FULL TEXT: A curious case of vitriol-throwing was tried
to-day. Amélie Sangle had married a young wood-turner last June, but had since
separated from him. She afterward met one of her husband’s companions named
Delinon, and asked him the former’s address, as she wished to return to him.
Delinon refused to give it, whereupon Mme. Sangle bought a bottle of vitriol,
and again urged him acquaint her where she could find her husband. On his still
refusing she threw the contents of the bottle over them, covering his face with
vitriol, and disfiguring his features in a horrible manner, causing him to lose
both sight and hearing. At the trial to-day the woman avowed that she adored
her husband, and, being jealous of Delinon’s influence over him, acted as she
did in a fit of ungovernable rage. Notwithstanding the brutal character of the
crime, the jury acquitted the prisoner.
[“Threw Vitriol And Yet Not Guilty.” New York Times (N.Y.),
Feb. 9, 1884]
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SEE: “Acid Queens: Women Who Throw Acid” for a collection of synopses of similar cases.
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SEE: “Acid Queens: Women Who Throw Acid” for a collection of synopses of similar cases.
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