WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:16.559 Palpudert Calm, New Orleans, Louisiana. January thirty first, eighteen eighty nine. 2 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:20.839 Six years ago, Ady Anne Dechamp arrived in this city 3 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:24.480 from Paris, France, and secured an apartment in number sixty 4 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:28.760 four Saint Peter Street, where he practiced his profession that 5 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:34.880 of an electric physician. At the time of his arrival, Dechamp, 6 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:38.759 although about thirty five years of age, was a magnificent 7 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:43.479 specimen of manhood, almost six feet high. Wearing a dark 8 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:48.479 mustache and goateee cut a la Napoleon. He claimed to 9 00:00:48.479 --> 00:00:52.840 be well off, was extremely polite to everybody, and, being 10 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:57.320 of a quiet and retiring disposition, did not attest special 11 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:03.240 attention from his fellow lodgers. In July eighteen eighty seven, 12 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:07.760 doctor Jules Diech, together with his aged mother and his 13 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:13.640 two pretty daughters, Juliette aged twelve and Laurence, nine years 14 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:18.120 arrived from the outskirts of Paris and secured rooms in 15 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:22.280 the second story of the house number one sixteen Charter Street. 16 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:28.319 Diech was an upholster, and being a competent workman, managed 17 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:31.319 to make a good living for his little family. They 18 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:35.159 board it at the Pension Francais, a French restaurant on 19 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:38.519 Charter Street, and there it was that they met Eddien 20 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:42.519 de Champ, whose polished and affable manners gained for him 21 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.319 the esteem and respect of the Datsch family. Deuchamp visited 22 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:50.719 their home and friendly relations sprang up between him and 23 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:51.400 the children. 24 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:53.640 Every evening he would. 25 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:55.599 Call at the house and take the girls out for 26 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:59.599 a promenade, and when he returned, he and mister Deech, 27 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:03.040 who had by that time completed his day's work, would 28 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:07.640 take a stroll about town. This continued for quite a time, 29 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:10.400 and the two girls were in the habit of visiting 30 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:13.280 at his room to chat with him and assist him 31 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:15.159 in any little work which he might. 32 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:15.599 Have to do. 33 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:21.240 Yesterday afternoon, at one o'clock, Deuchamp called at the Ditch 34 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:24.520 home and took the children out for their accustomed walk. 35 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:30.080 After a long promenade, the three repaired to the doctor's room. 36 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.199 At number sixty four Saint Peter Street. 37 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:36.159 Access to the house has had to the upper stories 38 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:39.280 by means of a wide entry and up a narrow 39 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:45.439 winding stairway lighted only by a dimly burning lantern. The 40 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:49.840 room occupied by Dechamp is a large, ill furnished apartment, 41 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:53.560 in one corner of which stands an old fashioned bed 42 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:58.599 devoid of sheet or blanket. Along the west wall is 43 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:02.080 a pile of trunks of rude make, and in the 44 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:05.479 center of the room stands a common deal table, on 45 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:11.360 which are numerous bottles filled with various mixtures. Upon the mantle, 46 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:15.719 lighted by an oil lamp, and two sputtering tallow candles, 47 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:19.439 our large number of empty vials and bottles of all 48 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:24.080 sizes and forms. It wasn't to this room that Deschamp 49 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:28.000 conducted the Diets Sisters yesterday, and it was there that 50 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:59.479 he last evening committed a most horrible crime true crime 51 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:04.639 history in presence An Eye for an Eye, a special 52 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:08.879 edition of yesterday's news exploring the criminal justice system at 53 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:14.639 its most extreme, inflicting the death penalty. Episode three hundred 54 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:17.519 and seventy two delves into the history of one of 55 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:20.879 the most hideous villains to ever stalk New Orleans streets, 56 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:24.639 a predator so vile that he ranks right up there 57 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:28.439 with Albert Fish in his depravity. Even if you don't 58 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:33.399 believe in capital punishment, you'll agree that Edieon Dechamp deserved 59 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:39.040 his punishment. And then some I'm true crime historian Richard O. Jones, 60 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:45.199 and for your horror and indignation, I give you atrocity. 