Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1879-09-20 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

TWO SHOCKING TRAGEDIES IN PARIS. Two shocking tragedies are announced from Paris. Mdlle. Gabrielle Morales, an actress, has been shot in her apartments in the Rue de Berry by Eugene Riandel, a man of good family from Rennes, whose attentions, according to some accounts, she had formerly encouraged. He bad lingered round the house for some days, and at last called and insisted on seeing her. The servant heard her refuse to have anything to say him, and had scarcely left tbe room when she heard a revolver go oft She found her mistress lying dead on the floor, and the young man, retreating into an adjoining room, shot himself. On the night of the' 10th instant about 9.110 a woman named tevy, while ' passing through the Rue du Gae,,.ohserved on the ground a human arm. She cried out with horror and went to a tavernkeeper close by, who, 'looking round the spot, discovered other human remains. She then noticed a tall man in a blue biomes 'trying to conceal a bundle. On her going towards him he ran off towards the fortifiesstions, but, turning back, went into the goods station of La Chapelle. Other remains were found in a gutter and elsewhere till the head alone was missing. Madame Levy was neat for by the Commissary of Police, and on entering the office came in collision with a policeman aamed Prevost. - She apologised, but, suddenly drawing back horrified, exclaimed, " C'est Cassa.sain ! " She was thought to be out of her senses, but Prevost turned pale and attempted to fly. Prevented from escaping. be confessed that at five o'clock that afternoon he induced a dealer in jewellery named Lenoble, who had several boxes ok specimens with him, to gse. home with him. He offered the dealer a glass, and on the latter accepting it he poured out two glasses. Ho then carried back the bottle to his kitchen, took up a hammer, went again into the room, and while the dealer, clinking his glass against his own, exclaimed, "A moire swag," Prevost struck him violently on the head. Death was ihstantaneous. Without losing an instant, Prevost out the body in pieces with a hatchet and saw, put some of the fragments in a bundle, and went out to drop them into the open drains. He retained the head, which he intended to boil and get rid of. The jewels in the hawker's possession, for the sake of which the murder was committed, were worth about 250f.' Prevost was fourteen years in the Cent Gerdes and had been ten years in the pollee force. His conduct had always been anexceptionable. He has been lodged in Mayas. 'AtiCEirdffig to another versien, he *as detected in a less dramatic way. 110. dame Levy told a 'neighbour that she formerly lived near a policeman named Prevost,- Nrbo when in civil dress resembled the man she had seen. On seeing Pre, Yost at the police-station her suspicion was confirmed; she communicate'd it to the Commissary, and his skilful interrogations forced Prevost to confess. There are 'also conflicting accounts of his meeting with Lenfible. one being that the fatter called on heti ard offered him a watch for sale; when a sight of the contents of his pack :Inspired him with a sudden temptation. He agreed to buy the *etch for 150 f.; and it' was the third glass whieh I Lenoble was about to 'drink ;when the fatal blow was struck. The head was, concealed , between the bed and the mattres.s, and the fingers and feet were also found in the room. The members of the Cent Garden were chosen for their tall stature, and to Provost's height he probably owes his prompt detection. There is a rumour that four years ago he lived with a girl believed to have money, and who suddenly disappeared at the verylt4:awY,revfytt had obtained a fortnight's holiday; but this requires confirmation.