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a good thing for him if Boursier was eliminated。                He had been blatant in 

his visits to Mme Boursier after the death of the husband。 

     Then followed the first questioning of the accused。 

     Mme   Boursier   said   she   had   kept   tryst   with   Kostolo   in   the   Champs´ 

Elysees。      She    admitted     having    been    to  his  lodgings    once。     On    the 

mention of the name of Mlle Riene�察�a mistress of Kostolo's�察�she said that 

the woman was partly in their confidence。              She had gone with Mlle Riene 

twice   to   Kostolo's   rooms。     Once�察  �she   admitted�察  �she   had   paid   a   visit   to 

Versailles with Kostolo unknown to her husband。 

     Asked   if   her   husband   had   had   any   enemies�察  �Mme   Boursier   said   she 

knew of none。 

     The questioning of Kostolo drew from him the admission that he had 

had a number of mistresses all at one time。             He made no bones about his 

relations with them�察�nor about his relations with Mme Boursier。                    He was 

quite blatant   about it�察  �and   seemed to   enjoy the   show   he was putting up。 

Having   airily   answered   a   question   in   a   way   that   left   him   without   any 

reputation�察�he would sweep the court with his eyes�察�preening himself like a 

peacock。 

     He   was   asked   about   a   journey   Boursier   had   proposed   making。        At 

what time had Boursier intended making the trip�拭�

     ``Before his death��'' Kostolo replied。 

     The  answer  was unintentionally  funny�察 �but   the  Greek took   credit   for 

the amusement it created in court。           He conceived himself a humorist�察�and 

the fact coloured all his subsequent answers。 

     Kostolo said that he had called to see Boursier on the first day of his 

illness   at three  in   the  afternoon。    He  himself  had   insisted   on   helping   to 

nurse the invalid。       Mme Boursier had brought water�察�and he had given it 

to the sick man。 

     After    Boursier's    death    he   had   remarked      on   the  blueness     of  the 

fingernails。     It was a condition he had seen before in his own country�察�on 

the body of a prince who had died of poison�察�and the symptoms of whose 

illness had been very like those in Boursier's。            He had then suspected that 

Boursier had died of poisoning。 

     The   loud   murmurs   that   arose   in   court   upon   his   blunt   confession   of 



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having   misconducted   himself   with   Mme   Boursier   fifteen   days   after   her 

husband's   death   seemed   to   evoke   nothing   but   surprise   in   Kostolo。        He 

was     then   asked    if  he  had   proposed     marriage     to  Mme      Boursier    after 

Boursier's death。 

     ``What��''     he   exclaimed�察    �with    a  grin。   ``Ask     a   woman      with   five 

children to marry mea woman I don't love��'' 

     Upon   this   answer   Kostolo   was   taken   to   task   by  the   President   of   the 

court。    M。   Hardouin   pointed   out   that   Kostolo   lived   with   a   woman   who 

kept   and   fed   him�察  �giving   him   money�察  �but   that   at   the   same   time   he   was 

taking money from Mme Boursier as her lover�察�protesting the while that he 

loved her。      What could the Greek say in justification of such conduct�拭�

     ``Excuse      me�察  �please�察  �everybody��''     Kostolo    replied�察   �unabashed。      ``I 

don't know quite how  to express myself�察 �but surely what   I have done   is 

quite the common thing�拭           �I had no means of living but from what Mme 

Boursier gave me。'' 

     The murmurs evoked by the reply Kostolo treated with lofty disdain。 

He seemed to find his audience somewhat prudish。 

     To    further   questioning      he   answered      that  he   had    never   proposed 

marriage   to   the   Veuve   Boursier。      Possibly   something   might   have   been 

said in fun。      He knew�察�of course�察�that the late Boursier had made a lot of 

money。 

     The   cook�察  �Josephine   Blin�察  �was   called。       At   one   time   she   had   been 

suspect。      Her     version    of   the   potage    incidents�察   �though     generally    in 

agreement with that of the accused widow�察�differed from it in two essential 

points。     When   she   took   Boursier's   soup   into   the   dining´room�察  �she   said�察�

Mme   Boursier   was   in   the   comptoir�察  �three   or   four   paces   away   from   the 

desk on which she put the terrine。            This Mme Boursier denied。            She said 

she had been in the same comptoir as her husband。                     Josephine declared 

that Mme Boursier had ordered her to clean the soup´dish out with sand�察�

but her mistress maintained she had bade the girl do no more than clean it。 

For    the   rest�察 �Josephine     thought    about    fifteen   minutes     elapsed    before 

