The Sun. — 1845-12-10 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY CASE. The Court of Assizes of the Bas Rhin was occupied 00 he 29th and 30th ult. with the following extraorditlari case. In August last, two soldiers, in garrison at ;iv's' burg, named Tschupp and Bigalleu, crossed the frontier into Baden to pass the day. On their return, and when on a bridge, Tschupp said to Bigallet, who was nearly intoxicated, "Come and see how strong the water runs. Bigallet went to the side of the bridge, and having 1081:4 forward to look at the water, Tschupp suddenly laid 11.11 of him and threw him in ; then, supposing, as 8 matter of course, that the man must be drowned, as the current was strong, and he was not in a state to hell) himself, hurried to Strasburg, and entered his barracks before the gates were closed. Providence, however, bed willed that this atrocious act should not remain COw coaled. The bridge. is built on boats, and the fall of Bigallet was broken by one of the cabels by which al. are fastened together. After his first immersion, which completely cured him of his intoxication, he caught by this rope, and, after struggling for a great time, his cries were heard by some boatmen, just as he "?5 sinking from exhaustion, and they saved him. The dismay of Tschupp was very great on the followill morning, when he saw living the man whom he suppose° to be dead. Bigallet made his declaration, and Tschupp was arrested. At first he' declared that he had not been in company with Bigallet ; but several witnesses, who had seen them drinking together during the day' having come forward to prove this fact, the prisoner was confounded. Still, however, he refused to confess his crime, which was unaccountable, as the two soldiers were supposed to be friends. When Tschupp had been in prison for some time, he resolved to avow his guilt. and declared that he had been induced by the wife of the man who keeps the cantine, whose name is Caphiot, to commit the deed. This woman, in whose service he Was' had, he said, told him that Bigallet, her former servant, and with whom she had entertained criminal relations, was constantly extorting money from her, on a menace of apprising her husband of what had taken place, and that she was therefore resolved to get rid of him. She told the prisoner that if he would take Bigallet out for the day, and in the evening throw him into the river, she would reward the act liberally, and she gave bue 10E to spend, in order that he might so overpower Bigallet with drink as to render him incapable of resistance. Tschupp said that he objected to commit the crime, but the woman told him that if he refused she would stab him ; and that, therefore, partly from fear, and partly from the hope of reward, he at last consented. The woman was taken into custody, and both were tried for the attempt to commit murder. The evidence on the trial fully corroborated the statement of Tschupp as to the female, and they were both found guilty by the jury. T:.chupp was condemned to twenty years' imprisonment with hard labour, and exposure on the pillory. The female prisoner was condemned to ten years' imprisonment with hard labour, but without exposure on the pillory.