61 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:49.839 At Saint Peter Street, la Chateaine, juliet and the perverted 62 00:04:49.879 --> 00:05:01.199 professor of magnetic physiology. The sisters Juliette and Laurent's diets 63 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:06.920 had frequently visited the dingy room occupied by Eddie Anne Duchamp. 64 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:11.360 They were well acquainted with its poverty stricken appearance, and 65 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:16.240 the uncanny surroundings had no terrors for them. They knew 66 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:18.560 Deschamp and had confidence in him. 67 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:20.560 Hence it was that when. 68 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:23.720 He told Juliette to place herself on the bed, she 69 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:27.240 did so. Going to the table in the center of 70 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:31.680 the room, Dechamp procured a small vial filled with a 71 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:35.720 colorless liquid, and, giving it to juliet told her to 72 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:40.720 inhale its contents. She did as she was directed and 73 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:44.160 soon fell back on the bed in a semi conscious state. 74 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:48.800 Dechamp again went to the table, and, after securing a 75 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:52.639 handkerchief from his coat pocket, took a large bottle, and, 76 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:56.920 saturating the handkerchief with its contents, laid the wet cloth 77 00:05:57.040 --> 00:06:00.639 on the face of the unconscious girl, leaving only the 78 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:07.879 eyes and forehead free. Little Laurence, with childish curiosity, noticed 79 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:11.879 the doctor's every motion and noted how her sister was affected. 80 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:17.279 She remarked that Juliette was breathing heavily. She saw that 81 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:21.279 the liquid on the handkerchief had evaporated, and noticed that 82 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:27.879 dechampleted again and again with the colorless fluid. Finally, Juliette 83 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:31.560 went off in a peaceful slumber, and then Dechamp took 84 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:34.360 the small vial which he had first given her to 85 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:38.839 inhale and placed it to his nostrils. The drug had 86 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:46.360 its effects, and Dechamp lay alongside the sleeping girl. Little Laurence, 87 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:51.279 growing weary of the quietude, moved restlessly on her seat 88 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:54.199 at the foot of the great four posted bed, and 89 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:58.560 Dechamp arose, and, procuring another piece of cloth from his trunk, 90 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:02.279 saturated it with the contents of the big bottle, and 91 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:06.399 told her to place it to her nose. Warned by 92 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:10.560 a strange presentiment of danger, the little girl cunningly pretended 93 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:14.199 to inhale the drug and sat motionless for some time, 94 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:19.399 holding the damp cloth in her hand. Dechamp now arose 95 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:22.399 and told Laurence to go home and tell her father 96 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:27.360 that he was tired of living and intended to commit suicide. 97 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:30.879 He showed her out, and as she stood on the landing, 98 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.959 she heard the huge bolt as it shot into the 99 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:39.199 socket when Dechamp locked the door behind her. Crying bitterly, 100 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:44.000 Laurence hurried to her home and with childlike hesitation, told 101 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:48.959 her father everything that had occurred in Dechamp's room. Horrified 102 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:52.879 at the terrible intelligence, the father ran to Deschamp's house 103 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:56.920 and knocked for admission. All was silent within the room, 104 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:00.680 and the father, torn by anxiety for the safety of 105 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:04.639 his daughter, endeavored to break open the door. The noise 106 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:08.959 he made awakened a private watchman named Charles Sarah living 107 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:12.720 in the house, and to him mister Deech quickly related 108 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:18.000 his terrible suspicion. Their united efforts proving of no avail 109 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:21.600 against the strong door. Mister Deech ran to the third 110 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:26.959 Precinct station and informed Captain Journey of the facts. Corporal 111 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:31.519 Morris and Special Officer Durrance hurried to the house, and 112 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:34.879 despite the efforts of the four men, the front door 113 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:40.039 could not be opened. The adjoining room was visited and 114 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:43.720 The door leading into de Champ's apartment was tried, but 115 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:47.039 it too resisted the efforts of the officers to effect 116 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:51.399 an entrance. The officers then went to the gallery, and, 