Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-21
PRADO'S CRIMINAL LIFE
4 CAREER OF iNIouITv WHICH WAS
ENDED BY THE KNIFE.

saved Him-A Deserted wiEe'~ c.-,.tAney-
The execution Of Prsdo ends the most cele
brated French murder case of the age The
crime IN itself WAS ordinary Marie Agastan
was known in Paris as the woman with the
ianaondar The night Of Jan u. lsss she
came home from the Eden theatre. where she
had been displaying Der brilliants 10 the
crowd As she sat in her room her throat
was cut by an unknown hand. Her desk
wls unlocked and robb.zi OF 600 In bonds
and 81 60 in money Her jewels were car
ried away At daybreak the croupler Of a
small gambling club entered her rOun He
-tumhlei across an object which proved 10 be
Narles dead body The head was alma st
severed from IT, The servant remembered
that she had seen her mistress in company
with AN American.
He came once before, said she and tired
10 Kill madam, but Dad taken his nat, which
had bis name In 1t, and he evidently post
poneh his intention
who was -the Americana
Hardly hundred yards from Marie AgaS
tan lived Eugene Forester. who claimed TO
be married u Mexican named Prado. The
night Of Maries murder he came home pale,
agitated, feverish. He kept on washing Ills
repugnanee. Then he handed Eugene
tanknote, which was cut almost in half She
noticed Il scratch On his right hand
a woman nail did that, no said coolly.
Il cut her threat for her pains
Then he went quietly to sleep.
In the morning, when Eugenie 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
Who was Pradof
There never lived man who wrapped
himself in many titles. He, passed as
Prado. Count de Linska Castillon, Pablo,
Rho, Crane, Mendoza, and as q dozen
others He was born mysteriously He was
educated in Mexico. His father and mother
persisted by a tragic death A veiled Lady
watched over his childhood AT II, having
forced open n hidden 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, 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
Wounded and taken prisoner he was u red
10y young nun belonging TO noble EAs lish
family He carried her away and married
her at Jerusalem, whittier she went 10 abJure
her VOWS. She died in Italy, by the blue
waters of Sorrento
NJ Guillot, the magistr ate, looked into this
romantic history He was convinced that
part of it was true. Among other things,
Prado claimed that at Madrid in is1? he
married Dolores Garcia OF Marcillo, a de-
scendant of the ancient kings oil Aragqn.
This poor woman was found in garnet at
Madrid dying OF hunger. She was the
daughter of a prosperous tradesnau She
had a dowry Of 10000 francs. pra!o spent
it in four years Then he disaplesiieu ed. leav-
ing his wife penniless lie was next found in
the Rue Taitbout. Paris. living on the earn
ings of Eugene Forester
The murnin. after the crime he left France
After a short stay at Madrid he reappeared
at Bordeaux. where Eugene Forester has
tened to join him He there made the ac-
quaintancc Of Nine Couronneau, "a widow.
and of her daughter, Mauricette He prom
ised to marry the latter, who quickly yielded
to his Vaccinations He took her, with
Eugene Forester, to the baths of Royan,
where he i,bbed NJ Forgeril, jeweler, divid-
ing the plumber between Eugene aud Mauri-
cette, In November 1871, he returned to
Paris and took rooms in private hotel, with
compatl lot, Lorenzo, Ii diamond broker
One evening he offered Lorenzo a box at the
Chatelet heater His offer was accepted
He enter l.orcazos room and was making
off with box containing jewels when IA man
servant surprised hun He dropped the box
and fed An agent of police overlook hun
hal .,.l-a .Ft hs tt.f md
fired twicr. both bullets taking effect Other
agents captured him Immediately Then
Eugene md Mauricette were arrested, and
from lor confessions the case against Prado
vas pr lred
The cused was brought into court He
was nall man, Of insignificant appearance,
sallow, rg,aciattd. with dropping iutistache,
the last an II the court who would be desig-
mated a. u lady killer When be trowned he
looked not unlike monkey The women
whom ha had duped regarded him with
scorn. Eugene Forester. - years Old, vas
tall, darS and majestic Mauricette Courun-
ueau y years old was small. graceful and
exceelingly pretty Prado made Grandilo
queni speech when she gave her evidence.
g he resentment of the lover said he,
"di-lprcars IN the affection of the father Il
wish Mauricctte to return to her child. and
keepit ill | am free"
You shall never have it, never cried
,iluricette, with energy
You have nothing to say about it, said
Frado. calmly You lost all right to the
child when You gave its father TO the guillo-
TING "
En- enie displayed similar hatred
YOU are aware" said the judge that you
are swearing away his life
Il know it, she quietly replied
II sell You not to love HING
Yes he was the only man ! ever loved on
earth
Possibly she 10, es me still remarked
I'radu, GIn I'M ironical smile
But there stood in court a woman who
sat among the spectators She was poorly
dressed and seemed prematurely aged She
was Prados wife. whom he had deserted in
Spain
He married me-" she said, with papers
authentic or forged, showing him to be Lin
! ska de Castillon."
An Americana
"A Mexican"
Had he not a foreign accent
Yes, certain buzz which Mexicans
have"
WAS he kind to your
! 'EIceedingy kind | never saw him out
Of temper loved him dearly
/ do you love him stillf'
| AS much as ever"
! an spite of his deserving youf
/ ~ have forgiven him. When | heard he
was in trouble | came to him | know not
what he has teen to others tie was good to
me
And when the death sentence was pro-
nounced, and Eugene Forester exchanged a
look of triumph With Mauricette touronneau
Prado's wife crossed TO the prisoners dock,
took the condemned mans han.i ~ bers and
kissed II hlcaru Tribune