The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-21
used to leave tho house free when you
knew Abelllo was coming? n
Mr.. Deacon indlgnantly-It Is not

true. s
Mr.. Deacon went on with his state.
mcnt as follows: ~ told her In January
10 get a divorce from mo, as It would be-
better for her and the children. She
refused 10 take nny steps toward q di. I.
vorcc." The defendants statement, rs !
well as his manner, evidently impressed
tho jury and court. Mr.. Deacon nd.
died, in furter reply to tho judge: "lhe
detectives whom | Iemployed described
another man rs having visited the res.
tnurant Chevilliard In Paris, In com.
pany with my wilc. twas aftcrward
said that the man was Abeile. /
changed the detectives who had made
q bungle Of the ease.
Judge Anbcrtin-lt is n pity that you
did not follow up tho statement Of tho
detectives. Abcillo might in that caso .
DO alive. and wo might not be here deal
inS with this unhappy affair.
Prccureur Dumoiron referred 10 the
story that Mr.. Deacon had found com.
promising letters in his wifo's desk at /,
Newport in 1889. Mr.. Deacon admitted
that ho had discovered such letters.
They wcro without signature, but in n
familiar handwriting, and hn believed
that they were from NJ. Abeille.
I'd. APPLAUSE IN THE COURT.
Mr.. Deacon then gave his story OF tho
tragedy Mt Hotel Splcndlde, the details
OF which aro well known, and in con.
clusion said: "When I saw the poor.
miserable lAbeille, looking so pitiiulin
his wounded condition, Ircgsctted tho .
deed" "-s-Fy ttIlsi,N
& General applause greeted this avowal
OF Mr.. Deacon. Judge Aubertin sternly
repressed the demonstration. lie said
that order must be preserved, and he
would expel from tho court room any
one who should again give utterance to
any expression of applause or Of disap.
proval. Egp>E
Resuming his testimony, Mr.. Deacon
alluded to the humorous letters Mrs.
Deacon had written to him since the
tragedy. The presidents asked: "She
wrote you specially on May o, asking
you to pardon her for the suke Of your
children ?" 'H'l5
Mr.. Deacon-"I have had repeatcd
loving letters from her written in that
sense.p Ls ID I'D
The President-"It is not 1 who
would suggest that you refuse pardon,
but ii her confession is sincere it ap.
pears to me that she has quickly for
gotten the tragic death OF Abeille. Al
though you should come together again,
there would always remain between
you the phantom OF your victim" 'fz
To this Mr.. Deacon responded: There
is no question OF Il reconciliation.
have already comnehced an action for
divorce against her" l5a
MRS. DEAcoN's AFFIDAVIT. 4's
When court re-opened after lunch,
the reading OF Mrs. Deacon's deposition
was commenced. Opening with the
events Of February, Mrs. Deacon de.
posed as follows: Z,
". AbGille CAME to see me at half
past ten o'clock in the evening. Imet
him i'll the salon alone. At half past
eleven my husband knocked violently
at the door OF my chamber, crying,
Open, know there is someone. with
YOU I lit a candle and then opened
the door. He Immediately searched
the room. then extinguished the
candle, but he relt it quickly. From
my room he passed into the salon
where NJ. Abcille had hidden behind
the sofa to avoid my husband. seeing
that the latter had not authorized me to
receive him. My husband discovered
him and fred at him three times
MIR. Deacon went away only after
showing disposition to enter
the room where his victim was carried
in order to attack him again. had on
q blue robe do chambre, not white
night-robe, us reported" r.
The deposition ended: II Itdesire to
add that Mr.. Deacon is both madman
and drunkard. For tho sake OF nv
children l desire his acquittal." ,S
The reading OF the statement that
Mr.. Deacon is crazy. and a victim OF
liquor caused sensation in the court
room. 1t was brought out during the
afternoon that before the judges in
struction at Grasse, Mr.. Deacon admit
ted having authorized his wife to re-
ceive Abeille but not under conditions
of intimacy. tsHE G7g ga1
Several witnesses were then examined.
The secretary OF the Hotel Splendide
at Cannes testified that Mr.. Deacon at
midnight called him to accompany him
to his wifes room. Mr.. Deacon knocked
on the door several times before it was
opened. Mrs. Deacon, he said, was GER
tainly Clad in white robe when the.
door was opened. After they entered
the room she put on blue robe. Mr..
Deacon upon entering the room had
short struggle with Mrs. Deacon
during which Abeille ran from the
room into the salon where
he took refuge behind the sofa. Dea-
con pursued him and fred at him. Two
of the balls struck him and one missed
him. Mr.. Deacon returned to his wife's
bed room and asked the witness to note
in his wife's bed the impression Of the
bodies OF tho two persons. ~
THE SENTENCE.
The witness remarked: "There are
impressions on both bed pillows. Two
persons seem to have been in bed"
Mr.. Deacon then went TO deliver him
self to the police. 5:s7
Other witnesses confirmed this testi.
mony, particularly as to tho condition OF
the bed. zen NtH1l E. as- fsSUpi-5
Alter the arguments wero made the
case was submitted, and Deacon was
convicted of tho willful wounding OF
Abeille, and sentenced to one year i'm
prisonment, i i5ta.t43
The :murmurs, rising quickly into
volume OF hisscs and groans, which
greeted this announcement indicated
how the sympathies OF the public went.
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