117 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:54.840 leaping over the low railing, broke open a door fronting 118 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:59.720 on Saint Peter Street. Upon entering the room, a horrible 119 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:04.639 so met their gaze. Upon the bed lay Juliette, Dietch 120 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:09.720 and Ettie and Dechamp entirely disrobed. The girl was dead, 121 00:09:10.559 --> 00:09:14.120 Her eyes were half open, in her mouth, terribly burned 122 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:18.320 by the chloroform which Dechamp had administered, was swollen to 123 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:23.360 twice its natural size. Dechamp lay beside her, His mouth 124 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:27.200 was wide open, his lips were working convulsively in his 125 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:33.679 breathing heavy. The horror stricken officers, realizing the situation, immediately 126 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:38.759 summoned The ambulance had responded promptly, and the students set 127 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:44.720 to work to resuscitate the man. Coroner le Montier was 128 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:48.519 sent for and Dechamp was removed to the Charity Hospital, 129 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:51.759 where he was placed in the reception room and every 130 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:55.360 effort was made to save his life. After the man 131 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:58.080 had been taken from the house, the coroner turned his 132 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:01.519 attention to the dead girl. She was well developed for 133 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:05.960 age and her features were finely formed. She was a 134 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:09.559 chtan and her alive complexion was set off by an 135 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:14.519 abundance of light brown wavy curls. The coroner said that 136 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:19.600 death was caused by chloroform. After his removal to the hospital, 137 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:24.039 the students busied themselves in restoring the dying man to consciousness. 138 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:28.360 The stomach pump was called into service, and nearly an 139 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:34.080 ounce of the anesthetic removed at his reviving appliances were 140 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:37.559 resorted to, and at about eleven thirty o'clock, the man 141 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:42.279 was pronounced out of danger. When this fact was established 142 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:46.320 beyond peradventure, word was sent to the police headquarters that 143 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:50.519 the man was recovering, and, acting upon this advice, Special 144 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:55.600 Officer Durrance, accompanied by Sergeant Fleming, repaired at once to 145 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:58.519 the hospital in the patrol wagon for the purpose of 146 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:02.360 conveying the man to the third Precinct station, where the 147 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:07.480 proper charges could be preferred against him. On reaching the hospital, 148 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:11.039 the party were ushered into the reception room, where Dechamp 149 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:15.840 was found lying upon a couch. Those present were doctor Lemonnier, 150 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:20.559 who was found interrogating the man, who was now apparently conscious, 151 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.000 and who was quietly making answers to the questions put 152 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:27.360 to him. The man seemed bewildered when told that the 153 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:30.000 girl was dead, and said that he was sorry they 154 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:32.360 did not let him die too, as he wanted to. 155 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:36.159 He had tried to kill himself, but was discovered too soon. 156 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:39.600 The girl, he said, he had been intimate with for 157 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:43.200 some time past, but previous to this she had been 158 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:47.639 his subject in his experiments of magnetism. He had been 159 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:51.080 educating and training her in the mysteries of magnetism for 160 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:54.840 some time until recently when he left the city for 161 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:57.519 a trip. He was in the middle of making his 162 00:11:57.679 --> 00:12:00.559 trips out of the city to the different parishes, and 163 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:04.240 on his return always found Juliette ready to receive him. 164 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:08.759 He found her an agreeable companion and never permitted himself 165 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:13.759 to suggest an immoral proposition to her. On this recent trip, 166 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:16.840 he was gone a little longer than usual, and on 167 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:19.840 his return he learned that Juliet had been ruined by 168 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:23.360 a young man, and he questioned her about it. The 169 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:27.200 child at first denied it, but subsequently admitted it, and 170 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:31.200 then he took liberties with her which she never resented. 