Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-05-28
CRIME IN NEW YORK.
A Frenchman Murders His Wife Puts Her
Body in Sack and Starts to Throw Her
in the River.

A Frenchm0n Murders His Vile Puts Her
Body in Sack and Starts to Throw Her
in the River.
An associated press dispatch ola day OF
90 ago says: About three o'clock this morn
ing Frenchman who proved to be Louis
Francis. of No. 3O7 Tenth avenue, was
arrested while on his way to the North
river, bearing on his back bag containing
the mutilated corpse of a women who had
been murdered. A policeman was attracted
by Francis mysterious manner as he
moved along, weighed down by his CHASTITY
burden, and he Was stopped and asked what
the bag contained, but the Frenchman refus-
ed to give any explanation, and attempted
being informed as to the contents of the
bag, and took Francis into custody. The
policeman then seized Francis by the arm,
whereupon he dropped the bag and its con-
tents upon the sidewalk. 1t fell with q
smashing sound to the flags, and the officer
upon opening the end Of the sack, found to
his surprise and horror that it contained
the mutilated body of q woman. The
body was doubled up and in an almost
nude condition. A policeman upon max
ing closer examination, found unmistak-
able evidence of the fact that the woman
had been murdered. There we're chastity
wounds about her head and also on the
trunk from which blood had flowed freely
and bad coagulated on the corpse. Fran
els was asked for an explanation of the
affair, and after recovering from his con-
fusion, declared that the corpse was that of
his wife, and that she had died q natural
death. Being without means necessary to
defray the expenses of the funeral, he had
conceived the idea of carrying the corpse to
thor nd in hn nffS
refused to accept the explanation. Francis
again shouldered the bag and bore the re-
mains to the police station, where he was
placed under arrest and steps were taken to
investigate the supposed crime. Francis is
about 81 years of age. He made no attempt
to explain the affair, when closely ques-
toned other than to repeat the story that
his wife had died at her home on Tenth
avenue, and that he was simply depositing
the corpse in the river on account of his
inability to give it q Christian burial.
On being questioned he told the follow
ing story: At o'clock in the evening she
sent me out for beer. When came back l
found q man named William Walsh with
her. Walsh works in the same shop with
me. She sat on my lap and kissed me;
then she threw glass at me and then q
can. then went out and walked half .
OlOCKs w u0u L C0ul0 O6Ck Su0 was ly1u&
on the floor, dead. waited an hour think
ing she would revive, but she did not.
do not know what was the cause of her
death. She told me before she died that
she did not care for me, but sne liked the
man who put up the 'wine' for her. He
is named Leopold Saconville. He lives
with Mrs. Lynch on Broadway. After I
found my wife was dead, took Is cents
and went o1t and got q drink. In q halt
hour came back, and put her in a bag to
throw her into the river"
As the body of the dead woman lay in the
police station, it had the appearance of
once having been that of pretty woman.
Even the traces of dissipation
could not destroy the impress
sion. She was of delicate complex
ion; large, expressive blue eyes; thick,
wavy, light brown hair; and petite in figure,
probably weighing 100 pounds. On the
corpse was scrupulously clean underwear.
q black skirt and embroidered night dress.
About the neck was twisted q silk handker-
chief, and about the throat were lines of
and marks of finger nails.
1t was evident the woman had been stran-
gled to death by twisting q handkerchief
about her throat.