| Show on trial for ider the victim was murdered for his money chase of the detectives dec 15 special the trial of michael eyraud for the murder of notary Go reffe who was enticed to the house of gabrello Gab nello Boe repard eyrauds Eyra mistress and there choked to death began today to day the authorities had intended to try eyraud last month but their calculations were destroyed by the enterprise of le matin which interviewed most ot the men whose names appeared on alie jurors list and took from them opinions as to the guilt or innocence of the accused the jurors who permitted themselves to bs ived declared that from what aliey biad read of the ease in the newspapers that they were prepared to find eyraud guilty and that they be libed acted under hia influence on this account and owing to the fact that the murder was mysterious as well as krutal the case has attracted wide attention in europe and in the united stales when gouffe disappeared there als disappeared with him 35 which he had received from a client his brother inlaw in law wag suspected of foul play A body of a man was found in a near lyons but in auch a state of decomposition that it ns hopeless to identify the face A broken trunk was soon after discovered in the commune of Mil leny the pieces were put together and identified aa the trunk taken from a hotel at lyons by a man of respectable appearance and a young lady in a cart which he drove lie and she had armed the be fore this happened from paris the ac quai tancos of gouffe last seen with him eyraud and gabrielle Bou epard both of had disappeared the box was taken to london and there a shopkeeper in eurton road claimed to have sold it to a frenchman and a young lady their description corresponds with the appearance of eyraud and gabrielle the police had searched in vain for many months for E raud and his mia trees when unexpectedly she appeared in alie office of alie of police and her identity she is about twenty two years the daughter of a notable trader at lille sho is a small and slender brunette brun etee accomplished lively and clever she at first told several contradictory stories but finally aea version of the murder evrand stripped the corpse and placed the naked body in a long box which lie had bought ii london slie accompanied lam to lons where he also took the trunk which he cen had carried to the lintel and kept in the room with them all night the next day eyrand engaged a cabriolet and took away in it gabrielle and the trunk he went to a causeway between two deep ditches filled with ish water from the verge of which he let down the corpse into the where it A little distance farther away he broke up the trunk and threw alie pieces into another ditch eyrand and gabrielle subsequently went to ran francisco via paris london and new york at first stilted that there waa a red haired man whose name bhe refused to divulge a party to the murder but she finally admitted that this part of her atory waa not true on her information eyrand was arrested in alie united states and brought back to france according to gabrielle he hag hands of extraordinary size and strength he had but little trouble in dispatching the old notary Gabri elles sanity afier the relation of alie extraordinary story was doubted but medical experts who have examined her declare her to be perfectly sound of mind A new irish play NEW YORK dec 15 special ireland or the voice of the people a new irish play ans produced at the fifth avenue theater this afternoon for the benefit of tho irish famine fund and the irish parliament fund between chich the entire profits will he equally divided for the same object lie play will be presented on the afternoons after noona of tomorrow to morrow thursday and friday of this week A mericia fine art society NEW YO dec 15 special the american fine arts society which ia a union of the architectural league the society of american artists and the art Students league at its abou il exhibition today to day received the plans of three firms of architects who were the successful contestants at the original ori pinal competition held in october for a design for the socie tys new club house to be built on seventh avenue the building will be fire proof four stories high and ia expected to present a pleasing and artistic appearance both within and without tta dimensions will be feet A coteil french play deer 15 So ecial victoren Vict onen sardon produces his new play ther here for the time tonight to night it has twenty six speaking party without the three principal roles it ia the first play ever cold for america on royalties it was produced in now york by charles last september its initial here evokes much interest sardon himself will be much disappointed if it does not meet with popular bayor |
