Widnes Examiner. — 1882-08-19 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

HONEST BOBBER."—A story comes from • 1.10..1 "honest robber," not a robber who was virtuous fn„rt : life, because probably many of them are, but a rsices combined honesty and robbery so skilfully a 9 t°l le' good living out of it. His method was ingenious a Otee' u" 5' 'it3g r like all great inventions, and had the merit of P-, him and keening him out of the scrapes that heses'erts who think that it is necessary to sell stolen Pr°,7es order to profit by it. In opening carriage-doors for '3.: ere: invariably managed to take their purses, sometial-tatie" ' their bracelets, and then made for the nearest policersoto where he deposited them with his name i. strictly accovejo° the regulations. He never stole, be it observed; heA'olas b,e,r the momentary gratitude generated in a lady Wl° puree at a police station. He found so many purses 'iaot police began to think him almost too scrupulous. .a:sslll°, lady caught him ft agrante ciclicto, and without gicws: tbS' credit for good intentions, and despite his assuraoltea he was only going to take it to the police station for. isse° was given into custody, and is now, no doubt, nicralis the effects of too much honesty. REMARKABLE TRIAL FOR MURDEsiII; me The trial of Mann Fenayrou and his wife for t"- roes' a of Aubert, and of Lucien Fenayrou, his brother, for eeero, • city in the crime, was concluded at Versailles 00 s,:ts'etisr, The facts of the case are briefly as follow :--Mar"'s rou, who kept a druggist's shop in the Boulevars, Ttberbess Paris, took Louis Aubert to his service inlBil;.eroalee young man was active and agreeable, and sett to cj intimate with the Fenayrous. In 1874 be left the',', sss'a the army, but in the following year he returned to` irlovitls was a frequent vis' ter at the Boulevard Malesberbes• • obtained his discharge in 1878, Aubert was son °lto i/3-1 in the shop, but his arrogant manner—due, it is old::niesr influence which he had then gained over the w ife--na.lol` the husband, and he was finally dismissed. • ?'"e„sBif fOl Fenayrou, who was idle and a gambler, found hin2-„sert pelled to sell his besiness, which was bought by "`" a mere trifle. The liaison with Madame Fenayroocca tbS but was broken off in January, 188-1. It was statatriglaeo Mario Fenavrou had no positive knowledge of the i er until Mara; last, when his wife made a full confess °ord this as it may. from that date he determined to toe at , Aubert, and for this purpose he took in Anril .3 haa°vslicei Chatou for a year, paying a quarter's rent (300 f. las; ir ties 'ln the meantime the woman was instructed to r'irest relations with the intended victim. Aubert A -tse ba6k, but finally he was cajoled into accePtiog rendezvous. By May 18—the day of the vici‘e; all the preparations were complete. Fenayrou had consented to lend his assistance, s°-I,ooses•-0 evening Aubert was decoyed by his-mistress to tue;a3l. -Chatou, where the two men were awaiting their arts'• entering the salon be was struck on the head with hammer by Fenayrou, and after a short but sever!' in which the woman took part, he was finally' ae,sj,,agg The corpse was then stripped, encased' in canvas, au14„,5 it a long piece of leaden piping being twisted rcectiSe ensure its sinking. It was then borne by the three sit troll en a small hand-cart to the Pont du Chatou, where ^VS 5 dropped into the Seine, and, after attempting re rerur;ea further traces of the murder, the Fenayrous reta„a Paris. They resumed their wonted occupations, s" 0 worthy of note that both the brothers were at t.b,eaee' Prix, which was run on June 4. Meanwhile, Aubereet.he disappearance bad created no little sensation, au° oar 'May 29, a waterman drew the body out of the river 5' Pont tor Pont du Pecq, several members of his family conceiwas sell; picions, which were confirmed when, on June 7, it ed burned. Madame Barbey, Aubert's sister, Fenayrou had threatened to kill his wife's lover, ongr t tbel;o following day the Fenayrous were arrested. Ar,ts`;:oo denied their guilt, but after being taken to the 110;00 woman made a full confession, the men eventu3llYl%o3is'oe suit. M. Fenayrou was sentenced to death, Madame to penal servitude for life, and Lucien Fenayres years' penal servitude. declsra-c0t,,,,