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John M. Edge,
J3ougta»villc. “ Of*. I
WILL practice in all the court*, and i
promptly attend to aH business en
ruated to his care.
T. S. BtyTidSß
JECovtso SF*o.i xxtor
DOUGLA VILLE, - GA 1 .
TTJULL make bld furniture look an well a
lAf new. (live him a trial in thia line. Wii
Im ido house carpentering work,
* rirGRIGGS,
ATT 0 R EYAT LA W
Douglasville, Georgia.
W“~ I 1 L practice in all the courts, State
and Federal. Jan nHy.
P, S. Ver dory,
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE at HUDS#® & EDGE’S DRUG
STORE, where lie can be found at all
'hours BXi*eek wdmn prote.-taona Ily engaged,
special attention given to chronic cases, and
especially all ease's that have been treated and
aartaUli uucured. jau!3«s,ly.
'ijßspec'Tully offer my sorvlc s as ;hysi
cl»n»ntl surgeon, to the peopte <>f Doug-
Insvilleand vicinity. -H 1 calls will be atten
ded promptly. »'»in he found ntthe drug store
ofHu<h»n&' Edge, (furln» th* day and at
night at my res'dence at. the house recently
occupied by J. a. Pittman.
* J. B. EDGE
I'HOMAS W. LATHAM,
Attorney at law
Will practice in all tile Courts
both State an I Federal.
Special attention given to suits
against Railroads and other Corpo
rations. Will attend regularly the
Superior apd other courts ol Douglas
county.
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tfebemDy.
A UKK MYSTERY
i Z?7 the Author of “My Ducats and Mj
| _ Daughter."
CHAPTER IV.
I was strolling down the Boulevard St.
• Michael, after attending the lecture on Ro
man law, when I met by chance Thouvenot, a
friend of mine, and a law student like myself.
Thouvenot proposed a game of billiards; and,
feeling tho need of distraction after my late
effort of industry, I agreed.
We went to the Case do la Cigarette, where
the young ladies who servo you are all dressed
alike in red, and where ere.ryt.hing is very
gorgeous. We played several games at bil
liards and had several glasses of beer, spend
ing the afternoon thus very agreeably. Then
Thouvenot said all at once:
“My deal- fellow, I have a proposal tc
make.”
“What is that?”
“That we go for a walk; that we visit the
Morgue.”
“And why tho Morgue, of all places?”.
“Why? liecause all the world is runiung
there to-day, and wo may as well run too.
Have you not read iu tiie journals this morn
ing of the murder’of Joseph Meissner?”
“ Ah, I have been told of the murder of this
man. Did you know him ?’
“To my cout; he was the closest-fisted Jew
in the Quarter.”
“Impossible. Think of my friend Lovi
Jacob.”
“He was infinitely worse than even your
friend Jacob. Some poor devil has murdered
him out of revenge, I fancy. But you really
must hear the details of tho affair; they are
curious, I assure you. It is the most promis
ing mystery since the affair of Menilmontant.
Euphraise, my angel”—to one of the young
ladies in red—“bo good enough to bring nu>
Tho Figaro. Ah, here is the paragraph.
Listen 1”
The paragraph which Thouvenot read me
from The Figaro was us follows:
“Mttrdeh In tub Pashagk du Mazarin. —
Last evening the inhabitants of tho Quartier
des Eeoles were thrown into excitement by
the intelligence that a frightful and mysteri
ous crime had iwn committed in their midst.
Mons. Joseph Mrissner, of Jewish nationality,
and by profession a money-lender, had been
found murdered in his room, No. 13 Passage
de Mazarin. The facts, so far as yet known,
are these: About a quarter-past seven last
evening a man out of breath and in a state
of extreme agitation preaanted himself at
the bureau of polio®, Rue dm Saints Perm,
declaring that a murder had been committed.
Intern >caUxl us to his munu and avocation,
ÜBeMiMfCHau uutwk 35.. _sun,jUd
that ho was janitor of the house No. 13
Passage do Mazarin, between the Rue St.
Andre and tho Rue do Biche. Declared
further that one of t he tenants of the house was
Monsieur Joseph Meissner, a, Jewish mouev
lender, who had a m m and cabinet on tho
second fl.ior. That. Joseph Meissner was a
man of eccentric habitx, and, among o'her
singular instnicticnis, had given him, Monton,
this —that if on any day he failed t*>api>ear at
6 o’clock, the hour nt which he invariably
went out to dine, bls rootnahoul.l be forcibly
entered without loss of t ime. On this even
ing—the evening of -Tuesday—o o’clock had
•oundod from the church of Ht. Augustin,
and Meissner had not upjieared. Such a tiring
hail never happened before, the old money
lender being always remarkably punctual.
