Two Republican Guards passing along Rue des Ecouffes yesterday at around one o’clock in the morning discovered a man lying motionless in a pool of his own blood. Taken to the General Hospital, the injured party, before dying, was able to recount the dramatic events to which he had fallen victim.

He explained that his name was Ambroisini, and that his wife ran a boarding house on Rue des Ecouffes. The couple were on very bad terms, and had separated several weeks earlier. Nonetheless, Ambroisini continued to harass his wife with requests for money. He had turned up at her premises once again yesterday and, faced with her continued refusal, had threatened her with a razor. Mrs Ambroisini then grabbed a revolver and opened fire. Struck by a bullet which penetrated his carotid artery, Ambroisini fell down unconconcious a short distance from the lodging house door.

Mrs Ambroisini has been placed under arrest.

Le Figaro, 17 August 1910