Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-03

In the spring of isgi--her brother. AID
fred Ablay, died In a similar sudden.
ana mysterious manner at her housed
where no had come from Paris on A.
vislt. She had made the mistake 81
insurlng his life three months pref
vlousiy for a sum OF 10000 In the samd|
company that had issued the policy onl
tne ite "f her uncle--nameiy the
Gresham; and when she applied for ,ho.
amount OF the claim, the Antwerp
agent OF the company became Alarmed
investigated the circumstances and dia-
covered sufficiently suspicious oircum-1
stances TO warrant his application for
me arrest of Nine. Jonlaux on tho.
vna,go or numbering her brother andi
lore the Dutch and Swiss comparies.i
who had Insured her aistcr, took ac.i
uun against her for ;he purpose OF rel
covering the amount paid on ths{
ground OF fraud and murder.
Ihe bodies OF the three victims vera
ny once eNhumed. But so carefully had
the poison been administered that ma
satisfactory evidence could be Induced
by analysis, the experts declaring that
me insredients discovered In the visce-f
IA might DO morphine, or might Il.
s0~'ethlng else, II being Impossible Ia
determine with any degree OF exaeti-
tude what the foreign substance was.
~ therefore, the prisoner is convicted.
' =, WI DC Nplcly on the strength Of cir
~ ,''' ..l evidence. unless, Indeed, \
inc government decides to take IN and
70 hct upon The suspicion that she waY
concerned IN yet fourth death--naine-
~! that or n nephew OF the name az /,
llohel Ablay, who, until tho COM h
hencement OF the trial, was generalIv
believed to have met his death some I
,,,e ~ oy SUICIDE,
ur,,,,ai nav peeh produced In court.
hond,v,,,i,,n nav peeh IN the woman's
,',,,,'., i'i,b, ana threatening her other
cuinntances connecting him viii ~,
1911, OF nus brother, unless he con-
suH,vu 70 pnfchase her silence with tho
~ Ky ilunt or eO,upO francs. This has led
Wv authorities to make Investigations,
49, ~, iuus'hs from the remarks OF tho Y
prpalulliG judge, the authorities are In
possession OF important testimonv h
showing that II was she herself who
WINS responsible for her nephe\y'a vio.
tent death.
cool, clever Prisoner.
Needless TO say, she denies her gtlilt.
vent mnnnnr Ia pt,,.t 5Vi',"i uHu ier- /
complete HIGHT upon hor innncencs
which led tho presiding iudpn Ia AZ.
PANTY reply from Tho henob me-
Providence IA not IN ponanasinn oe az
lnpefH In this case" For n man AZ,
Orcl1ing judicial funrt,nn s'su - -,
petty. blasnhenn,,s ,.,, ~ uTvhh us
who Ia holm, triad rn, ~, "P ~. =" Woinuh Y
a dozcn cnnitn1 .i,n,,, ~, '"e iht
upon thn na,,t,,t ~, sVs' " STUN
Justice ana di"erna @, beisian 7
'rhe only excu.n IA W humanity.
,vnrd h., ,tI' s"a. uun ne put ror-
ltms do,ya VI we Judge IL that !
ilonce N,as III, INVOCATION or Provi-
,,,n,,,,., ""1 u''Vreu IN Huch dramatic \
l,n,,,a,, ~ uyVF tuTnud inward TO 4
ona,tan I'M per voice trembling with
sir,, ~, nut u conveyed the impress
III ulit bhv was most communicate
nq,ress'
~. sne " undoubtedly one of tho clev-
prisoners who ever entered a
MIA ne oooIness. the clenrness the (
~ op We questions put TO her have aur- +
which M e'ypouy, ana the ability with I
I 1911 she parted such Of the preai,
/, o ,,n INQUIRIES as were likely to tell
,n".,,.t her quite disconnected that
Ih "t ha,, t VINO DID certainly not h0vd
ihown far more signs OF moral fatleus
lnu mental exhaustion than the pris-
lngr
cue mas nm explanation ready for cv-
'rythlnE For Instance ahe claims thHi
ler brother was a morphomanluc. thai
W. sudden death was attributable Ia
me abuse OF that drug. and that sha
iou insured his life for 100000 francs,
! was merely because she wished IA
'ecoup herself for the money which shs
lnu spent In recovering possenslon "a !
! nuher of bills OF exchange that I'D
rad forged. The only thing that aha
'ould not satisfactorily explain was ths \
'omcwhnt suspicious circumstance thai
she destroyed during the days that In
.ervened between her first and second 4
lrreSt last spring, every scrap~r paper.
very account book. In fact every doc. Y
iment that could possibly tend 10 cpgs a
light on her past life, and thus in-
'rlmlnnte her. II may be added maj 4
'een forced. IN order to clear herseif
" tho charge of murder, 10 oonfesx
icrHolf guilty OF having committed for-
iory. u
Even II convicted OF the murders laid
Il her door she stands In no 6lnrcr az