The Herald of Wales. — 1889-09-07 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

STORY.  The bodies of the three eistere who committed suicide at Le Vest Met on Monday morning were =y interred on Tuesday morning in the chary in the presence of the Mayor and other oflhials. A crowd assembled in the neighbourhood of the house, and comments on this terrible tragedy were indulged in freely. The unfortunate ladies whose name was envelier, were in comfortable ciremnatances when they took the villa in which the dreadful deed was done. They were all unmarried, the eldeet being sixty, sad the youngest forty-five years of age. Latterly they had sustained heavy pecuniary losses, and bills began to came in, which they had to leave unpaid. On Saturday the local tax-gather sold: a portion of the furniture to cover the sum of £24 owing for some time. When the officials called, they talked of seizing the borne, but the youngest mister planted herself at the doer of the stable, revolver in hand, and !MOM that she would shoot the animal rather than give it up, so they had to fall back on the other y. Then, on the following day, landlord, thethe landlord, to whom several ',quarters' rent was dee, sent a messenger with a letter claiming his money, and threatening servere-meesures if it werernot forthcoming. The man was not admitted, but in her reply the eldest of the ladies hinted darkly at euieade. No atterdicm, however, was then paid to her remarks. On Monday morning, abort eight o'clock, a butcher's boy, who lead gone with some most to the villa, noticed that smoke was issuing from the windows. He hurried to the Maim, and gave alarm, and soon several official° and the firemen were on the segue of the catastrophe. The =eke was then so dense Hat they could not effect an entry theongh the front door, so they tried one of the windows. In this mom a horrible spectacle met their view. The corpse of the youngest sister, cempletely cheered, was lying on a still horning bed. The firemen now devoted their attention to the extinction of the flames, whMh was accomplished with considerable difficulty. Then exploring further, they came to an upper chamber, on a sofa in which lay the bodies of the two elder sisters, each with a revolver in her hand. The sofa was also in flames, and the two bodies were badly scorched. On the ground floor were found the Newfoundland dog and a cat both shot; while in the stable lay the horse riddled with bullets. On a table near the door were two letters, one of which explained that the women had committed suicide. They were going to join their dead mother. They wished to be buried as they were found at Touyen-Josaa, near Versailles, where their modem remains at rest. The other missive,writton to ths dealer who supplied fodder for their horse, con. tallied a sum Of money due to Lim. This rem the only debt that they could defray, and in their affection for the poor beast they bad doeided that whatever it had coat them should be paid. The three sisters—who seem to have been somewhat eccentric in their habits—lived quite alone, , one looking after the favourite home, another ' doing the cooking, while the third kept the garden tidy. No one was ever asked to the place. This shocking drama is the talk of all the country round, and has created quite a sensation in Paris. From further particulars just to hand, it appears that the two elder sisters were in the habit of frequerkting the different racecourses within a drive from their house, and that they were LIDO addicted to betting—though it Is not known whether they lost or gained through their proclivities for the turf. It is now regarded as certain that they killed their youngest sister Caroline as she lay in bed. The position of the body seemed to chow that there had been a struggle. They than proceeded to the stable, where they shot the horse, and, meeting the Newfoundland dog and the cat on their way upstairs, they also destroyed them. They then eiceed the doors and windows, and settslig fire to the bed on which the corpse of their sister lay, and to the sofa on which they took their seat, they blew out their brains. Two purses, 1 one containing fivepenee-halfpenny and the other three haapmce, were found in the house. A Central News telegram from New York op Monday says that a disturbance has moored between the whites and negroee at Giretma, Louisiana, on Sunday night. One white and a large number of negroes were shot, some fatally. A large number of negroas are reported to be massing at Sheelmonnd, Miseissippi, to attach the whites. The militia has I)Foolede4 Oahu.  Ptinarters'