The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19
Murdcrers Boast OF Crime.

PARIS, July 18.-Never has a court
of Justice listened to a more cold.
blooded recital OF atrocious crimes
than that delivered before the Judge
at st. Omar on Wednesday, by the per-
petrators OF the brutal triple murder,
att .VIolaines s, In January. sos. These
were Abel Po1let. his: brother. Auguste
lPollet, the Count VrOmant, leaders of
the notorious gang at Hazebrouck. com
prislng twenty seven persons-fourteen
men and thirteen women-now UNDER
going trial on charges of no fewer than
113 crimes, many accompanied by vio-
lence and murder.
The Pollets and vromant told the
Judge In boastful language how they
did to death an aged couple named
Ltcoq. eighty and seventy-nine years
of age respectively, and their daugll-
ter, aged fifty-five, who were living
together in the centre OF the village
Of Violaines.
The self-confessed murderers ap-
ling In their remorseless brutality.
They described how they broke into
the house about midnight. Abel. the
chief of the gang. armed with a poker,
and yrotnant, with a heavy iron stove
lid. Lecoq's daughter gave the alarm,
but on getting ont Of bed she was
felled with the poker by Abel, and
atHthe same moment the candle car
ried by the robbers was extinguish-
ed
Nine Lecoq, reused by the noise, now
made a rush for her life towards the
window. A scene Of confusion ensued
in the darkness. The murderers
slipped in the blood OF their victims.
but succeeded in stopping Nine Lecoq
before she reached the window. Vro-
mant telling her with q blow from the
stove-lId. Relighting the candle.
vromaht dealt the PROSTATE old wo-
man several more blows, and then
went to the adjoining room.
Here he found Pollet standing over
tho lialf-murdered octogenarian, who
had fallen on his knees and elbows
/ "Strike!" cried Pollet. HE has got,
about enough. hut finish him If. !" and
Vromant said IT gave him frightful
blow with the. stoye-lid."
a Abel, answering the Judges ques-
lions, seemed only anxious to magnify
hts share In the crime. He vaunted
his Sruthlessness as the leader OF the,
gang. and d escrib bed how he spurred
on the tagging courage Of his con-
federates. Addressing the jndg e.. ne
added: ,.
a53t.yVhen you break into a house to
steal. Monsieur lie President. you must
see the thing through. So struck,
ana We all struck. AS we had been
recognized, we could not hesitate or
show any pity. II you had been In
our place. Monsieur 10 Presl dent you
would have done the Same thing"
354 So callous were the pr soners' re-
b silent, saying they We're q disgrace
= Before killing the old man, the MUIR
iderers forced him to tell them where
Ills savings were concealed. In the
place indicated they found s1,70o In
notes and gold. several valuable
antique coins, and quantity OF;
jewelry.ssA b el,S5 the ngleade r, gave
t7o0 ITO his IA complies and kept the.
resin S Is.
All the. murderers have boens sen.
fenced to death, 5s
~ Rridegroom Married In Handcuirs.
PARIS July 1s.l-The extraordinary
$scana az 4 wed ling where the bride
groom was married IN handouts was
Witnessed at st. Martin on 7 thursday,
RI Theophile Fray, a ged thirty-four,
Ind recently been caught In q daring
burglary and sentenced to ten y ears
hard labor. HI fianoe, al exandrine
sadelman, aged ntneteen 81 was hea rt-
broken at the news, "a q &c larod that
nothing could induce her TO giye up
her sweetheart. 3f ~
she n accordingly petitloned the aus
Ythorities to allow the maria SO to take
place at once. e Her re- ue e was sra n t.
ed, and on sThursda the 5pri oller wa
cor Quoted by our eot YES 70 the
nairie 4. 7wtlero 3 his bride and IL lends
were awaiting him, 4 lie I'M oner. wa
seourelyls HANDFUL f pprinE the cera-s
llrlony tho gdatecttyes sret Iaad ia res
ieaAa thsir Shold on llNs mr. ia0Iler or he
Ma SeleS,s hut d ~ ma tier % fact hey