The janitor became uneasy, remembering
the instructions that had been given him.
He waited till the bells of St. Augustin tolled
the quarter, then went ujistah-s and listened at
the doorpf the rtxmi. Not a sound was to bd
heard, lie a sight to peer through the kev
holo, but. the interior of the room wn<quit<i
dark, and ho ccidil tdo notliing. Ho ennw
downstjiiM again; sweat up a second time;
the saiue deal st illness. His uneasiness grew
to ahum: novarthelms, he waited till 7 struck
from the cbm< h toner, then went to ask
tin* advice of his friend and neighbor, the
tieur Francois Bastoul, publican. Ba-i, ail,
having heard Mouton’s story, strongly advised
him to do ns t he old man bail bidden him, and
ort'etvxi to help him in breaking open thedoor.
Having provide! thrtu.vdvw; with a crowlor,
they went np to M.dssner’z room; listened,
called, knocked, shook the door; no an
swer. Tlwy then tiinxd the door open
with tlieir crow bar. The sight tlinr met t heir
eyes filled them with Uofroi? The corjise of
Joseph Meissner lay before them on the
floor, in the middle of a great ivd stain tliat«
covered th« jflankitig. Tfca body lay upon
its face, huddled together as if it h.M fallen
from tho t ludr thaf sto<*l in front of the
writing table. Tlie furniture of tho room
bad b«wi tluown into confusion, and tho cals-
, inets an I iock-fa.4 pfav-es l*ire the anp'unmre
of hnv ing been forcibly opmed and ran.*-u ked.
• At first the janitor aid his Ct-npi hm
, were too much horril'.xl to do, or think of,
• awttflng; but at Ten -’h priipbeed
, tiiat they diotild histontly clot - tlie d< <>r,
| without to» chiugt<- >where it lay; aid
i tiiat, while ho hmweif 1 *yt watch out.ilo.
» Mouton should nis» »» R*’i»;i®id t > fetch ih©
I v-iiiv. This fcb h.ipeiin.endcat
| Ldt n, hax tigtok*’i i his story, at cnee
I aceuiuponb’d him t > the axw of tiie crici-x
| Everything was found tuvo a< Mouton h.«t
’ dfwcriUxl it. We are Wormed that to®
police have diseo'-er 1. !• -ide tb « corpse of
< Joseph •Mriss-ne’-. ade r-'rnf foreign mimu
-1 ffo-tmv. Used bcyotr.l d dt in thoc«-mn»i-«d «n
of tbecrina.: al : r »r, t sbid, wi.Ji
an initial eu it, Li i. 1j ■x iiab l : :y drv-poej i.v
th>- assassin tUatheu'arii les
! €aiui< tfail to ghea '•«< •¥ to th«'d - -toery o<
the pmon. M<“iWi.k the jn -’A-r,
Mouton, luv. been pin • d inakr wtrvwli a:-»..'
“Well, Mar-..!, wh it <’ you thinkvf tb its
| «snid Tlbmveu-1, os b.' In: I down the jvi-s-r
. and relit hi.< c.gt.r. “TVs: 1m ii ighi in ciU
’ tag it n pramisk.rf ui; itfef;
“O»utaail>. Una will flu ton* the Rue
Jerusalem. I should tic k. ThcpUioo have
Uk.it daaa wcloi- u»regiu:x. '’
“I'reewelrwfcit ts wdd ben» tn The Figaro.
And now j t u, Ureki to ti*o Murgto\
i and «ra r Kat is to I<• r*U.”
| “Ttot W ja to be aeeuf*
i **Why, t» e liagger that tlx» old Jew was
,toabl>\i wilh. it is kbowu at tho
Xbw—;e atd th v there baa baea
qSuto•iMfSMS’ 4 tj hoc jK Jwtwego.’'
-t» r»na ii*3®: “THtoetbw'g^assdTKx-r, and
, la. a wad} ”
We Um ti<e of l»vr thou wn’kej
d ti ■ Ik ward St. M.ch<.l ■ i tbodireis
Pai rif -be Morgue, regime mo
en the way witb vari'U-s a- vx’ >t.w of t r’
nmnkwvx! min to tUusuwti? tus arariw and
Douglasville, Georgia, Tuesday ’March 17 1385:
It was by this time post five in the afternoon,
yet there was still a crowd at tho door of the
dead-house. The people formed a Hue
stretching along the Pont de I’Archeveque,
and we tailed on to the end of it.
