Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1876 — A Murderer’s Dying Confession. [ARTICLE]

A Murderer’s Dying Confession.

In January, 1873, a double murder was committed at Angervillers, France, on the person of a gamekeeper and his wife. In September of the same .year a domestic servant was almost mortally wounded at the rectory of YhUgrigneux and a farmer by the name of Bunet, aged seventy-one, was literally chopped to pieces with 8 hatchet in his own garden. In November, 1873, one M. Duval, a gentleman of independent means was assassinated, at Forges les Baines, in a similar way, after which his house was ransacked; and on Dec. 24 two old maiden ladies, Miles. Denise and Anastaaie Boujon, were mur-

dered at the village of Chataigniers. This aeries of crimes took place within a radius of a few miles of Limours, and was evidently perpetrated by the same person or persons. A man of the name of Maillard was arrested, together with several accomplices, known as the Chevalier gang, some time ago, and these are now awaiting their trial at tlie prison of Mazas. Maillard, who is in a dying state, has made a partial confession, to the effect that he and liia companions were tlie iuthoTS of the Llmottw murders, for which a number of innocent pereonshave been arrested. The rural postman was found strangled in a wood near Limours, and a paper was found on the body tending to show that he had committed suicide in order to escape the vengeance of four people whom he denounced as tlie Limours assassins. On inquiry this denunciation was ascertained to, be groundless, and Maillard in his confession admits having strangled the unlucky postman and placed the paper where it was found.