The Sun. — 1826-02-08 (London, England)

PARRICIDE AND MURDER.  PARIt, J AN. 30.—A oillopmaker, namedCham,  pion, residing in the commune of Onnaing, and arrondissement of Valenciennes,' was tried on the 24th inst. before the Court of Assize of Douai, for the murder of his father and sister. Th.-, following are the facto of this horrible case :—The father of the prisoner had sometimes maltreated him, because he refused to break oil' his connection with a girl by whom he had a child. Ilis sister, it appears, enemiruged her father in his harsh treatment of her brother, and the latter conceived the diabolical project of murdering them both. On the ad of last November, Champion supped with him father and sister. lm, mediately after. the meal the two latter retired to hed, leaving Champion at work. About eleven o'clock, Champion took a heavy hammer and a small anvil, anti after putting out the light, went to hipisister's room, state softly to the bedside, ascertainedby passing his hand lightly over the pillow where her head lay, - and then struck two such violent blows wick the hammer on the skull, that the brains were scattered about  the room, and the unfortunate girl expired without a sigh.— The murderer then went to the room where his hither slept, and struck at his head with the hammer ; the blow took effect upon the under jaw, which, it broke.. The old man threw himself from the bed, and seized his son .by the collar, at the same time crying out,'" Miserable man, what have you done ?" At the votes of his father the wretch hesitated for a moment; but soon recovering his ferocity, exclaimed " I have gone too far to-rehim, I must.finish." A struggle then . took place between the parricide and his victim, which ended by Champion getting his father under him, when he got his knees upon his chest, and continued striking him on the head till every sign of life had disaptipared: He then took from his fether s pocket the key of a cupboard, in which was a bag containing 1,000 francs. This stun he took with him into a barn, where he slept, and conceded it, together with his bloodstained clothes, under same bundle* of hay. He then went to bed, and slept soundly until morning. On getting up ho went to one of the neighbours, and. told him his father and sister had been rnnbed anal murdered  during, the night. The Commissary of Police was sent for, and to him he very calmly related the same story. Some seratehek being perceived upon his hands, the. Cotnmhsary ordered him to be stripped and examined ; but no trace of blows was found upon his body, only a few stains of blood upon one of his fin. gers ; for this he accounted by saying, that he hall bled at the nose the evening before. He was then taken into the room where the bodies of his victims lay. The Commissary felt his pulse at the time that be ordered the face of the father. to be turned up. The parricide fixed his Ayes stetifastly UPdn the fractured skull, broken jaw, and ribs of his ill.fitted father, with. out she win g the sliFhtestsymptorns of emotion, either by change -of countenance or Irregularity of pulse. In the row 1101 f, the bag of money and bloodstained clothes were found in the barn, and Champion was in consequence sent off' to the prison of Va. lenciennes. Ott the way he acknowledged` being the murderer. On his trial he repeated the same avowal with the most imper, tumble tang froid, and heard his sentence without the slightett apparent dismay. Ile merely expressed a desire to be allowed to live for some time longer than the usual period allowed to murderers, for the purpose, of repenting. lie was condemned to be led xtre.footed, end his face covered with a black veil, to the pUblic place of Volincionnce, and to have there his right hand anti head cut off: