Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-30
HOW eYRAup WAS CAUGHT.
story of the French Merchant who Be-
cnrnd His CAPTURE.

Tho Courier des Eiqis- L-nis, Of New York.
has received from Havana letter giving
interesting details Of the arrest OF Byr2uG'
the Paris murderer of VI. Gouhe, ana the
manner in which he was identihed. M.
MIGUEL Puehcu. the writer OF ire IetIe :,
wa@ himself 4 seems. the person ~ho inn'i'
tho arrest. be writes:
"HAvANk, May I9.-In February last
man with q suspicious bearing and dressed
in rather a Vulgar fashion presentee hlin-
sclf in nv store. which bears the lnscriP,;
ZION Casa francesca lie wanted to cell
Ine some dress stuff OF Oriental make,
which he said he had brought from tur-
kev. where he had passed some time IN q
most agreeable manner. llo said he need
cd money IN order TO continue bis journey
10 his destination--Mexico. Taking pity
on him. | bought the stuG, though | ala
net think could easily dispose of i.
His manner and his apparently ann
less iourneyinr, his method OF talking
about insignificant things, caused surprise
TO ali of Us. but il was my wife WhS eA-
pressed herself - the eject that she pc
iieved the man must be Eyraud. On Aprll
18Th last. OF reading the Courier, | cnne
across IN article eRtitled La Chase a
vhomme. and learned that Eyraud bad
6ed from a hotel in America, carving with
him in his yalise a Turkish costume when
he had borrowed IN order 20 have his pho-
toc,rsph taken in II. referred 10 my books
and found that the man with the Turkish
stuff had called at my place February leth.
FIVE DAYS after his Disappearance from NOW
York. lust time enough tor nm 10 rcacn
Havana. Then the man Ind brought WIN
him a Turkish costume, which he SAID was
q s,uy7ii- of his travels III the ORIENT
the very costume, undoubtedly, IN when
ba ha1 had his MA OpTapn tdkcl.
with these condolences ! had then no
doubt hus that the man was really Eyraud,
the assassin of u. GOuGe. then inquired
for details about the murderer personal
appoarance, and these ] found 10 agree ex-
actlv with the memory Ihad Of ny visitor.
! kept on the lookout tor him. ana on
April 18th about o'clock IN the afternoon
the man | took to be Esraud appeared
a0ain 80 my store. 10 said he mad re-
turned from Mexico, and he was then cor
rec:lv dressed. | entered INTO converse
ti0a with him. asked him the details of ms
Journey, and he told me that be had taken
mauy orders: that he had travelled far;
that he represented the house OF Delaunay,
Of Paris. but he did not show me his card.
Flnnllv be proposed that ! enter into neGo.
tiatiOns with an American friend OF
biq-1n a tobacco speculation which would
leave me a great profit. told hun to come
again another day. | had the certainty
thea that the man was Eyraud.
April H., about / in the afternoon, my
man returned to talk about the tobacco
business. asked him TO take seat and
rossiped with him. He told me much OF
what he had said before. and that he knew
all the languages. After taking and laugh
ing with him for an kOur Madame Aloertlne
R:erIier, French mOdiste Of our house
nut tho question 10 him bluntly. When
YOU were in Mexico did YOU not come
scross Evraud?' No, madame, he replied,
hesitatinely. 'You don't know himY'
= No. madame Were you in Paris at the
time Of the crimo?' No. madame
II watched him closely all this time. and
saw that the questions bad a magnetic
effect upon him. His hands trem bled, his
words stuck in his throat, and he rad great
difficulty in answering the questions at all
] was certain then of my man. went out
a little later in order to look at the burial
of the victims of ire, and what was nav
when, with lMpsrturb2b!e
cynicism, the man came up ana addressed
me. aud asked me to go with him to look
at PORTRAITS OF Gabrielle Bompart and
Tyrsud which he found in a No. of the
ReDubRque Ii,tstree. He imagined that he
could thus remove the suspicious which he
saw entertained by placing before my eyes
portraits which gave tho features very IN
distinctly.
IAN hour later ! informed the French
Consulate Of Eyraud's presence in Havana,
and Nj. kiuncias promised TO take imme-
date measures for his arrest. Next day a
COMMISSIONING of police with two agents
came to my place and Eyrsud was easily
taken. for he almost delivered himself up.
This is the stsry of Eyrsud's arrest. A
good Frenchman and patriot, am happy
to have assisted in serving justice and So
cietY.n