pressure
from behind and were hurried down
upon the men and women who were
already striving to rescue. When, at
length the panic had exhausted itself
and the immense stone steps OF the
fallen staircase had been removed. TWEEN
ty persons were taken from the ruins
dead. The injured numbered not less
than sixty. and many of these Will die
Of their injuries.
A later dispatch from Theirs SAYS that
in addition to twenty persons Killed in
the court house disaster Yesterday, fully
one hundred persons were injured.
Many of the injured are women and
their wounds are of serious character.
When the massive stone Staircase fell
the scene was fearful to witness. The
immense stone steps above with the
people upon them were precipitated upon
the and dying below, adding to the
horrors of the awful spectacle.
A still later dispatched from Theirs
makes the court house calamity
there yesterday far more disastrous in
its than earlier dispatches
indicated. The lead already number
twcuty-four. The total number Of IN
jured is now placed at 100.
....Boston, May 27.-Mr. John J..
Sullivan looked very much like a gentle
man this afternoon when he took a seat
inside the bar in the Divorce Court. lie
wore a clerical Prince Albert coat, and
carried a new silk hat that shOne like
polished Jet. He has allowed his nous
tache and hair to grow 10 4 fashionable
length, and, although his splendid ply
slque would attract attention anywhere,
makeup as a whole was OF a h~igh-toned
man about town who was a little bored
by the court formalities. He sat by his
counsel, and paid no attention to his wife
who attracted so much attention as did
the champion himself. She may be fairly
described as a Incorporating woman.
She was modestly clad in a close fitting
black dress, and wore what appeared TO
be valuable solitaire diamonds in her
ears. She is a brunette. and is of almost
as fine physique for a woman as is the
champion among men.
When her bill alleging cruel and abu.
sive treatment and gross habits Of intox-
"ication on the part Of her husband had
been read, she TODD thr stand and told
her stoiy very briefly and simply. She
specified several instances when John had
attacked her at their house ald at the
house of her brother In Natick, where he
knocked her senseless, and left such a
bad mark Cd her face that she used paint
TO hide 1t from her friends and the pub
llc. These attacks Always occurred when
sullivan Wa, under III Influence Of Ii
quor. When he was sober they got along
well enough. Mrs Sullivan also said
that she went away from John sever al
times, but returned on his promise to
cease drinking. She had neve disputed
him Wien In a drunken condition, be
cause she considered that her life was in
danger. She finally left him on the 6rh
of December, 1854 and from that time
uDtll she saw him in the Court House she
had not met him.
The cross examination conducted by
Mr.. Barry, disclosed the fact that tile
lbeliaet was a wiGow named Bailey when
she married Sullivan. She would not
swear that she informed Sullivan Of her
previous marriage. She coud not re
member how long ago it was that she be-
came the wife of Mr.. Bailey. but was
confident that she was only IS years OF
age at the present time