The Sun. — 1854-12-28 (London, England)

MURDER IN PARIS.  The Faubourg Montmartre was on Friday the scene ef la terrible clime. A young woman, Zelia Roussel, lived for ten years with a gentleman, but a few months ago he was obliged to separate from her, owing to a change in his position. He, however, was accustomel to go to her every day to take his meals. She oocupieft at No. 21, in the Faubourg, an apartment on the fourth storey. At about six o'clock on Friday the gentleman went as usual to dine. He opened the outer door with a key he always carried w WI him, but he found the inn, r door fastened, and received no answer to his kr oc' s. He went down to the concierge to ask after his mistress,' and was told she was most likely at home, as half an hour before she had bean seen returning with her provisions for the dinner. On this he went up stairs aid stood on the landing to wait—reading his newspaper in the meantime. After reading some time, he became impatient, and he begged a boy wl-o happened to pass to go for a locksmith. A little later a man came from the upper storey, and hurried past him in great baste. This man seemed anxious to avoid observation. The gentle• man called to him when be was on the third storey,with the intention of asking him to tell the concierge to send for A locksmith, but the stranger returned no reply. At the same monitit sem° one was heard to say on the fifth storey, " It is very strange ! there is blood !" The gentleman asked what that meant, and was informed that the *an who had just gone down stairs had entered the staircase by a window, and had left traces of blood on it and on the wall. The person who saw him added that he had asked him where he came from, but be had merely replied, " The deuce ! I have hurt my head !" and a' he had supposed that he was a workman who had been am• ployed in some job, he had not stepped him. On this the gentleman began to fear that a crime had been oommitted, and be begged the person to accompany him into the young woman's apartment. The door, which had been locked, was now open. He and his companion felt something wet beneath their feet, and having got a light, they, to their horror, found themselves in the midst of a pool of blood. In the bedroom all the drawers sere open, and the linen and other objects which they, had contained were found scattered about the floor. Near the door was a basket containing the provisions which Mlle. Zelia bad bought for her dinner, and by the side of it her purse, containing a small sum. In the kitchen the young woman was found lying dead, with her clothes turned up over her bead. On removing tbem_ the head was found almost severed from the body. The cries of the two men caused the neighbours to assemble; and the commissary of the police of the district, I. Lanet, was sent for. It was ascertained that several articles of jewellery had been stolen. It is sup posed that the assassin, having ascended the staircase left by the young woman, and bad unseen by the one o ge, ad entered the apartment by commenced a search after the valuablesuPpcse I was to be found ti mb the oeudptireaertpedel yor tor,property lie had that he then murdered her, in order to facilitate his there ; that she, hearing a noise, escape, and had dragged the bodly'adintgo"theetkithcihmen;. gtfnteer uppe r tpoe t tha tei nfigfththestocireinyi,etanhde phaassdi,ng through a it appeared, window had climbed on to the roof, in the hope prol ably of escaping by some other house ; but not being able to do so had returned through the window and descended the stairs, as already stated. A razor, stained with blood, was found on the roJ, end a number of other circumstances calculated to lead to the arrest of the murderer have been brought to light.  PUNISHMENT OF A CAPTAIN OF ♦N EMIGRANT Sal?