, 1869-10-22

maneuvres that Traubmann, having already
disposed of Jean Kinck, succeeded in getting
together all the members of the family whose
heir he meant to be, between the Hotel du N0rd
and Pantin. By what Stratagem he allured the
eldest son, Gustave, into the field where his
body was subsequently found is not known but
there seems TO be no doubt that this first victim
fell separately, and at an earlier hour than the
six others. AT II o'clock Traubmann met Ma
dame Kinck and her five children at the station,
drove them to the place where he had already
dug their grave, and there killed and buried
them. That he had acc0mplices to aid him in
his work is sufficiently probable, but is not yet
proved, except inasmuch as, besides the pickaxe
and spade which Traubmann had bought in the
Rue de Flandre, at La Villettc, two other SINH
lar instruments were found on the spot, and in
asmuch as q man who had been seen with
Ffanbmann in Paris, and who was conspicuous
for MS thletic appearance, and especially for
his enormous hands, was seen, with two others,
~ io.0u~ he Einck family at a distance as they
WALKED 10 the slaughter field. If Traubmann
Bad avcoppices-dn he could hardly, however
strong, have felt equal to the task of despatch
ing so many victims single handed, even al
though he divided them into two hatches-his
~accomplices must have been sought by him
among those bad characters with whom be had
become acquainted in that locality. But, what
ever help he may have deemed necessary, there
is no doubt that Traubmann alone had laid and
carried out his plan, which be now deemed fully
successful, and of which he trusted he had Sc
cured the benefit. Jean Kinck lay dead in
Alsace, all his family buried at Pantin. Traub-
mann had in his possession the watches belong
ing to father and son, all the family papers, a
seal which he had had engraved by Bouillan, in
Rue ST.. Martin, a month ago, With the words
"Gustace Kinch, mecanicicn, Rue de PAl0uettc,
q Roubair,' and had gone to Havre, where be
hoped to embark for New York. Had his luck
fdvoured him to the end, he no doubt intended
to spread a report that the Kinck family had
migrated to America, and to reappear at no
distant period, presenting himself as Gustave
Kinck, announcing that Jean Kinck was dead;
and, by the aid of the seal, of the family deeds,
and other documents, authentic or forged, he
would then have claimed the fathers property
in his assumed name and in that of his alleged
family.
The scheme was deep and subtle, but not
sound it relied on the coincidence of too many
propitious circumstances it was exposed to too
many diSapp0intmentS and mischances. The
mere fact that Madame Kinck arrived two hours
before her time, and, not being met at the sta
ton as she expected, went to the hotel, and was
seen in Paris, led to the immediate Identification
of the six mutilated bodies while the clumsy
manner in which those bodies and that of Gus
tave Kinck were buried could not fail to lead
to their prompt discovery. That discovery,
however, need not have prevented Traubmann
from making his escape, as his arrest at Havre
was the result of mere accident; but it did away
with all his future chances of urging any claims
in the name of the Kinck family, and of persona
flying any of them. With all his sagacity and
forsightedness,. with his a~trocious fixed idea SO