Evening journal., 1891-12-26

and Nearly KliIed Servant Girl--A
Retired Lieutenant accused.
PARIS, Dec e8-The reigning sensation
IN Paris is the arrest OF Lieutenant Anastlly.
a retired army officer, on the charge ~
numbering Baroness Deilard Ghe lieutan-
ant was subjected 10 a preliminary exam
nation az the prefecture Of police, and
after denying that he was guilty, was 70
msnded The baroness was about o'clock
IN the afternoon Of Dec. 4, seated in the salon
Of her apartment on tho first floor of tie large
and fully inhabited house which she occu-
pied with her son at ~ Boulevard du Tenn
PIE At that hour young man Of slight
5uiid, elegantly dressed wearing a high silk
hat and carrying lawyers portfolio under
his arm, entered the house ana asked the
porter where tho apartment Of the baroness
was situated and went up TO the room and
rang the baroness ben
The servant Girls Alarm.
Five or SIX minutes later Delphine HUurne.
a servant employed by the baroness, yio-
lently opened the window OF the latters
dining room, which opened into the court
yard forming tho interior Of the building.
and pointing to the porch or archway lead
ing into the street, she cried, in choking
tones, "Helpi Murlerl Stop himr The
poor servant girl lad a deep wound in her
throat, from which the blood was pouring.
The girls crier were first too inarticulate 10
arouse immediate attention, and the mur-
derer was able to leave the baroness apalt-
menb just az he wns leaving the house the
murderer met the porter's wife and coolly
recommended her to close the front door, as
It seemed that something had happened in
the house. He then calmly stepped into the
street and vanished IN the crowd
The Baroness Throat Cut
Meanwhile Delphine stumbled down stairs
into the courtyard. where she fell insen-
sible. This caused the coDcaeree to raise an
alarm which brought number Of peorle 10
the spot, and the blood soaked girl was car
ried up stairs to the apartments of the
baroness There a frightful spectacle was
disclosed.
The utmost Disorder prevailed in the din
ing nom; al the cupboards, desks and
drawers had been forced open and the best
part Of their contents were strewn on the
floor. In tho bedroom adjoining was found
the body of the Baroness Dellar4l. her
throat cut from ear to car, the head literal
ly being almost cut from the body. It was
evident that her deoth must have been al
most instantaneous
The Servant Girls Story.
When Delphine, a strong country pirl. re-
covered sufficiently to answer questions put
to her the police We're able to set 10 work
with a well connected story Of the crime
The servant had been sent out on an e1rand
and the murderer, who Is supposed to have
been watching the house, aware that Baron
Dellard had gone out some time previously,
knew, when Delphine left the house, that
the old baroness was alone. Thus, when he
rang the bell it was the baroness herself who
opened the door The assassin then follow
ed the baroness into the bedroom OF her SON
to which plee the baroness apparently fed,
terrified by the murderers threats. In that
bedroom the murderer seems to have killed
her.
Caught In the Act.
While rifing the apartments the murderer
was interrupted by the unexpected return
of the servant, Delphine Hourne. Hastily
concealing himself, the murderer allowed
Delphine to enter the kitchen, where, it
being already dark, she lighted a lamp and
proceeded TO her mistress room. Sudden
ly, the lamp was knocked out Of her grasp
and she was seized from behind by the
assassin, who at the same time stabbed her
IN the breast and, hastily withdrawing his
murderous blade from the wound thus in
hicted, he CIT tho poor girls throat as she
struggled desperately to free herself. In
her battle for life, Delphine succeeded in
tearing the murderer's knife from his hand.
and it rolled to the ground. While he was
hunting for this bloodstained weapon Del
phine ran to the dining room window and
raised the alarm, as previously described.
A Band of Assassins.
Delphine could not describe the murderer.
but two servants gave the police a good de-
scr1ption Of the man From the first the
police were convinced that the assassin
must have accomplices and that he must
have been well acquainted with the habits
Of Baron Dellard and his mother. The crime
bore 50 close a resemblance to the recent
assassination Of M. Olivier, the money lender,
at Neuilly, that the police believe that both
the Olivier murder and the assassination Of
Baroness Dellard are the work Of an organ
lied band Of assassins and that Lieutenant
Anastuy, who bears a very bad reputation,
was possibly the chief Of this gang Of assas-
sins Other members Of the gang are be-
heyed to be Ivorel and Gaudissart, who con
tessed to the murder Of Olivier.
The Distinguished Victim.
The murdered woman belonged to a most
distinguished family. She was the daugh-
Ter OF General Baron Boulart, who was in
command Of the artillery Of the old guard of
Napoleon. Baron Boulart served with dis
JUNCTION IN most of the campaigns of the
hfst empire and won the great Napoleon's
high commendatjon
IL & the distinguished position which the
mardered baroness occupied, the brave do
mgs OF her ancestors and relatives and the
position IN eociety which both she and her
son occupied, coupled with the bold, cold
biooded audacity with which the crime was
committed in the day time in a fully in
haDted house, IN q populous and fashionable /
neighborhood, which have caused Paris
France and even Europe to take the greatest
possible interest IN the case Baron Dellard
holds an important position on the clerical
stan OF the minister Of war, NJ de Freycinet
de IS about forty years Of age, q retired
army officer and a knight Of the Legion of
Honor.
The Murderer Confesses.
Anastuy has confessed that the motive Of
the crime was robbery; that he had every
reason for being grateful 10 the baroness
and her husband, as be owed his position to
Baron Dellard. 1t appears that Anastuy
had abandoned a woman, with whom he
had been living for some time. This woman
knew that he was the murderer, and in re-
venge she denounced him to the police.
Killed In "A Carryau.
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