Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-27

JOURNAL BUILDINGS,
LOCUST @TMEET,
mMTwMKM FIRST AND @wATEm
Thrilling Adventure with . Burglar.
This extract, from ~ "reminiscences
concerning q series-of murders commit
ted some years since in France, devel-
opes rare instance of presence of mind
10 women. We will premise that the
murderer was known by the fact that in
some brawl or scene Of murder he lost
three fingers from one Of bis banda:
There lived on the outskirts of dep
pa a widow lady BY the name Of Beau.
maurice. She bad no family, bat with
one servant girl lived in q very retired
manner The cottage in which she re.
tired was situated about half mile
from the city, little of from the public
road. 49, sa = Y I'd
Madane Beaumanrice had been the
wife Of one Of the eusrda dShss was an
extraordinary woman il every parsicu-
lar, bat especially so In respect 10 GER
tain GOODNESS of character che posssased
In the midst Of danger, which, togsther
with large amount Of moral courage,
made her o very notable person. The
recent murders made less impression
upon her mind than upon any other per-
son in Dieppa; although il ives naturally
supposed the retired situation in which
she lived would have caused, her 20 b
more fearful e ssass ossr +
About ten o'clock on the night of THE
30th of April, just ten. days after ethe
murder of the. Rue Grenard, Madame
Beaumaurice went into her bed room.
She was suffering from a nervous head
ache. She felt very sleepy and seated
herself The lamp wss placed on q
chest Of drawers behind her. Opposite
to her was toilet table, with cloth on
1t reaching TO the Aoor. She had al
ready commenced taking off her cloths,
when, happening 10 look around her,
abe saw something that for 9 moment
chilled her blood. Ii was the shadow OF
. mans hand on the floor. The hand
bad only two fingers. ....@.,- 49,,
She OWNED the truth in moment;
the assassin was there, in her house, I'M
der the table. She made not the least
motion nor sigu, bat reflected two or
three minutes as TO the best course 10
be pursued. . .s....s i s7ss8l rsr
She OWNED what TO do, and advanced
70 the door, and called the servant maid,
"Oh, Mary" exclaimed she, when the
girl entered the room, " do yon know
where NJ. Bernard livesf' = safs sfi
"Yes, madame" -rfrr0 adj
u have 70 pay 5000 francs Y away " d
very early in the morning You win
have TO run TO his house and get the
money for me-" ah94 -tes
"Very we'll, madame g asaf 's-i
4" / will write note, which you will
deliver to him, and he will give you
bank bills to the amount.
She wrote as follows: = s''a' f''
!" Ny Dear NJ. Barnard-The ASSASSIN
Of the Rue des Armes and the Rue Gren-
ard ia in my house Come Immediately
with some gems d'arms, and take him
before be escapes. at.a..
"HELEEE BKAUMAuRpoE
And without entering into any explain.
alton with her servant, ahe dispatched
her on her errand She then quietly re.
seated herself and waited. Yes, she sat
in that room with that man under the
table for q whole hour She saw the
shadow Of the hand shift several times,
but the murderer did notlmake any at
tsmpt to escape from his pace Of con-
eealment a1ha tola ~ fsAl1
10 due time the gens'd' aruies arrived,
and jacques Reynonld --was7 arrested,
mo-, however, without violsut struggle.
need scarcely add that the most con.
vic,ing proof as TO bis guilt was found,
and In due time hn wmm HuiIlotined