The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-24
THE srRANaLsa OF PARIS.
A Phase of Life in the Gay City
Brought Out by His Capture.


An Associated Press dispatch from
Havana in the MORNING NEWS a day or
two ago announced the capture in that city
of the Frenchman. Miguel Eyraud, who, in
the month of July last, murdered Notary
q ,uffe in Paris Eyraud registered at the
Hotel Roma undet ths ma ne OF Miguel
Doski. He claimed to BE- native of Poland.
When he was placs ID 10 Jail he attempted to
commit suicide by cutting the veins in his
leg and arm with a piece of glass. He lost
a great deal of blood before medical attend
ance could be obtaine 1, but the doctors at
tending him say he will recover. Ia his
trnnS were found several French news
papers containing the details o; his crime.
q pistol and dagger we're also found in
the trunk. In addition to the police Off
Gals, who have pictures of the murderer,
several persons have identified the prisoner
as Eyraud.
The New York Sun tells the story of his
crime as follows:
Even sensational Paris never produced
more startling crime than the "Affaire
Gouffen as it was presented to the public by
the police. A detailed account OF it was
published exclusively in the Sun Of Feb. 10.
the day after the arrival in this country of
two famous French detectives, who ca ne in
search of Eyraud. the Stranger of Paris,
The murder of Nj. Gouffe is supposed TO
have occurred on July 20 of last year. On
the evening of that day he disappeared
from his home at AS Rue Montmartre
without any apparent reason. He was
prosperous marshal, a petty magistrate and
process server combined. He had also car
ried on a quiet money-ioaning business,
which threw him into contact with persons
of not over nice character. He was As
wears old, widower and had two young
daughters. He was a typical Partisan,
handsome and fond of women.
Early on the evening in question he was
seen at the Cafe Vernon, but all trace OF
him was lost there. and WREN his brother
in-law, NJ. Landry, applied to the police for
information concerning HIM they were for
some time unable to give him any satlsfac-
ton. The concierge of NJ. Gouffe's house
remembered, after persistent questioning.
that man had called there two hours after
M. Gouffe left the Cafe Vernon, and had
gone into his Office 1t was learned later
that between the time the stranger appeared
there and NJ. Gouffe left the cafe the MUIR
der was committed.
Later witness named Hauteriye turned
I'D and sal ne had been approached on the
night of Gouffe's disappearance by a
stranger who had requested him to hand
letter to Gouffe, who was then coming up
the street. He did So and Gouffe, after
reading it, smiled and said, ''Yes, tell him |
am going there At the same time he
started off toward the Porte ST. Martin.
I, stranger pretended to walk in another
direction, but presently he turned and fol-
lowed Gouffe. Where either went could
not then be discovered.
On Aug. Is peasant discovered at Mil
lery, near Lyons, the body of man which
had been forced into a sack and thrown into
a ditch. A hackman named Laforge added
TO the mystery by telling of three men who
had accompanied heavy trunk to a lonely
spot near by, alb )ut a month before, but his
story was discredited. It was supposed that
the body was that of a commercial traveller
namea Daudier, who had disappeared some
time before, but Inspector General Jaime,
when he heard of the CHASTITY find, thought
it worth investigating, and sent detective
to Lyons to see whether the body
might not be that of Gouffe. 1t proved to
be so. being fully identified by NJ. Landry,
from certain marks. A search in the neigh
borhood brought to light the fragments of
a heavy trunk, which had been thrown into
tbicket. This trunk was restored as
nearly as possible and another built to
resemble what the police thought it was
before its demolition. The two trunks were
exhibited at the Paris morgue, where such
a crow d gathered that the two policemen
who guarded the trunks found it difficult to
preserve the old one from the sly attacks of
the relic hunters. The body was buried,
the cause of death not having been ascer-
tanned.
After time the trunk was recognized as
one that had been taken from the Hotel de
Bordeaux at Lyons a month before by
respectable looking man and woman. 1t
was of English make. and the police finally
discovered the London maker who remem-
bered selling it to a Frenchman who lived
with a woman on Cover street. From this
the police traced it to the Frenchman
Eyraud and Gabrielle Boinpard. The
former was married aud had two children,
but his reputation was shady. He was
noted especially for having great big
hands possessed of enormous strength. The
woman was 20, not bright or good-looking,
and OF fair type of the class to which she
belonged. Both had disappeared out the
time of the murder, leaving no trace be-
hind them, but there was no proof then
that they had gone together. The police
could only conjecture, and the case ap-
peared likely to remain a mystery.
On Jan. 9 the detectives at the Paris CEN
trail Office were amazed TO see Gabrielle
Boinpard walk into their building. She an
nounced calmly that she had just come from
San Francisco for the express purpose of
confessing her share in the murder of M.
Gouffe. Her story was nerve-shattering.
She had known Gouffe for some time, she
SAID, aud had been led into ac6ing as
decoy for Eyraud. She occupied CHAM
Der and alcove, with a small ante-room
attached, on the Porte St. Martin. 1t was
on the first fioor of big house. with three
windows facing on the street. Eyraud
was secreted behind some curtains when
the victim entered the ante-room.
Gabrielle made Gouffe sit down beside her
on a settee, and distracted his attention by
embracing and fondling him while Eyraud
stole softly over the thick carpets and
threw knotted moose over his head. To
pull it tight aud twist 1t sharply was the
work of a moment Then the powerful
hands came into play and the victim was
slowly choKed to death. his struggling arms
being held by the woman.
After his death the body was put into the
London made trunk, and Gabrielle went to
bed in the same room, while Eyraud went
to the office of the murdered Gouffe. opened
the safe with the keys found on mis- person,
and took out $4,000 in bank notes. The
body was disposed of in the ditch where it
was found, and the couple went to Mar
seilles. Paris, London, Liverpool, New York
and San Francisco. There Gabrielle left
Eyraud because of his cruel treatment. and
confessed her crime to another Frenchman
with whom she lived He induced her to
return to Paris. There were some i'm
probabilities in her story, but she was
locked UP, and ever since Paris detectives
have been Searchin o. avery where for EyraIld.