The Sun. — 1863-04-20 (London, England)

THE CLUNY MUSEUM.  The Court of Assizes yesterday tried the man Gaudichal, a Belgian, who attempted to rob the Hotel Cluny on the night of the 31st of January last, and was caught in the fact. The table of the court was covered with articles which the prisoner had taken from their eases and packed up ready for removal. They consisted of-1. The " Rose of Baste," containing 305 grammes of pure gold, and having a large sapphire in the middle, which was presented by Pope Clement V. to the Prince Bishop of Basle in the 14th century ; 2. A large gold book binding and clasp of the same period, set with 40 precious stones ; 3. A bishop's crosier of the 13th century, made of ivory and boxwood, and richly jewelled ; 4. An antique girdle of massive gold, of the Celtic period, weighing 400 grammes ; 5. A number of gold bracelets, chains, and girdles ; and 6. Two abbots' crosiers, of geld filagree, set with jewels, both of which the prisoner had broken from their staves. As the circumstances of the crime must be fresh in the memory of our readers, it will suffice to say that the prisoner entered the Museum in the afternoon of the 31st of January, carefully noticed the position of the articles which he thought most valuable and most easily removed, and then concealed himself in a large chest in the chapel, where he remained until dark. He then issued. from his concealment, and with the aid of a diamond broke the glass cases, and packed up his booty ready for removal. When the guardians made their usual round at 9 o'clock the robbery was discovered, and the prisoner found concealed in the chapel, with all the stolen articles in his possession. Before the examining magistrate, and again in court, the prisoner confessed that, having been unfortunate in business, and obliged to separate from his wife, he conceived the project of retrieving his circumstances by robbing the Museum of the riches which he had observed when on his wedding tour some years before. He came to Paris in January, visited the Museum several times, matured his plans, and at last attempted. their execution, tut was baffled by the vigilance of the guardians. Among the witnesses examined was M. Dusommerard, the director of the Museum, who, after deposing to the circumstances of the robbery and the prisoner's arrest, stated, in answer to the question of the President, that the prisoner had shown some judgment in making his choice, as he had not selected the most valuable articles, but those which could be most easily sold. Ho might, for instance, have taken the golden altar of Basle and the crowns of the Gothic Kings, but they were all so well known that, had he offered them for sale, discovery would have been certain. In answer to a question as to the value of the articles taken by the prisoner, M. Court sew. 'a prisoner h Dusommerard said that intrinsically they were . °lure was i it thne el sr s ersaand counsel worth at least 50,000 f., but cal and artistical point of view extenuating circumstances, fcoarl incalculable. bdl eef. e nAcef, t After ejsurriyn gfotuhies, five years' imprisonment.— Galtg. thatdwt hei andn the withtented him to tram'.  Double Attempt at Suicide. ayraYfternoon Dr. Lankester held an inI relativequestE on tarSata:toturhcf E deatha s t n o r 0C a s tle 1 -,---floor-cloth worker, who ;aye:Union-street, Jamescommitted JitLtffeedresuyise,iadge,edaf6t7er, aa second s It attempt, under the following melancholy circumstance appeared that the deceased had suffered for years from chronic asthma, and for the last four months had been unable to lie in a bed. been medically attended, and within the last ten days he had shown signs of derangement. He repeatedly prayed to the Lord to deliver him, and had desired his wife to remove his razors from a drawer. On Thursday morning last he was left alone for a few minutes, and on the return of the wife she found something prevented her turning the handle and opening the door. She tried to force the door, when she heard something tall, and, on getting into the room, she found her husband on the floor in a crouching position, with his black silk handkerchief round his neck, with which he appeared to have strangled himself by attaching it to the. room doer handle. Mr. Pearse, surgeon, was immediately called in, and found life extinct. k nonexthe neck, the body there were some slight maiorn sof the heart and on the left side near the redgweeeds, one very there were three or four punctured with a pair of deep, which deceased badd covered with blood on scissors, which were fhadun been taken from a drawer the table. The scissors examination after death by the deceased. The.ase of the lungs and heart, showed extensive .dise sist an attempt at stranguwhich would readily as . d d h - s ro Certain internal sign p ve eat to have lation. A verdict of " Bull • ulation. icide by been by strang . . strangulation while in an unsound state of mind" was ultimately returned.