The New York Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1870, Page 4

4 "THE GUILLOTINE. Jean-Baptiste Traupmann Guil- lotined in Paris. The Murderer of the Kinck Family on the Scaffold. His Reception by the Crowd and Last Words. Indirect Confession and Accusation. Precautions Against Disorder—Military and Police in Great Force Near the Place of Execution. History of the Life and Crimes of the Murderer. Jean-Baptiste Traupmann, the murderer of the Kinok family, was executed in Paris at seven @’clock yesterday morning. Notwithstanding the early bour the execution was witnessed by s great crowd ef people, who taunted and yelled at Traupmann as he mounted the scaffold. The culprit waa very pale, but ascended courageously and with a firm step. After embracing the priest he cried out in a loud voice, “I persist I have accomplices.” These were the last words he uttered. Previous to the execution extraordinary precau- tuons had been taken to guard against disorder. The police and military were on the ground in great force; but their services were not needed, up to eight o'clock A. M., tne city remaining tranquil. 's Crimes—The Butchery of the Kinck Family. Jean-Baptiste Traupmann was arrested, tried ‘and convicted of the murders—kuown as the ‘an- tan massacre’—of Madame Jean: Kinck, her sons Gustave, Emile Louis, Henry Joseph, Archille Louw ‘and Alfred Louis, and of her daughter Marie Hor- vense, the wife and children of Jean Kinck—who ‘Was algo murdered—a working engineer, who re- sided with his family near La Villette, in the com- mune of Pantin, near Paris, during the month of September, in the year 1869. So completely sweep- ing and ruthless was the action of Traupmann in the taking off of eight persons, that the first inti- mation which Paris and the people of its suburbs had of the fearful deed was given after the finding of the murdered woman and children on the 20th of Sepvompber, year, FINDING OF THE BODIES. On Monday, the 20th of September, 1469, between seven and eignt o'clock A. M., one Langlois, an agricultural laborer at La Villette (a suburb of Paris), was going \ bis work alongs path called “Le Sentier de Chem:n Vert,” in the commune of Pantin, when he remarked in a fleid of clover large flakes of blood; he also noticed a train of blood, mingied with fragments of brains, in the direetion ofa fleid which had been recently ploughed up. In that feild, close to its edge, the corner of @ handker- chief stuck out of the ground. Langlois removed the soll about ana perceived a human heady Heran way and warned the authorities, The ground was dug up, and six corpses, from which the vital heat had not yet departed, were discovercd. One wowan and five children—four boys and one Uttle girl—had met their death afew hours pro viously im this deserted spot. The bodies, ail in their ciothing, had been thrown into a pit three metres long and forty centimetres deep, To borrow the words of an eye-witness “they (/. ¢. the corpses) had been stamped upon to force them into a smaller eompaas,"’ and the furrows, which had been oblit- erated in the maximg of the grave, haa been care- fally thrown up again after it had been filled up. There was nothing to indicate tnat tne victims had siraggjed with their murderers, On the contrary everything showed that they had suddenly and un- expectedly received wounds which bad proved im- meaiately fatal. The ground and the grass adjoin- ing showed no signs of having been trampled upon. One of the children alone appeared to have tried to avert the weapon, which had injured tke hand it had held up to do so, 2 MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF THE DEAD—NATURE AND NUMBER OP THE WOUNDS. The medical men who proceeded to the post mor. tom examination of tue corpses found dreadful wounds upon them. The woman, struck from behind by along Kalle, which was driven tarough Ber neck, must bave died a!most instantly; never- theless tue murderer appeared to have conunued strixing ber with a kind of blind fury, as her corpse bore not less than thirty wounds. The two younger children had been Killed in the game manner. ‘The other three had their skulls beaten in with a Weapon both heavy and poinied, and two of them, moreover, bad marks of strangulation about their throata, Their broken skulls, their disfigured faces, their eyes torn from their orbiis, and their forelieads apiit open as with @ jickaxe, showed the ferocity with which they had been massacred. The intestines of the Ltlie girl protruded through the gaping wound, Traupma: THE INSTRUMENTS AND @RAVE. The knife which nad broken in the murderer's hands was found in the field, and with it a shovel and @ pickaxe, which hud been used in perpetrating the crime, digging tue grave and reconstructing ihe “furrows above 1 The body of Guatave Kinck was not found the first day. PUBLIC SENSATION—IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODIES. ‘The deep emotion caused by tis unprecedented @rimo promoted the ends of ju: *. The employés ef the Hotel du Chemin de Fer du Nord, Boulevard Denain, declared that on the evening of the previous Gay one Madame Kinck, coming trom Roubaix with five children, had inquired for her busband, whom she supposed to have put ap there; she had left and mever came back. On seeing the corpses they identl- Qed them unhesitatingly us those of t.e lady and her five children. ‘Witnesses summoned from Roubatx were shown the bouies, and fully established their identity. A ong of the circumstances was thereby ascer- under which tis unfurtunate mother Dad Jeft her home to receive death and jead her children to the shambles with hersetr. dean Kinck, working engineer, and nis wife dwelt im Roubaix, with six cbildren—Gustave, sixteen years of ages Emile Louis, thirteen; Henry Joseph ten; Achille Louis, eight and a hall; Alfred Louis, about seven, and Marie Hortense, two and a half. ‘The winesses stared that Kinck had left for Alaace some time before on business; that his eideat son had followed fim there; that, iastiy, he vad gone to Paris and writien to his famutly to join hum. At the hotel at which the woman Kinck applied on the 19th of September @ traveller Was, in tact, regis. tered under the pame of Jcao Kinck. He had dis- appeared on the very day that the corpses were dm- all traces Of Gustave Kincé had also disap- M, KINCK, FATMER AND SON, SUSPECTED. withstanding the improbability of a crime so Mon-irvus, an tnquity Was set on foot as to whether the faiier and son might not be the pervetrators of ube six murders comimitted during the pighs irom the .o(h to the 20th, TRAUPMANN’S ARREST. Active measures were taken for their discovery, when on the 23d of September, Traupmann, th real murderer of the whole family, feil wader the hands of the judicial authorities, who were pre- viously ignorans Oo: his very existence, The prisoner, who had arrived in the city on the evening of September 2), had slept each succeeding bight tn diferent hotels. He gave his name as Fisch, @lieged he came from Roubaix—was pointed out to She gendarmerie as @ suspicious character, talking 4n a wild and sinister way, and trying to purchase ‘Dy fraudulent means the papers for want of which had been bamed in an «svempt to embark for the nited states. yu ie did yo Septomber, OB Wie being spoken vo NEW YORK HERALD. THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET. ott his Dots great quantity of were found— such as Dilis, promises to pay, ac! wiedgments of debt, ttle 8 Of property, all in the name of jean Kinck. He had, moreover, about