Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-14

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imitation, could alone have been th'
murderer of the T. 'Esparayes. There wa
savageness about the tragedy scarcely
possible even for the most cruel and de
prayed of men. And would any man
LATTER committing the murder, have so use
I lessly wasted time and strength in drag
ging the young woman's body into the
chimney, ONLY. at last, to leave the foul
thousand francs lying upon the floor?
But the deep, angry voice, with its
"Cursed devilw and "My God!" which
had been so plainly heard, did that also
belong to an orang outang, Monsieur
Allarde cTs1.-te
No, probably to the apes owner. But
first let us look for the orang outang, some
of whose short, yellow hair was left in the
Hands of Madame L'Esparaye.
And day after day, Allard patiently read
over the Paris papers in search OF an ad-
vertisement of the lost orang g7outapg
But he saw none. every well, said he
to himself, /" we must now advertise an
orang outang found. My belief that an
ape only committed that murder is not to
be overthrown. If the owner of the
orang outang, which / am sure must in
any event have made its escape, is limo
cent he will undoubtedly be on the look
out for his precious animal" M
And thereupon, without making soul
asharer in his suspicious or his investiga:
tions, he published the advertisement
4 which appeared in the Monde. = -
At length, one evening, he heard a heavy
step upon the stairway. There was a
bright gleam of joy in his eyes as he
glanced into the side pocket of his coat
| Hrs revolver was all right. =
| There was timid, hesitating knock at
the door.
"Come in ~ said Allard in friendly
| yet hstless tone. 7
A tall, powerful fellow, with SUM- brown.
! ed face almost hidden ia long, black
beard, in the garb and with the rolling
gait of sailor, bowling awkwardly and
| glancing fearfully around, entered the
room. s''Am + right, sir? Are you the
/ gentleman that caught the orang-
outang?" q
| Eyes, nay friend-you, I suppose, are
| its owner? A finer ape than that is not
to be found in the Jartliao des P5antes.'' +
| | At this quiet and friendly greet
| ing the sailor evidently breathed easier.
Al thought Allard, he is not ignorant,
then, of the murder committed by his ape.
when can have my animal ?"
:" AS soon as we agree upon what l am
to receive for my trouble"
How mach do owe you, sir ?"
ooh, onlya trifie. Idemand from you
nothing more than brief, straightfor-
ward confession. How did Madame l. Es-
paraye and her daughter come to their
death ?" .asa as-ss58
These quietly-spoken yet piercing words
made the sailor start back as if bitten by
an adder Brandishing his crab-stick, he
sprang toward the door,. But Allard had
already as silently as swiftly locked it, and
put the key in his pocket. Cooked re-
volver in hand, he continued in the same
calm, mild tone: You see, my friend,
you are in my power. A full and frank
confession only can save you. You,
know, are innocent of the murder but
how came your ape to perpetrate it, and
" hat were you doing that nightin Madame
PEsparaye's yard? You were more than
once heard to cry out, 'cursed deviE and
my God : 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 a hair Of your head shall be
harmed.''
"Sir, as I live, I am indeed
innocent of this murder, yet it
has caused me many bad hours.
| will tell you all. On my last voyage I
brought the ape with me from Borneo, ex-
pecting to sell him here in Paris for apretr
ty piece of money. But the chance for
that seemed as if it would never come.
Now, on thatunlucky night, / came home
late-I had been drinking little, strand
found the wooden cage in which l had shut
the animal broken open, and the ape, with
his face lathered and my razor In his hand,
standing before the looking glass; scraping
away, Just as he had often seen me when
shaving myself. I was little startled, sir,
aud made a Jump for the whip with which
I had often before brought the brute to
reason. But, making one spring, the ra-
zor still in his hand, he flew through 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 it
was three o'clock in the morning, when
Paris is asleep Suddenly the ape saw a
light burning in the open back window Of
a house in the Rue Morgue. He sprang
over the low wall, ran swiftly up the
lightning rod, and swung himself into the
room. heard two women scream out in
wild terror-then noisy scuftie-and
after that it became quieter. Hall dead
with fear,@I 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 cruel
grasp of that savage brute. As soon as he
heard nv 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 bad
act, he suddenly laid hold on the daughter
and pushed her as far up the chimney as
he could. The body of the old lady he
flung with all his strength through the
window. over my head, down into the
yard. Half out of my senses with horror
and fear, l slipped to the ground. Then,
hearing the sound of voices in the house,
[ fled, full of terror, from the miserable
place How got home do not know.
Of my murderous ape | have since seen
nothing. Now, sir, you know all do with
me as you will"
This plain story the sailor repeated be-
fore the court The frightful mystery of
the double murder was at last explained.
The chimney sweep, Francois Ramel, was,
as a matter of course, set at liberty.
The unpunisbed and unpunlshable
perpetrator of the crime was soon after
ward cantured almost dead with hunger,