A FEMALE TERROR.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2448, 12 March 1909, Page 6

A FEMALE TERROR.

FRENCH GIRL STABS RIVAL TO DEATH.

A remarkable specimen of the jcixiale Apaclie, the untamed hoougan of Paris, was recently sentenced by the Seine Assize Court to two years imprisonment for stabbing hei rn •* to death. Her name, or, at least, the name she is known by, is Cm nonet to. Her age is only 24, but according to the correspondent oi the ‘ Telegraph she has crammed more excitement into her short life than most women would expedience if they lived to bo centenarians. The correspondent states that tins is the second killing of which Chiffonette, who, besides an eye gourged out, has tho marks of 26 stabs on her body, lias been accused. The charges read against her were almost inci cdio.o, when one thinks of the strenuous struggles which she has survived, llie prcsicfing judge read out tho following list of her exploits: ‘•You are a female Apache. _ You received as many stabs of tho knife as von mivo, and as many revolver shots as vott fired. Two years ago a cag ger~ was plunged in you by your lovei , ■and the wonder is that you eurvivec .. Last vear another lover blew out your eve with a revolver. How you survived this is also a mystery. You paul this savage lover back by stabbing him during sleet). He.was sent to hospital, and almost miraculously recovered >” “Chiffonetto •actually stabbed tins ■lover to death in a duel, in the coins© of which ho handled a revolver ane she a knife. , , , r •“AA'ith a rival who accused hoi or stealing her ‘man’ Chiffon ette had a .terrible encounter of daggers and vitriol, in which she finally killed her antagonist. Cliiftonette stood up m ‘court, with all her scars, winch gave her a fearful appearance, bho listened quietly, and accepted the sentence of two years without a murmur. Her story throws a.lurid light ove ? , tll ° fccl ' rible scenes of low life which ale enacted on tho exterior boulevards ot Paris.” _