bim 210f, in mostly Belgian—two were ae a ee of other articles w were subsequently identified as belonging to the Kinck family, When he recovered conscious. ness he retused, at frst, to reply to the questions that were put to nim, even pretenaed wo be 1n @ fainting state after it had ceased. But tne crime of Pantin and the name of Kinck were already widely known, and the conversation e: ‘Traupmann’s bedside gave him to understand he wae 8 to be one Of those Whom public opinion juspected of the murder. BAUPMANN'S FIRST STORY—AN INCORRECT NEWS- PAPER STATEMENT AND ITS KFPECT. The prisoner said that he made up his mind to Gisclose bis real Dwme and to aduit tias tne articles found abous him had only come into his possession through the murder of the woman Kinck and her children; but the of the newspapers Dad acquainted bin with the suspicions euter- tamed toward Jean and Gustave Kinok, owing to disappearance, and he endeavored to turn this iby inventing the folowing He said that during his stay at Roubaix he had Made che acquaintance of the Kinck hens Kinck having reason to com of bis wile’s inf- elity had made up his mind to with eldest son. He had confided his inteution to Traup- mann, and had induced him to join them and go to America. Both had taken @ trip to Alsace and thence proceeded to Paria to get Teady ior their departure. In Paris, where Gustave had them, Jean Kincx had aunounced bis inten- ion of avinas Som explanation with his wife aud tw see his children once more, and had sent them word to ceme. Traupmann had gone to the rail- way station to fetcn them, and taken the! &@ carriage to the spot which had been ap- pointed beforeband for the meeting. Firat he had Danded the mother and the two young children from the carriage, and taken them, without dreaming of What was to follow, to the place where Jean and Gustave Kinck were in waiting. Jean had imimedi- atefy rushed upon his wife and stabved her repeat- edly witha knife. A struggle bad taken place; the woman Kinck joceeded in wresting tne knile from her husband, and atiempted to ran away. Traupmann had iptertered to prevent her and she had inflicted the wound of which his hand bore marks, Finally she pad been killed. Meanwnile Gustave had strangled his sister and his brother; , the father had completed the work of murder with @ pickaxe, had had then ordered Traupmann to go and fetch the other three chtidren, who had re- Mained in the cab, The acc paasively obeyed, and had heid aloof while Jean and Gustave Kinck murdered the three last victimea, The crime being thus perpetrated, Jean Kinck had come up to Traupmanu and handed lima lie basket which bis wife had brought with her, and which contained papers and money, They bad then separated on the understanding that the prisoner would proceed to Havre and make the requisite reparations for taking a passage to America. Since en be had seen nothing more of Jean Kinck, but be had seen Gustave near the octrvi of Pantin on the morning of the 20th of September. Such was the improbable narrativa by which Traupmanpn, reducing to a secondary, though hate- fut part, his share in the murder, hoped to defeat the investigations of justice. All the elements of the procedure have successively demonstrated the falsenood of bis allegations, and proved that not only was he alone the sole perpetrator of the crime ‘then just discovered, but that ne was also the mur- derer of the two men whom he accused. GUSTAVE KINCK’S BODY FOUND—FALSEHOOD BX- POSED, The first proof of the falsehood of Traupmann’s statement was the discovery of the corpse of Gustave Kinek, on the 20th of September, in the same ficid where the bodies buried in the night trom the 19th to the 20th had been found, and at only a few yards’ distance. It was covered with wounds, The kotfe which had been used to slaughter him remainea fixed in a wound that went rignt through the chest, ane Point could be felt under the skin on the right side. THE PRESENCE OF THE SEVENTH VICTIS. Traupmann, when piaced in presence of this seventh victim, did not lose that presence of mind wuich be had displayed wheu confronted with the 81x frat. He merely said, “I dida’t Know that he had murdered him t00;” thus giving it to be under- stood that'Jean Kinck had killed his son after nay- ime made him an accompltce, fhe investigations which took place on the spot where the body was found, and the post-moriem ex- amination, showed that the murder of Gustave must have taken place before that of his mother and the other children. It was, moreover, evident that Gus- tave could not have been buried subsequently to the 20th of September, as from that day large crowds pa flockea to tac fleld where his body was discov- ered. ‘The prisoner, neverthelesa, did not waver in his statements. ; MAGISTERIAL RRESEARCH—TRAUPMANN’S CHARAC- THR, The Paris magistrates and police after a very full iuquiry embodied the following facts in the firat acte @instruction gaust Traupmann:— Traupmann, at present twenty years of age, Was born at Cernay, a lal village in the de- partment of the Upper Rhine. After having received some education ne had gone throngh ts appren- ticeship a4 @ working engineer in the firm of Traup- mann & Kambly, directed by his father. His intel- ligence was about the average, and with common industry he could have earned an honest living. But he had other schemes in view. Gloomy, toucny and violent, he seemed a prey to ambitious and jealous dreams, which his usual conversation denoted. He was constantly and eagerly reading the publications containing accounts of great crimes and dramatic events, made experiments in chemistry and ne- giected nis proiession. In December, 1868, Traup- mann, Sr., us father, had sold some engines to a Paris manufacturer and the prisoner had been sent to fit them up. He loaged at Pantin, at the Quatre Chemines{olose to the scene of the murder), unt! the month of May, 1860. The few people with whom he had intercourse testify as to his constant pre- occupation to grow rich, A little after he was sent by hus father to fit up some inachinery at Roubaix. It was there he made tne acquatntance of the Ktock family. JAN KINCK’S CHARACTER AND FAMILY, Jean Kinck offered a remarkable combination of those qualities which Traupmaon despised. Born like him in Alsace he had begun life as a common Workman, ‘Industry, sobriety and economy had made him prosper. He rose to be foreman, then be- came a toaster in nis turn, organized an important business, and had realized wnat may be termed almost a fortune. His wife belonged ta a respect- abie Roubaix family, They gave their children an education which would secure their livelihood, and intended to do the same by the seventn child, yet unborn, which was destroyed with its mother, The most petiect harmony prevailed between husband and wife, who, according to all accounts, was & model wife and motuer, As for Jean Kinck, evi- dence Is given of the affectionate way in which ne discharged all his hotne duties, and the sorrow wnich he felt when business called him away from his family. DOMESTIC INFELICITY—A TRIP TO ALSACE, On one point alone there was a difference between the husband and wife. Kinck, besides three houses which be owned at Roubaix, possessed at Buhl, near the prisover’s birthplace, a smal estate, which he wanied to increase. He had occasionally expressed his intention of going to live there some day and she eadeavored to get that out of his head. Traup- mann concelyed the design of turning to account this feeling Which drew his countryman towards their common birthplace. This surly, solitary youth, Woo up to chat time nad eschewed all approaches at imumacy, became @ constant visitor at Kinck’s house, but above all sedulonsly cuitivated the father, in spite of tne great difference in tueir ages. He was constantiy having private interviews with him. Afierone of these Kinck senior was heard to remark that he bad @ iriend who undertook to enable him vo purchase some land in Alsace. The prisoner on his side continued to show by his lan- guage the keen desire ne had to make a large aud Tapid fortune. He went about announcing that ‘‘ne would do something which should as:onish the whoie world.’’ All means were equally good, and a sojourn in the United States would cause the source of iligutten wealth to be forgotten. Under chese cir- cumstances a trip to Alsace was arranged between Traupmann aud Ktuek, senior. No one as yet knew anything of their intention, when on the 1sth of August Traupmana started from Roubaix drat, provided with an itineray, which was found on bis person, and which was written out in Kinck’s hand, He went to his parents at Cernay, where he arrived on toe Zist. On the same day he wrote a ietter to Kinck, which has been discevered among the latter's papers, aud im which, after an- nouncing that he haul already made the necessary eluents, made an appointment with his friend at tne Holwilier Kailway station. He added these few words, calculated to inspire the Kinek family witt: the atmost contdence:—‘Try and come W a0 understanding with your wife, and tell ber to keep awake on September %, as on that evening we shall probably be able to return home.”” Kinck lost no ume tn attending to this summons, On the 4th of August he left Roubaix, stating he would be only away for a few days, that he was going Into Alsace on business, apd that he would go and see his sister, the woman Koller, at Guebwiller, ¢ only wok very litte money with him, but had some blank checks om Roubaix Commercial Bank, Where he had an account, On the 25th, at about eleven A. M. he arrived at Bolwilier. Traupmaun was there waiting for him. They were seen to get into an omnipus, Which wok them to Souity. There Kinck if it the coach oMce two carpet bags and a Uy box, which constituted hia luggage, aad made in- quiries as to when there was @ coach for Gueb- wiier. He avd Traupmann then went and dined at a eating house kept by the woman Leevert. Kinek pkid the bili and he aod Traupmana were = ave Wiking rapidiy in the direction of Wat KINCK MISSED=TRAUPMANN ‘DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR HIM, From that time noihing was seen or heard of Jean Kinck. His relatives at Guebwiiler, Wuo were ex- Page fy grew anxious aud wrote to Roubaix; the letter was badly directed, never reached, and ‘Was found iu Lhe post office in the course of the in- vestigation. What kad become of Kinckt How could is be expiaimed that Bis journey Ww AluACe was confined to a few bot and thas, above all Tittho time: of ‘his alleged’ intention to, eu! u be Jean Kinck never came to Paris at ail, ‘traup- mann was unabie to say Whea or by what route had gone; he was unable to explain how it was that the luggage left by Kinck at the Soulty coach ofice sboula remain there unclaimed tll the judicial au them out there investigation. —_ Accord: to remained in Parts trom the 26th of August to the 20th of September, and they had been together pearly the whole of that time; yet Traupmana was Rot able vo mentio! single persou who had scen his friend, nor the hotel a which he lived, bor any business be had transacted, nor, in fact, @ singie piace, where some record of his presence could be found, He alleged, indeed, that Kincx led a myste- rious kind of life, was constantly changing his , relused vo say where he lived, only mes hin at fea or in the streets, and even had bis letters pee to Iraupmann’s hotel, on which account of juested Lim (Traupmaun) to assume the name Kinck, The letters and despatches sent to Kinck having been found either about his or at the hotel, he tried to explain the Jack y by saying Eas Kinck had given them to him after reading m. . Such statements were quite sufficient to show that Kinck must have been ki y bis companion dur- ing the walk to Watwiller. But from the we when he (Kiack) disappeared Traupmanu’s movements were traced step by step. On the 25th of August he returned to Cernay. People noticed his agitation, and his looks were more usaally ‘suspicious. ing into partnership. Novwitustanaing the straight. ip. Notw! mn e ened circumstances of his family and himself he is seen in possession of & gold watcn and chain, bank notes and money. which he spends in carriage drives and squanders at the /é/e of Asshoitz. in point of fact, he carried about him all that he plundered Jean Kinck of. THS POST O¥FICK—TRAUPMANN’S PERSONFICATION OF KINCK, . Madame Kinck was anxiously expecting some tid. ings of her husband’s journey. Un wie 27th of August she received a letter, which has not been Giscovered, but which Trpmana aduits having written, a# he didali the succeeding ones, alleging that Kinck had hurt his band. and had asked him to write the letters, and merely sigued. That letter contained one of the checks Jean Kinck had taken with him—it was filled up tor 5,600 irancs (£220), duted from Guebwiler, August 25, and duly signed Jean Kinck. Madame Kinck was requested to cash the check at the Comumerciai Bank and send the amount to her husband, poste res- tan, at Gueowilier, Toe check was duly cashed aud forwarded, as directed, in two registered envelopes. At the same time Gustave Kinck wrote to bis lauer, Whom he sup} to be living at Madanie Kolier’s, his sister. Im this letter he an- Bounced the forwarding of the money. vn the Bist of Al Travpmann went to the Guebwiller Post Oftice, representing fiimseif as dean Kinek, and produ the papera belonging to Kinek a8 a proof of his identity. ‘ihe postinaster, struck wiih nis youthful appearance, refused to give up the Isiters, Traupmann thereupon stated that he Was Kinck’s son. ‘ibe postmaster still refused—he could not give up the letters without @ power of at- torney. Two days later the prisoner returns to the Post Oiice, bringing with him # document on stamped a od professing to be an authorization of Jean ick, Sr., to Jean Kinck, Jr., to receive the rezis- tered letters. But the postuaster insisted that tue power of attorney should be registered and the sig- nature legalized. ‘Traupmann withdrew, but re- turned in ihe course of tne day, insisting tuat the document he produced was quite suificient, Hearing that one of Kinck’s relatives, @ woman calied Lwuw, Was at Guebwiller, the postmaster sent for ber and showed her Traupmaon. ‘This wowan stated that kinck had no cud named Jean. ‘Traupmaan maintained that be had, and that he (fraupmaun) was Kimile Jean Kinck. The woman persisted, aud u.tumately Traupmann retired, nounctug that he would soon return with bis Tach But he Jeit that another attempt might get him into troubie, ana immediately started tor Paris, where ke ariived on September 3, avout ten P. M. He un- mediately went Lo the northern terminus and took another train, which took him to Lille. On the fol- jown morning, the 4th, be took’ @ cab and Lad hunself ariven to Noubaix, alignting at Madame Kinck’s. He described nimsel{ ax sent by her hus- band, whose presence in Paris his business impera- Uvely require He explained that the Gueowilier Waster had ietused to hand him 54,5001, and hat Jean, not having time to révurn to Alsace, directed his son Ciustave to proceed to Guebwilier and get the mouey. tie also produced @ letter which he bad writtea under Kinck’s dictation, and Wiich the latter bad signed. 