The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-08-23

MIND. Inc man VINO udu Ielb 6HS
yalise sought to shift the murder on
my shoulders, and he was the muir
derer.
I shuddered.
The agent now told me he had
sent after the other man, and that he
would, no doubt be arrested in the
morning. l asked how he would
find out where the carriage went to.
He replied: "Why, you see it is a
frosty night; my agent will get on q
horse, follow the tracks Of the car
riage, and will probably oVertake it
in two hours, if he has left the town,
as there is but one road leading to
Rouen, aud no train leaves here be-
fore 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, at
which hour you and will start for
Paris; so if you have an inclination
to sleep you can do So"
Islept but little that night. The
next morning we left for Paris. 1
was allowed the privilege Of a news
paper, and could not help smiling as
/ looked over the news, rumors and
facts of the great murder, which'edi-
tors had hashed up for their morn
ing readers. After reading I slept
most of the way, dreaming of dia-
mond studs, prisons, hotels, valises,
and agent de police, and wondered at
the reality when l aWoke, only to
find the gray eyes Of the agent fixed
upon me-those eyes that looked SO
bright, though they had not closed
in sleep for perhaps two nights be-
fore ne had arrested me.
We arrived at Paris at last, and
was at once conveyed to prison.
That very day young lady came
into my cell, accompanied by an
agent de police, in whom 1 recOgniz-
ed the one with the golden hair
whom 1 had seen in the gambling
saloon in the Rue Neuve des Petit
Champs.
The agent said, pointing to me
l"Do you recognize that man ?" She
replied without hesitation that she
| did.
"Well, we are ready to take you
deposition, mademoiselle," and th'
agent added: "Henri, come and wit
ness this A turnkey entered
The young lady commenced in sill
yer voice as follows: II first saY
this man in naatso1 de .jeu in thI
Reu des Petits Champs; he was play
ling at the same table as the murder
led man, whom 1 have also recogniz
led at the morgue. Sometimes the,
would take their refreshments to
Igether in the saloon. They dranl
lin company several times, and ha,
lsome private conversation. Tn
lprisoner left the house before tn
murdered man, who did not leave un
til two hours later, and had not Wol
much that night"
This disposition she signed witt
her name, Eugene Dumont.
Here the interview ended, and
was left alone to reflect.
heard the next day from one o
the keepers, that the friend who haC
left his valise with me had been cap
tured at La Forge, near Rouer
, where he had made desperate re
lsistance, but had been oYerpoWered
I spoke to the tall agent, and ask
led him to recommend me a goo,
lawyer. He did so, and I sent 70
him. In the meantime the agen
said the other prisoner was yer
! like me, with the exception that h
? wore q moustache, while I wore
Ibeard l remarked that he had
beard, too, when 1 saw him last
"Oh, we know all that" said tn
agent, when we entered the hotel h
saw that his game was up, so he pu
/ his valise in your room, cut off hi
beard, trimmed his moustache, wen
straight to our carriage, which wa
e waiting, and told the driver coolly t
; drive him to another hotel, then pal
5 and discharged him. OF course th
0 driver never suspected anything,
t he thought the murderer was one j
my party. But the coolest part {
e the business was, that he came on 8
e far as Rouen on the same train wit
d ourselves, at least so he himse
n says. In his room at the hotel v
! found a large clasp-knife, with Il
blood dried in the interstices; ais
e the hair he had cut of.
It The agent then told me the pri
oner had confessed; and in his CO.
h fession had stated that he had 70
Q lowed me from Rouen to Dieppe,
e shift the murder on me, as locke
so much like him, and as he hs
Il seen me leave the gambling hous
while he lay in wait for the murde
If ed man, and as he knew the dete
2 tives were upon his track.
d What singular stroke of luck
I would have been in his favor, Il
N fact of my having the watch, h'
le chance not fixed it otherwise!
m Next day through the kindness
ut the agent and the efforts Of my la
It, yer, / was released on bail. l q
BIT peared at the trial, which was We
le long, and was called several times
# the stand.
" The clue the detectives discoy,