Attempted Poisoning
A "wonian 4amed Marie Pommier has been "convicted at Blois of defrauding and attesting to murder a rich .^idaw naqaed . DuvaL , She accosted .the Xattler when coming out of Bloitf'.CathediJal, ., induced' her to confide 1 "to her^ family, quarrels, and professed" to'ha^e supernatural powers for recbndluLg dißputatfts'and' secur-, ing weultti. llxime, Diival went home with .the woman to Villejoint, spent night wither, «nd gave her 400fr.; the two burning a taper in a church tothWstM«esß of the affair. A ietor day» later' aie adrfltixoed 4500fr., more, and 'afterwardsi ' 2200fr., the -woman promising that the treasure would emerge from the- ground' at a given date, Wfi^n'thfi hid'expired, Mdnie. Duval.^caye, up her, jeivibls, and was., presentea' with ' wh#€ ;^q f J^d like' a ; piece of dough, which she was to heat at night in a saucepan,- (leaning over the letter, in bed: till the charm worked. Mdme, Duval did;all this, the result' being' an 'explosion," which shattered the i(oof,'dok)r, T 'atfd ; windows, 'and set fire to th^ bed. i J She • was- extricated 7 dreadf ully r burned and bruised.. The wiid|£"ya^aK^J!s(i^ Orleans: • j-'VWu).eV7in in prison %)&. tried to bribe two' men about to be released <»;gQ and^set^fire .to. ; Mdme. Duval's house. She was proved to haye > '$>b£ght sulphuric acid and potash 1 of a druggist at Orleans. She pleaded an aSbi/KoVever, l anftihßiste'd ; tnatan i acquaintance^ and . former, fellowpiM^er i;^d,^l^CToired' .|(er.,, clothes, and had been mistaken for her. '■ ,She ■waߣrgenteucedi.>jt!o . .20,,!year8' hacd labour. .<!?/:
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 134, 28 April 1885, Page 3
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243Attempted Poisoning Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 134, 28 April 1885, Page 3
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