171 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:37.080 On being questioned concerning the girl's death, he was at 172 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:40.480 first not inclined to talk, and affected to be in 173 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:41.679 ignorance of the fact. 174 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:43.759 However, he said that he. 175 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:47.120 Had been magnetizing the girl for some time past in 176 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:50.799 order to develop her into a beautiful subject. He failed 177 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:54.279 on account of her not being pure. A woman to 178 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:58.240 be a perfect magnetic subject must be a virgin. He 179 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:01.799 became disenheartened and told her so when she came to 180 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:04.799 his room. He told her that he was going to 181 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:07.639 kill himself on account of it, and she said she 182 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:11.720 would also kill herself if he did. This met with 183 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:16.000 his approval, and she disrobed herself and inhaled the fumes 184 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:20.240 of the bottle containing the chloroform. She then saturated the 185 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:23.679 handkerchief with the drug and went into bed and laid 186 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:26.600 down with the handkerchief held in her hand a short 187 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:30.679 distance from her face, and said, Oh God, how pleasant, 188 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:35.120 how nice it smells. Suddenly she fell into a slumber. 189 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:39.480 He then inhaled the contents of the bottle and swallowed 190 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:43.320 some of the chloroform, and entered the bed. When Descham 191 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:46.399 realized that the girl was really dead, he took one 192 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:49.799 of his dental instruments, an instrument about four inches in 193 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:52.480 length with a point on it like a needle, and 194 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:55.840 stabbed himself three or four times in his breast, with 195 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:59.399 a view of perforating his lungs, so as to make 196 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:05.279 death sure and certain. He positively refused to say what 197 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:08.879 were the motives which actuated the girl and himself to 198 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:13.879 make way with themselves. The girl, he said, met his 199 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:17.879 advances voluntarily and was very much in love with him. 200 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:23.159 Upon the conclusion of de Champ's statement, doctor Lemontier said 201 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:26.559 the examination showed that the girl had not been subjected 202 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:31.120 to misusage last night. The statement that the girl took 203 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:34.080 the drug of her own free will and saturated her 204 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:38.960 handkerchief and other particulars is not corroborated by Little Laurence, 205 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:42.960 the sister of Juliet, who was present in the room. 206 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:49.159 On learning the mission of the officers, doctor Lemontier stated 207 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:51.480 that it would be impossible to remove the man in 208 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:55.440 his present condition to the police station. He had been 209 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:59.399 restored to consciousness, it was true, but any undue excitement 210 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:02.799 by throwing into a state of coma. His condition was 211 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:05.639 said to be very delicate and dangerous in the extreme. 212 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:10.279 Notwithstanding the fact that he could converse rationally, but the 213 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:14.320 time was not opportune to remove him. The doctor doubted 214 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:17.320 whether the man, even if he should attempt to escape, 215 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:20.879 could walk or run above one hundred yards, and further 216 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:26.039 argued against the immediate removal of the prisoner. During this time, 217 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:30.279 Dechamp looked anxiously about the room, his eyes roaming from 218 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:36.039 one object to another, as though he contemplated flight. Resuming 219 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:40.879 the examination, the prisoner stated to doctor Legonnier that the 220 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:44.799 girl had been his mistress for upward of four months. 221 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:49.919 It was doctor Lemonnier who discovered the instrument with which 222 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:54.440 Deuchamp had inflicted the stab on his own person. At first, 223 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:57.759 doctor Lemonnier surmised that the instrument had played a part 224 00:15:57.799 --> 00:16:01.159 in the killing of the girl, but on examination no 225 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:04.440 wounds could be found upon her. When the man was 226 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:08.120 removed to the hospital, the students stated that certain wounds 227 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:13.080 were discovered, which the coroner subsequently satisfied himself by examination, 228 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:16.600 had been made by this instrument in the man's endeavor 229 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:20.679 to perforate the lungs. The wounds, three or four in number, 230 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:24.320 were barely visible and were located between the third and 231 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:28.840 fourth