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One day not long ago the people OF
the ancient city OF Dion, l64 miles
southeast from Paris, were startled
at an early hour in the morning by
the wild cries and stil wilder gestic-
UlatiOns OF = man who was running
through the streets and shouting al
the top Of his voice:
sob, [ have murdered them! l
have murdered them, Aunie and
Sophie, l have murdered them ~
A large cOncOurse of people was not
long in assem- bling round the excited
/ individual. They wondered whether
he had really committed the fearful
crime of which he accused himself
I Finally policeman arrested him and
/ took him 20 the station house. The
I Police Commissioner there, after qui-
citing him, ELECTED from him the fol-
lowing statement:
"My name is Edward Darnell: I
am 4 native of baltimore, in the Uni
led States; / am thirty-two years
old; have been Dion for the past
ten months l served in the 81 Reg
| iment Maine Volunteers, during the
war against the rebellion; l enlisted
as a private, but soon afterwards OBJ
tanned a commission, and l was hon
Orably discharged as B-eVet Msior i'm
1865. Through the influence Of a Con-
gresham from my State, / obtained
a clerkship in the Department Of the
Interior, but had to leave Washing
ton soon afterward, in consequence Of
some trouble had with a bad woman
there; having over 81 900 in my pos
session, l thought Z would see the
Old World, and went to Paris, where
saw Mr., Washburne, the Minister
from the United States in an evil
hour visited a gambling hell, and
lost nearly every cent L had in nv
pocket; the next day 1 was nearly
crazy, and, a man having told me
that a teacher of the English language
was wanted at the Lyceum of Dion,
L started for this city and arrived
here with thirty francs in my pOek-
ct. was fortunate enough to obtain
the place in question, although the
salary was but ], 200 fracs q year. IL
took board at the house OF the widow
Saussure, at No. ( Place d. Armes. /
She had two handsome daughters.
Annie and Sophia; I fell in love with |
Annie and asked her to marry me:
she consented. Unfortunately a short |
time afterwaTd, found Sophie alone |
at home; l succumbed to her charms |
and she fell q victim to me.
Go to the house of Madam Saussure, |
and you will find the lifeless remains |
Of the two gods. o, God o, God / |
have killed them Both of them low
ed me-it is too horrible too hOrri-
bic ~
The frenzied man broke into con-
vu,sive sObs, and the Police Commits
siOner was unable to obtain any fur
ther information from him. As a
matter of course, he Immediately
repaired to the house, No. Place d'
Armes, and when he and his official
entered the street door a narrowing
sight met their view. Madam Saus-
sure, a fine-lOOking old lady, rushed
toward them with calculations of de-
spair. She conducted them up stairs
and ushered them into a neat looking
ing bed room. Upon the couch lay
two beautiful girls between eighteen
and twenty years of age, locked in a
firm embrace. One would have
thought they were simply asleep, so
calm and peaceful was the expression
Of their cOuntenances. Alas, they
were dead Nothing could have been
more heartrending than the grief of
their poor mother as she flung herself
upon the inanimate bodies of her two
fair daughters, who, but q few days
ago, had, been full Of life, joy and
hope.
After the poor woman had recover
from her parOxysm of grief, she show
ed the Police Commissioner the fol-
lowing letters which told the whole
mOurnful story:
"DEAR MOTHER Edward has be-
trayed me. He loved Sophie better
than me! ANNIE"
The second letter was still more
"MAAINIA:-NOu must not cry over
me. have been wicked, and had no
longer 4 right to live. Do not blame
him SOPHIE
The two girls had discovered each
others secret, and had resolved, when
they knew the whole truth, to COM
NIT suicide together. They had pro-
cured some Spanish green and Pois-
Oned themselves.
A doctor was called in and examin-
ed them. He said they had been
dead about eight or nine hours that
they must have suffered terribly af-
ter swallowing the fatal drug, and
that he was at a loss to account for
the sweet and unrnffled expression OF
their cOuntenances.
The Police Commissioner withdrew,
and ordered that Darnell should be
taken into custody. He behaved like
a madmSn, and at one time it was
thought necessary 20 put him in the
jacket.
The criminal Judge of the depart
ment investigated the terrible affair,
but he came to the conclusion that he
had no right to hold Darnell. The
latter was sent to Paris, where he is
oonfinH in MaisOn Ha Gapfa