A FRENCH TRAGEDY.
Habemont, the mason who fell violently in love with a nun at Rouen who was old enough to be his mother, has been condemned to ten years’ penal servitude for attempting to murder the lady. The mason, who, although a young man, had been frequently in prison, was under the impression that he had attracted the favorable notice of Sister Saint-Laurent, who was attached to a penitentiary wherein he was confined. On regaining his freedom Habemont waited for the nun one day as she was coming out of the penitentiary with her superioress, and, as she refused to have anything to say to him, he ran after her, tore off her veil, and fired five shots from a revolver at her. One entered her skull, and was, it appears, extracted easily, thanks to the application of the “X ” rays. Habemont was arrested by soldiers who were passing near the place where the tragedy occurred. The man was examined by specialists, who agreed that he was responsible for his actions. In answer to questions put to him by the presiding Judge at Rouen, the fellow attributed hia crime to love. He was madly enamored of the nun, and wanted to marry her, although it was not quite clear where his means' for supporting a wife were to come from.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1843, 19 November 1897, Page 3
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221A FRENCH TRAGEDY. Dunstan Times, Issue 1843, 19 November 1897, Page 3
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