ribs. Although the man destroyed every paper and every 232 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:32.799 proof which might lead to his identification or family relations, 233 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:38.399 Doctor Lemonnier succeeded, after much research, in unearthing from his 234 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:42.039 effects four letters written by the young girl to her 235 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:48.879 aged lover. These letters, childish effusions at best, were clean 236 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:52.720 in tone and moral sentiment, and dwelt upon the deep 237 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:57.519 love she bore Deucham. One of the letters, however, though 238 00:16:57.559 --> 00:17:01.240 bearing the signature of the girl, was clearly not written 239 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:04.680 by her, as the handwriting was quite dissimilar from that 240 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:08.799 in which the other three letters were written. Doctor Lemonnier, 241 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:13.119 having concluded his labors at the hospital, hurried to the 242 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:16.119 Central Police Station for the purpose of stating to Chief 243 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:20.039 Hennessy the reasons which precluded the removal of the man 244 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:24.000 to the station house. On the way, the Chief was 245 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:27.559 met in a cab and together, after a short consultation, 246 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:31.680 the two departed for Dechamp's residence on Saint Peter Street, 247 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:36.440 where the body of the girl was exposed. On reaching there, 248 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:40.519 Chief Hennessy made minute inquiry into all the facts gathered 249 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:44.720 by the coroner at the autopsy. The Chief was visibly 250 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:47.680 affected and stigmatized the crime as one of the most 251 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:52.839 atrocious that had ever come under his personal observation. It 252 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:56.240 was disclosed at the conference of the two officials that 253 00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:58.839 the father of the young girl was averse to having 254 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:02.279 the body removed to the residence of her parents, as 255 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:05.759 her grandmother, who was very old, was then lying at 256 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:08.119 the point of death, and it was feared the shock 257 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:12.720 might prove fatal. It was also said that the girl's 258 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:15.920 people were very poor and could ill afford to defray 259 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:21.720 the funeral expenses. On receiving this information, Chief Hennessy generously 260 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:25.000 offered to bear the entire cost of her interment if 261 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:27.839 it should prove that her parents were too poor to barrier. 262 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:34.160 Doctor Lemonnier stated that he had interrogated the young girl's sister, Laurence, 263 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:37.079 and had gleaned from her that it was customary for 264 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:40.319 her to see sister to visit to champ and that 265 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:43.319 on one occasion he had taken certain liberties with the 266 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:48.279 dead girl in the presence of Laurence. When asked why 267 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:51.359 she had not informed her parents of this matter, the 268 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:55.559 girl stated that Juliet had imposed silence by threatening her 269 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:59.200 with bodily harm if she revealed anything that she had 270 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:04.759 observed After having obtained all the information available at the 271 00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:08.599 home of Duchamp, the chief and doctor Lemonnier proceeded to 272 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:11.400 the residence of the dead girl for the purpose a 273 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:14.759 further looking into the causes which brought about the tragedy. 274 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:18.759 A business card of Duchamp, which was picked up in 275 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:22.720 the room where the terrible deed was committed, advertised him 276 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:45.559 as a professor of magnetic physiology February one, eighteen eighty nine. 277 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:50.039 As soon as Edieon Dechamp recovered from the effects of 278 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:54.279 the chloroform taken by him immediately after the murder, he 279 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:57.720 was removed to the third Precinct station, where he was 280 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:03.799 incarcerated to await arraignment. When the second Recorder's court was convened, 281 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:09.920 the prisoner was arraigned before Recorder Drove. He pleaded not 282 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:13.759 guilty and was promptly committed to perish prison without bail 283 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:20.079 to await examination. Guarded by Durrance, the frightened wretch was 284 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:25.599 conveyed to the old jail, where, safe from mob violence, 285 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:29.720 he drew a long breath and made himself as comfortable 286 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:35.400 as possible. In the meantime, the indignation throughout the city 287 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:41.279 grew in intensity. Muttered curses long and deep were showered 288 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:45.160 on the head of the murderer, but no organized attempt 289 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:51.160 was made to do himbodily harm. Large crowds congregated in 290 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:53.880 front of the old building at number sixty four Saint 291 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:59.599 Peter Street, where the crime had been committed. All day, 292 00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:03.960 the spectators lingered in the vicinity, gazing blankly at the 293 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:07.599 old house and discussing the details of the horrible crime. 