Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-14

know, are innocent Of the murder; but
how came your ape TO perpetrate IL, and
whst were you doing that night in Madame
rEsparsye's yard You were more than
once heard To cry out, cursed devil ! and
my Godr Already, my friend, as you see,
know the greater part of your story be
reasonable, then, and sit down by me, and
quietly tell me all about the matter from
the first. If you are open and candid with
me, not hair of your head shall be
harmed"
"Sir, as live, am indeed
innocent of this murder, yet 1t
has caused me many bad hours.
will tell you all. On my last voyage
brought the ape with me from Borneo, ex-
pecting to sell him here in Paris for pret'
ty piece Of money. But the chance for
that seemed as if it would never come.
Now,.on that unlucky night, came home
late-I had been drinking little, strand
found the wooden cage in which had shut
the animal broken open, and the ape, with
his face lsthered and my razor In his hand,
standing before the looking. glass, scraping
away, Just as he had often seen me when
shaving myself l was little startled, sir,
and made jump for the whip with which
had often before brought the brute to
reason. But, making one spring, the ra-
zor still in his hand, he flew Though the
window out into the street. More fright.
ened than ever, not knowing what might
take place, hurried after him with the
whip. We ran in this way through seve.
| raj streets. They were as if dead, for II
was three o'clock in the morning, when
Paris is asleep. Suddenly the ape saw a
light burning in the open back window OF
house in the Rue Morgue, He sprang
over the low wall, ran swiftly up the
lightning.r rod, and swung himself into the
room. | heard two women scream out in
wild terror-then noisy scuttle-and
after that it became quieter. Half dead
with fear, also scrambled over the wall
and far enough up the lightning rod to
see into the room. A terrible sight almost
froze the blood in my veins The old lady
lay, with her throat gashed and bleeding
on the floor, and the daughter was already
dead-choked to death, sir--in the crue
grasp of that savage brute. AS ssoon as he
heard my threatening voice and saw the
dreaded whip, he immediately dropped the
poor, dead mademoiselle, and flew around
the room, shrieking with terror, and toss
ing and breaking the furniture, and tear
ing the clothes and the beds TO pieces
Hoping, as it seemed. TO cover up his baC
act, he suddenly laid hold on the daughter
and pushed her as far up the chimney al
he could. The body of the old lady hC
flung with all his strength through thu
window, over my head, down into the
yard. Half out of my senses with horro
and fear, slipped to the ground. Then
hearing the sound of voices in the house
fled, full of terror, from tho miserable
place, How got home do not know
OF my murderous ape have since seer
nothing, Now, sir, you know all do will
me as you will"
This plain story the sailor repeated be
fore the court The frightful mystery @
the double murder was at last explained
The chimney-sweep, Francois Ramel, was
as a matter of course, set at liberty
The unpunished and unpunishabl
perpetrator of the crime was soon after
ward captured, almost dead with hunger
, in the forest of Versailles, and is to-day
sad celebrity of the JGg1in deS PldnteS.
AS for rTAllard, his name was at once !
, everybodyB mouth. The Parisians weI
i, ! amazed at the rare acuteness. the wonde
ful faculty of combination, the quiet Ell
, ergy of this plain, private man. He b,
:, , came the hero of the hour. The fame
!, and notorious Vidocq-in his bOyhood
=, thief, in his youth sharper and galley
; shave, in his manhood an escaped convic
! and in the service of the police wretch
ed spy, who, in one single year, treache
, ously betrayed into the grasp of the la
: : seven hundred of his former associates
crime, and who finally became the chief
the Paris police Vidocq had been,
few years previously, suddenly, and fc
some unexplained reason, dismissed frol
,, service, and was now living paper make
in Picardy. AS yet, no worthy successc
= had been found for this astute and sharl
" witted guardian of the public safety. Bl
: in Allard was discovered one that migl
have been Vidocqs master, and Allard WI
= q made chief of the Paris police. And h
= subsequent career fully justified the choiC
Once Month.