1¢ ran thaus:— My DEAU FawtLy—I must now disclose our business. 1 had directed Tranpmaun to get the lettura sent to Guebwiiler for i cannut leave Paris just now. Traupmann hing far better than I can write it. mann bas given me balf » mil- . Gustave, you will first go to Guebwitler to gut the money. I send you a power of attor- Bey, which must be countersigned by the mayor. papers all right before you start. If you want moni tote teavelling get some from the bank. 1 send yous check lly, 1 have given fuil paiticulars to Tranpmann, he will iainesit all to you,and you must Punciuaily do whatever he telis you. JEAN KINCK, The power of avtorney and the check were not sent with Unis letter, but Traupmann announced that they would be forwarded without delay. He reed with Madame Kinck and ber eldest sou as to all that was to be done, and started back for Paris, affectionately escorted by une faintly to tae coach, On the following day Madame Kinck received by post an envelope containing the power of attorney — a regularly printed form, dated Paris, September 3, and a check for 4,600 francs on the Commercial Bank, datad tne 4th, bosh proteswing to be signed by Jean’ Kinck. It has been ascertained tuat tue printed power of atturney was purcuased at Lilie by Traupmann, that he hi ied it up, as well asthe oheck, and posted the envelope them irom g 8 KETURN TO AND LIFE IN PARIS. ‘Traupmano returned to Paris, where he took @ room at the Hotel du Chemin de Fer du Nord, under the name of Jean Kinck. A letter, dated tue Sin, and signea Jean Kinck, forwards the address to Roubaix, urges the wife to come to Paris with the children in a few days, and adds, “We are getting on famously.” Madame Kinck did not conceal Irom she neighbors that tuvse snddenty mysterious goings on of her husband caused her great astenishment, and the anxiety caused her by his strange inabuicy to hold @ pen. But she had every confidence in Traupmann; the instructions she received were clear and pressing; she acted in strict conformity with them, Gustave, the eldest boy, delighted at the ides of a Journey, had ieft Roubaix on tho Stn of September, without waiting for the power of attorney whica his mother was to have legalized and to forward as soon as it came to hand. se arrived at Guebwuler ou the ‘ith, and immeuiately cailed on his relatives there, His arrival reassured the Koller family, to whom ue explained that business of @ pressing, and until fur- ther notice of a secret nature required his fatuer's presence in Paris. ih E Pi The execution of the plun conceived Traup- mann had commenced. Gustaye was expécted back in Paris with tae 6,500f, from the Guebwiiler Post Office. Traupmann sent a letter to Gustave pur- porting to come from his father, and signéi, as usual, Jean Kinck, teiling bim to come a4 soon as he had the money; tuat he would meet him at the train, ana giving lis address at the hotel above mentioned. tHe svat another letter, aise pur- orting to be written by Kinck, Sr, to madame ck, fixing her depuriure irom Roubaix on Sun- day, the 12th, But tnis arrangement fell througn, owing to Gustave not Laving been able to get tue registered letters from the obdurate postmuster at Guebwiller. More letcers followed, in which ‘Traup- manp, acting the part of Jean Kinck, told Gusetave not to come until he had the money, and to send him a despatch to announce Is arrival, and put off the journey of Madame Kuv and tne other chil- dren until turther orders. ‘This inaility of her bus- band to write bimsel{ alarmed Madame Kinck. Not being able to write herseif she seat a letter written by her second son, Kimile, expressing her fears, ‘Traupmann reassured her by @ letier signed “Kiuck,” a9 usual, and explatuing that they must not come until Gustave had acrived with tue money, as he wanted to have all his family together, He then went to enjoy himself at the sete of St Cloud, some correspondence passed at this tim between hin and his own family, who wondered what was the cause of his long absence, He toid them that he was thriving, aud that if the business he bad im band turned out well they would be well off, He never gave lis address to his family, waose letters to him were all sent poste resiante, There nad been a hitch about the power of attorney. Madame Kinck, being an illiterate person, had omitted the one essenitai formality of having ber husband's signature legalized, and thus Gustave “nad faiied to obtain the registered letters contaiu- ing the £220. Gustave made up his mind to come to Paris and see his father. Traupmang met him at the ralway station (on the 17\u of September, at nine P. M.) and took lim to the hotel. NOTE TO MADAME KINCK. On the evening Of lis arrival in Parls Gustave Kinck was induced by Traupmann to send the fol- lowing note to nis mother:-— Just arrived in Paris. LAN. SErremurr 17. You must come; leave Koubaix Sunday afternoon at two o'clock aud Lille at eighteen min- ‘utes past nine o'clock, second class. @ all the papers. GUSPAVE, OUT IN THE CITY—PURCHASR OF WEAPONS AND PREPARATION. The people of the hotel saw Traupmann and Gus- tave go out and walk rapidly away. The prisoner did nos revurn to the hotel that might; next morning he returned alone, Gustave was never seen again. Here Traupmann, to the questions of the examining magistraie, said wat Kinck, Sr, had jomed him and his mu at @ café, and that they had spent the evening and part of the nignt walking about; they had tnen parted, but be did not know where the father ana son had ne, and he cannot bring forward a single witness it saw the three together. Two hardware dealers depose that on the morning of that day they had sold to Traupmann, who appeared ina 1. hurcy, m shovel anda small hand pickaxe. The ner. When conironted with these witnesses and others who had witnessed the sale, confessed that he bad bought these instra- ments, but he pretended that he only bought them for Kinck, senior, to whom he gave them withont inquiring what he wanted them for. At this point of the procedure it became evident that these tools had been used to dig the grave of the unfortunate youth at the very time when, accord- ing to those who travelled with him, he was enjoy- ing bis journey vo Paris. Justas ail Jean Kiuck’s papers and money were found about him, and he Was proved to have sold Jean Kingk's gold watch ry pri and chain on September 6to the watchmaker, Du- rand, the watch und other effects belopging to Gua- tave Kinck were found either about his person or at bu room tn the novel. The prwouer alieged that all these things had been given to him. MADAMB KINCK’S LIFE TO BE TAKEN, The second murder had beco consummated. The Murdercr had been unable to get hold of the 5,500f, which he so ardently coveted, but he had sili to Plunder the woman who was avout to arrive, pe vided with the papers of Kiuck, the savings of the Jamily, and toe cash of the last cheque sent them, On the following day, September 18, ‘Traupmano writes home to his parents that his business 18 goin; on swimmingly, and that be expects he wi be apie to return to Cernay on Monday, the 20th, ‘The letter of Gustave had produced tho aesired effect, The woman Kiuck, overcoming her repugnance for journey undertaken under circumstances which gave her great un- easiness, disregarding the fatigue which her state of pregaancy entatied upon her, and, with one of her cuildren just recovering