The Sun. — 1864-11-09 (London, England)

SUPPOSED MURDER AT BOULOONE.—BOULOGNESUR-MER, Nov. 7.—About 7 o'clock this morning, as a workman employed in the erection of a new bridg across the river Lianne, for the use of the Boulogne and Calais Railway. was pursuing his avocation, ho became aware of the body of a child lying in the bed of the river close to the temporary bridge, The water was at this time very low and clear, He immediately called some of his fellow workmen to his assistance, and got the body out on the bank, whence it was transported, under the care of the police, to the deadhouse of the Hospital of St. Louis, where it was left for identification. About twelve o'clock at noon the body of another child was discovered in the pool of water in the Arriere Port, and immediately withdrawn thence, and also taken to the deadhouse at the hospital. On the body being placed alongside the other previously brought in it was evident that they were brothers. There were no external marks ef violence visible on either of the bodies. The eldest appears to be between eight and nine years:of age, 3ft. 3in. high, fair, complexion, red hair, gray eyes, straight nose, small welt-formed mouth; does not appear to have much colour in the cheeks. He had on a black jacket, dark gray trousers, a white calico shirt, with a narrow lilac and pick stripe alternately, a purple and black plaid flannel shirt underneath, Magentastriped, white woollen stockings, shoes much worn, brown silk cravat, brown woollen gloves with red cuffs, and a black patent leathern belt, with a brass buckle, bearing the Australian coat of arms, with the motto, "Advance Australia." The younger child appears to be between four and five years of ago, is a good-looking round-featured boy, and has had rosy cheeks ; he is 2ft. 9in, high, light curly hair, blue eyes, straight nose, smali well-formed mouth, forehead fair and well developed. He had on a white diaper pinafore, light blue and white merino petticoat with two broad brown flounce stripes, a check linen under-stettleoat, a flannel ditto with two tucks, white calico trousers with pearl edging, red socks, and newly repaired shoes, lilac woollen mitten gloves, with black cuff, and a reddish brown overjacket. There are no peculiar marks on the clothes. The caps or hats have not been found as yet. The report of the finding of the children was soon bruited about, and the police were very active in making inquiries into the probable cause of death. In a very abort time it was ascertained that a man named Leduc, who has lately resided in London, and who is well known in Boulogne, having a wife residing in the Rue de Bras d'Or, arrived in the Albert Edward from Folkestone at 4.30 p.m. yesterday (Sunday), and on leaving the packet went into the passengers' waiting-room under the Chambre de Commerce with two little boys and his baggage, consist. ing of a good hatbox, a neatly new brown leathern portmanteau cordel with a rope, and a carpetbag of a green ground and dark brown stripe. The party stayed in the room warming themselves by the fire, and Leduc conversed freely with the Customhouse officers who were there. He told them that he was going to place the children at a school about eight leagues from Boulogne. He left the Customhouse with the children abcut 7 o'clock in the evening, and was no more seen until late in the night, when he went to visit his wife in the Rue de Bras d'Or, and slept there all night, It is supposed that he loft fur Euglaud by the Folkestone boat at 230 p.m, to-day (Monday), or he may have gene to Calais, or indeed elsewhere. At all events, M. Brayer, the very active Commissioner of Police in Boulogne, is using every exertion to find him, and the police are on the alert in every direction. M. Brayer has telegraphed to London, Folkestone, Dovir, Calais, and other places in France, with the following description of Leduc :—lle is of small stature I thin face, brown hair, small moustache,:and wears a dark brown paletot, ditto trousers (ragged at the bottom) a broadebrimmed, low, dark or black Jim Crow hat, 7he children seemed to have belonged to the Letter class of artiz