Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-19
HE IS READY FOR TRIAL
Deacon Surrenders to the Au.
 thorities at Nice.
CONFIDENT OF BEING ACQUITTED

If So, He win Institute Proceedings for
 Divorce at Paris--Mrs. Deacon Intends to
 Hie Herself to Nunnery The Trial
 Begins TO-lIOrrow.
 NICE, May 19.-Edward Parker Dea- con, accompanied by his advocate, M Pilatte, surrendered himself yester- day to the Procureur de Ia Republique, for trial for manslaughter on the charge of shooting Abeille, in the Hotel Splen- dide, at Cannes, on the 17th of Febru- ary last. The trial commences to-mor- row. In an interview at his lawyers house just previous to his surrender, MT. Deacon, with the permission of Pilatte, talked freely of the tragedy. He said that he was happy that the ordeal of the trial had arrived.
 'I have" he said, stno fears of the result, and feel an acquittal possible, although the French press has of late bitterly attacked me, and the influence of friends of M. Abeille has been active ly exercised against me-"
 "The official examination" continued Mir. Deacon, "was severe, having been prolonged for three weeks. If acquitted, I will proceed to Paris and institute proceedings for divorce. which the resi- dence have in Paris will allow me to do.. Mrs. Deacon has signed an agree. ment to acquiesce in the jurisdiction of the court, although she may change her mind, and may give me trouble"
 Mr. Deacon stated that his wife had written to him, and declared that she still loved him, and would never resign her claim to be his wife.
 Should MT. Deacon be sentenced to imprisonment the laws of France would not permit him to petition for divorce. He declares that he is more anxious about the result of the divorce proceed ing than he is about the outcome of the trial. Soon after the divorce question is settled which he hopes will be this summer, he will go to America.
 One of his children is in a convent in Paris and two are in Brittany with Gen. Charette, who married Miss Polk of Kentucky. The baby remains with its mother, as the'law will not allow it to be removed from her custody on account of it's youth. Mrs. Deacon will not ap- pear at the trial. MT. Deacon can at any time within three years have his wife arrested on the charge of adultery, but he is unwilling to take this step, as he believes her to be insane.
 The civil trial, wherein the Hotel Splendide claims 10, 900 from Deacon for injury to the premises by his homicidal
 
 time, and it is not expected that the ho- tel people will get much satisfaction when the case is tried. Deacon's pres- ence will not be required when the case comes up.
 Everybody wonders why you did not shoot him before," remarked the repor- ter.
 q never suspected the little yellow dwarf" answered Deacon. 'tI kept a lookout for handsome men, and expelled two who were too demonstrative in their attentions. I am unable to understand Mrs. Deacons's liking for that Abeille, undersized as he was, marked with smallpox, and ugly. My wife must have been out of her head.
 Deacon started in 8 carriage for the prison. Among the witnesses cited by the Procureur are Mrs Deacon's maid, 8 valet named Louseau, Paul Bauman, secretary of the Hotel Splendide, a po- liceman named Trott, and two medical men who attended Abeille.
 Deacon says that Mrs. Deacon intends to enter convent. When Deacon left the hotel to surrender himself all the guests at the hotel, English, American, French and German, came out and cheered him and wished him good luck.
 They say he is sure of acquittal. He has grown thinner in the last week and somewhat nervous, but otherwise seems to be in good health.