Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-18

raresSinC him when the fatal moose was
placed about his neck. The prisoner an
swered every question in clear. ringing,
pleasing tones OF very sweet voice. She
resolutelv refused to be led into admission
that she had aught to do with the crime be-
fore the actual killing.
As she stood before the audience of gaily
dressed Parisians, all craning forward to
catch the Presidents words, an occasional
click could be heard in her throat, indicating
that she realized that she made some answer
that told against her.
The Prisoners Waging War.
All the ladies in the courtroom fixed
their opera-glasses upon her, seeming to
speculate on the chances of that soft white
throat, showing so prettily above the neat
black lace ruche about her neck, being
shorn by the ghastly guillotine. The inter-
est was intensified when Eyraud was
ordered to rise and the President pitted the
two prisoners, one against the other, max
ing them try to explain the discrepancies
in their testimony, as to the events of that
fatal night.
The next witness called caused much dis
appointment to the audience, which was
anxious to hear Eyraud bait Garan-
ger. The witness was Remi Launey,
lawyer, so wears of age, an in
innate friend OF Eyraud, and who had at
Que TINE DSGn alreSleu dCC6S iOfF ID
the murder. Launey had at one time been
in respectable practice but his connection
with the Gouffe affair had ruined him. He
wore an oTercoat trimmed with shabby fur,
and locked the picture of humiliation as he
stood a front OF the scarlet-robed judges.
LaGney testified that he had been a friend
of Eyraud, and had cared more for him than
FOR any other man he had ever known. He
had dined with him on the night before the
murder, but did not recollect anything being
said about Gouffe.
A Sudden Question Put to Gabrielle.
Eyr2ud had testified previously that
Gabrielie's first iGea had been to Kill
LauEey who was known to carry money
ABOUT MIN. ana the President OF the Court
row turned suddenly TO the girl and said:
And it was after this dinner that, having
previously thought of another, you selected
Gcufe as YOUR victim?'
Gabrielle made no reply. When the
President had finished the examination of
Launey the prOcurer republique COM
pleted the broken down lawyers humilia-
tion bv addressing him sternly, as follows:
why is it, Launey, that after your con-
versation of the 25th you were not struck by
The disappearance of Gouffe, and how is it
that you did not think of Evraud. Why
did you not inform the police instead of do
AAs as lOu NAOs 1Ou O6C6lNSu JuSklC6s YOU
DELAYED all our actions by trying to throw
US off the trail. You were arrested as an
accomplice. You were seen in thisr house
trying on wig. l do not wish to accuse
you now, as you have been declared inno-
cent but l am bound to say that it is my
belief that Gouffe was murdered sbecause OF
information you gave to Eyraud."
Eyraud's former partner, Fribourg,
being called, testified that Eyraud had
cheated him out of $1,000 francs and had
written him threatening letter because he
refused to lend him money. When Decoris,
Eyraud's counsel asked witness if Gabrielle
was not separated from Eyraud the young
woman showed she was alive to what was
going on by answering the question herself
IN decided and emphatic negative.
She Did Not Enter Convent.
Addressing himself to the witness again.
Decoris asked: ibid not she at that time
decide TO enter a convent?'
Whereupon Gabrielle laughed outright
and the audience Joined in the laugh.
'Eyraud used to advise me to do So"
she broke in, "but I never even gave it a
thought"
A servant employed in the hotel where
Gabrielle had stopped for few days before
taking the apartments in which the murder
was commit. ed testified that the clothof which
bIG SAGA Nas mAuS Was Drought 10 IQe motel
entire and already cut by EYraud, as Ga
brielle had previously sworn.
The ProeUreur General now asked Ga
brieIle why sne went to this hotel under an
assumed name. She replied, because
Eyraud would not allow me to give my real
name, had no motive to hide myself"
The prosecutor retorted: 81 shall prove
that you had very strong motive"
The blacksmith who had strengthened
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hands upon it, testified TO having done so.
As he was stepping up to the trunk to ex-
anime 1t more closely, the President adYls-
ing him not to 60 too near, as the trunk
smelt very strongly, and there was a laugh
IN the audience. waiter, who had attended
to the wants OF Eyraud and his accomplice
in the restaurant where they had dined or
the night of the murder swore that the
accused quilted the restaurant at 7:3O
They drank champagne during dinner, but
did not seem to be cheerful
Caught in a Contradiction.
you hear what that man says ?" said the
President turning to Gabrielle. "You left
the restaurant at 7:30. Now you testified
that Eyraud arrived in the Rue Tronson
Decoudray at 7:45. Thus you see the prep
aratiors for the crime must have been made
during the day."
OaDIIe4Ae HdUe no reply, ana seemed 10
lose countenance for some minutes.
The next witness, the architect who had
designed the room in which the crime was
committed, said that it must have taken at
least an hour to prepare the block and
pulley and to make the other arrangements
for the murder of Goutfe
Gabrielle being again ordered to stand up.
The President asked her: You hear what
this witness says?"
'How could l know how long it would
take?" said Gabrielle
''Bow could Eyraud have committed the
crime If you had not handed him the end of
the cord, passed through the swivel?"
Gabrielle made no reply.
The procurteur then asked Eyraud.
''The cord passed through the curtain, did
it not?"
"Yes" said Eyraud, with a yiudictiye
glance at his accomplice.
Now" said the President, 'fGabrielle.
who cut the curtain that the cord could pass
through"
A Sensation in the Court
The girl was aghast. but Eyraud ex-
claimed in a loud voice: Gabrielle Bonn
psrd. This caused a great sensation in
the court, but the female prisoner did not
seem TO mind.
All opera glasses were leveleG, and wild
excitement prevailed among the ladies in
tue audience when the name of Garanger
was called. Garanger appeared, we'll
dressed, stout, tall, fair, pointed beard and
distinguished bearing, about As years of