Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-21
ED BY THREE WOMEN.
singular Grimes for which Three Wo'
men Have Been Convicted.

singular Grimes Tor "nlcn Ahrec WV
men Have Been Convicted.
In the Lower Pyrenees, at the little
village of lame, three women have Just
been condemned for single crime.
They conspired together and murdered
a man named Joseph Larras. The I'M
fortunate victim was fifty-eight years
old and in feeble health, but was never
tbeIess Injured to toll; and he had
onassed about 1900 francs, which he
always carried about with him IN
leather belt. One day he lent certain
amount of money to tavern keeper,
woman of evil repute named Madeline
Ianolot. She was already deeply In
debt to others, and finding herself on
the point of becoming bankrupt. resolv.
ell to free herself from her obligation
toward him by murder.
Larras had often demanded the repay
mani of tbs sum which she owed him.
Once when he visited her for the first
time with this object, she cordially IN
vited him to stay to dinner. He accept
ed but hardly had he finished eating
when he felt intolerable pains III the
stomach. His hostess had tried topolao ;
him with arsenic. Several packages oil
the drug were afterward found in her
bouse. Larras was compelled to keep
n his bed for six days. Mad. Langiot
resolved. after this failure, TO asssassinate
L,rras and to roo him of his savings.
HER FIRST DESIGN
WA, TO get him to act as guide upon a
pious pilgrimage in,o Spain, which she
nroposed to make, that Icing his native
country. She associated with herself
two other vicious women named Geusse-
barthe and Candalot. Larras refused to
accompany them, but sent word to Made
line that she must pay her debt. The
next morning he went to her house
Sine was unable to pay him, and he told
her he would come again in the after,
noon Madeline informed her accom-
nI;ces and even sought to obtain the
assistance of one Oscanson, and he re-
fused to take part in the crime, although
he was cowardly enough to abstain from
any attempt to prevent 1T. when word
from him would have sufficed.
Mad. Langlot prepared ropes to stran
gle and bind her victim, and she ano
the other women drank plentlfully OF llq
uor,. At3.3O her eldest daughter, who mac
been placed on the watch at the door
told her the Spaniard was approaching
Mad. Langiot then pot her younges
child into the girls arms and told her u
90 for a walk. Larras had no sooner
entered the tavern than Madeline
sprane upon him. while Candalot fasten
ed the door on the inside behind him
They both then dragged him into
chamber. Dame Goussebrathe held hi
legs and
sTRANaLED HIM WITH ROPE.
When he no longer gave sign OF life
Madeline took his belt and handed s
francs to one of her accomplices and z
francs to the other. The rest she KEPT
A neighbor who had seen Larras ente
the tavern, and heard some cries, be
came suspicious on finding that he di'
not come out. He made circuit OF tn
house, and looking in at window, es
pied the corpse lying on the floor of tn
bed chamber. The authorities wer
notified, and at IL o'clock in the evenin
the cendarmerie came. Larras' bod
was discovered, after long search, un
der the mattress of the bed on whic
the young child of the woman Langlo
was sleeping. 1t had been placed in
sack. The three murderers cohfesse
their crime, each one endeavoring, {
course, to throw the heaviest respons
bility upon the others. Mad. LanglC
was sentenced to hard labor for life, an
both the others to the same penance fc
twenty wears. They listened 10 III
Judgment without evincing the lea
emotion. Paris Morning News.