294 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:11.720 An officer was on duty in front of the premises, 295 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:15.359 and he managed with great difficulty to keep a passageway 296 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:20.799 cleared for pedestrians. As the day wore on apace, the 297 00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:25.759 crowd increased until the entire street was blockaded. Then a 298 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:29.839 hearse arrived with a little coffin. This was a signal 299 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:33.079 for a rush in the direction of the doorway, every 300 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:36.440 person in the crowd being anxious to catch a glimpse 301 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:42.119 of the murdered girl. They were not rewarded, however, as 302 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:45.319 the coroner had not yet held his autopsy and the 303 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:49.200 body could not be removed until that official had completed 304 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:56.440 his investigation. A little afternoon, corner Le Montier, accompanied by 305 00:21:56.480 --> 00:22:00.279 a number of medical students, reached the house and slowly 306 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:03.680 forcing his way through the crowd, loudly knocked on the 307 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:07.839 big gate, which was opened by a policeman. Entering the 308 00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:12.200 wide alley, the corner and his jury mounted the narrow stairway, 309 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:19.880 reaching the room where the dead body was exposed. The 310 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:25.000 time fixed for the inquest had arrived. Corner le Monnier 311 00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:28.799 entered the dingy little room, carrying under his arm his 312 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:32.519 case of instruments. He was followed by a number of 313 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:37.119 medical students, representatives of the daily press, and a policeman. 314 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:41.920 An officer was stationed at the great door opening into 315 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:47.000 the courtyard below to keep out intruders. In a businesslike, 316 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:50.319 matter of fact way, the man of science proceeded to 317 00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:54.359 make a minute inspection of the room. Nothing escaped him. 318 00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.480 Quote. 319 00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:59.799 It may appear childish to call your attention, gentlemen, to 320 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:03.839 the many apparently trivial objects which here surround you, But 321 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:08.079 in an investigation such as this, one cannot be too particular, 322 00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:14.000 said the coroner, as he drew back the sheet which 323 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:18.720 covered the form of the dead girl. The eyes of 324 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:22.680 every person instantly sought the bed where the dead child lay. 325 00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:27.359 She seemed to be asleep, So peaceful was the smile 326 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:31.880 which still lingered around her pretty little mouth. The miserable 327 00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:36.240 surroundings the blanketless and sheetless bed did not in the 328 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:39.839 least detract from the beauty of the child, whose dead 329 00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:43.960 face was given a lifelike appearance by the suffused color 330 00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:48.519 left by the deadly chloroform. The drug had burned her 331 00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:52.960 tender skin, not sufficiently to cause a blister, but still 332 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:58.920 enough to leave a ruddy stain. Assisted by the students 333 00:23:58.920 --> 00:24:02.000 and spectators, the body was placed on a small deal 334 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:05.519 table in the center of the room. The table was 335 00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:10.279 not quite as long as the corpse, and as a consequence, 336 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:15.480 the child's feet, encased in rough woolen socks, dangled over 337 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:20.640 its end, displaying the shapely but small limbs of the subject. 338 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:24.079 A ray of sunlight, forcing its way through the dirt 339 00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:29.160 begrimed window, fell on the face of the corpse, the low, 340 00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:36.119 broad forehead, delicately marked eyebrows, long black eyelashes, classic nose 341 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:40.920 with finely cut nostrils, and pretty smiling mouth, whose rather 342 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:44.440 short upper lip exposed the tips of a row of 343 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:49.079 pearly teeth, denoting that the girl was not of low origin. 