from iliness, rapidly pre! for the journey, aud on the 1¥h, al noon, her neighbors see her start with the chudren all in high giee at the prospect of the trip before them. Al the Lille terminus she fnus there 1s @ train start- ing belore that woich she has been directed to take; she takes her place and arrives in Paris several hours before the appointed time; she immediately luquires her way to toe hotel, She asks after Jean Kinck, toid he is out, is requested to rest a little im the par- lor; she deciines this invitacion, whica would have saved her, saying that she pri revurning to the station where Ler husband has appoited to meet her. she goes off with all her children, tres merely # parcel at the hotel, goes to the stution an waits there unt! the last train 1rom Litie arrives, THE MUBDERER’S MOVEMENT. Meanwhile what was Traupmann doing? He has been unable to aceouns for the employment of his tune. #ut it has been ascertained that he was preventing instruments wherewith to commit hisiast crnne. The garden shovel ang hand pickaxe whicn he had thrown away in the fleld after burying whe body of Gustave are not equal to the daty of killing six human beings and biding their bodies. ‘1raup mana theretore purchases at a hardware dealer of the Route d’ Allemagne @ large shovel and pickaxe, and leaves them at ine shop, notilying be will call for them at eight o’ciock. Night having fatien he does call for them, and gets on the top of an omnibus, which ieaves him clone vo tae Quatre Chemins. Questioned ax to whee facts, he is compelled to admit them. But he resorta to bis invariable answer that he only acted under tne direction of Kinck, Sr., WhO Was walling for bum at the Chemin Vert, At ten minutes to eleven P. M., the driver of an open carriage, one Bardot, stationed before the ter- minus of the Northern Ratlway, was hirea by the icy who got into the carriage with Mme. inck and her-cuudren, ‘Traupmann bargains with hum to take them to the gate in the fortifications known as the Porte de Fiandre. The carriage sets off; the people inside talk merrily together, and dweil on the pieasure of soon ‘seeing papa.’? TALKING WITH THE KINCK CHILDREN. Arrived at the Porte de Flandre, the coachman is ordered to go on, and agrees to do sO jor an extra fare. He 1s told to drive to the Quatre Chemins; he loses his way. Trauplmwann sets bim right. At last the cad reaches alouely buttding by the roadside, The coach 1s stopped. The prisoner makes the mother and the two youngest children alight; he Walks along with themi, telling the tnree remaining children to wait for him and that be will soon be back. He disappears with the moter aud the two babies down a path across the field. Twenty minutes elapse. During that time the coachman chats with the children; they tell him they have taken @ long journey that ;, thas this ly the firss time they have come to Paris; thas the mau with them is, as it were, a relati that they are waiting jor their father and are ail going back to- gether to the Hotel du Chemin de Fer du Nord, ‘The prisoner returns alone says, “My boys, We stop here,’? pays the coachinan and walks oif with we three liwle fellows. It was then about a uarter toone A. M. ‘the coachman drove back to aris. He heard nothing. A nigh watcher in the manufactory close to which the partys alighted said he heard in the stulness of the night one or two feevle cries of “Mamma, mamma,” whicn ceased unmediately. That night, a3 ou the previous one, when Gustave was mucdered, fraupmann did not return to the hotel. Next morning he returned there alone; Went out precipuately, alter changing bis clotues, leaving gaiments stained with bigod beaind nim. ‘That same evening he was at Havre, Such were the revelations elicited by this investigation when ‘iraupmano was given an opportunity of mak- ing @ full cuntession. EXPERTS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATR. An investigation by experta had proved that all the letters and signatures ascrived to Jean binck were in Jraupmaun’s own handwriting. ‘Traupmann, nevertheless, aduered to the line of detence he had taken up, adding other inventions, which it would be too long and superfluous to men- tion, He even went so far as to ailege that Jean Kinck had gone with him to Lilie to sigu the power of attorney and the check for 6,6001., aud that in stead of going on to Koubaix tosee his family ne had returned to Paris, He aiso alleged that Jean Kinck had unitated his (Traupmann’s) handwriting. ‘The preliminary investigation was completed, not- ‘withstanding tue unsuccessful search in the woods at Watwiiler for the body of Kinck, senior, That was wanting in the array of proois establishing tae complete preliminaries of Traupmann’s guilty EQUIVOCATIONS OF THE ACCUSED. The case Was about to be sent to tue assizes for tral whea, on the 14th of November, understanding that his accusations agains: his two firat victims merely increased the horror of nis crime, and wish- ing to prolong the delay of the preliminary proce- dure, ‘traupmann requested leave to make an avowal. He said he was the only culprit. He had induced Jean Kinck to accompany him to the deserted en- virons of Watwiller ou the prevext that he had tound there a capital place Jor a manufactory of base coin, In the middle of the wood he had hauded to him # flask of wine, Into which he had poured prussic acid, which he had manufactured himself. dean Kinck instantly fell inanimate. He had and buried it on the hill. If be had. been able to get the 6,000 francs lodged at the Guebwiller Post Office he would have immediately started for America. but the maruer he had commitied had proved fruitless in that respect. He had then plauned the journey and the wurder of Gustave and mother in order to Reta@largesum. The murder of all the children, who could not leave their mother, followed as a Taatter of course, he added. He had killed Gustave with one biow of a knife, but he had afterwards hacked away at the body todisfigure 1. Asregards tne mother and the other children he descrined the ‘scene of their death just as tae medical men had in- ferred it to have taken pe from the t-mortem examination of the bodies. A few rapid blows with @ knife, and then witn the pickaxe, had been sufi- cient. He had also Sree atruck the cores to disigure them. Silk handkerchiefs, which he had put beiorehand round the children’s necks, had enabied him to stifle their cries, Notwithsianding a lew details—obviously invented, which he added— It was evident that truth was at length found from his lips. THE BODY OF KINCK, SR., FOUND, On Traupmann’s indications @ iurther search was made for the body of Kinck, Sr., and it was di covered in the midst uf the forest, close to the ruins of tue old castle of Herrenflug. The body was in such @ state of decomposition that the cause of death cou'd not be exactiy ascertamed, but an analy- sis of what was left of the viscera produced chemical resuits which led vo the inference that Traupmaon’s spoke the truth when he stated that he had poisoned Kiock. it 1s, moreover, establisned tnat he was acquainted with the preparation ol pruasic acid and he had olten spoken of its deadly effects. TRAUPMANN ALLEGES ACCOMPLICES, Traupmann in this alieges that he had three ac- complices, as to whose identity he gives no indica- tou, Dut the letters in which he makes these ais closures bear evidence of being’a mere fancy narra- tive, and it rewained taken as almost proyed that he was the sole perpetrator of the eigat murders, TRAUPMANN ON TRIAL. Traupmann was