Terrible Husband Murder in France

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3699, 31 December 1890, Page 2

Terrible Husband Murder in France

A case of husband murder, committed with the participation of a lover, came for trial on Friday, before t!l? On the 2nd of April last the tody ot d Ptt Wfts foifnq [(j t||j? Hirer Sevres, His legs tied together Bjii| \yeigh ( tp,4 atjOiie,- Another was ijei' to fho iiecfc, whic!|' w^s' 1 Iterated''' iy'i't|i wort, Wffpll tjie alioiiider.'j and breast. Tlio body wta iOeiiUSet) p being that of a man named JDrouet, who had disappeared some days before. His wife and a lover of bej'a wero g»sj)ect9!l .BRcl arrested, "and

although ut first denying their guilt, i they were induced to confess, ! Tho wife stated, that the crime was planned iu'the : middle,of Murch during a'visit she • paid :Ker. lover iU Niort, and it wjis to ; be' csriied- n«i t the following dny. Tlio inten 'cd victim was a ; man of unusual strength, 'Bho'therefore gave him a soporific, and, as soon as it had taken effect opened the door t> her lover, .who, with 'an hatchet, occomplislied the prime.' The man and tho woman washed the body, dressed it, and put it, in a bag, which they filled up with bran. They throw-it into the_ Sevres, and spent the rest of the night putting the room in order, The jury returned a verdict of guilty against the, two partners in thecrime, who were both sentenced to death.