344 00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:53.200 It was a beautiful face, made more lovely by a 345 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:57.920 wealth of curly auburn hair, which fell in luxurious profusion 346 00:24:58.160 --> 00:25:03.400 about the snow white shoulders. Although childlike, there was something 347 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:07.440 womanly in the expression of the features. But here all 348 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:11.799 indication of womanhood ended. For the neck, arms, and chest 349 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:19.200 were extremely youthful, even babyish. Covering the body the corner, 350 00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:22.960 before undertaking the more important duty of holding the autopsy, 351 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:27.759 made a careful examination of the room. On a chair 352 00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:31.559 near the window, the child's clothing had been placed before 353 00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:36.599 she retired for her last long sleep. A woolen underskirt, 354 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:40.720 carefully folded hung over the back of the chair, telling 355 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:43.640 more plainly than words, that the person who placed it 356 00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:48.559 there had acted with great deliberation. The dress was also 357 00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:52.240 neatly folded, and each garment in turn had been carefully 358 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:57.920 laid away. Two little shoes, side by side, cunningly peeped 359 00:25:57.960 --> 00:26:02.440 out from under the mass of clothing. In marked contrast, 360 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:07.319 the wearing apparel of the man was scattered carelessly about 361 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:12.359 the dingy apartment. The imposing array of bottles, vials, and 362 00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:17.799 pill boxes on the mantle were examined. Chloroform, paragoric and 363 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:22.480 other drugs composed the collection. A box of gold fillings 364 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:27.000 for teeth was the only thing of value unearthed. The 365 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:30.920 ashes in the fireplace, where Dechamp had evidently burned his 366 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:37.039 waste papers were picked over, but they revealed absolutely nothing. 367 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:41.640 Then the trunks were inspected and the letters written. 368 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.759 By the child were found. 369 00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:48.799 Coroner Lemonnier, who was exceedingly thorough and painstaking in everything 370 00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:52.759 he does, was particularly attentive to the details of this 371 00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:56.599 important case, which he had under consideration, and as he 372 00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:59.799 moved about the room, he conversed with the jury, explaining 373 00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:04.680 his reasons for every step. The jury listened attentively to 374 00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:09.640 the corner, and becoming interested in his exhaustive explanations. For 375 00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:16.559 the time, forgot the presence of the corpse. Their attention was, however, 376 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:19.559 soon recalled to the duty to be performed by Corner 377 00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:23.279 le Monnier, who approached the body in removing the sheet, 378 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:27.599 prepared to hold an autopsy. This is a beautiful subject, 379 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:30.720 he said, as he toyed with the long auburn hair, 380 00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:34.799 which hung an entangled mass of sunny curls over the 381 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:39.799 edge of the table and halfway to the floor. It 382 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:42.920 would be a shame to disfigure such a corpse, and 383 00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:47.039 it is not necessary in fact, the head can be opened, 384 00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:50.039 and when the operation is over, no one who sees 385 00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:52.680 the body will know that it has been operated upon. 386 00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:58.559 While speaking, the corner had disentangled the curls. A round 387 00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:01.559 comb which the child is used to keep back or hair, 388 00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:06.359 was pressed into service. The hair was parted directly in 389 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:09.000 the back of the head from ear to ear, and 390 00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:12.200 the upper portion thrown over the face and held in 391 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:16.759 position by the round comb. The back hair hung down, 392 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:20.039 revealing a clean part around the back of the skull. 393 00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.960 Quote. 394 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:25.599 Now all that is necessary is to operate here, and 395 00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:28.119 when the brain has been examined, the hair will be 396 00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:33.799 replaced and the child's head will resume its normal appearance unquote. 397 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:37.240 The case of glittering instruments was opened, and in the 398 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:43.920 presence of the jury, the autopsy was held. The autopsy 399 00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:48.480 revealed that death had been produced by chloroform inhalation. An 400 00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:53.880 internal inspection of the body showed the congestion of the brain, lungs, liver, stomach, 401 00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:57.279