piaced on triai in Paris on the 28th of December, 196%, on a jormal and specific in- dictment, charging bim in eighs’ counts Of murder and four counts of ropvery anu forgery. ‘The court room could ommodate only 300 or 400 persons, yet on the iirst day there were 5,000 applicants for seats, and tae pressure was most luvenss, HIS COSTUME AT THR BAR Each day duriag ive trial the prisoner was the last toenver the room. A buze through te court as He was ordered in, His awial position calied out @ reverential ieeing. A prisoner's usnai guara consists of three genasrmes; 1 tls iustauce there were six, ‘Sraupmann wore the suit of clothes described in the month of September—namely, a vrowa pasetot, With white,spouy, @ Waistcvat of @ strikingly vuigar pattern, and gray trousers, Wide at the bipa, wiih side pockets for carrying small tvois, Herpegged hard for leave to Wear a suit of plain black, waich Was refused, the president wishing Lim to appear a8 he was when he committed the murders on the 20tb of September, M. Lachaud, on his side, insisted that tie beard he had growD in prison might be shaved off, in oraer that bis chent might present the same youthtul appearance which he nad at we tume of his capture, The trial proceeded and was adjourned. During its progress Traupmann appeared almost always the sume. He said that Gustave Kinck was killed by bis accomplice, and that ae Was not the mur- derer, He still persisced in affirming the statements he made aud denying others wich were vrougut forward, s No tresh evidence transpirea during. the proceed- ings of the sutn of December. On veing taken back to the Conciergerte Traup- Mano appearea muca fatigued. Laurence, the police agent appolnved to watch him, asked how everytuing had passed. “Oh,” said the ovher, “ine president @reatiy annoyed me. He made me speak; but £ anaoyed nim in my turn about the pocketbook.’’ “are you greatly wearied ?” asked Lauvence. “Well, yes; just think, eight hours of it! Listening, spea ing, standing up! Perhaps I spoke too muv “Did you confess?’ “hol “You ought; that wouid produce @ great effect." “Weil, I shail aee.!” He then asked for sumething to eat, and took bail a fowl, potatoes, sume celery and up of coiee. When about to go to bea he sald, “1 savuld not ask for anything better than to avow au; but] am not alone.’ THR TRSTIMONY, ‘The first witness called was the butcher boy who found the corpse of Gustave Kiuck, uring nis e. amination the prisoner prot 1n Spite of his pre- ‘vious confession to the contrary, that ne did not kill Gustave, but that aa accomplice commyutiod the mur- der. The sister of Mme. Kinck and her husband were subsequentiy called und spoke v1 the Object of Kinck, senior, in going to Alsace to loox after his property. ‘foe prisoner interrupted tuese witnesses, as ue had & previous oue, oy declaring that Kinck’s real object in going to Alsace Was Ww Cuia ieise money, tap a You ae ea an you slander him. Anes reise eos and Tends. of the deceased family were subsequently examin ‘The Havie gendarme, Ferrand, followed, and his evidence was listened to with extraordinary anxiety to catch every word he said. The prisoner declared that his statements ‘a pack of lies.’? Dr. Bergergn gave evidence to ihe effect that one man would be capable of accomplishing all the mur. ders of which Traupmann is accused, and similar evi- dence was given by Dr, Tardicu. ‘Traupwann objected to these statements, and said he was not a Hercules; but Dr. Bergeron who has examined the prisoner, declared that he has acquired @ certain strengch and agility from the exercise of his profession of engineer, ‘The otver witnesses did not add much to the facts given in our ampie rdsume above. THK VBRDICT—SENTENCE OF DEATH. On the 30tn of December, at thirty-ive minutes past nine o'clock P. M., the Jury declared Traup- mann guilty on all the counts of the indictment. Sentence of death was upon Traupmann immediately, and called forth ao outburst of ap- plause among the spectators. The condemned man dtd not show any sign of teeing. He bowed to the Judge unaifectedly, and was silent on his way from the court to the Concirgerie, Upon entering nis cell he did not display tne same gayety as on the previous evening and could hardly sude a certain emotion. He took nd nourishment with the excep: ton of a glass of wine. Great astonisnment was created in court by the youthful face of the delinquent, who looked about s1x- Ween or seventeen years vuld. ‘I’ pus of the prisoner” sold tn Paris were said to have the like- bee oe ® Pole who left France without paying the RETUBN TO HIS CELL—MADE BRADY FOR THE GUIL- 1 LOTINE. Traupmann on leaving the court after his con- dempation remained sileut on his way back to the Conciérgerie, On the two ous days be nad assumed an air of gayety had at once asked for his dinner. His attitude ou Thursday was quite dif- ferent, and on seeing M. Ciaude, with several other officers Of police, he could not subdue a certain emotion. ‘The warders immediately seized on him, ‘stripped him completely and dressed him in the pee sluri, trowsers and atraignt waistcoat, Dur- ing the first part of that operation ‘Traupmann did not pronounce a word; but his features contracted at moments, While he grew paler thaa before. But when this,last garment was being buckled he begged that it mee not be fastened too tight, and then remarked, “What a piece of nonsense youare doing nov |” hen he was secured he was asked whether he would take any food, for he had not eaten since eight in tue morning, when a cup of chocoiate had been brougnt him, He merely asked for something to drink, and @ bowl of wine Daving been offered to him, he drank about as much as would be contained in a glass. He thanked the warder who nad brought it and then threw himself on bis bed aud turned With his face to tire wall, But in the interval between the change of costume he was made to stand in purts natura/ious with bis back against a pillar, while a strong light was turned upon him and an artist proceeded to take bis por- tralt a3 a g.adiator, He protested vehemently against this ontrage, sata be was wiillug to submit quietly ‘0 all the rules, but that he did uot believe tacy could authorize such treatment, and he should complain to M. Lachaud about it. ¢ BORN A MURDERER—ORIMINAL WHAT SCIENCE SAY" -EXAMINATION OF HIS HEAD. Science made a meh attempt to save the head of. Traupmann. ‘The doctor, Amédée Bertrand, who has studied deeply the phystoiogy of the brain, ad- dressed & report to M. Lacbaud, the assassin’s coun- sel, 18 goes to arge that the criminal 1s not respon- sibie for his acts, and that he was forced, wivnout power of resistance, to commit the murders en gros. ‘The biacksunitu Who sold him the cvai shovel was struck witi Traupmann’s sinister countenance, which may be accounted ior by the diabolical crime on which Traupmann was intent finding ex- pression in lus face. But what astoiishes every- body was the avsence of everytuing ignoole or ferocious in the young man’s appearance. ‘The forehead is amfle and singularly well shaped. The reasoniug powers, perhaps, outbalance the ob- servant. Lut inteliect 1s pretty nearly all that Traup- manu got, li phrenoiogy 1s not @ liar. fhe head ig around German head, with scarcely any back to It. Its outline was distinctly visible through the jong sleek hair, brushed fat away bebind tie ears. ‘This wholesale murderer had also a dreamy German eye, of wnat color it 8 dificult to determine. ‘The drooping lid may betoken want of frankness. or it may result from a cowed