“Here we are at last!” exclaimed Thouve
not as we crossed the threshold, wedged in
tightly by the throng. “Heavens, what a
crush! It is always so at these gratuitous
spectacles.” ■ ■
Tho murder of Meissner seenie.l indeed to
have caused an unusual sensation; oil the:*
people wore talking alxo.it it, and showed the
liveliest anxiety to get a goo<l place for seeing.
Around me were heard such exclamations as
these: “Oh, Monsieur, you elbow me!”—“A
thousand pardons!”—“Pardon, Madame, but
your basket incommodes me!”—“Ah, heavens,
take care! you tread upon iny heel 1” Through
this little storm of trjtsculations Hounded -at*
regular intervals the deep voice of tho puard:
“•Now, then, pass on, ladies and gentiemenl
A little more quickly, if you please.” Ahead
of us, I could see the people staring at a
board hung on the bars of tho grallug, be
hind which stood the two rows of dark slabs,
empty and uninteresting to-day. “See!
There is the button!” I heard them saying.
“What, then, is the lefrter npon it?”—“lt is a
C.” —“No, it is a G.” —“Yes, cei*tainly,it is
a' /Z Ov u K,
L‘ ///HnMfWni
I heard them saying, “
letter upon if
that!” —“Ah. but look at the knife! What a
curious knife! Wh-it droll characters I”--
“Ilcavens 1 Look at tho stain on it l It is the
Blood I”
I passed on slowly with tho crowd; I came
in front ofAl- " white board that hung on tho
tom gratidl^; I took one look at it—no, I can
not write what my feelings were at that
liorribkx moment. Tho thing had a hi.iecus
1 nscin rp iuji f.ir u-e: I ogaM bet Ji. vtfA nrv m*o->
froin if. jTccL’■Swr inLn
my brain reeled as if in a vertigo; I believ<»
I shouM have fallen, but the pressure of the
throng held me up. The sight inode me sick
and faint, a-id yet I could not tear my eyes
away.
1 life was what I saw, exl abited ou fibfttfboard
at the Morgue: A white ivory button, about
the size of a two-franc piece, with an initial
G. u;x>n it; under this was written: “Wriet
stud found beside tho Ixxly, supposed to l»o
--long to tho perpetrator of the crime.” Below,
along, keen-edged dagger, its hilt of lac
quored wood, its blade of dark-blue steel,
with some eastern characters graven on it.,
and, stretching from the point about half
way Up tho blade, a dull stain uj>on tho
gleaming metal. Under the weapon was
written: “Poniard of Japanese
found lierido the corpse of Joseph Meissner,
I with which the fatal blow is supposed to have
t been struck.’’ At th s foot of tho board were
these words; “Any person having informa
i ti«>n to give with respect to the jJffinler of
Joseph Mel.sncris requested tore imuntento
witUM. IL R<jgu<?t, judge of instruction, at
tli-j prefecture of pjlicu.' 1
All this bus taken time to dcscrilx); I
seemed, however, to grasp nil tho detail# in a
siiiglo glance; it van as if these fatal piece#
of evid-.-nco burned themselves in on my
brain. You see, I rc<-ogiiiaed, or thought I
rtx-ognuted, the wrist-stud and the dagger,
and the p.'ssibility they suggested to my mind
overwlielmed mo for the moment. I gasjxxi
for breath; I strove to raise raj| baud, that I
might pre-e it over rrty eyes and slrjt oh‘ that
ten-114® tostimony that stared me in the fare,
and vreuld -let my vision go. But the
pressure of the crowd Indd my arms as if
pmicned, aud s wept ma slowly alarig past tho
barsvf thevuter gate; then relaxed, and left
t nii'fire to move. I had become scparatol
from Thouven. t in the crowd; for this, even
Urn, I felt a num alary thmAfuliiosi,. My
solo d' ire uo.v vas to cscajie from the*. ■
ghastlr M.rguo, to leave it far behind. I
hn Itmmetc ltrs a scarcely curious spe- ta
ler; 11 ft it xvith tho frenried haste ahnest of
a ma.lma'i. lam ;« reu-übd tluxL, hi l e.’her
<T tho sk i'ixt detevtives «ut<rward concern'd
):!'. s onm j-.'n p’.Ai.WMsernf Lavuig the
M - p , ; .ey Live ‘t-l li.e on B’s
p|r.:o<i them®- t then.
