Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-03-19
THURSDAY, MARCH l9, 1857.

ed was perfectly dark; but one of the gen
darmes stumbled over something, and put
ting out his hand 10 save himself, it came
i'll contact with something wet on the
ground. A light was Immediately obtain
ed, and horrible sight presented itself.
Laying across the passage was the dead
body OF Monsieur Maurice, with his throat
cut from ear to ear. The floor was swim
ming in blood. In the little room was the
dead body of his wife, presenting the same
ghastly wound. Even The little child in
the cradle had not escaped, for the merci-
less assassin had taken its life by the same
horrible means. The house was ransack-
ed from top to bottom, and everything of
value stolen.
shall not attempt to depict the horror
of the persons who witnessed this shock
ing sight; it can be more easily imagined
than described, and to tell the truth | don't
like dealing in the horrible; it is pandering
to a morbid taste, and if have transgres-
sed my usual mode of narration in this
sketch, my only excuse is-U is true.
The most strenuous efforts were made
TO detec; the murderer, but without any
! success. All that could be learned was
that man had been seen to look ntently
! i'll the shop windows about the time NJ.
| Maurice was counting out his days re-
ceipts. The whole town of Deppe was
Mortified, and when night came many a
| heart trembled. After few days the
feeling of fear began to decrease, when
they were again awakened in a tenfold
manner by another shocking murder.
! About ten days after the catastrophe in
the Rue des Armes, some beIated pedestri-
ans were making the best of their way
home about two O'Clock IN the morning.
They were walking very rapidly down the
| Rue Grenard, when they were aslounded
! by seeing man on the roof of a house,
with nothing on but his shirt, crying out
with all his strength, murder murder
MURDER He held young child in his
! arms.
They Immediately called to him, but all
they could gather from him was that mur-
! der was being committed in the house.
/ They directly made for the door and found
it fastened on the inside. They burst the
door open with few vigorous kicks and
penetrated into the house. They rushed
up stairs and on the first landing they
! found the body of man with his throat
cut. lie was dead. They entered bed
room-hanging half out of bed was the
body Of woman, mutilaled in the same
horrible manner, and stone dead But
they had not yet discovered all the horrors
was discovered the inanimaIe corpse OF
the servant girl who had been killed by
The same means. The assassin was evil
IDENTITY the same that had committed the
murder in the Rue dies Armes The
wounds inflicted were exactly Of the same
character and it was evident the same in
strument had been used.
The young man who was seen on the
roof OF the house was called Pierre Du.
lon; he deposed before the procurer du
Rol, the next morning, as follows:
My name is Pierre Dulon; am TWEEN
ty years of age, and watch maker by
trade. For the last two years have been
living as assistant with the late Monsieur
Monton. He resided in Rue Grenard.-
His family consisted of himself, wife, child
and servant girl. On the night Of the 2ls
April, 1916, we all of us retired to- bee
carly. | was accustomed TO sleep in one
of the attics. In the room next 10 mine
the servant girl and child slept. About
half past one o'clock in the morning
awoke. | felt very thirsty and rose TO ge'
some water-my pitcher was empty.
went down stairs to fill it. | had nearly
reached the first landings when saw a
man stealthily ascending the stairs. | am
very nervous man, and the recent muir
der had preyed very much on my mind
and | had been living in continual Dire ad
ever since. The sight of this man com.
pletelv paralyzed me, and stood looking
not able to move hand or foot. He had
nearly reached masters door, when M
Monton opened the door and came out on
the landing. The assassin Immediately
rushed upon him, and putting his hand