Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-01-01
WILL LOSE HIS HEAD.
EYRAUD, THE sTRANoLER. TO
BE OUILLOTINED.


He and His Accomplice, Mile. Gabrielle
Bompard. Found Guilty OF stransling
M. Gouns-Eyraud VIII Have His Head
Chopped ON; and Gabrielle WIN Labor
Twenty Years in Prison.
Paris cablegram.
The trial OF Michael Eyraud and Gabri-
ellie Bompard for the murder OF Notary
Gouffe was concluded this evening. Eyraud
was convicted and condemned to death.
Gabrielle Bompard was also convicted, but
was not condemned to the guiliotine She
was sentenced to twenty years imprison-
ment at hard labor
The proceedings were opened by the pub
lie prosecutor, who summed up the case
on behalf of the Government He began by
promising TO confne himself to the murder
and robbery OF M. Gouffe. He begged the
| jury TO follow him closely and dismiss from
| their minds all the evidence that had been
presented regarding hypnotism. He said he
would make every effort to uphold justice
against theories or suggestions, which he
1 declared constituted a menace to tociety.
Regarding Mile. BompaId, the Public
Prosecutor said that the woman's intellect
was not weak, but 1t was depraved Both
prisoners were equally guilty. The evil
dence showed that everything in the room
| In which the crime was committed had
been prepared for the hanging of GouGe,
| and IL was idle TO assert the contrary. The
murder of the notary would have been Inn
| possible unless the man had been taken
| unawares. 1t was the jury's duty to reject
| the story Of the woman, who was as culpa-
| BILE as her companion, who frankly avowed
| his guilt. 1t was tho woman's girdle that
| strangled the victim 10 death; II was tho
woman who delivered Gouffe into the hands
of her lover, who waited for favorable mo-
ment to draw the cord with which Gouffe
was strangled.
When the public prosecutor had con-
| cluded NJ. Decori addressed the court In
behalf of Eyraud. NJ. Decorl admitted
that his task was difficult one. The hour.
| he aid. seemed about TO strike, not for
justice but to sound the triumph of the
huntsmen who had secured their prey.
| The clamorous crowd appeared sure of
] their quarry, but he hoped that the jury
| would not allow themselves to be infiu-
enced by this clamor Eyraud, he continued,
| had been an industrious man, but had be-
come weak in the hands or a woman. The
evil influence of Mile. Bompard had made
him a mere puppet.
Proceeding, NJ. Decori contended that
| Bompard and not Epraud conceived the
crime for which they were now being tried.
| The criminal intention of both, he said, was
not to murder M. Gouffo, but to extort
money from him. This had led rapidly TO
| the graver crime.
Upon the conclusion Of the counsel's ad-
dress the jury retired to consider their ver-
| dict. After an absence of an hour and fifty
| minutes they returned and announced the
| result OF their deliberations. The verdict
was that both prisoners were guilty, but
| extenuatlng circumstances were found In
| the case of the woman,
No protest against the verdict was made
| by either the prisoners or their counsel, and
| after a short deliberation on the part OF the
| Judges, sentence was pronounced. The
court condemned Eyraud TO die by the
1 nal. fAIlA %
| twenty years imprisonment at hard labor.
| The woman upon hearing her sentence APP
appeared TO be utterly overcome. and fell
| back Into the arms OF her doctor. Eyraud
showed not the slightest sign of emotion.
While being conducted to his cell EyTaud
| necessarily muttered: CONDEMNED to
death at last, but expected it." Eyraud
refused to taste his dinner. He expressed
| the hope to his keepers that he would be
/ granted reprieve. Mile. Bompard Is also
hopeful that her sentence will be reduced.
She showed no loss of appetite when her
| meal was brought to her.
DIR. Cbarcot, a leading authority on hyp-
notism, agrees with DIR. Brouardel in ridi-
culing the theories of the Nancy school re-
| gardng Mile. Bompard's criminality. He
| sees nothing In the crime that places the
| woman outside the category of vulgar
criminal He doubts the possibility of In
| fuencing a hypnotized person TO commit q
crime under a suspension of the will, and
thinks 1t impossible to suggest successfully
| any but the simplest action. DIR. Brouardel
instanced cases of the moral conscience
surviving under hypnotlsm. At Salpetriere
two women who had been mesmerized were
| ordered TO undress. One obeyed, but the
other, restrained by an obvious feeling OF
modesty, refused to obey and went into a
nervous fit.
Eyraud and Gabrielle Bompard murdered
Gouffe in the room of the woman at No.
Rue Tronson Ducoudray. They put the
body OF their victim I'm trunk and set OF
with II for Lyons, where IL was subsequently
found in ditch. An inquest was held, but
the man was not identified. He was quiet
| ly buried In common grave I'm which other
remains were deposited at the same time
The official who was responsible luckily tied
a bit of string around Goufe's feet, and
when an exhumatlon was ordered the body
was identified by this means. Meanwhile
Eyraud and Gabrielle wandered about to-
gether for a time; then Eyraud went tc
America. Gabrielle confessed and was Inn
prisoned. For long time Eyraud eludeo
Justice, until he was run to earth at Havana
whence he was brought to Paris. Ey-
raud, previous to the trial, confessed
that he was the murderer of M. Gouffe
and that all that Gabrielle had said
was true. When first brought before M
Doppfer, the examining magistrate, the
criminal refused to admit that he had done
| more tlan dispose Oh inc DOuy dIVeF tut
Sherlff's officer had been murdered by an
other man. But the very improbable, not
TO say impossible, character of his asser-
tions being pointed out TO him by M. Doppfer
Eyraud at length exclaimed: @Well, yes
IL was who killed Gou1e. III commenced
by declaring my innocence It was to save
the honor of my family. wanted to pre-
vent tho crime of the husband and fathei
sullying the innocence OF my wife and
daughter. 1 wanted to prevent peo-
pie pointing at my daughter and call.
ing her n murderer's child.n EyrauC
then wept and appeared to be over
come. He, however, soon recovered hi
self-possesslon, and, in reply TO a question
from M. Doppfer. he added: sI know verJ
we'll IL is useless for me 10 attempt to de.
ceive you. Now / am In your hands pre-
fer to tell you all about IL tomorrow or tho
next day, when have had q little rest anC
feel stronger.p After pause, during which
silence was preserved, Eyraud added, In 9
frm and calm tone: .GAll Gabrielle Bonn
pard has said is true. It was / who luret
Gouffe to Rue Tronson Ducoudray. It wa
I who killed him, and IL was Gabrielle wht
helped me 20 put his body In the trunk
Now do not insist on my giving you at pres.
ent any further particulars; I am really
too unwe,L" After signing his confession
Eyraud was led back to his cell whence h,
emerged for his trial.
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