The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-02-20
THE DEACON MURDER
Further Details Of the Tragedy at
Cannes, France.
THE MURDERER Is AT LIBERTY.
He Must Remain in Grasse Until the
Next Assizes, When He Will be
Tried for the MuIder-He Makes
No Charges Against His Wife.

CANNES, Feb. 20.-Edward Parker
Deacon, the American banker, who shot
M. Emile Abeille at the Hotel Splendide,
was subjected to long examination
yesterday.
His counsel is NJ. Mairet. He exhib-
tied composure when brought into the
room where lay the corpse of his victim.
Soon after the murder the police au-
thorities Of Grasse, the town of Cannes
being part of that reimbursement,
were communicated with, and the Judge
dinstruction and the procureur came
down in the afternoon and interrogated
MIR. Deacon. He recounted all the de-
tails as before related in the presence of
DR.. De Valcourt, the American vice
consul at Cannes. He was asked whether
he intended to bring an action for adul-
terry against his wife, since he could do
go according to French law.
Mr.. Deacon inquired whether this
would necessitate Mrs. Deacon being
taken into custody, and upon receiving
reply in the affirmative he said: mo,
l shall not lay any complaint for the
sake of my children. nor did 1 intend to
kill NJ. AbeiIle. | only wished to mark
him. | have had my suspicious for some
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herself with Abeillc, but when caught
them did not desire TO take his life.
my wife has been living most ex-
travagantly for some time and spend
ing large sums for dress, but still shall
not take any criminal proceedings
against her. | placed myself il the
hands of the police and think l ought
to be set at liberty. l give you my
word of honor to present myself for
trial when called upon to do so.
Mr.. Deacon at Liberty.
Upon this assurance the juge din
struction decided to allow Mr.. Deacon
to pass the night with DR.. De Valcourt,
who placed his house at the unfortunate
mans disposal. Yesterday Mr.. Deacon
was taken by the chief commissaire to
the Hotel De Vile, at Grasse, where the
details of the interrogation We're for
mally reported to him. Then he was
set at liberty upon his own recognizance,
although the juge stipulated he should
reside in Grasse until the assizes.
He then proceeded to the Grand hotel,
the establishment which was the resi-
dence Of the Qneen of England last
spring, and he will be indicted for the
murder of NJ. Abeille and cried at the
next Nice assizes at the end of March.
Mrs. Deacon is in Il state of great ex-
citement and distress and is preparing,
with her step-mothel to leave Cannes
for Paris. 1t is believed although moth
ing is positively yet known, that her
husband has strangely enough con-
sented to her taking the children with
her.
M. Abeille was the eldest son Of a
Frenchman who made a great fortune
during the empire, and who was Ia
nous entertainer at his hotel in the
Fdubourg Saint HOnore.
The tragedy continues to be the ab-
sorbing topic of conversation among the
large American colony here, and though
there are many expressions Of regret
that Mrs. Deacon should have brought
such disgrace upon herself and family,
the consensus of opinion is that Mr..
Deacon is deserving of all sympathy.
Nj. Abcile represented himself here
as an attaehe of some foreign embassy.
He had been at one time connected with
the French legation Mt Washington.
The body of the murdered man WIS
taken to Paris last evening by his sister,
the Countess de la Rodete.
The people at Cannes are astmisaed
that woman of Mrs. Dcacons beauty
should have accepted the attentions of a
man of M. Abeille's appearance, for not
only was he not handsome, but he lad
something the appearance of roue and
was by no means so manly or attractive
person as her husband.