St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-31
A Career Of Iniquity Ended
by the Knife of the Gull
lotine.
His Early Childhood and Dis
coyery Of the Secret Of
His Birth.
The Sealing Of His Fate by
Females Who Had Loved
Him.
Constaney Of His Deserted
Wife--Wonderful influence
Over Women.

The execution Of Prado ends the most
celebrated French murder case of the
age. The crime in itself was ordinary.
Marie Aguetant was known in Paris as
1.-THE woman with the diamonds" The
night of Jan. II. 1886, she came home
from the Eden theater. where she had
been displaying her brilllants to the
crowd. AS she sat in her room her
throat was cut by an unknown hand.
Her desk was unlocked and robbed OF
$4,000 in bonds and $1,000 in money.
Her jewels were carried away. At day
break the croupier of small gambling
club entered her room. He stumbled
across an object which proved to be
Mares dead body. The head was al
most severed from it. The servant re-
membered that she had seen her mis-
tresS in company with ian American"
He came once before" said she,
land tried to kill madam, but / had
taken his hat, which had his name iii it,
and he evidently postponed his inten-
ton"
Nv no was the American?"
Hardly hundred yards from Marie
Aguetant lived Eugene Forestiea. who
claimed to be married to a Mexican
named Prado. The night of Marie's
murder he came home pale. agitated,
feversh. He kept on washing his
hands. He smelt them once or twice
with repugnance. Then he handed
Eugene bank note, which was cut
almost in half. She noticed scratch
Oh his right hand.
"A woman's nail did that" he said
c0olly. Il cut her throat for her pains"
Then he went quietly to sleep.
In the morning. when Eugene left
the house, he set to work to burn his
clothes and boots. Eugene. suddenly
returning, found him throwing his shirt
into the stove. She noticed that 1t was
stained with blood. He sent her out to
buy all the newspapers. None had
line about the murder.
TIE FLIGHT TO JERUSALEM.
Who was Frado?
There never lived q man who wrapped
himself in so many titles. He passed
as Prado, Count de Linska y Castllion.
Pablo, Rho, Grande, Mendoza. and as
dozen others. He was born mySteri-
Ously. He was educated in Mexico.
His father and mother persisted by a
tragic death. A yelled lady watched
over his childhood. At fourteen, hay
ing forced open secret drawer, he
learned the terrible secret of his birth.
Thenceforward he declared war on
society.
His early years were spent in travel.
He visited India, China and the United
States. He was at San Francisco when
the last Carlist war broke out. He went
TO the Basque provinces to serve under
Don Carlos. He was an officer at the
siege of Pamprluna. v Wounded and
taken prisoner. he was nursed by a
young nun belonging to a noble English
family. He carried her away aud mar
ried her at Jerusalem. whittier she went
to abjure her vows. She died III Italy,
by the blue waters of Sorrento.
NJ. GuillOt. the magistrate, looked
into this romantic history. He was con-
WINGED that part of it was true. Among
other things. Prado claimed that at
Madrid in 1879 he married Dolores
Garcia, of MarcillO, descendant of the
ancient kings of Aragon. This poor
woman was found ina garnet at Mrdrid,
dying of hunger. She was the daughter
of a prosperous tradesman. She had a
dowry of 10000 francs. Prado spent it
in four years. Then he disappeared.
leaving his wife penniieSS. He was next
found in the Rue Taitbout, Paris, living
on the earnings OF Eugene Forester.
HIS CAPTURE.
The morning after the crime he left
France. After a short stay at Madrid
he reappeared at Bordeaux, where
Eugene Forester fastened TO join him.
He there made the acquaintance of
Mime. C0uronneau. widow, and of her
daughter Maurcette. He promised to
marry the latter, who quickly yielded
to his destinations. He took her, with
Eugene Forester, TO the baths of
Royan. where he robbed NJ. Forgeril,
jeweler. dividing the plunder between
Eugene and Mauricette. In Novem-
Der, 1887, he returned to Paris and took
rooms in private hotel, with a COM
patriot, Lorenzo, a diamond broker.
One evening he offered Lorenzo a box
at the Chatelet theater. His offer was
accepted. He entered LOrenzo'S room
and was making off with box contain
ing Jewels when man servant sur
prised him. He dropped the box and
fed. An agent of police overlook him
on the banks of the Seine. He turned
and fired twice, both bullets taking eff
feet. Other agents captured him imme-
diately. Then Eugene and Mauricette
were arrested, and from their confess
sions the case against Prado was pre-
pared.
Eugene handed to the police card
with this address:
coMERcIo DE ORC, PLATA. Y PEDRERIA. :