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rpT_TT7 A TZ TV? CVP AT> Iriiii W lirjlfeLY bl AR Vol. VII--NQ. 8. <*.■ ta- . .. - 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. j. ~ - n h TM’ S 35. IMPROVED Turbine! Jr the bent constructed mid uffWCT finished, gives better ih-iu-v.i <««**, more power and is sold ■fetfltfluV for less money per horse power t urn iiny othei Turblnein the world *•"*** pmnpldet sr nt ™ ftby X.-AB K & ’A .TOA 1C . A purs Family .Med t ine that Mover Intoxi ates. If you hnve Dyapc phUi Rheumatism, Kid nev <»r Urinary (Joniplnints. or if juu are troubled with noy disorder of the mrg •, atonißchr, bowels, blood or nerves you <nu be culed by Parker's Ton.c, 1 f you are a lawyer, minister or business man exhausted by tr;rnfnl str.tln or anxious oar ex do not t ke intoxiciuuu siimuluuts, but UM® Parkers’ Tonic. If you ars a mechanic or fnt mer, worn on w Ith over-work, or n mother rundown b a nilly orh nis ehold duties try Pmker sTom x ition.— --Refuse all substitutes. Tar it*ln the world, and Is entirely oitleren n preparatibus ofgingeralone. Hknd To" ular, fffo I IWTm&i P ” 18 BEST TONIC. ' This saodWoe, onrsbiute* Iran with pure taezg 1 M * >iu ** < ‘ «*•«* it ta m uunuimat remedy for DtaeuM of the KWlaeye liver. fl la javalqabte for TMcm*o« psoidiar be W*lw«aC aad all wHd lead eedeniary liras. U Ac<n am huur«» we to*Uh, <amae b wxdaoho.or •red nee utmMl paUch—«>*■<• Ana weta'iwo «•. It«nrt«h*a*a4 yvrtfW live blood. sUputeles *th sufettw, alfli the aiMmUaelon of &s*4. ty heartburn and Bolehtug. and atraaath . »*» tin mnay'.ee and »mve«. - . fpjr laWrmtttewvihivpra Ixumittids, tart of I IBfo toyo. > t « >»•* “• afe- Wb pwnalet haa above trade mark and ‘ itm«l rod liaeeoa wrapper Take no other. . *****“***. *• _• * T&rLEV ■ ■' . < ■ Fitter 5 n* ««**« S Far fevee **4 aimo. a»d rewuttanta, are bih-ata ae | nermua. Tt» i' >weow*. itvet* tier'* SWaavb ItitUSi ' adevae rtbuwllco by uhh vaa«s« * VWM weawaa and tbe rw4Ut«*t power of . OoiMtuuuofh. aa l by efaxing irrxrw- Snttee of the T*»r. «i «ad bcw<J». » oreovrr. H «-r*>uce ise rnalarMU row pi«aa'« ,«t aa oi>aut»*ie asd •made gluae remrdboe. *• by ad aad XXabra 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