Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1886-10-23 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

TOWER TEL—Families should drink this fine tea. Distributed by authorffied agents at fixed prices, showing a saving of eightpence per pound. Highest quality with strength. Every package signed "Tower Tea.' TEM Mayor of Windsor's venison banquet has taken place at the Castle Hotel. The fat buck, which came from Windsor Great Park, was a present from the Queen to the Mayor and Corporation.  A FRENCH MURDER TRIAL The trial of the gendarme Cable, whokilled a young gentleman named Albert Dufeutrelle on Sunday evening, September 5, in the Bois de Joinville le Pont, has been heard before the Court-martial of Paris. M. Dufeutrelle was conducting Iddlle. Castel through the wood to the railway-station at Joinville le Pont, when suddenly a man rose from the ground before them. Be struck the man a blow with his loaded stick, when, according to Mdlle. Castel, the man, who turned out to be the gendarme Cable, killed M. Deufeutrelle with a shot from his revolver. Deufeutrelle fell to the ground with a cry of pain, and Mdlle. Castel fled along the path through the wood to the railway-station. In the course of his examination Cable related what occurred in the wood in very much the same way as Mdlle. Castel, but said he was afraid that he was attacked by a band of ruffians. Rising to his feet, he drew his revolver and fired straight in front of him without being quite conscious of doing so. He expressed great sorrow in court on the first day of the trial at the death of M. Dufeutrelle, and excused himself for having made such hasty use of his revolver. Mdlle. Castel, who is a rather pretty blonde shopgirl, was called as a witness. She declared that M. Dufeutrelle struck the gendarme because be imagined that the man, whom they did not know as a gendarme, was about to attack them. As to Dufeutrelle having raised his arm several times to strike Cabis, she said that it was when he raised it a second time that the shot which killed him was fired. On the day following the first part of the hearing, the trial was resumed before the second council of war. All his superiors gave Cabis an excellent character, and his former colonel stated that in his opinion the charges of misconduct brought against him by women and others were the results of jealousy and revenge. The stationmaster at Joinville also deposed that Cabis did his duty there in a proper manner. A doctor being called stated that the wound inflicted by young Dufeutrelle with his cane was a light one, but the blow might have stunned its recipient. The Commissary of the Government, acting as Prosecutor-Ware!, then delivered his address, in which he charged Cahill with voluntary homicide, and called for the application of the usual penalties. Maitre Danet replied for the defence. He spoke of the services rendered to their country by the Cabis family, one of whom had died on the battle-field, while another had been killed in a wood by a blow on the head, having been attacked just as the prisoner had been. He dwelt on his excellent conduct and character, and mentioned that his former chief, Major Maurel, had reckoned him among , his best non-commissioned officers. Never had Major Maurel received a complaint against Calo:s from the local authorities or the inhabitants, and he had actually written to tell the prisoner that the misfortune which had befallen him would not alter his esteem for him. When Cable was struck he was stunned, and lost his presence of mind. When he recovered he believed that he had acted rightly, and his first care was to inform the authorities of what he had done, instead of removing the blood from his clothes. Maitre Danet's • address was received with marked signs of approval from the audience. At four o'clock the council retired to consult, and when it returned four of its members expressed the opinion that Cabis was not guilty, while three held the contrary view. Be was accordingly acquitted, amid an outburst of enthusiastic applause, but when he was informed of the judgment Cabis exclaimed, with tears in his eyes, "I am ruined all the same." As he left the hall his comrades, and even some of the spectators, shook him heartily by the hand, for quite a revulsion of feeling had taken place in his favour.