Marguerite Dixblane, the cook who murdered Madame Riel in Park
Lane, has been arrested in Paris, and has confessed her crime, alleging, however, that it was committed out of revenge and not for money. She affirms that her mistress abused her, called her a prostitute, and dismissed her without her month's wages. Carried away by passion, she strangled her mistress with her hands, then dragged her along with the rope, and then by an after-thought robbed the house to find means to get away with. She appears, however, to have written to Paris the day 'before the murder to say she was coming, and to be under the im- pression that she will be tried according to the French code, and will therefore be spared if she can disprove premeditation. As she is a Belgian by birth, some formal difficulties have been raised about extradition, but there is no serious objection or resistance. As usual, a man has surrendered himself as an accomplice, but has been ascertained to be insane.
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