\Fhi:hnr Iv, t n'*er recrossing the bride
I cn wot w w m. s .-aber. I walked on, «■
rather luff re u quite c dull, ri d.
m. t sec. ..-.I to bn;; ixf-'re W cv.'s mid
pr-i.v.t my »«cn£ anything dikiKrtlr. 1
VW un r- -HISof b-mg xe-’ •< w p iiutefl
at, uu .reWu; Os time VI- o4fu. :,;ae. A’/
ouo el ar kit .a was t’.i 11 must fly ns fast end
ks f-.r ns p > »!o f,vui t! et bate."til Morgue
au 1:; < trail g :.tm ’ ere of cr •>*.
When I ft.’.rc to my --uf-for i i truth I lind
lx- i A.- th it.:,; > distr.;.’vnt-I found m..-« if
oaojieef t:»' quays ci the !• ft hank, lathe
Um -1 at 1 r.tas. do. that I
think calmly of whr: t’ .w s indthiug ought
I *l»\ Durite? s Ikv! CaMua vj; th? li;bt> cf
<n-:e1... linL- k a;- line i«fure me down
the riiitit banxv! th> iiv -r; snow had oga<u
begun to f dl. 1 atotown mt tire quav«-v nil,
I-"Am;- into lh> hlaek water of the'Rriiw.
son-ed to t 'Sori, T reamot think
('•.xi a '.y c.i:LiiM»l was ever nu«re nretchol i
» than 1 at tU-.C hour.
I i d.» n»» ismnv Ivrsr long » there, ab- !
sorbed in m.vt mhereljl/tt" ugbts. Bute*
..t-i k tomium;’, i.ke a pteu came into iny
’ muid. 1 s i.u, ng mv fowußh j
Tc yp\ ] aptv oi *. <r *er tte tight of a
v o a « •_ V r* CtQ.ld ; i U. !
A»- rw'.to-i— ; u-M-riwleß «t which tn.
n.v i. sc. wjy nl/w ftbMr atte*s»ptto
ua;.. --’! t„4u._> st ’ww »u’ ;.jr of the Faas.-gu
d*< Mua. -X .Xa ano-t I. i yefbewju uu.
nor, tu tar as is hitowsi, is timre any tme ev<_>>
i\ . /
tmdftr suspicion. Tho daughter of -Mouton,
the janitor at; No. 13 Passage de Mhzarin,
is said to have given evidence txf fbo effect
that, about 10 b’elock on Monday night, the
hour at which the crime seems to have been
committed, rhe saw a young men, ‘taliish,
sleuderly-bulfi., mid light of foot-step,’ glide
through the passage of the house as if on his
way upstairs. Ahe police will, of course,
1 make every effort to trace this young man,
but, in the absence qf clearer testimony, their
ta£k must be pronounced one of tha greatest
difficulty. Meantime, the judge of instruc
tion has opened liis inquiry on the spot; and
a reward of 5,000 francs has been offered by
the prefect of police for such information as
may lead to the arrest of the assassin.”
I road tills paragrajjh slowly through; ife
every, wffid seen ted to fall on me like a grea
Fl Wl Ul.Akdy. besvy burden. 1
feared, but that was not enough—l wanted
cei-taintj’. Hurrying up the Rae Daupliino, I
mounted tho stalls and listened at the dooi* ol
.Raoul’s room. JYpm his slow, regular respi
rttfion 1 judgtxf Idm to 1» asleep; could he
sleep, and—nol jI would not believe it, would
not think it! Vet, for all that, I dared not
open th* door, walk straight up to my frioarl,
and tell him what I had seen. I took off my
shoes cm the threshold, and crept into the
room jfiko a thief.
Racnfl did not speak to me; ho must there
fore bebuh-ep. Tho rooni was quite dark. 1
grope# my wsd to t.ho corner where the
clotbec which Raoul had last worn hr/ heaped
together ou a chair. I felt for the shut
sleeves; tho one Hook up firet had the ivory
butt- aat tho wrist, round and smooth. Tho
buttoiiholes of the other- were both empty; I
cwWdi
li
Tty button holes of the other were both
qinpll-
droppv-4 it with a
i -t-iiijin list/ned, catching my breath, to sre
whether Raioul dhl not awake. He slept m*.
laid on to table the oewspr wr I had lajoght,
A . iwMbwimrag’sn-ba&put the murder
a ffttl-Tffida'U
that rmnakied at I.»wl Jacobb money, and
Stole rz ftiyfrori the room.
