Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1889-09-11 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

SAD STORY.  The bodies of the three sisters who committed suicide at Le Vesinet on Monday morning were temporarily interred on Tuesday morning in the total cemetery in the presence of the Mayor and other officials. 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 Cuvelier, were in comfortable circumstances when they took the villa in which the dreadful deed was done. They were all unmarried, the eldest being sixty, and the youngest forty-five years of age. Latterly *hey had sustained heavy pecuniary losses, and bills began to come in, which they had to leave unpaid. On Saturday the local tax-gather sold; a portion of the furniture to cover the slim of £24 owing for some time. When the officials called, they talked of seizing the horse, but the youngest sister planted herself at the door of the stable, revolver in hand, and swore that she would ANA the animal rather I than give it up, so they had to fall back on the other property. Then, on the following day, the landlord, the landlord, to whom several quarters' rent was due, sent a messenger with a letter claiming his money, and threatening severe measures if it were nut forthcoming. The man was not admitted, but in her reply the eldest of the ladies hinted darkly at suicide. No attention, however, was then paid to her remarks. On Monday morning, abort eight o'clock, a butcher's boy, who had gone with some meat to the villa, noticed that smoke was issuing from the windows. He hurried to the Mains, and gave alarm, and !won several officials and the firemen were on the scene of the catastrophe. The smoke was then au dense that they could not effect an entry through the front door, so they tried one of the windows. In this room a horrible spectacle met their view. The corpse of the youngest sister, completely charred, was lying on a still burning bed. The firemen now devoted their attention to the extinction of the flames, which wan 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 scowled. On the ground floor were found the Newfoundland dog and a eat 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 Jouyen-Josas, near Versailles, where their mother remains at rug. The other missive,written to the dealer who supplied fodder for their horse, contained a sum of money due to him This w.ts the only debt that they could defray, and in their affection for the poor beast they had decided that whatever it had cost 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 horse, 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 frequenting the different racecourses within a drive from their house, and that they were also 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 show that there had been a struggle. They then 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 closed the doors and windows, and setting 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, one containing fivepence-halfpenny and the other three halfpence, were found in the house.  Eight hundred and thirty-six ounces of gold. the result of the crushiugs at the Morgan Gold Mine, near Dolgelly, during the month of August, were sent to London on Wednesday. The average for the month is over one ounce three dwts. to the ton, and as the present working expenses are six dvrts. and the value of the gold over £3,000, the clear profit on the month's working is over £2,000. In the course of a couple of months new machinery, which will be able to extract the gold at 3dwts. per ton working expenses, will be completed, and the prospective profits of the mine are consequently very large. DRUNKENNESS Cuar.n.—A wealthy American ady, whose only son for years was a slave to intemperance, nervous depression, and exhausted vitality, after seeking in vain fora cure, and trying all known remedies, at last found a simple means that cured and saved him from a drunkard's grave. Anyone suffering or desiring to help others in this worthy cause, by send. ing a self-addressed stamped envelope to Mr, James Holland, 25, Hart street, High Holborn, London, will receive this information, free f charge. Mention this paper.