The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-21
A PARTISAN MURDER
How Charles VOubourg Killed
His Companion.
BE Clicked Him to Desth then Severed Hi
Head From His Body-The hurderer's
Trial Begins
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[Specialto THE RERALD-EIamlner Dispatch
PARIS, Feb. 20.-The trial of Charles
Voubourg commenced at the Seine assizes
yesterday. Voubourg Is man of fair COM
plexion, and good looking, in spite of his
deep-set eyes and unkempt hair The
murder for which be was placed on trial
was committed over three months ago.
Every effort has been made to obtain a
confession Of the motive from the prisoner,
but without any success. The story told
by the prosecuting attorney, was to the
effect that On November last
HORRIBLE DISCOVERY WAS MADE
in cellar beneath the building situated at
% Rue de Caarenne, this city. Two work
men at about noon went down into the
cellar to fetch packing case, and one of
them went into the further cellar to look
| for the box. There be found the body of
man, completely naked, with his head cut
| on at the shoulders. The two workmen
| gave the alarm and in short time the
police had charge of the premises and COM
menced an investigation. DR.. Mescants,
police surgeon, after examination of the
corpse, declared the crime must have been
committed in the night of Monday or Tues
| day, November or 8, for there were
already signs of putrefaction. He further
concluded that the man had been strangled
before his head had been cut off, and a
short cord was found in the outer cellar.
where 1t is evieent the deed was done.
THE DEcAPITATIoN
appeared to have been done by very skill
full surgeon. Voubourg lodged in the
house where the headiess body was found,
and it would bs proved that on the fatal
Tuesday night he returned home in com
| leave the house. Voubourg was requested
to inform the police as to the identity OF
the man who had accompanied him home
on the night in question. He replied that
the mans name was Boutry, and that he
was porter like himself. The police
then began search for Boutry. The re-
suit Of the police search was that ON Fri
Gay, November 6, they were able to estab-
lish the
IDENTITY OF THE HEADLEss BODY.
Voubourg was then officially placed under
arrest. Later in the day, when pressed
hard in private by NJ. Athalin, the magis-
trate who did so much to unravel the
Eyraud-Gouffe mystery, Voubourg broke
down and admitted that he had killed
Boutry. No amount of pressing, however,
could make him explain the motives which
led him TO commit the crime. Voubourg,
said the prosecuting attorney, told NJ.
Atnslln, In substance, that the murder
was committed on Wednesday night
previous to Wednesday, November 4, the
} date Of the discovery Of the body. You
bourg, it appears, explained TO M. Athalin
that he brought Boutry home with him to
sleep, and that soon after they got in bed
together
THEY HAD VIOLENT QUARREL.
Voubourg said that he became SO enraged
with his companion that he seized him by
the throat and when he released his hold
Boutry was dead. He (Voubourg) had, be
said, stranded his friend unin ten tionaliy
: Continuing, Voubourg said that he then
hid Boutry's body beneath his bed ano
. slept on it through the night On Thurs
, day and on the following days when he LEFT
/ his room to 60 to work, he locked tn. door
but as his aunt insisted upon being allowed
, TO put the room III order. be determined te
, get rid Of the body. Consequently, he ex
} planned. at 9 O'Clock on Monday morning
, November 2. he dragged the body out ant
put it in the cellar. He made up his min(
to mutilate the body SO that is
COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE RECOGNIZED.
Accordingly he cut of the nose and tn,
} right ear. But there was still probabilit.