I had meant to fly at once and forever
from the Rue Dauphine. But no sooner had
I close} tbs door of Raoul’s room behind me
tn.au the qppulso left me. How could I de
sert my friend# Even it’ he were—even if he
.wore what I dreaded to think, ought I to
leave biinf Would lie iu such a case have
abandoned rac? I 1-aned my bead against
tho damp trail of tho staircase, and, I am not
ashamed t* say, sobbed to think of it. Wliat
eotild I believe but that all was true? There
was that damning evidence at the Morgue
there that had happened since my
parting with Raoul at ten o’clock on Monday
night—the hundred trivial details that joined
tbrir several force® and drove tho mind to
such a terrible conclusion. But Raoul ?—of
all mon, he? Was Ito trust ray reason or my
friendship? A cruel alternative! I shook as
if with a fit of ague; 1 felt thoroughly worn
out in mind anrl body. Was Ito go or stay!
I sat iloom out he stairs and buried my face
in in.,' Imiais.
I d ■ not know how long I sat there; I was
caiwl.s: of tijo time, a.; of tho cohL To leave
Raoul was like a treason; but to meet him —
to la- o him with such thoughts in my mind!—
rather anything than that! It was now Into.
EeVfti o'clock, was tho hour wo had fixed for
dinner; it must be long after that; already
tho restfoiraut people must have sent in our
meal. Raoul might rise at any moment?—
might cob•(» nut—ho must not find me here!
I rose, staggered downstairs and rushed along
tho passage.
A stoat man, nrafiSed up !n ft great, black
oruvaitr st-retehed his arm across the outer
doorway to pre ver. t ray reaching the street.
Al;u<x< s■bosi'l.i myeelf, ui blind rage at this
übsta ie, I *«used ray aim am! dealt him a vio
toii. Mow on tiie chesK IJ'< period back, but
as b ; dki so w’usthd shrilly raid g-asjx*! roe
by thv ticevtx Two men ru-dsed fix’ward, aad
h. a ’if pent held :nc fast.
‘*H«, ‘to!’’soil lit'stout man with tho cra
vat ,*We xssault the age its < f police! Wt
raise’bar hands against ilr, auttiorition. eh:
; R ? -;. a,,,!« Brin.; tin’s tine f-1-
L"v xAwtt>o fight of the la np tlv re, tiiat 1
may haVv a’look at him! . . . Short, fair,
bin • eye-—ire. it is net < airman. You may
Set L: :i go. And, yoang ja- kanapes, let tne
warn yt hi ”
TLtltto »x-u.‘r Re! tiw- two mon looaivl their
b ‘id <<r > ■ titan I had fl»-d IJt ■ a coward, and,
trifore tho stout own bad Jluishml his sen-
Uure, M’s..- half way ilow n the Rue Dauphine.
CHAIVER V.
T'n . ko r ./ tw.rrativo clear, F shall give
y- -i, 1* fore t’oiug i'urtlier, lite rwult of tbt
iV. t dr.y’a inquiry held on SVedueaday, the
‘•styof my xi..t to the Morgue. The j'Uge
of ha trueti 'U in this ca.-e v. os M. Robert
Rogu-1, a rian of high reputation In tho mag
totreiy. From M. b’ni in a ad, advocate, and
r. fri -d of mine, I obtained a copy of the
notes inter on in the cane; I give them
here,
IT.-, Ltvcirv vm-bel.J “on tLesqxd”—that is.
in tl. • vriy reom rs - k - bcm*' No. 13 Parage
d - M:i~arin, where Joseph Meissner had been
• aw«xl<red. t
Jean Mnuion, jtufie r, interrogated, gave
c. ii •act'; Tte»t h- ta*«l held bis jwe.wut rita
tX’on Ct UW'i thau 14 years, and tiiat the
•rwdf i'.d Hum, JJeisj-:*..-. had .sccupted tte't
rd rn and cabinet for at lea f ten years. ln
torr’ atril a.; to th® habits of Jt*e; h 31ci.se
, nor, drs fared that th*--- w;-re r gular in ti e
Mttrerw; that ty always |w-■akfosted in Lis
riSwm; three days cf the week went out nt
:*■ tai, mnrnta* ar 4. end g tug otJt agnln at
f i-> d • ;on the other d.ij'v remafned in his
r-re v»till 6, hi* irrrrriable h-Hir for dinner;
rwev-w’’ - every ny;ht, wtexit erreptiou.
