Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-20
By a French Detecave.

the third arondissement yet the Project
Of the Department called upon me when
Z be chose. One mornings was in the
latter Psrt Of May-L received a note
{ from the Project ordering me to come to
: Dinge and see him with all possible dis
. patch. The. missive came through the of
fee Of u Sab Project, so that I had
/ nothing to do but get ready and start. !
P took al early dinner, assumed the dress of
q peasAnt Drowned my face and hands,
and set forth. I reached Dinge Just at
nightfale and rs soon as it was dark I
= waited OF the Protect. He seemed to be
. relieved when he saw me, and took me
; TO his private closet. E
! Now said ], shave you got work for
meT'
Yes" he replied, Hsit down and lis
temp
We sat down and he proceeded:
, within a few months past there have
been some of the most mysterious MUIR
ders committed in this Department and in
the Department of Var, that have ever
come under my notice. They are done
mostly on the road from Castellane to
Aups. The first victim was a MarseiIles
merchant who had been up TO Castellane
to purchase preserved fruits. His body
was found BY the roadside, near the re
between the two Departments; and at fist
it was supposed that he must have fallen
there and died in a fit as no marks of vio-
Hence could be found upon him. His
pockets had been rifed however. The
next one was found near Annot, and under
the same circumstances. He was a mer-
chant also, and from Nice. Since then,
i've or six more have died upon the same
road, in the same mysterious way, and no
marks of i'll usage have been found upon
any of them, but all have. been robbed
1-"Have most of them stopped at Castel-
lane p
The Project told me they had.
and Isuppose they must have put up
at the same inn them" 1 remarked.
yes replied the Project.
ia then supposed that some of the land
lords must be concerned: But my COM
panion informed me that they had been
narrowly watched, and that no shadow of
evidence rested against them.
"But,p said /, is there not poison in
this matter? Some innkeeper may ad-
minister the poison, and then send an ac-
compGee after the victim"
"No," returned the Prefeet, with a
shake of the head. Experienced ply
sicians have examined the stomachs Of the
dead men, but no traces of poison have
been found. It is a mysterious affair.
The Sub-Prefect has done all he could, but
without effect, and now we mean to give
the whole thing into your hands. You
must go to Castellane at once and there
you can get such further information as
the Sub-Prefect can give YOU
After eonferripg awhile longer with the
-Prefect, he let me have a suit of ordinary
tradesmanfs clothing, and thus habited /
went to q hotel and put up for the night.
In-the morning 1 procured a horse and
set out, reaching Castellane before noon.
During the day l pretended to be doing
business l went to the WOODEN factory and
examined a lot of stuff, and also visited
several places. where preserved fruits were
put up. learned that most of the people {
that came there on business, put up at an j
inn kept by q man named John FOntaix;
so L left my horse there and engaged lodg-
ings. {
After dark 1 called upon the Sub Pre- /
feet. lie told me that he had used all the {
means In his power, but had been able to
gain no clue to the guilty party. Most of c
the murdered victims had been from Mar g
settles, and the excitement in that city was
feCAoO 0OhAoAAACo Adu DbCu 6Cub OUT U
upon all the roads, and secret police had /
also been upon the watch. The last VIC S
had fallen only four or five days be- {
fore, and tho deed was done in fifteen g
minutes after the policeman had passed il
the spot. rrr ,C- a
7 asked the Sub Project if he had any T
suspicious. He answered that all the sus- b
picion he held was fastened upon Juan Il
Fontaix, the innkeeper. Nearly all the
murdered men had stopped at his house, T
and he must have known something of "
their business. 19qaIf4 Hci III v
L babe the officer keep perfectly quiet, h
not even to let one his own men know of c
presence. Then / returned to the 81
mn, and finally entered into a CONVERSE "
ion with my host upon the subject of the CT
mysterious deaths. He pronounced it et
wonderful, and assured me that it had in %
ured him more than he could tell. 81
"ParbleuT he muttered, -Htheyn be k
Inspecting me next, if they have not done Ii
10 ALREADY" ~ AIal ,riAatw
1 was spon satisfied that Juan Fontaix @
Knew nothing of the guilty party. He tc
vas very fearful and sometimes blanched W
md trembled at the thought. Most peo- O,
de would have seen in this signs of guilt. OF
I thought differently.
l spent all the next day in the town, os- m
engaged in business with the 81
a~ctories, but in reality hunting after some W
lue to the object of my mission. Night m
anne again, but 1 had found nothing new. "
was perfectly satisfied that the murderer W
ad laid his plans so deeply that no cir or
umstantial clue could be found. If 1 II
you'd find him Unjust catch him with the I'll
uilt upon him. N
I. i had given an assumed name at the m
m and stated that I belonged to Toulon. n
In the nsxt morning I called for nv bill 81
nd informed my host that l was off for al
ONE. Then l wentto the fruit presery- of
Is and told him the same, stating that 1 W
lust confer with my partner before 1 w
0nduded my bargain. After this I went nj
, the wooden factory and saw the business IN
gent. His name was Louis Cazoudon, hi
nd he had come toaC astellaHesabout q r.
ear before. He seemed to bed straight
inward business man, and vet he was the i.
My one ! had seen whom l had thought an
{ suspectng. In eonversation about the n
lurders he had been a little too free and 90
f-handed, treating the subjectmere eoolly WI
a man with u heart would be apt to No
D. But still had been thus far unable ~
prove anything against him. On the If
resent occasion I told him, as I had told he
any othersthat I must return to Toulon. ~,
"If you have not money with you we ne
N give you credit" he said. ~ +,
1 told him I had plenty of money, but 90
as not fully prepared to paythe prices he r.
smanded. He said very we'll" and ~
lded that he should be very happy to sell Pt
g when came again. 1 babe him aood an
", and then departed. As soon as I was g.,
one / begon to suspect Mons. Louis ~;
azaubon in earnest. When / told him :,
at I had money, but did not purchase, he
he charged too much, why didn't M
banter me? Simply because he wished y;
9 to leave town with the money in my ON
At least so it appeared TO me. sr
mis- was sufficient ground for me to work vS
ION, and 1 resolved to watch the man a ~
tie while. So 1 rode to an out-of-the- a.
ay place and left my horse, and then re- ~
rned and concealed myself in a position sor
here I could see the movements of Louis ho
Izaubon. 80 f~hn ,
In a few moments he came out of the
Glory and walked away. His step was tMIs
lrfied and eager. I felt sure that he was suss
the man that did the direct work of ne
ath- The plot was deeper than that, or eao
woHldihave been discovered ere this. = a