Southern shield., 1856-12-20

ow thorouehlv exe7ted, and Immediately 1T ,adc the most mirdite inquiries into the mat U or and before | left Dieppc had learned the II II particulars: h b
 In the Rue des Armes, about four months II ,reyious to the time 1 write, lived worthy q of the name Maurice. Ills nam N consisted of himself, his wife, one chlLd' ? Ind servant girl. They were quiet, respec-, table people, and very much respected by all ! ! their neighbors.
 NJ. Maurice did a good business, and ire mentlv had considerable sum ot money n Es bo1se. He had an extraordinary run ot custom one Saturday, and when the labors of the day were over he felt very much IF toned. He shut up his shop, and proceeded to 2 small room, where his wife and servant were laying the cloth for supper. < ssNv 'daar.'' eaid his wife,as soon as ne entered the room, ( should very much like some oysters for supper tonight"
 s.I am afraid it is loo late," replied the husband. looking at his watch. It was quarter past eleven.
 "Oh no, Justine says there is shop open round the corner"
 If that be the case, let Justine get some
 at once, for am as hungry as a hunter"
 Thereupon Justine put on her bonnet and
 shawl. and went after the oysters, ledrlng I the door aiar, that she might not disturb her
 master or mistress when she returned.
 Now it so happened that the place where
 she exnected to be able to obtain the oysters
 was closed but not wishing to disappont her emnTovers. she determined she would go
 and seek them elsewhere. In pursuance of
 this obiect she entered the Grando Rue, but
 had to walk a considerable distance before
 she could obtain what she sought. She hur-
 ried home again, and noticed when she ar
 rivcdat the door of her masters house that
 the chimes of d neighboring church clock
 struck quarter of twelve. She had, there
 fore, been absent just about three quarters
 of an hour.
 She was surprised to find the door shut,
 but supposing that the wind had blown It to, sheraised inc latch. The door 1vGS fastened o,, fhe inside. She thought this rather strange. but then again she reflected that It e wa larl, Hess only a necessary precauuoIl
 on the bart of rcr mrsr- :. Sh, -s.1-, rgns , the " bell, and was very much concerned WIlo9 I after waiting a few minutes, no reply Vi ,- made. They have gone to bod,'' she sai ', toherself. and felt rather angry with ther ,- for having locked her out. She again run ,, the bell more violently than beforo--still n a answer. ShcnOw became alarmed. and run s long and violeptlv-no answer! Her fear r were thoroughly aroused, and she related tn d circumstanccst some persons passing alon
 the street. The presence of two or thre Y gendarmes was soon procured, and theypro :, cceled at once to break in the door. | The passage into which the door opene,
 was pcrfentlv dark but one of the gen
 q !, ting out his hand to save himself, it cam in contact with something wet on the ground i A light was immediately obtained. and a hor
 rible sight presented itself
 |, Laying across the passage was the deat
 body of Monsieur Maurice, with his throa ! cut from ear to ear. The floor was swim Y ming in blood. In the little room was tn 1 dead body of his wife, presenting the sam l ghastly wound. Even the little child in thu ' cradle had not escaped. for the merciless as {, sassin had taken its life by the same horribl, 2 means. The house was ransacked from tor
 to bottom, and everything of value stolen. 1 shall not attempt to depict the horror ot |, the persons who witnessed the shocking sight; it can be more easily imagined thar described, and, to tell the truth, 1 don't lik, a dealing in the horrible; it is pandering to ; ', morbid taste, and if have transgresscd my 7 usual mode of narration in this sketch, my
 only excuse is-U iS true.
 The most strenuous efforts were made tC
 detect the murderer, but without any sue. 2 cess. All that could be learned was, that
 man had been seen to look intently in tht z shop windows about the time M. Maurice wal
 counting out his days receipts. The wholC 7 town of Dieppe was mortified, and whcr night came many heart tremhled. After { :, few days the fear began to decrease, whcl , they were again awakened ina tenfold man.
 ner by another horrible murder.
 About ten days after the catastrophe il ; the Rue des Armes, some belated pedestrians v were making the best of their way home ! about three o'clock in the morning They I were walking very rapidly down the Ru( Grennard, whom they were astounded by sec
 ing man on the roof of house, with no-
 thing on but his shirt, crying out with all his . strength, '" Murder Murder!'' He held q young child in his arms.
 D They immediately called to him, but al o they could gather from him was that murder ~ was being committed in the ehouse. They di- I rectly made for the door, and found it tas, v tened o5 the inside. They burst the dool open with few vigorous kicks, and pene-
 trated into the house. They rushed UT
 stairs, and on the first landing they found :, the body of a man with his throat cut He
 was dead. They entered 8 bed room hang ], ing half out of bed was the body of a wo-
 man, mutilated in the same horrible manner.
 and stone dead. But they had not yet dis
 covered all the horrors in that house of l blood. In the kitchen was discovered the :: inanimate corpse of the servant girl, who had been killed by the same means. Theas- | sassin was evidently the same that had con- ' mitted the murders in the Rue des Armes.- : The wounds inflicted were of exactly the 2 same character, and it was evident the same l instrument had been used.
 The young man seen on the roof of the
 house was named Pierre Dulan; he deposed [ upon the Procurcur du Roi, the next mor- ming, as follows:
 , My name is Pierre Dulan l am twenty s two years of age, and a watch-make by , trade. For the last two years l have been t living as assistant with the late Monsieur ! Mouton. Here5ded in Rue Grennard. His ' family consisted of himself, wife, child and
 servant girl On the night of the 2lst 3 April, 1846, we all of us retired to bed early. 3 1 was accustomed to sleep n one of the at
 tics. In the room next to mine the servant girl and a child slept. About half-past one
 o'clock in the morning 1 awOke. felt very
 thirsty. and rose to get some Water-mv