The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-15
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Az GIN LAwxER's sToZY-
4 great many years agc. while ]
was c3moarztiTely 3 voang MAI, and
SIN unmarried, 7 resided Il 3 certain
-stv e Pennsylvania, and enjoyed
+ he reputation Ct being Tie ele7eres5
lawyer ever kncBa there. Il is not
fo- ne 50 ssE TIE praise vas Deri.ec-
. t1t I certainly fe1nd myself able %
( discover loop-hcles q escape fsr those
wEom I defen286. which surprised
1 eTaa ny fellow lawyers / posses
sd b. Gat1-e thoss qualities which
woulG have made NJ A ezceLeut ds-
tec.5ve, ard ! vas 3 Ibcr08gh ssu-
Le-s e the law There Eas ID ms
terv aeoGs il. bat sn1lE TIE mere
ignorant cl1ssCs I had gained E rep
u-a.i91 fcr acre tLaa hunza k10Ei-
edge PeIAzPs Il VAS aot polite f8g
than to ssv tie 3crl helped ne. 1ut
tLey did
However, l began = tall you about
Madame Mat-ezu.
She was an cd lady, who owned
z ltlle house i the suburbs e The
CITY Sic herself was q American
birsh. but har husband had beea
Fre1caza3- ana 50 The tile Madame
aa3 been bessoEed Epoa her She
Eas 1oE uisIon znd he- dzughie-
f Gabrielle, and s9n Henri, were her
onlv IEiag reI4tiTez Her income
vas d11 slender, and she eked = cut
by tskil- ies bozrle-s, generally
steady cd people. Tho had known
her IT E1CT years These respected
and LEe1 her. Int tBe city generally
h1 2 prejudice against her There
. hz1 bze1 t7To slldsl deaths n tie
aeusz, Cze1 iiDe she Tic1iCl being 81
eu1re stranger who cane s. night
and vas f511l dead II BIS bed i The
nlorziuz- Each tiiae tae iETy was
6lFile.5-so11e 5alieFl1g tbal sira1-
+ E1latsa1 had been TIC caEse Ct deat5.
s3lae tEat the mza lad Giel II .
L wzs terrible taiar taat tw0
such deaths shoul5 have occurred be-
heath her roof Mzdalae's friends
ipi7ied her The rest e the Ettle
world biate1 thar laese were strz1-
gers. 1al thzt their tra1ks. with ID
1ne knew wbat sm8G8t g money
fz1d CHER Fal12ble property, remain
F 81 i M1lzae-s possession No one
said she Ess 3 u-rd-ess. bgf every
51e Sad Is was very straDse. n 81
o5d tone. and ID oae since that sec
end 5aath had visited Madame Nss-
-e1u
Iuvself-perbaps bceazse I bzd
admired ler great deal. s1d her
daughter much le-e-ha1 alwsys
insisted has i vas merely 8 cgizei-
dezce. ard thz4 "a : world n Wbish
fapoplaxT and heart disease we're 50
F eounan. L Ezs 70 sGe5 marTel thai
two uen sho1ld hare net sudden
deaths n the szle house But 3T
faith il this theory vas shaken Ehea
ole morning i vas puhEsbed over
itLe citv that a1otte- transient beard
er had been found dead n Madame
F Ma-se1z-s h51se. and thai SIZE was
arrested q suspicion q having NM
e-e5 HIN. his watch and chain hav-
F ing been found n her possession.
Before I had recoVered from the
shock of tbs terrible piece q news.
message came 70 ms from Madame
Na-reau She desired 20 see ne
. OF course I went 70 hsr a. oace,
Sbe had beea taken 70 prison, and
& 7 Fouad Ler II 2 Gtsle room With .
barred Kizd0E. AID 81 insufficient
. IRE uroa the hearth Tie logs had
burned n tTo sP0z Tie a16zr3n. and
+ The wb;te ashes Ee-e scattered over
tie hearth Almost n them sat
Madame Mattezu, II her widows
dress ofsambre back
Sic Vas ch;ilE with grief and ex-
citemcut. aid had drawn the char
close 20 the hre-
SIZE sdo0k Violently from head =
es and her face was deadly pale 3
she ta-ue3 Il toEaTl ueaa5 held cut
hs- haz5
20. thank Hezreo, ven have
come - sLe SID 4 knoa Eoa esa
save ne. IsR net horrib.es How
ca1il I kili 3 maas Why should II
WhF DO people Gene 70 NJ house 70
5ies To &c horrible, Eiih black faces
ard ssa7ilf1r eyes. as # some one had
choked tbeuz CghI and be was 3
n1cifv younE maa the night before
On. Eo0d Heaven. how horEiblel-7
s=t doEn beside her iook her
hand
Madame Ma.teau,- I said, BE
calm. collect Yourself As Four
lzxverI I must know 81 Tel ne.
from frst 70 last what kappened-i
Ehaf was said what was dene- II
yoz-r
paused: her black eyes had fash
Cd nD0n re. I could not ask her
Whether sbe had any confession 10
make saw she had zo1 Unless
she vas the best actress who ever
lived Madame Eaueau Vas innocent .
/ Of aav crime
II yoa have any suspieions-
a7ded, eel them Al . De
There e 10 o7e 70 suspees, sob
as1 The Poor womzn.
IN the boase were Gabrielle, ny
daughter, whom yea have SEN; cd
Hannah. tie cook: Mr. 4od Mrs
BeasehaEsp, friends of nv Po0r dear
husband il bss b3yho0l-ibe best,
zad kiaSiast people-Mr. GTay. q very
old man. TOO feable . le2Ts the hszse
poor Gesormed Miss Norman. and tie
F. librarian. N- Bassfor5 Meme of
these could G. w8ald murder mo0se.
See kox kid they sre; shey remain
n nv h11se. they sssd me word that
they hare 10 d0ab4 Of me- Oh, how
eaa zavbody =
And this nan EEo-r ! bsgs1-
YES, sid Madame M4ttea8. Il