, 1869-10-22

A1lC" hO lILllly ANCo bOSNtHNl IA PNllSCl h1A
mony. and bore an unblemished character, the
only alleged disagreement between man aud
wife having arisen from n wish Of jean Kinck
to remove his habitation, or perhaps only part
of his business, to his original home near what
is called the "Ballon d'AlSace." A few months
ago a young man, named Jean BaptiSte Traub-
mann, a native of Cernay, or BurnStadt, in AL
SAGE, became acquainted with Jean kinck in
the way Of business, worked in his establish
ment, made himself intimate with the family,
and wormed out as much Of their affairs as
suited his purpose. Trauhmann was the son Of
an able but di>Sipated workman he was nine
teen years old, and had only left rome about
seven or eight months ago he had livea and
worked at Partin, and had become familiar with
0 Of the Germans Of loose character who
have established 4 kind Of colony in that neigh
bourAOod. Traabmaun was good-iookiDg, though
apparently somewhat etfrminatp; small and
slender, but gifted, if his father may be believed,
with extraordinary strength and daring. He
dressed neatly, was c0nccited about his person,
ana could boast of a better education than is
common among the French working classes.
He had read the MYSTERIES de Paris, and the
inf Errant, and had been particularly struck
with the character of the Able Rodin, in the
latter novel, a Jesuit who, among other exploits,
~ uldClc IS way " tHC IuiICIIGdIlCC " lu6
Rennepont family by comprising the death of
its numerous members. 1t very evidently struck
young Traubmann that he could emulate'the
achievements of his model by exterminating the
whole Of the Kinck family, and coming in for
their little fortune. His stay with the Kincks,
at Roubaix, was between the 10Th Of May and
the Goth Of July. Ten days after the latter
date, jean Kinck, full Of his scheme of setting
up a business in AlSace, left home for Gueb-
willer, whilher he never arrived. A month
afterwards his son, GuStaye, by agreement, fol-
lowed The same route, and arrived at Guebwiller
on the 8th of September, and was astOnished to
hear from his fathers relatives that Jean Kinck
was not and never had been there. In obedience
to instructions from her husband, Madame Kinck
had sent him three registered letters. containing
money to The amount of 220l, and these letters
had been claimed by a young man, evidently
Traubmann, who gave himself out az Jean
Kinck, but who could not impose on the post
master and other people, to whom Kinck'S age,
if not his personal appearance, was perfectly
known. 1t was about this time, from the 8th
to the 18th of last month, when Jean Kinck had
in all probability already been murdered, that
Madame Kinck received letters purporting to
be from her husband, but written in a strange
hand-a circumstance explained by a statement
thaC Jean Nlnck nad Spralled MS WrlSf-lnVlllnS
her to 90 10 Paris, where he, Kinck, intended to
establish himself at Pantin. Madame Kinck
telegraphed her inability to go on Monday, the
18Th, but she travelled to Paris on Sunday the
10Th. Three days before, Gustave, who was
then at Guebwiller, received also a telegram,
in his fathers name, bidding him to go 10 Paris,
and appointing a rendezvous at the Hotel du
Nord. At this hotel Traubmann was already
established since the 18th, having taken a room
in the name of Jean Kinck. It was by all these