In June last, Ronconi the singer prosecuted his wife„before the
Paris Tri- bunal of Correctional Police, on a charge of adultery with one Cattabeni, an Italian exile. There was no question about the facts ; but Madame Ronconi made a counter-charge—her husband had taken up with Mademoiselle Car- illon a Spanish dancer. The Court gave the lady time to produce evidence,
and case was again heard this week. It turns out that the Spanish dancer has no existence save in a French romance ; that the letters written by Ronconi to the imaginary Carmen were designedly written with the view of enabling his wife to obtain a separation. The Court sentenced Madame Ronconi to three months' imprisonment, and Cattabeni to eight days. The lightness of the latter sentence is explained by the fact that Cattabeni had already been five weeks in prison.
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