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Show ADMITS MURDER. WOMAN IS FREED Skeleton Under Stable Floor, Buried for Fifteen Years, Is Kicked Up by Horse BATEUX. CALVADOS, France, Aug; 7. Self-confessed slaver of her hus- ! band, whom she admitted having killed kill-ed fifteen years aco, Madame Huchez walked away from tho local court house a free woman, the police commissioner com-missioner powerless under the law. to arrcat and arraign her. Madame Huchez and her husband In 1905 Jointly kept the Inn of the Golden Lion on the outskirts of this ','Wn Their marital life was unhappy, violent Quarrels often breaking the monotony of long periods of sulkiness and mutual silence Then one day Monsieur Huchez disappeared Mad- nme explained that he had abandoned her and eloped to America with another ano-ther woman She sold the Inn six months later and left the town. A Vicious horse lashed out with both heels in the Stable of the Golden j Lion" a few days ago The kicking animal uncovered below the broken i planks of his stall, a rusty old trunk. J It contained the skeleton of a man The police, remembering the disappearance disap-pearance of the former landlord, set I out to find Madame Huchez, whom they promptly located in Grenoble. At their invitation she returned to Bayeux Cool and collected, she accused two former stable hands of having murder- j cd her hm band Hoth had since died. E ii. d, ami wishing to press her ICcess, she linked the name of one Montrory as an accessory after the f.i' t. He is still living and was Immed- i lately summoned, lie admitted digging dig-ging a hole beneath the floor of the lihle. and having placed therein, at I M dame Ru Chez's request, s large trur.rc which the landlady told him contained silverware and linen that she wished not to include In the impending im-pending sale of the Inn. Madame Huchez broke down and confessed The police took her at once before the local Judge He immediately discharged her from custody. According to Article fi37 of the French Code, the crime ls outlawed, as no legal action ejr Investigation had heen takn within 10 years of the day the murder was committed Before departing for Grenoble w here she will resume her occupation as a boarding house keeper. Madame Hu hez purchased a long, heavy black veil For the first time in 15 years, she was officially a widow. |