feciing. Better men have been turned to stone by the Medusa stare of*several hundred eyes. ‘The nose is well shaped and aqui- line; the mouth large and the clin somewhat square, but far from brutal. ‘Ine feature whicn leaves most room for distrust and criticism 18 the upper lip, whieh a alfgh moustache in no way conceals. Tae French ,caii it a evre relevée, Whether Traupmann smiles Or 1s grave he discloses a set of teeth as white ds a young dog's and justas poimtcd, but well set and perfectly vertical. Dr. Fauvell lays tt down as a general law that tne ear is an index to the equili- brium to the intellectual and other facuities. In tue long course of his experience he never saw & man suffering from congenital msamity or idiocy having asyumnetrical ear. ‘this collateral test ap- Plies to Traupman, who large misshapen ears, and long, sinewy hauds with Kuotted joinw. His feet are also said to he flat like aa ape’s. lt was re- marked in court “that he, Dumoilard, and the Emperor Nicholas nad thumbs jong to deformity.” GREED OF GAIN HI3 AMBITION. Some time before his execution ‘iraupmann ad- Miutted that he derived litte profit from tie mur- ders—a tew thousand irancs only. “I wanted the money,” he said, “to construct anew weaving loom, which would have been the commencement of my fortune. I should have invented other machines, and then I should have become rich, very rich. 1 should have traveled, aud there is not a corner of the earth that 1 wouid not nave visited. MYSTERY. He made to his fellow prisoners the remark, “I shall not be executed, as J possess means of com- mitting suicide which no one could prevent mefrom employing. I am sure of escaping any watch that may be set on me.” THE LATEST MAINE PHYSIOLOGY AND TRAGEDY. Interview with Lawrence, the Murderer of Mrs, Atwood—A Deliberate and Heartless Confession—The Deed Incited by Jealousy and Revonge. [Bangor (Jan. 18) correspondence Boston Post.) Your correspondent avatied himself of an oppor- tunity to noia an interview with Jonn Lawrence, who crueily shot and killed, two weeks since, his paramour, Mrs. Atwood. The peculiarly atrocious circumstances of the marder wili be remembered. Lawrence nad been living on terms of intimacy with Mrs. Atwood ior several years, causing a separation from her Ll apap but of iate there had arisen an estrangement between the guilty lovers. On the night of New Year's Lawrence procured @ revoiver, went to the residence of his paramour, and, after telling her that he came to kill her, fired four times at tne shrieking and straggling woman, one shot taking effect in her wrist, another in her arm and a third in her side, infitcting wounds which caused ‘her death two days after. Lawrence, 1m- mediately alter accomplishing bis purpose, repaired to his room on Main strect, and cut ns throat with a knife, He was found in an insensibie condition by the police, but by the aid of prompt medical treatment Was restored, and is now convalescent. Lawrence spoke with tne utmost freedoin, and was apparently anxious to “tree his mind” upon tue bloody tragedy. THE INTERVIEW. ReporTex—How long had you been acquainted with the woman Atwood ? LAWRENCE—Several years; but not intimalely for more than about four years. Bee ae you lived together during this riod PTIAWHENGR—No. Thave been in the‘habit of visit ing her quite often at the various places where she resided. ¥ Kerorter—Did you not live with her at one time in ts city? Lawrexck—Yes, I did. She Kept a boarding house on Frencn street, and I boarded with her something like a year. Revorter—Was she your paramour at that time? LAWRENCE—She was; aod was true and faithful to me, as I have reason to believe, KrrortTer--Did you contract a love for her which rendered her an object of solicluude and affection? Lawrgency—t did; I loved her deariy at that tme— better than any other female | ever saw. RePorren—Dtd you ever propase marriage to ner with a view of making her your wife? LAWRENCKE—Certainly; and she accepted my pro- posal. I believe she loved me then, and we intended to be married as soon as she was legally divorced from her husband, KEPORTER—What was the cause of the change in your affections towards ner? LawrEnce—Well, for some time back I noticed a colduess towards me on her part, and @ disposi- tuon to shun me and keep out of my way. Revorter—What did you attribute this change of Manner to? Lawxence—She had formed other acquaintances, I used to hear of ler saying that | was poor and not able to support hg and that I was rough, and she didn’t like my atyTe. fe year long had this estrangement con- mudd ¢ LawkENckE—Several months. The truth is, she nad formed the acquaintance of one or two other per- sons who lad more mouey than I and wore better clothes, She tcok to them and went back on me. RKerowTer—Was this the only reason which im- pelied you to take her lifer LAWRENCE—It was. After I had treated her so Welland we had been together so long. | thougnt it was confounded hard ior her to go back on me in Uhac way; und [ made up my mind that if [ coulda’s have her nobody else should, Keroktes—When did you make up your mind to commit the horrid deed? LAWRKENCE—I had pondered over it for some time, but did not fully determine on it till Sunday after- noon, @ few Hours belore | shot her. RKerorrark—It is reported aud generally believed that you were drunk, or at least under tne influence of liquor, when you cominitted the homicide, But 1 saw you on the street Saturday and sunday before the murder; you were well dressed and did not ap- pear to ime bo be ae ali Excited by liquor, LAWRENCE—That is the tact. Liquor had nothing todo with the linmieciate execution of the crime, The demons of jealousy and revenge had taken pos- session of me. KerORTER.—Was there any one present in the room when you committed the deed? Lawkence—When [ went into the room I saw no one but an old lady. A$ 1 entered i thought! heard bome persourun into the bedroom. 1 asked the oid lady where Elmira (Mrs, Atwood's Cnristian name) Was, she said she Wagons oot I didn’t beuieve 16 3: wees co tp bedrvgin door, opened it and found Rurogten—| didn’t shoot feaceless condinea te ner iss Ce LawRenog—\es; I drew my pistot after asking her if'she wasn't going to speak to me, und. fd phe ~~, sald, the 10 died, that she struggled with you chy AN fired the first shot, and that she got the wound in her nand irom having hold of the muzzle of the pistol when you discharged the second shot. She also stated el at vol i. again before she could weouxe at, o go SE LawkeNCB—That ts pretty near the truth. She fought well for life, but couid not save herself. SRCORTRD wi Oe Was the “oid lady” that you spoke oft TOA wRENOR—I don’t know. Ithink she fed ous of the house, as I didn’t see her after \. Z HarOnea ae Whee did you go when you left the use \ Fo ca nahi went right, to my room on Main street RKerorTer—-Did you intend to take your own life ) me time you made up your mind to kill your victim? = LawnENcg—I did, I reserved one shot al the Pistol especially for that pu » But when I placed it at my head and snapped it, It Seth oe and I looked to see what the matter was and there was no cap on it. . 