Weekly News. — 1891-06-18 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

FRENCH FEMALE FAGIN.  The trial of Dore, Berland. Deville, and Chotin for the Courbevoie murder, and of Madame Berland as an accomplice, has commenced in Paris. The accused are youths of from 17 to 19 years and may be termed habitual house-breakers, shop-lifters, and pilferers. A more hideous quiutette, says a Daily ...Yews correspondent, it would be hard to imagine. Berland looked an unsexed being, and her_fellow:prisoners were heavy-checked, brutal  looking fellows. The first to he examined was Dore, aged 18. At the age of 12 he lost his mother. The Cure of Le Bourget, who attended her on her death-bed, took charge of the lad, and christened him and sent him to school. Later he obtained a si ci c ill a butcher's shop. and it was then he got ti Madame Dessaignes, a widow and a clot( nwr of his master's. Dore fancied she was rich, as she often gave him tips when he carried me: !t to her house. Dore next became acquainted with the widow Berland, whose house was a den of young thieves. lie left his father's to ,00 and live there, and t, ok to a life of card-playing, idleness, and vice of every kind. Here he aud the °tin aeimsed planned the mitrder of old Madame Des:etb.nes: The woman Berland's son was to be the that to get into her house, and admit the others. This done, they were to gag her, and then kill her if she resisted. While two were watching her, the others ‘vere to rob the house. Everything happened as it had been arraneed, but Berland, thinking that their victim had 3,000 francs on the premises, beat her to wake her tell where this money was. Be then grew furious, and gave her a blow with a hammer on the temple that quite stunned her. After this he went and sucked some new-laid eggs, and returning and finding the old woman still alive, called on the others to help him to finish her if. The cruelty they shewed was demoniacal. A watch, some linen, and a small sum of money were carried off to the woman Berland, who said, "My children, you have done splendidly." They were only discovered by the police eight days' later. Thoir apprehension was due to one of them getting druid( awl reeealing the crime.  11  _ to co. coroptt til  of the rns and consiu4 rneeting of c in the Victor.  the result.  That,  announced by the strike when another meeting of the men 'Aid. Mr. Suth,!rst then announced the terms of the compromise su gested by the Lord Mayor. These conceded the 12 hours per day consecutively' made one day's rest in seven optional, and laid down the scale cf wages as follows: Drivers, 65. 6d. per day, conductors, 55., horsekeepers 45. This was admitted a compromise between the offer of the masters and the demands of the men. A resolution was carried that the terms should be agreed to, and that the strike should be closed. The result appeared to be received with great satisfaction by the men. Omnibus traffic was general on Sunday throughout London and the suburbs. Mr. Sutherst has sent round to the inert belonging to the Tram Union a notice asking them to perfect their organisation, so that at a given signal they might demand the same concessio.., #lio nrnr,ihm m..n had gained.  11111 EN