on the staid.s of «. Had returned ct «
o'ek* kon th ' night of Munday. Txtesday
b«• : g eno of tbo days en which he never
eta red cut vs dt*<rs til d. he, M 1 niton, bad
By*. Ix-eit .smrorified i< by his noa u*-
Subscription • Sl.®® t’Hsh Per Annur.
pearapoe up to taut; Sour. Slated that SleTss
nor had repeatedly enjoined him to force an
entrance into his room any day that ho did
not appear at 6 o’clock. Interrogate-1 as to
whether he knew what motive Meissner could
have for giving so singular an order, replied -
that ho was unablo to guess, unless it Avera a
tear e.f what had actually happened—namely,
of being murdered in his room.
Francois Eastoul, publican, gave evidence
as to tho finding of the body in exact agree
ment with Mouton’s statement to tho police.
Loon Ledru, superintendent of the bureau
of police, B.ue des Saints Feres, stated that
at twenty minutes past seven on Tuesday
evening Jean Mouton, janitor, presented
himself at the bureau and gave information
of tho murder. He, Ledru, taking with him
the officers Lambert and Regnuud, thereon
accouq>anlod the janitor; Mouton, to the
house No. 13 Passage do Mazarin, where they
found the sieur Francois Bastoul awaiting
them outside tho door of this room. Bastoul
assured them the.t the door had Ixion un
opened previous to their arrival. On open
ing the door, they found the dead body of
Meissner lying close by his writing chair, as
if he hail fallen from it on being struck. The
body was cold and rigid. Beside it was found
a dagger of foreign manufacture, stained
with blood, and a wrist-stud of ivory,
with the initial G. on it. These articles
were now at the Morgue. Had ex
amined tho various lock-fast places in
I tho room. Nearly all of these were open; one
or two had their locks forced; the most had
apparently been opened by their proper keys,
a bunch of which was found hanging in one
of tho locks. Most of the drawers, strong
boxes, etc., bore evidence of having beenran
sa<.ke-l to the bottom; but if any valuables
had been removed, treasure to a very large
amount had been left behind. He, tho superin
tendent, had drawn up an inventory of articles
j of value found in the several lock-fast places
1 Jx'fore sealing up these receptacles. This iu
■ ventory comprised drafts to a large amount
j on the Bank of Franco and the Credit Lyon-
rentes, three and five per cents; the
titlffi of real estate in Paris, Amiens and Pro
vlns; railway and mining script; a number of
goal Avatehes, articles of jewelry, aud precious
stones cut and uncut; and sums of money in
French and foreign gold, estimated at not
; less than 45,000 francs. This inventoiy Su
. perinteiulent Ijedru handed in to the judge of
■, bistructi m, together with a sealed parcel
~ containing the books and papers of the niur
dFred man.
/> The officers Lambert and Regnaud corrob
. onited the testimony of their chief as to the
finding of tho body. Both agreed in tho opin
ion that Meissner had lxx-n stabbed while
sitting at his writing table, and had then
fallen from his chair to the gi'ound. Lam
bert stated further that, having been ordered
to examine the cabinet or small bed-closet off
the sitting-ropm, he had found tho window
wide open; also that the marks of muddy
boots could be traced on tho floors of both
Dr. ( larso stated that, at tho request of Sufx?r
iiitendout of Poliix) Txxlru, he liad visiter! this
place last night, and made an examination of
tlife corpse of JoM'ph Meissner. Death hail
resulted from a stab trader the right shoulder
blade, which had perforated the lung and
caused a copious hemorrhage. The nr hos
bkxxl to the mouth would doubtless choke
tho unfortunate man, and prevent his utter
ing any cry. Death, 'if not instantaneous,
would immediately follow tho infliction of
tho wound. Hod boon shown tho foreign
looking dagger found beside the corpse, and
had satisfied himself tiiat with this weapon,
and no other, the mortal blow must
have been struck. The blade of the dagger
was thns'-edgrel, exactly fitting the orifice in
the clothes and in the body of the dect'asod.
Interrogated as to tho hour when he had seen
tho corpse, Dr. Cosse stated that be had ar
rived on the Bjx>t at about 8:15 o’clock.
