New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-17
TO DEPORT MURDERESS.
Mile. Bompard, Hypnotized, Vas
to Re-enact Her Crime.

Gabrielle Bompard and CASTOR Kardoss, pro-
fessional hypnotist, came TO this country yes
terday on the Lucania to show the American
people the details of the cold blooded murder
of Toussaint Gouffe killed by the woman over
thirteen years ago in Paris. Inspector jackson
learned of their taking passage in the second
cabin. and caught them before they could land
on the pier. He had them taken at once TO Ellis
Island, where they We're Immediately brought
before a board Of special inquiry. AS soon as
they had been examined the woman was or
dered to be sent back with the man when the
I.ucania sails again Her deportation was based
on the fact that she is ex-convict. kardoss
was held to be likely to become a public charge.
Both have appealed to Washington.
When the pair were brought before the board
of inquiry the woman was calm and collected,
while her companion was much excited. They
told Allan Robinson. the chief of STAFF. that the
man was to hypnotic the Bompard woman in
public while she acted out her part in the muir
der Of Gouffe. In coming here, kardoss
said. I'VE did not know that we were violating
any of your laws. Had we known II we would
have stayed away.
The crime which Gabrielle Bompard plans to
re-enact was a particularly atrocious one. II
was one of the first in which mental suggestion
was part of the defence. Thirteen years ago
Gabrielle Bompard, then eighteen met Toussaint
Gouffe who fell in love with her. The girl was
depraved and dissolute. She was living with
a man named Michel Eyraud Gouhe was a
bailiff and comparatively prosperous. Together
Mile Bompard and Eyraud plotted to kill him
for his money.
One night she made an appointment with him
to meet her in apartment. He kept the APP
pointment. and found Gabrielle seated on sofa
in front of some heavy silk curtains, which con-
SiiE c n
caress she laughingly threw end of loop
of the rope which apparently around her
waist as a girdIe around the neck Of Gouffe
Then she chung to his Eyraud delib-
erately and slowly strangled him to death
The body was placed in a sack and after
ward in a trunk, beside which the girl slept
calmly all night. After she and her accomplice
had disposed of the body, they fled TO America
and wandered the country. In san Fran
cisco she met a young Frenchman named Ga
LANCER. with whom she fell in love, ana went
back Paris
In Paris she told Galanger of her crime. He
made her confess to the authorities and she
thrown into prison. Eyraud was found in Cuba,
where he tried to commit suicide. He was pre-
vented from doing this, and taken back To
Paris. where he was tried convicted and guillo-
tined
While Gabrielle Bompard awaiting trial
she examined and experimental with by
many experts, among them Professor Liegois.
head of the Medical School of Nancy, and DR..
Brouardel of the Paris Academy of Medicine.
DR.. Liegois alone maintained that she was n
hypnotic subject. and wanted 10 hypnotiZe her
in court to prove that she had committed the
crime through mental suggestion The jury re-
fused to allow him TO do So She was sentenced
to thirteen years imprisonment. She has just
completed her sentence.
Soon after her release DR.. Llegois placed her
under mesmeric control While in this state she
re-enacted the murder. Step by step. from the
first caress to the final disposition OF the body
the small number OF medical men and Journal
lists OF Paris the crime. DIR. LegGs intend
ed to bring her to this country himself but
unable TO do In his stead he chose kardoss.