2 a rapa then determined to cut your LAwRENCE—Yes, Elmira made me a present of small ket knile about @ year ago. took that and cut my throat. I intended to make a sure thing Of it, and only regret that I didn’t succeed. On alluding to the le conseq: crime to him, Lawrence replied, ‘The more is the pity sat bad not made sure work of is with the fe. Notwithstanding thts full confession, Lawrence has pleaded “not guilty” at his ment before the Police Court. He been co: tial at the February term. FINE ARTS. The National Academy and the American Society of Painters in Water Colors. The National Academy of Design wiil give a recep- tion to artists and journalists this evening on the occasion of the addition of new works to their third winter exhibition, including the third anoual col- lection of the American Society of Painters in Water Colors. Water, she natural and universal solvent, “the fluid which the Creator has’ made His own ve- hicle for moulding and beautifying forms in the veze- table ana mineral kingdom, was naturaily selected in rude ages as an agent with which to mix painta.”’ It is usea by the child or the savage, whether with mixed vegetable coloring matters or with the colored clays that must first be moistened. lt was the only sol- vent used by ancient Egyptian and Grecian painters, even when considerably advanced in art, From the date of the earliest Egyptian tombs it has been tne only vehicle proper for fresco painting, At the pres- ent day painting in water colors is a higbly impor- tant branch of finished art. Conspicuous among the water color painters of France are such names as the late Victor Adam, as Camelet, Gusiave David, Edouard Frére, Jean Louis Hamon, Paul Marny, Monthelier, Rivoire, Sannier and Vibert, several of whose works were recently exhipived in the Avery collection at the Somerville Art Galiery. The Eng- lig sclrool in water colors, established in 1750 by Sandby and otners, nas attained great perfecuon during the iast 120 years. It can justly boast of tbe architectural views of Larner and Prout, the wooded scenery of Fielding, and, notwithstanding all their defects, the remarkable productions of W. H. Hunt and other kindred spirits of the Pre-Raphaeine Brotherhood. In this country painting in water colors 18 of comparatively recent date, but the toird annual collecuon of the ‘American society of Painters in Water Colors” promises to confirm the impression made by the two previous collections that in the hands of its President, Mr. 8. Colman, of Beilows, Lumley. Ward aud cher associates, this Interesting branch of art 1s destined to make rapid progress. A New Painting by Constant Mayer. ‘The title which Mr. Constant Mayer has given to the new painting which he has just completed is “The Witch’s Daughter.” The Salem witchcraft is one of the darkest, bloodiest pictures in New Eng- land history. The events and agitations of that dreadiul period have had a@ peculiar fascination alike for novelists, writers of tragedies and painters. Hawthorne was fond of brooding over the mysteri- ous psychological problems which it involves. Cor nelius Matthews made it the subject of a trageay, “Witchcraft”? which Philarete Chasies translated and published at Paris. Whittier has chosen it as the theme of a poem, one of the most touching pas- sages of which Constant Mayer has successtuliy aimed to illustrate. in-this passage the witch's daughter 1s thus presented :— ‘The schoolboys jeered her as they passed, ‘And when she sought the house of prayer her's curse pursued her there. The new picture by Constant Mayer in illustration of this painful scene escapes to @ greater degree than some of his previous works an alleged excess of grays. It is strong and rich in color. The figures are well grouped, and the entire painting -is more fully alive with dramatic aotion than any we have Jately seen from the pencil of this popalar artist. The arift of the poet’s idea has been not only faithfully followed, bat also happily carried on and expanded. Besides the jeering school boys and their victim we are shown @ young girl and a mother with @ babe in her arms. All tne village seoffers are under the same diacolical spell of the persecuting spirt: or toe day. Their faces and attitudes and gestures express the maining fear and hate engendered by superati- tion, 6 countenance of the daughter, who is so ‘unrighteously subjected to the consequences of the unrighieous condemnation mother, is in itself a stuay. It reveals at once an orphan’s rief, a bitterly disappointed yearning for love and ™ 1 & keen sense Of injustice and atural instinctive alarm. The whole scene, with its accessories, 1s powerfully Tendered. Mr. Vonstant Mayer, who is to sali on Saturday fora European tour, will nave thi uig- faction of leat behing him, in the “Witcn’s Daughter,” one of his claims to favorabie re- mewbrance for @ much longer period than hiseox- absence. The picture ts. we understand, exhibited soon for tie benelit of the Strange) Society. Exhibition for the Benefit of the Patriet Army of Caba. All Spanish rumors to the contrary, notwithstand- ing the Cuban revolution Bas not yet ended in de- feat, an exhibition of pictures, many of which belong te a wealthy and distinguished Cuban refu- gee, will be opened in a few days at the Somerville Art Gallery for the benefit of the sick aud wounded of the patriot army of Cuba. Dore Art Union. Since the beginning of the year there has been a considerable falling off in the subscriptions to the Doré Art Union, while the heavy expenses of the enterprise have had to be kept up. In justice to the energy and perseverance of the proprietor of the splendid works offered as prizes and in acknowt- edgement of his liberality, since he is willing to sac- rifice one-third of the coupons, those who have already subscribed and the public at large shoud come forward and take up the remaining coupons atonce, There can be no aoubt now as to the honest purpose of the enterprise and public sup- port should prevent the useless sacrifices made in unavoidable current expenses. HEALTH OFFICER. {From the Tribune.) Perhaps it is none of our business; but we must that Governor Hoffman will evince decided wis- ould he nominate Dr. John M. Carnochan for Heaitu Oiticer. The office is one of great responm- bility and power for good and has hitherto been fliled by # good physician, but never by one of more eminent abilities of @ higher reputaiion than Dr. Carnochan. {From the Sun.] If Governor Hoffman appoints Dr. €arnochan as Healsh Oilicer he will put the right man in the right place. {From the Times.) The nomination of a Health OMicer is not our bust- Ness; but we are interested, in common with toe community, in the appointment to the office of a medical man whose acquirements and aoility are not disputed, and whose character and professional position command respect. Dr. Carnochan, who as been named i connection with the appoiutinent, . 3 these recommendations in an eminent de- gree, and nis seiection by Governor Hoffman would be heartily endorsed by the great body of our citt- zens. Let us have somebody that 1s known; and there are few physicians more widely or more favor- ably known than Dr. Carnochan. New Live OF STeaMERS Between NEW Yorx AND AUGUSTA, MR.—A project 18 now on foot here and in the other cities of the Kennebec to organize steamboat company between here and New York. It is contemplated to put on three iron propellers of avout 600 tons burden, and the feasibility of tno plan is said to be beyond question. Already, as L am tnformed, nearly $30,000 have been subscribed in this city, and corresponding sums in otner cities along the ri Probably the increased pusiness between this and Gotham consequent oa the Sprague purchase makes such @ step imperative. What say you of the Natural Seaport to being thus “left out io the cold "’—Augusia (Jan. 17) correspondence Porviand (Me.) Press, to jail for i