Asked as to whether ho could form an opinion
as to the time when tho murder hnd boon
committed, replied tiiat, from the appear
ance of the body, he should suppose life to
have boon extinct for at least 13 hours. The
fart that tho blood from the wound had com-
I'l-'telv sonlaxl into tho wood of tho ficxif
ma le 21 hours a still more likriy jxrioiL
Dr. A. d ? Bourdon, surgeon at the Hot -J
Di"j, concurred in tho evidence of Dr. Gji-o
’ibo fatal wound had. certaWly Ixxn deal?
with the dagger found breldo tho corp*'', 1?
was a flesh wound, inflicted at a <li-raure of
an inch and a half below th > right, clnviri -
and avoiding all coi.tyci; with too u :r :
w rti'l-ni. Death from , ; . c h a woua 1, ia th<
an old man b’ko tho d<c. aril, v.r.ill
rtoely ■ v uo in about five minute ? tinr-.
I-'ro; i t: o ap|H’:.;’an-e of tho body nnd the
con; .dntei bio .1, had little hfirftation in say
i: g that tho woirad Lad I ro j I Into on
3! •• lay night oreariy on Twri-y "loroing.
lie j'”it >r, Mouton, re ailed and rc
e: • ■ •jnej. answered ns folio -. :
Q. Your room otxms fiwi tho pa *’?ge lead
in r d • tho courtyard of this bous* ?
• Q. Your foom has a glazed dem f
A. Yes.
R> that one can sre, from tile janitor*!
r xnn, every person who ■ rata’* d.o court ard
from th? Passage, de Mazarin, or vic; ver a?
A. Yes, if on® is leo’: ••■; out. *
Q. N uaroliy. Ycu have tyrea 1 g stated
that Mri-mcrti h-.bit was to :rit: i I ,:m
punctually at nine o’. 10-Di I you <>:. x»r.
him pass your dax at that h Mir flood a ;
night?
A. He came into tberoom <m V.mda • ntehj
at tivit hour to take his k?r and hh c-uidlo i
before going upstairs. «
Q. A ’ ail your tenaats are in the habit of
doing! .
A. Certainly.
Q. An i this was the last occasion on which
you saw Joseph Meissner alive. 4
A. Tha last.
Q. Now, row you tell me with any certain y
what jer-oil; parrel your doer g mg into the
court bstraroe i nLio a i Item o’ckx’k?
A. I am certain that no one p iss. -.: Ijetwoeu
nine on 1 half-past nine cxcrqoing M. Stoiiis
la;.
Q. Ami who is M. Stanislas?
i A. One« ft he tenants < u the fourth floor. He
camo in about a quarter-;sot nine, took Ids
key, and wished ran g<xxt-night.
Q. Aud you are certain no one else jjassed,
up to half-post nine?
A. R rfeetly certain.
Q. Why <! i you say na|f-pasl nine?
A. Ite- r.uw ai that hour I went out.
Q. Where t
A Hi: tto l v e fiu»- di Btety,
to fetch a poir’bf boots belonging
the tenants. Ttera to tiw v>i,le-rii- p at too
corner of the R»m» S 5. Andre, kept by M.
Pastoul. wlwrs I ista two. of mv frieixha with
v.hinit I played several games of domi
u<*w. r> turning Lamo ab nt ten minutes past
elev<-n. j
Q. You then cFved the outer door of your
tor tty raghi.’
A. les. •’ ■ s ■';? ’ >
Q. Your usual hour for doing so is elevent
A. Yes, but on Monday night I wai »
quarter of au hour later.
Sophie Mouton, aged 13 years, daughter
of tho janitor, stated that on tho night of
Monday sho was alone in the janitor’s room,
from the time when her father went out until
his return. Interrogated as to whether she
. had seen any one go along the passage,
besides the tenants who came in for their
keys, replied that she had. Chancing to arise
ller eyes for an instant from her needlework,
and to look through the glazed door, she hart
observed the figure of a man glide swiftly
along the passage. It took but a second for
1 the figure to pass; but in that second she
remarked, or thought she remarked, that
! the man was young, taliish, slenderly
{ built, and light of footstep. The man wore a.
low-crowned hat, and, she thought, waft
I wrapped in a cloak; but on this latter point
j she could not speak with certainty. InteiTO-
I gated a? to the time when this took place, she
I could make no definite statement. Was it an
| hour alter her father went out? It might;
Lave been an hour. Was it half an
hour after he went out? It might have
I been that; she could not say. Had she heard
10 o’clock strike? Yes, she had heard it. Was,
it bei’oi q or after the hour struck that the
mail went along the passage? She could not
j remember; she Had attached no importance to;
tha incident; had thought that the r an must
be a friend cf one of the tenants, visiting him
by appointment Again pressed, to say
whether it was before or after 10 that the,
man passed her door, the child Sophie Mouton
burst into tears, protesting that she could not
remember; and so her examination closed.