Boursier   came   to   take   the   soup。     During   that   time   she   had   seen   Mme 

Boursier writing and making up accounts。 

     Toupie�察  �the   medical   student�察  �said   he   had   nursed   Boursier   during   the 



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previous year。       Boursier was then suffering much in the same way as he 

had    appeared     to  suffer   during    his  fatal  illness。   He    had   heard    Mme 

Boursier   consulting   with   friends   about   an   autopsy�察  �and   her   refusal   had 

been on their advice。 

     The    doctors    called    were   far   from    agreeing    on   the   value   of   the 

experiments they had made。            Orfila�察�afterwards to intervene in the much 

more universally notorious case of Mme Lafarge�察�stuck to his opinion of 

death   by   arsenic。    If   his   evidence   in   the   Lafarge   case   is   read   it   will   be 

seen that in the   twenty  years that   had passed from  the Boursier   trial   his 

notions regarding the proper routine of analysis for arsenic in a supposedly 

poisoned   body   had   undergone   quite   a   change。        But   by   then   the   Marsh 

technique   had   been   evolved。       Here�察  �however�察  �he   based   his   opinion   on 

experiments properly described as ``very equivocal��'' and stuck to it。                   He 

was supported by a colleague named Lesieur。 

     M。 Gardy said he had observed that the greater part of the grains about 

the   ileum�察  �noted   on   the   1st   of August�察  �had   disappeared   next   day。    The 

analysis     had   been   made    with    quantities   too   small。   He     now    doubted 

greatly if the substance taken to be arsenic oxide would account for death。 

     M。 Barruel declared that from the glareous matter removed from the 

body   only   a   grain   of   the   supposed   arsenic   had   been   extracted�察  �and   that 

with difficulty。     He had put the substance on glowing charcoal�察�but�察�in his 

opinion�察    �the   experiment      was   VERY      EQUIVOCAL。            It   was   at  first 

believed that there was a big amount of arsenic�察�but he felt impelled to say 

that the substance noted was nothing other than small clusters of fat。                  The 

witness now refused to conclude�察�as he had concluded on the 1st of August�察�

that enough poison had been in the body to cause death。 

     It   would   almost   seem   that   the   medical   evidence   should   have   been 

enough to destroy the case for the prosecution�察�but other witnesses were 

called。 

     Bailli�察�at one time a clerk to Boursier�察�said he had helped his patron to 

distribute arsenic and rat´poison in the shop cellars。              He was well aware 

that the whole of the poison had not been used�察�but in the course of his 

interrogation he had failed to remember where the residue of the poisons 

had been put。       He now recollected。          The unused portion of the   arsenic 



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had been put in a niche of a bottle´rack。 

     In   view   of   evidence    given    by   a  subsequent     witness   Bailli's   rather 

sudden recovery of memory might have been thought odd if a friend of his 

had    not   been   able   to  corroborate     his  statement。     The    friend   was   one 

Rousselot�察  �another   grocer。      He   testified   that   he   and   Bailli   had   searched 

together。     Bailli had then cudgelled that dull ass�察�his brain�察�to some effect�察�

for   they  had   ultimately   come   upon   the   residue   of   the   arsenic   bought   by 

Boursier lying with the remainder of the mort aux rats。                 Both the poisons 

had been placed at the bottom of a bottle´rack�察�and a plank had been nailed 

over them。 

     Rousselot�察�asked why he had not mentioned this fact before�察�answered 

stupidly�察 �`I thought you knew it��'' 

     The   subsequent   witness   above   referred   to   was   an   employee   in   the 

Ministere   du   Roi�察  �a   man   named   Donzelle。       In   a   stammering   and   rather 

confused      fashion    he  attempted     to  explain    that  the   vacillations    of  the 

witness Bailli had aroused his suspicions。             He said that Bailli�察�who at first 

had been vociferous in his condemnation of the Widow Boursier�察�had later 

been rather more vociferous in her defence。               The witness ��Donzelle�� had 

it from a third party that Mme Boursier's sister´in´law had corrupted other 

witnesses with gifts of money。           Bailli�察�for example�察�could have been seen 

carrying   bags   of   ecus   under   his   arm�察  �coming   out   of   the   house   of   the 

advocate briefed to defend Mme Boursier。 

     Bailli�察�recalled�察�offered to prove that if he had been t

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