The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-31
LIVED SEPARATELY.

LIVED SEPARATELY.
After this the unhappy couple resolved
to separate. Suzanne returned to her
parents, while Nottingham went 10 live
with his father. They were. however,
together again soon after at Bordeaux.
where Nottingham proposed that they
should commit suicide They made all
preparations for asphyNiation, aud the
charcoal tire was already lighted, when
/ Nine Nottingham got up and opened the
window.
| The Prisoner-But I wished to die.
! The President-Oh, did you2 But YOU
made a very singular remark, Il have
/ greater power of resistance than she
| has" You hoped TO survive her.
The Prisoner-Do not believe it. On
/ the previous day my family had ordered
me TO break OFF at once all relations with
my wife. preferred TO die with her.
! The President-Such was not the i'm
/ preston of the unhappy woman. she
wrote to her mother as follows NV
| husband is always urging me to kill my
! self, but he never wishes to do so him
self"
AT later date Bernard Nottingham
drew up the following notice. with a view
of its being published in the English
papers:
I, Bernard Nottingham. warn the public
that the girl Suzanne Audon. who has passed
"
brought her to England TO me because she
was enciente, but our m lrriage has no legal
value either in France or England. In con
sequence. l warn the public that the girl Su-
zanne Audon. has no right to call herself my
wife, and that if she does so 1 will prosecute
her according to law WIrTINGHAM
PATERNAL GUIDANCE
The prisoner said that his father had
guided his hand whea he wrote that.
Evidence was given by Nine. Audon, who
described in detail the whole sad affair
While she was speaking Wilmington sat
with his face buried in his hands, sobbing
loudly.
Several of Nine. Wittingham's intimate
friends then gave evidence of the good
ness of her character and of the fear of
her husband in which she constantly
lived. Some friends of the prisoner gave
evidence on his behalf. He was declared
/ TO be remarkably courageous. But as a
child he was often cruel. He had hanged
one cat and shot another. But he had
once saved a dog from drowning.
DR.. RouX, the medical man of the Audon
family, gave evidence 70 the effect that
Nottingham was continually urging his
wife to commit suicide When the doctor
met Nottingham on the promenade at
Royan few days after this confidence
had been made to him, he said: young
man, if l We're NJ. Audon, your father-in-
I y 4
your brains out. Such creatures as you
| ought to be got rid Of"
REVOLVING GOODNESS.
1t was DR.. Roux, who was called in
after Mrs Nottingham had received her
death wound, and he SAID that in the
presence of his wife's corpse Nottingham
displayed such revolving GOODNESS and in
| difference that he was obliged to turn
him out of the house.
1t was a touching scene when Miss
Mary Nottingham, the young sister of
the prisoner, went to the witness box to
give evidence on her brothers behalf.
When she had given her evidence the
poor girl went up to her brother and
| they kissed one another both of them
sobbing bitterly.
| When, however, M. Delvieux, the pro-
curator of the republic, began his speech
for the prosecution the effect of this pa
thetlc incident on the judgment of the
| jury must soon have been dis
| sipated He painted Nottingham in the
blacklist colors and characterized him in
downright terms as a murderer. He
said that the young man did not possess
that lottlneSs or soul necessary to accept
such life as he had made for himself by
his marriage with the daughter of a mere
| pilot. He had not the courage to forget
! his origin, his riches and his fashiona BILE
| life and become a workman, since his
work had become Indispensable for the
| existence OF his family.
MOTIVE OF THE CRIME.
| The procurator of the republic contin-
( uing his scathing speech, said that he was
convinced that Bernard Wittingham de-
cided to murder his wife on the day that
he found she was enciente. He knew that
by divorce he could get rid of his wife,
especially as the Audon family seemed
willing to help IN bringing one about, but
the prospect of a child who would be his
son and who would bear his name rem
dered the situation less simple. The child
would be an eternal fetter, and, continued
the prosecuting counsel, he resolved to
insure its disappearance by doing away
with the mother. Continuing, NJ.
Delvieux said that on March 10
| Nottingham made last Journey
| to London to find out if there was
any means of annulling the marriage.
When he found that there was zone, he
returned on March Is with a Winchester
rifle A few hours after his return Mrs.
Nottingham was dead. The premedita-
ton was long, the crime pitiless and the
motive infamous.
Counsel for the defence supported the
hypothesis of an accident. There was a
night sitting Of the court. The Jury went
QUITO consider their verdict at half past
ten. AT IL o'clock they returned with a
verdict declaring Bernard Wittingham
guilty of wilful murder, but admitting ex-
tenuating circumstances and the nris-