24 AUGUST 1867, Page 3

Madame Frigard, the murderess described in our columns last -week,

has confessed her crime, but states that it was committed with prussic acid. The elaborate evidence given to prove that she 'could have strangled Madame Mertens was, therefore, unfounded, and her bitter jest on the subject is explained. A doctor stated that he had tried the experiment on a sheep, and Madame Frigard ibade her counsel ask him if 'his sheep had on steel stays.