The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-09-26
NUMBER 81.
An Extraordinary Woman,


man.
We will premise that the murderer was
known by the fact that in some previous
brawl or scene Of murder, he had logt
three fingers from one Of his hands.
There lived on the outskirts Of Dieppc
widow lady by the name Of Beaumau.
rice. She had no family, but one servan,
| girl, and lived in very retired manner.
The cottage in which she resided was
situated about half mile from the city,
little off from the public road.
Madame Beaumaurice had been the
wife of an officer OF the Guards. She
was an extraordinary woman in every par.
tIcuiar, but especially so in respect to
certain coo lncss Of character she pos.
sessod in the midst of danger, which to.
gether with large amount of moral cour.
age made her very notable person. The
recent murder made perhaps less impress.
sion on her mind than upon any one else
in Dieppe, although it was naturally sup,
posed the retired situation in which she
lived would have caused her to be moro
fearful.
About 10 o'clock on the night Of tho
3Oth of April, just ten days after the
murdcrin the Rue Grenard, Madam Beeu.
maurice went up into her bedroom. She
was suffering from a nervous headache.
She felt very sleepy, and seated herself
The lamp was placed on chest of draw.
ers behind her. Opposite to her was a
toilette table, with cloth on it reaching
to the floor She had commenced taking
off her clothes, when, happening to look
around her, she saw something that for
moment chilled her blood. It was the
shadow of mans hand on the floor
The hand had only three fingers!
She OWNED the truth in a moment
the assassin was there, in her house, un.
der the toilet table! She made not the
least motion or sign, but reflected two or
three minutes as to the best course to be
pursued,
She Immediately decided what to do,
and advancing to the door, called herset,
want maid.
ooh, Mdy!" exclaimed she, when the
girl entered the room, edo you know
where Monsieur Bernard lives? | have
to pay five thousand francs away very
early in the morning; the fact slipped my
memory till just now You will have to
run to his house and get the money for
me-"
every we'll, madame"
81 will write you a note, which you
will deliver to him, and he will give you
bank bills to the amount
She wrote as follows:
"My Dear Monsieur Bernard The as.
sassin Of the Rue DIES Armes and the Rue
Grenard is in my house. Come imme.
diately with some gondames and take
him before he escapes.
HELENE BEAUMAuRIcE."
And without entering into any explain
alton with her servant, she despatched
her on her Grand. She then quietly re.
seated herself and waited.
Yes, she satin the room, with that man
under the table, for whole hour. She
sat there calm, cool and collected. She
saw the shallow Of the hand shift several
times; but the murderer did not make any
attempt to escape from his concealment.
In due time the gendarmes arrived, and
Jacques Rcynauld was arrested not,
however, without a violent struggle.
1t nee scarcely be added that the most
convincing proof as to his guilt was
found, and in due time he was gullo.
Tined.
The Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette, an
American paper, thus sportiveIy alludes
to the overwhelming defeat gifts party in
the States OF Kentucky, Tennessee, and
North Carolina:
SMALL FAvoRs THANKFULLY Received,
AND LARGE ONES IN PRoPoRrioN.-After
all the growing and blowing Of the De.
nocracy, their big capitals, and coops of
chicken cocks, we find many crumbs of
comfort for we are not greedy; and now
hat the smoke has blown away from the