The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-19
MURDERS WOMAN IN
HIS JEALOUS RAGE
Captain Meynier, French
Army Officer, Goes to PriS-
on for Strangling Baroness.
HISTORY OF THE CRIME
Intrigue Ends in Death for the
Woman and Penal Servi-
tude for the Man.
HISTORY OF THE CRIME
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune,
PARIS. Nov. lS.-Paris has had its
full share of remarkable dramatic
criminal cases. but none more full OF
tragedy than that which has Just re-
suited in the sentencing to ten years
penal servitude of Captain Meymer
for the murder of Baroness D'Ambrl'
court. who was also known as Madame
Delvigne and in literary circles as
"Madol. - The captain. who is 81, had
been keen and even brilliant soldier
and distinguished himself in Madagas-
car and later in the great boxer rising
in China. Among other things he IN
vented a means Of preventing the spon'
taneous combustion of the notorious
"B - powder.
Having married for love. there was
a divorce. and then lie met the Baron.
ess d 'Ambricourt, who was also dl'
vorced. She was verv pretty. The eX'
captain went about with the baroness
I'm Paris wherever the whirl of then
life led them. They were seen at all
the thcaters and places Of amusement
and the baroness had money enough for
both
Woman Furnished the Money.
Now and then pinch came and she
rcsorted to eXpedicnts. Soon. however,
her bank account was again in good
order and thev continued their round
of pleasure. Captain Meynier asked her
TO become his bride and she consented.
All was not uoing well, for Meynler
learned that the baroness was still con
tinulng an intrigue with former lover
He grew madly Jealous. Then came the
fatal day. Visiting Mcynier at his ho-
tel. the baroness told him point blank
that she was going to marry and that
she did not wish TO continue as ms
friend There followed dreadful
quarrel Every moment MeYnier grew
more desperate and then he lost con-
troll Of himself and strangled her.
He told the Judge that when he heard
the woman he loved so much say 70
him she was going to abandon him he
lost his head, became suddenly mad and
grasped her throat. She uttered only
When he realized what he was doing
it was too late. She was dead. Mey-
nicr flew into the streets after weeping
over the body all night.
Outlaw in Paris.
In the morning he sent note to the
police saving that he was about TO com,
NIT suicide. But he clung to life. SHAY
ing off his moustache and otherwise dis
guisiDg himself he became practically
an outlaw in Paris, wandering about
the streets in dazcd condition.
The whole police force was looking
for him and IT is characteristic of him
that he played cards with some of them
at n cafe where they were watching for
him. But he soon found himself pen
niless and in desperation no walked ia
the ministry of marine and. in his own
name and writing, sent in a request to
a former friend TO lend him enough
money to buy revolver with which
he could shoot himself The friend nj
once realized that the man was wanted
for alleged murder and instead of send
ing tho message he kept the man wait
ing until he had Informed the police.
According to medical testimony Mey
njcr's mind is partly turned by fever
contracted in the tropics and aggravated
by his drinking habits.