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-Murder “Will Out.Lafayette.—District Attorney J. J. Roblra Saturday received the official report of State Chemist Met*, giving the result of his Investigation and test of bloody clothing in the case of Clementine Bernabet, a young negro woman charged with the murder of a negro family of six on the night of November 26 lastOn Monday morning after the above date the horribly mutilated bodies of Norbert Randell, his wife and four children were found In their cabin with heads terribly crushed and blood and brains spattered over the room and bedding. All had been brained while asleep during the night, and evidently never knew how or what sent them so swiftly Into eternity. The bodies, with the exception of two of the children, lay Just as they were when they dropped asleep, with heads on pillows and bodies In restful position.Prof. Meta declares that the blood and brains on the clothing submitted and which were found on the person of Clementine and In her room, are human blood and human brains. Further, that the blood and brain tissue on the pillowslip taken from the cabin where the crime was committed are the 8ame, coming from the same person, and that the theory advanced by the negresB of her blood-stained clothing, that it was due to her hysterical condition at the time, 1b untenable, as the blood is that which flowed from wounds of a living body.Clementine testified against her father, Raymond Bernabet, who was tried and convicted last October of murdering a family of negroes—Andrus, his wife and three children— last February, near the sugar refinery. Bernabet's wife, son and daughter testified against the husband and father-declaring that he had confessed to them that he had murdered the Andrus family.The Randell family was killed with -an ax, as was the Andrus family, and • the similarity of the two crimes caused much speculation, as both were shrouded In complete mystery.Clementine was arrested by Sheriff j Id—to and Chief Chargois entirely , on suspicion, but on investigation the . bloody clothing was found, which now , seems to fix beyond reasonable doubt , her particlptatlon in the crime. If she . was not the sole perpetrator, which , seems most probableSheriff Lacoste feels satisfied he ; has the right person, and beeldss the t evidence of Prof. Metx, expects to have other Important proofs agaiast the young negress, who is In Jail and treats the whole matter very lightly, ( protesting her Innocence and saying . she knows nothing of the affair. It t Is now the general opinion that Clem- . entlne Is responsible for the killing of the Andrus family, which she tried . to fasten on her father.
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The Thibodaux Sentinel
Thibodaux, Louisiana, US
Sat, Jan 27, 1912
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