The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04

AT last, tired out, she burst into con-
vulsive sobbipgi and exclaimed, "Oh!
my poor childrenl What will become
of them?" Then she threw herself on
her knees at the feet of the police mag
istrate and related the crime. She said'
I'VE had two bills to pay on Novem-
Der 30, one of which would be presented
by the messenger of the Credit Lyon
nais, and the other by that of the Comp
toir d'Escompte. To meet them we
needed 253 francs, and we had only 90
francs My husband said to me, I will
murder the bank messenger and we
shall then have all the money we want
The Credit Lyonnais messenger pre-
sented himself early in the morning, at
the beginning of his round. He, there
fore, had little or no money, which cir
cumstance saved his life, for, had it
been otherwise, my husband most sure
~ would have killed him. AS 1T was,
my husband told him to come back the
next day, and that he would have the
money to meet the bill. He added:
The messenger Of the Compton d'Es-
compile, who comes in the afternoon,
will have his money bag better filled.
1t is he whom we must make away
with We awaited his arrival with
impatience. At last, at quarter past
o'clock the bell was rung. l opened
the door. 1t was he My husband then
said to me, GO and fetch the money
for this gentleman L went into the
kitchen. Then my husband struck the
! messenger a terrible blow on the head
with an enormous iron wrench, used
| for unscrewing the wheel of cart, and
which he had till then kept concealed
| under his coat. The bank messenger
fell to the ground without uttering "a
| sound He had been killed on the spot.
II came back and my husband eX-
claimed, I've done it, and will man
| age the rest was afraid. but ne
said, Only let me alone and 1t will be
| all right He dragged the body into
| the dining room and covered 1t with
! wagon cloth. Then he emptied the
money bag, which contained 26,2lo
francs, which he took. To create an
alibi we both went out and spoke to
several OF our acquaintances. MY nus
| band even went SO far as to borrow the
money necessary to pay the Credit Ly-
onnais messenger, who was to return
the following day. That messenger did
return the next day and was paid with
the money borrowed by Carrara, who
| returned it the Sunday after. We were
| rather embarrassed as to now 10 hide
the body from our three children, VINO
were to return home from school at
half past 4. When they came In we
shut them up In the kitchen. But cap
tain, our carter, who took his meals
with us, was coming at half past
| o'clock; 1t was necessary to hide the
body from him. So my husband, by
means Of leather strap, lowered the
| body into well In our mushroom
vaults, where 1t remained suspended
till s o'clock. At that time, when there
was no one about, my husband took
| down the body and threw 1t into the
large coke furnace used for the Ventlla-
ton Of the subterranean galleries. He
watched the burning Of the corpse.
which lasted eight hours. 1t was at
| o'clock in the morning he came up and
| entered my room. He said: 1T Is all
done; / have burned the whole oody
| with the clothes, the leather money
| bag, the watch and everything.
| There Is absolutely nothing lett, you
| may make your mind easy. AS Tor the
26210 francs we stole, l have hidden
them in the wall of our yard You VIII
| easily find the money, for ! marked
| the place with the Inquire 10. you may
go there when you want money but you
must take very little at a time, for we
| must not let people know we nave
money. The hoard must for the present
| be left where 1t is You see, my nus
/ band had taken every precautioh.