The Sun. — 1857-12-17 (London, England)

PAIOE 40. STAMPICD  As. to this person, it went on to say, be continued to enter the grounds.at night, and deposited letters as before. Mme. de Jeufosse knew this ; she eve,-, pretended that she herself took the letters and de= stroyed them, and that thus no reply was given to them. In June her irritation increasedjimmensely, and to act on the mind of her guard she asserted what was false—that her apartments had been entered, and she said, " You do not watch well enough. You do not remember the promise you made to my husband. You do not support the honour of his name and that of my children. You must put an end to the scandal of these nocturnal visits at any cost!'And she added, ," Fear nothing. The Procureur-Imperial and the examining ma gistrate have both told me that we can fire on those who act as this man doe., and that even if death ensue, we shall not be.disquieted." In'consequence of this, every night Crepe]; armed with his gun, was on the watch, generally close to the chamber of the' lady. On the Gth June she said that tha nocturnal visits still continued, and that she had proofs of them. On the Bth she told him the same Clung, and that he must watch all night and tike rest during the day. • On the 9th she sat up to a  . late hour and did not close her chamber until one o'clock. On the, 10th she was on the watch with Crepel. On the 11th She was watching before he arrived. In the morning of the 12th she made Lim promise to be exact, but sbe said that she could not'come to him, as she feared the servants would see her. It was on that night that the crime was -committed ; and though Crepel was atone when he did it, he knew that his mistress was on the -watch—and when he had done it he went sttaigl4, to her chamber. It was therefore clia'ff'theln•-: dictment-declared, that a voluntary inukier: hactebeen committed, and that it had been commanded by the lady. Crepel had pretended that he had killed the man by mistake, ho having, in his emotion; pulled the trigger of the barrel of his gun, whiCh was loaded with slugs, when he had intended to pull that of the other barrel, which was only loaded with shot ; but that version was not only improbable, but it appeared that the shot at the distance from which he fired would • haVe caused death. The day after, when Crepel was arrested, Alfred de Jeufosse said with great excitement, in  presence of the. magistrates : "There are few good servants, and yet see how they are treated when they do their duty ! I should have done what he has done, if I had been in his place !" Mut). de Jeufosse on her part said, in the hope no doubt of obtaining the man's silence : "Adieu, my poor Crepel ! Courage—we will not abandon you 1" " Yes, yes," answered Crepel, " adieu—courage —that is easy to say ! But see what it is to serve faithfully ! You said, "Bill, kill !" that there was nothing to fear, that you had consulted the Procureur Imperial and the examining magistrate. And now E ee my position, I am taken, and you remain." On the whole, the indictment alleged that Guillot had been assassinated by the prisoners in complicity, and that the ga.tnekeeper was only a guilty instrument, the other three being morally responsible. "Whatever," it said in conclusion, "may have been the conduct of Guillot, and however severely it may be appreciated, there is in favour of the prisoners no legal excuse; they were under no necessity of defence, and had no legitimate motive for repelling a nocturnal attack. They disdained to call the authorities to check the proceedings of Guillot, though the authorities would have done so by legitimate means, and would at the same time have preserved their family honour intact by m tintaining strict secresy. But they preferred to arm a servant, and to murdera man in their grounds, at a few steps from the chateau 1 What they did was an act of vengeance, and it was pitiless ! And now justice demands from them an account of the blood shed I" The president then proceeded to the interrogatory of the prisoner Crepel, who admitted haying fired the fatal shot, but he solemnly declared that his only intention bad been to wound Guillot