Jules Pernet, the tenant occupying the room;
adjoining that of Me ssner, interrogated, gave,
evidence: That on Monday night, while en-.
gaged on his wofk as a copyist of. manuscript,
he had heard a dull sound, such as might bo,
caused by a falling body of some weight, ap
parently coming from Meissner's room. Had.
thought that Iris neighbor must have
on the fliwr a large and heavy book, or
overturned some article ts furnitun l .
Thereafter had. heard a noise of foos-. c
steps in the room, and had remarked
it as something unusual, hii neigh-,
her being always vei y <;uiet. Could not say
precisely at what time lie had beard the,
sound of tho falling Ixxly, but thought it,
must have boon, about ten. The noi e in.
Meissner’s room had attracted his notice be-,
cause it was,unusual; the tolling of the bells,
at ten O’clock, though much louder, had been
quite unmarked byliim; fie was accustomed
to it, and, his mechanical work a-v
copyist, paid no . attention to it. Pressed to,
given cqpjecturel answer, refused, repeating
that he was quite unablo to say whether the
sound had l>een heard by liim, before or after,
the striking of ten o’clock.
Tha janitor,.Mputon, recalled and re-exam-,
ined, stak'd that the ; keys of the tenants hung;
on a rack in his room, with the candlestick of’
e»rh altove. The' candles wore brought down,,
from tho upper rooms 1 eaCli morning; them,
being ho light in tho stnii ease, llw tenants;
wfere wcusionuxlto light them in his
l>efore going upstates at night. During win-,
ter one candle would serve, Meissner tor two,
nights; tho one lie took upstairs with him op
the night of Monday h:v i lasted t hreo. Ho,
Mouton, had remarked on I his in handing
the candle to Meissiwr, making a joke about
it. There was enough left of the candle, ha,
thought, to burn for porhapg. an hour and a,
■ balf-r-uot more. fTrul Ixien shown the long
dagger found besidp. tlte corpse; had never
Been any such weapon i i the possession of the,
deceased.
Auguste Kosinski, restaurant keeper, Rue
do VaugiraixT, stated that he was proprietor
of tho restaurant ut which the deceased Jo-,
soph Meissner regularly dined. His hour ot'
arrival was at 6:15, and ho invariably left at,
7:15. On the evening of Monday he had loft
tiie restaurant at his usual hour*
Samuel Koch, waiter at the Cafo
stated that the deceased Joseph Moismer camo,
to that case every evening at about7:3o, and
sat for above an hour over a cup of
reading the journals. On the even
ing of Monday Meisewr hod loft the case at;
about 8:45, bis usual if ur.
Note by the judge of instruction: The jani-.
tor, Mouton, may now bo released from Mir-.
> cifiance, there Icing notldng to connect him,
in any way with the crime.
CRAFTER \X
MBia
II I
Mil
My encounter with the tnreA Uienin the Rua
Dauphine.
After my encounter vfth the
the Rue Dauphine, I ra-died on aXilesfoy
through, tho n»w, down cue street, along au
other, not caring whither I went, I was for
the tinietn'aixible of thinking ccßm*ctodly.
No fri>-ndthip could have tern ciocr than
that tytwe- u Rarul nnd myself. Since our
£j 5 -tin four yeers ago, re had literally
lived our Mfe in common. He was in mo- (
tilings my su;>ericr, 1 nt bo idmsc If did n (
f lunk so. Our roufidenc© In one another had
teen perfect ; I thought I knew him to the
bottom of his semi. Now that I war. forced-tc
briicvahlm a vriminaL, a murderer—<aa you
wonder that it should have scemrel to me al
most as if the world bar! suddenly come to au
<mA-cas A a great, black gulf had yawned
open as my feet, aud ail the joy and beauty
of life lay neftr ami forever behind mo?
Again the thought earn” to nug had I dona
my duty to snyfriend? was 1 doing it now!
Raeul wus guilty.; |t acenttd Impcmsible to
doubt it. But htiil, he »m my friend. Ho
had killed this man, but did I know the
provrxation ho might have received? What
had I intended ia placing tho money and the
warning paragraph on the table, that ho
might see them wte-n he awoke? It had been
a JEATdif »»yteSs. “FLY, wwape, hido : ourself
ifaxr i wr© on povmxM r aok. j