The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-26
KILLED BARONESS DELLARD
LIEUZ ANAs7UY CONFEssEs HrafsELF
A MURDERER

LIEUE ANAs7UY C0NFEssEs HIMSELF
4 MURDERER
H,s Victim . Daughter or Ono or The First
Nnpoieoa's Generais-Cst Her Thpeet In
Her Apartment In Paris .. the Dsytiwe-
IL He the Chief OF y Bssa 81 Asssssinss
PANS. Dec. 25.-The Christmas Day senss-
ton in this city is the arrest OF Lieut. Anastuy.
a retired army officer. on tho charge OF muir
dering Baroness Dellard. and his confession
OF guilt. The Lieutenant was examined at
the Prefecture Of Police this morning. and. af-
ter denying no was guilty. was remanded.
Later he admitted to the police that he was the
murderer.
Baroness Dellard. was alone at about
o'clock in the afternoon OF Dec. In
the salon OF the apartment which she and her
son. Baron Dellard. occupied on tho first floor
OF the largo house at ~ Boulevard du Tenn
pie. close to the Place de PConcorde. when
young man Of slight build. elegantly dressed.
wearing a high silk hat and carrying an
Arocars portfolio under his arm. entered the
house and asked the porter where the spart-
ment OF the Baroness was situated. He was
INFORMED but went up to the apartment imme-
diately above that OF the Baroness and asked
the servant who answered the bell II that was
where the Baroness lived. He was informed
that the Baroness lived on the floor below He
descended and was heard to ring the bell OF
the Baroness's apartment.
After five or six minutes. Delphine Hourbe. o
servant employed by the Baroness violently
opened the window Of the Baroness's dining
room. which looked out upon the courtyard
forming the interior Of the building. and.
pointing to the archway leading into the
street. she cried in choking tones: "Helpi
ha M utr RI uno
seen, had deep wound in her throat. from
which blood was pouring over the front OF her
dress. The girls cries. however. were at first
too inarticulate to arouse Immediate atten-
ton. and in the mean while the man who had
entered the Baroness's apartment started
down stairs. In the porch. just as he was
leaving the house. the man met the concierge.
or porter's wife. and coolly recommended her
to close the front door. as it seemed that some
thing had happened in the hodse. He then
calmly stepped into the street. and the bewil-
dered concierge closed the door behind him.
By this time the Baroness's servant. In spite
OF the gaping wound in her throat. had man
aged to stumble. faint from loss OF blood.
down stairs into the courtyard. where she fell.
insensible. The concierge raised an alarm.
which brought number Of people to the spot.
and the girl was carried up stairs to the apart
-
tacle was disclosed.
The utmost disorder prevailed in the dining
room. All the cupboards. desks. and drawers
had been forced open and most OF their con-
tents were strewn on the floor. In the bed
room adjoining was found the body OF the
Baroness Dellard, her throat cut from ear to
ear the head being almost severed from the
body. It was evident that her death had been
almost instantaneous.
When Delphine. who is q strong and healthy
country girl. was recovered sufficiently to an
swer the questions put to her. the police were
able to set to work with well-connected story
OF the crime to guide them. The servant. it
seems. had been sent out on an errand and
watching the house. aware that Baron Dellard
had gone out some time previously. knew,
Baroness was alone. When ho entered the
house he went. as already described. to the
pa epe to see il thsre was any possibii-
he rang H the bell Of the pellard apartment It
must have followed the BARONESS into the bed
spsd the
threats. In that bedroom 1t seems the muir
derer seized his victim and cut her throat
nut together by the police; began to ransack
the apartment and prepared to escape with all
vi In this work. H. however. the murderer was
RsPhn fs. IGS5 a aas snosa;
murder in order to insure his escape with the
booty and to provide against his detection tic
where. ii. already being dark. she lighted .
lamp and proceeded. carving 1t In her hand.
to her mistrGss's room when suddenly the
and slp sh S"S was seized from behind by the
assassin. who at the same time stabbed her n
she to aee fa bas Or ill.,
Iom S ssSd M To thu oor
rolled to RSHe where S he S0nd not nd
dow and raised tho alarm, The murderer
then saw that he had no time to lose and
hurriedly left the apartment and made his way
While Il 10 police were examining the Dellard
apartment, shortly after the escape Of the
note not e'f from m baron Dolard. tho murdered
no e his e s Ss
friepsds. The Baron did not return home until
body Of the Baroness had been removed to the
De1phine slowly recovered from her wounds.
the time she was assaulted she did not retain
ance. On, the other hand. the servant who
apartment aboye that OF the Dellards. was able
to give the police a good description Of the
man. This description coincided with the de-
scrption given by the concierge. In addition
an elderly man W ho resided In another apart
ment OF tho same house gave other descriptive
clues to the police. protesting to have been
visited by the same person Tow days
before the murder He said that. not knowing
tho man who rang his bell and mistrusting his
story that he was DESTROYS Of obtaining EN-
ployment as a clerk. he shut the door in his
face and thus probably saved his own life.
From. tho first, the police wero convinced
that tho assassin had hud accomplices. and
TINT no had been we'll acquainted with tho
now the police act upon tho theory that the
man arrested was not alone In committing tho
murder. The crime bore close resemble nce
time ago. Of NJ. Olivier. the money lender.
at Neuilly. In tho case OF the murder Of
NJ Olivier. two young criminals. lvorel and
Gaudissary, were captured and confessed
their guilt, and tho police. from certain facts
which came into their posse ssion at that time.
believe that both the Olivier murder and tho
assassination OF Baroness Dellard were the
work OF an organized band Of assassins. more
numerous than was at first supposed. and
that Lieut.. Anastuy. tho man arrested yoster-
day who is dissipated and In debt and who
bears o very bad reputation. was possibly the
liant Enastnv was retired not entirely Of