The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-16
A CREOLE ROMANCE.
A Story of Deception, Disgrace,
DiShOnOr and Death.
LOCATING WESTERN RESERVOIRS.
The Engineers VIII Start Next Week-AbOut
Seizing British Vessels in Behring Sea
Typographical Union Demands.

Especial to THE HERALD.-Examiner Dispatch. ]
New ORLEANS, June 15.-D1rs. Henri
Favrot, handsome, refined, well educated
and not yet twenty years of age, was
found dead in bed yesterday morning The
letters she left show that she deliberately
resolved to kill herself, as a partial atone
ment for having falsely blackened the
reputation of her husband, and with hope
of indicating his good name.
Mrs. Favrot was formerly Miss Lille
Dubrosca. She was born and has lived all
her life in the parish of West Baton Rouge.
Her family was one of the oldest and most
respected of the Creole aristocracy of
Louisiana. Ike young girls life was like
that of other young Creole girls of like po-
sitiOn, quiet and uneventful, and spent
quietly at home.
She was favorite at home and in the
social circles she frequented. No suspi-
ciOn against her reputation had ever been
preached until few months ago, when it
was discovered that she was in a delicate
condition. Pressed by her parents to di-
Yulge the name of the man who was re
sponsibe for it, Miss Dubrosca said that
Henri t'avrot her cousin, a gentleman who
was known to have been very assiduous in
his attentions to her, was the man, and
that they had been secretly married.
| Favrot, who had been but recently admit
ted to the bar, expressed the utmost indig
nation and surprise when confronted by
the young lady. He denied emphatically
having been anything but friend. She
persisted, however, and to save the honor
of her family, he consented to marry her
They came to Gretna, Jefferson parish,
and were publicly welded three weeks
ago. They then moved to New Orleans.
Favrot said that although he had given his
name to the young lady to shield her from
public dishonor, still he would not live
under the same roof with her. 81 will
support her and care for her, ne said,
but will never live with her."
He rented a comfortable room for her,
for his wife, at 10 North Rampant street,
in a respectable private lodging house,
while ne took lodgings on St. Charles
avenue, in the vicinity of jackson street.
He often visited his wife, and took her out
sometimes for walk. When he parted
with her, he simply said Good night and
went to his room.
Last night he took his wife out for
prominade and returned with her to her
boarding house and remained there until
9 O'Clock, when he left for his own home.
This morning he called at her house and on
entering the room found his young wife
lying dead in bed in her night dress Cor
oner Chassaignac was summoned, and on
the table near the bed, he found a vial and
a glass. The vial was labelled orange
flower water, but contained a small guam
tity of colorless and odorless liquid. The
glass contained nothing. Chassaignac will
have the contents of the vial examined in
order to ascertain the nature Of the poison.
On examining the body, the coroner
stated that death must have occurred dur
ing the night, as the rigor morti was very
pronounced. Two letters We're found on
the table near the bed. One was
open and written with a red pen
Gil and was addressed ''To the public and
was in Mrs. Favrot's handwriting ard
read as follows: "The public is anxious to
hear my last word Perhaps there are not
many things to say, except to relieve some
anxiety, suppose. make this statement,
the truth ofIwhich is unquestionablef for the
many who 90 not know it as fact. | as
sert that the man bearing the name of my
husband has never been guilty of that
with which he is accused. His character
in this case has been blackened for my own
selfish motives; they must be known while
it is yet in my power to make them. l have
nothing more to leave behind me but this
proof of my husbands innocence"
The other letter was enclosed in an en-
velope and addressed to her father, A. v,
Baton Rogue, and was worded as follows:
'H. F. is not the father of my child.