New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-14
MARQUIS DE NAYVE HELD.
To RE TRIED CHARGED WITH HAVING
MURDERED HIS wIFEs SON.
THE MARorisE ALLEGES THAT HE THREW HER
BOY OFF THE SORRENTO Ci'fr f"'HNp'
prrIEvE THAT THE VICTIM COM
MITTED SUICIDE.

MITTED SUICIDE
po,-,-as France Aug i3-Thc Indictment Court
here has committed the MARQUIS ue '>asNe 'o'
trio, NJ the cher Asslzes on the charge OF muir
dering the iliegt'mate son o' HIN WV
is a peculiar one.
Tho Narou,s de Nave has been imprisoned since
tho middle OF July. 1894. awaiting triai ior the
murder OF a son his wife had before ne' 'n"''as''
His arrest at the railway station AT "ue'h ns nv
was returning from a trip through Switzerland 10
his chateau at Presles. In the Commune OF 'nhy'
on the banks OF the Loire. caused tremendous
sensation throughout the district. The Marquis
was one OF the leading personalities III the ue'
partment and reputed TO be man Oh great
beneyoence although IL was known mat IN MS
vounger DAYS he had sown more than fair share
OF wild oats ard disspated a large patrmony be-
fore marrying the rich heiress whose illegitimate
child ne is charged with having murdered. He was
horn AT Grenoble in 1919, and Is therefore In
his forty sixth year.
Although AT the time OF his arrest 1t was not
known exactly what grounds the gendarmes
laid hands on him al Guetin under warrant from
the judicial authorities at Saint Armand. the Social
,s, faction created a hostile manifestation against
the prisoner he was marched on foot 10 La
Guerche whence a special train took him 10 saint
Armand. where he was Immediately imprisoned.
Very soon II became known that the Marquis
was accused Of having thrown his wfes son into
the BAY OF Naples from the cliff along the Sorrento
Road after having stunned MN WIN u HtdNy III
strument II vas also said that the youth had
been stabbed before being thrown from the cliffs
into the BAY but this version afterward de-
MED
1t was rumored later that the denunciation whch
caused the Marquiss arrest emanated from his own
wife Friends OF the Marquis added that the boy
had not been murdered. but was OF a respondent
nature and had committed suicide by jumping
from a cliff during tour through Italy on which
the MARQUIS had taken him in the hope OF dis
pelling his gloominess The Marquis's partsans
further stated that his wife had concoctcd the
murder story in order 10 rid herself OF the Mar,
lived with the Nayves ever since their marriage
and had been the boys tutor. The fact that Nine.
de Nayve about this time Instituted suit for
divorce against the prisoner lent some color 10
hearsay evidence and Nine. de Nayves denuncia-
ton II was thought at one time that the prosecu-
ton would be abandoned The Procuror- General
at Bourges NJ. Bourgeois removed 10 Douai
al this period OF the case. and II rumored that
his dspla cement due to his unwillingness TO
sheve the case Some weeks later. though the
Marquis was still under arrest, 1t was announced
his counsel and that the trial would take place in
January. 1928.
Commissions TO examine witnesses had mean
time been collecting evidence In Italy. at Paris.
Orleans Havre and In the Department OF the
Cher Noluminous. however. as this evidence was.
and before the January Sessions opened the au-
thorities decided TO postpone the trial until April In
order 10 collect further evidence. When the As
sizes began in Bourses April % II was found
that the De Nayve case was not on the cause list.
and the matter was postponed until to-day.