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LOVE AND DESPAIR.
A Vitriol Episode.
.Not often (writes our correspondent on
April 26) have we a case of vitriol throw
ing in London. It is a French practice,
consequently it is not surprising that it
was a French woman who made her ap
pearance in the dock in the Central Crimi
nal Court this week to answer a charge of
the kind. The trial of Emilie Foucault
is still proceeding. This young woinan,
though only 25, has been twice married,
tier first husband died and the second she
dnorced. She is now accused of throwing
vitriol over Andre Jacques Delombre, a
lelloiv-countryman and the son of an ex
French Cabinet Minister.
t-t1?? °cc'iacncc took place at Tranter's
Hotel Bridgewater-square, City, on Novem
ber 18 last. lhere had been intimate rela
tions m Fans between M. Delombre and
the prisoner M. Delombre's parents sent
W it London1to break the relationship,
Tnnd a,C,°USed £°UoWcd and found his
London address. Their stay at the hotel
ermmated with the interview at which
-blelombre received his injuries. In
cross-examination by Mr. Elliott, proscdu
tor admitted that as late as May last vear
e was writing to the prisoner:—"! shall
come and meet you, and my care
for you will be as attentive as it is ten
aridTersek6'but ft™"™ ^ Sul^ic
, at> repenting of her
her 5 ti:atdaSlied, CUP °r filass
t j m so some of tile
contents went over him. But the prosecu
oM> GriST '''i1 ™ml»5 '« TO"!
Dr. Griffiths, the medical officer of Hoi
h, ii T",he r™" *»b»™' *»•"=
turriin'vf CkmaSe WaS d0ne to tile furni
tuie in the room to the value of £<M.v_
rwrVn °me dama2e was done.
she not say \here were only two
courses open—either you- should make her
self> f'tlnia.^ V:e or s'ie would till her
seli -Sue said sue would kill me.
asked you. to make her vour legiti
1T*?*
withojT Said' Ule'Delombres were always
Yes aDj Wthout consciencei—
The prisoner was then called. She raid
she was trained in the Convent School of
wenfto FntiU8,yearS «'** ^skl
IT %^nS' lerQ She met tfae Preseru
_• The acquaintance ripened, and the
prosecutor was present at her wedding wPh
M. Foucault.
. Mr. Elliot—How did he behave? The
prisonc-r—On. the eve of the weddW h<>
was very emotional, cried a great deal.'and
'V fof an appointment on thc followm"
day or^ the day after. I made an appoint!
inent lor the day atter the wedding and
it was kept.
•i ti]e®;'lr^aKe the prosecutor-took
a flat in the Place de la Sorbonne and she
theie visited him regularly. A month after
M1" n"fUilf S deat)l ia lm again raw
M. Delombre m Paris and the visits were
^"bc- prosecutor wrote to his
tiler. asking his permission to marry
i' and his father replied, "I will choose
jou a wire that will be worthy the name
of your wife.-' She then made the prose
cutor understand that she did-not wish ro
■enter a family that had nothing but dis
uain for tier.
Eventually she married M. Bocae—"a
man of letters-classical writer," and
3'er maITiage her friendship with M.
Delombre continued, and eventually thc
witness and her second husband were
divorced.
In July 1904 M.'Delombre wrote to her
breaking off all relations and she tried
to commit suicide by drinking a corrosiv
subjmate. JD January, 1905, she again
attempted her lite- with a revolver; the
outlet, however, was deflected.
JS Sombre came to London she
folloued to see him. intending if he refused
to marry her, to poison herself. ' Being
unable to get morphia she bought sul
phuric acid.
Mr. Elliott—You meant to poison your
relt in the presence of the prosecutor?—
She described her visit to the prosecutor
a. his lodgings m Lmdley-road, Tottenham
and, when sli0 asked him .his intentions'
i'rt,tnSff" is mv iDten«o"
bieak off with you. entirely." This upset
or; he offered- her a pension for her chid
which she refused. '
Deabng with tho ..scene at Tranter's
Hotel, the prisoner said she had a cup of
11/'%r,l I T Part -oUb £he
add then filled the cup .with thc arid. She
never, offered the cup to M, Delombre to
!n "ilv intention was io .drink it "to
poison myself. 2n fact I" did drink a!parr
or the mixture, when I suddenly, felt a re
action and flung away the cup from me."
ihe lady at this stage became faint and
a cup of tea was given her. - . .
.Resuming her evidence, the prisoner said,
when she discovered that some of the acid
had gone over the prisoner she was aston
ishea. She had locked the door, her object
being That he should he. kept in the room
to watch-her death after she had swallowed
The hearing was adjourned.
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