The record-union., 1896-11-10
FROM FRYINGPAN INTO FIRE.
Eugene BoSquet'S Method Of Cheating the
Prison.
He Murders His Wife and Then Sends
Bullet Through His Own
Brain.

About $3.50 o'clock last evening two
pistol shots rang out in rapid success
sion in the third room from the front
In 227 L street, and when the smoke
cleared away Eugene Bosquet and his
wife, Lucy, lay stark and dead, victims
tc the bind passion and mad jealousy
of the man.
BoSquet shot and killed his wife, and
then ended his own career because she
had transferred her affections to an
other. Thereby hangs the tale, as
told partly by the fallen women who in
habit ths neighborhood in which the
tragedy took place, and partly by the
records of the Police and Superior
Courts.
1t is over a year since Eugene Bos-
quet came before the eye of the Sacra-
mento public, and his debut was not an
enviable one. He became acquainted
with Lucy Berkeley, one Of the unfor-
tunates OF Los Angeles, and lived off
her earnings for some time, but evil
IDENTIFY concluded that his hold upon her
was not sufficiently strong, and to fully
assure himself of large part of her
earnings he married her, and a short
time afterward they came to this city
but he lived In house on N street,
where the woman would stay the latter
part Of each night.
The police here became suspicious
that all was not right at the Bosquet
oomicile, and a watch was kept which
finally led to the arrest of the man for
placing his wife in a house Of ill-fame
officers Bagley and Rutherford made
the arrest, and at the preliminary ex-
animation the evidence was so over
whelming that Justice Davis felt JUS
titled in holding the accused to answer
before the Superior Court.
Notwithstanding the strong fight that
was put UP for BosQuet before the Su-
perior Court, he was convicted and SEN
fenced TO serve five years in the State
Prison at Folsom, but here again the
money earned for him by his unfortu-
nate wife allowed him to push matters
still further, and his attorneys appealed
the matter to the Supreme Court, bail
being fixed at 81, 600.
The bail was procured, but was after
ward found to be worthless, and the de-
fendant was once more brought into
court, when he succeeded in furnishing
satisfactory bonds. and shortly after
ward left the city for San Francisco
In the meantime Lucy BosQuet had
returned to her former mode Of life
and took possession Of four rooms at
221 L street. Here, so the women of
the vicinity assert, she met a young
man named Henry c. Kelsey, for whom
she conceived a violent passion, SO
much SO, 1t is said, that the very men
tlcn OF BoSQuets name became obnox-
ious to her. Her passion for the young
man soon attracted the attention Of her
friends, and probably through that
channel found its way to Bosquet Be
that as 1t may, he came up from the
Bay on Saturday evening and evidently
went at once to the house occupied by
the woman, a-s his clothing was found
there after the tragedy.
Very few persons, however, knew he
was In the city, and even the police
force did not suspect his presence here
The theory prevails with the habftues
of L street that his Intentions were to
kill both Kelsey and his wife, but Prov
idence interposed.
An old French woman named Bous-
siere who does odd Jobs for her eoun-
trywomen along the street, was In
Lucy's house when she and Bosquet
sat down to supper last evening. They
were having hot words about the alb
sent lover. but finally quieted down
and BosQuet kissed his wife After
supper he once more broached the sub
sect and asked his wife II she would
give Kelsey up and live with him as
formerly. The woman replied that she
would never live with him (Bosouet)
again-that abe loathed and despised
him
The answer enraged Boxquet, who
sprang to his feet and drew a pistol.
Madame Boussiere stepped between
the husband and wife, but the former
swept her aside as though she were
feather. thrust the weapon against the
woman's temple and pulled the trigger.
and before she touchad the floor life
was extinct
Then the frenxied man turned the pis-
tol 20 his own head and fred, and when
the women who lived in adjoining
houses rushed In both husband and
wife were dead, and the old woman
who witnessed the tragedy WAS In hys-
ferics
In a few minutes the street in front
Of the house was janmed with morbid
ly curious people whom the police had
trouble in keeping out The Coroner
was notified and took both bodies to
the Morgue
That greed is not a respecter even
Of death was shown by the rent co..
lector entering the death chamber AMI
piteously bemoaEing his hard fate in