The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-24

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swHEN YOU MOUNT THE sCAFFoLD,
| "assassinp thunoersd the official, sud-
denly.
Thore sank back upon his couch with
a groan.
81 am innocent" he murmured.
| Tho procureNr lett him without another
word. Next he went to the house OF
Granier Maurel, who had been released
from confinement a lew days before.
| "Monsieur Maurel," he said to the
nephew Of M. Norette, 81 am sorry to
tell you that you will have to surrender
| all claims to the estate Of your UNCLE"
/ "Why?n asked Maurel, quickly.
| eBecause your uncle is still aliveW
| "You are jestipg," replied Maurel,
with forced smile. "Where is he.~ he
asked then.
You shall soon meet him face to tace,
| Monsieur Maurel. ;" replied the procurealg.
l"Wil you now do me the favor Of going
with meW
| "Where to?"
| "To the mairie."
SIN order to do whatw
"To welcome your uncle back to
HavreW
"Monsieur," cried Maurel, IL beg you
| TO stop your unseemly pleasantryp
| "Pieasantry! l tell you the exact
| truth. Your uncle is there In the iden-
| tical suit of clothes in which he was last
seen in this CITY," e.. ...'
Maurel, a man of rare presence of
mind, only smiled disdainfully. Taking
his hat, ne said, with seeming inditfer-
ence:
"Let us 60 to the mairie."
Upon their arrival there he was ush-
| cred into dark room. Suddenly it was
lighted up, and he saw before him, in an
open coffin,
fHE LIFE.LIKE REMAINS
Oh MS uncle. lie could notrepress cry
of horror.
| "My UNCLE" he gasped.
| "Whpm you murderedw said the pro.
curear, stefnly.
| Maurel protested his innocence.
| "What sort of theatrical nonsense is
th1s?' he then exclaimed, with well
leigRed atfectation of indignation. at
you think that brought about the death
OF my Well-Deloved uncle, whose demise
fills me with profound grief, why don't
You try me upon the charge? Aye, mon-
sleur, DEFY you 10 do sol"
"Yourrequest shall be complied with"
salu the proc@''ear. ''Officer," he add
ed, turning 10 the door, which had
been left open, ''put this man in soli-
tary CELL"
No sooner had Maurel been taken to
his dungeon than Tnore was sent tor.
The sight OF Norette's corpse over
whelmed him with terror. The procureur
tried hard to eXtort confession from
him, but to no purpose.
Thus baf1ed, the procureur ordered the
pubic TO be admitted 10 view the re-
mains of M. Norette. Two detectives
were stationed near the open coffin to
watch closely everybody that looked at
the corpse. thousands ayailed them
selves OF the privilege during the follow
Ing day.
Among them was a young woman. Pc
trelle Values. Upon looking at the corpse
she uttered
| CRY OF SURPRISE,
| ''Did you know this poor man p, said
one of the detectives to her.
| She blushed, and answered In the
affirmative. "When and where did you
get acquainted with hlmr
| 'He came to see me-" she whispered.
| "she IS courtezan," said the other
detective.
| She acknowledged that she was.
| "The old man Told me that he was In
love with me-" she said. "Eie gave me
plenty OF money; but then he deserted
me Tor JEANETTE Monnier."
"When was thatW
| my, In January of last year.'b
| "W here is Janette Monnier powp, O..
| SOhl she has left HaVre. Her lover
was Thore, the skipper, who is now In
prison."
This was an important revelation.
Steps were taken immediately to ascer-
tain the whereabouts Of Janette Mon.
nier. 1t was found that she had lived
| with an OLD woman OF bad repute, Sarah
Bonlman. The latter stated that JaueLte
| Mnnnipr had baan nj har
old gentleman who had seemed very
| fond OF her. One night the old lover and
Janette had lett her house together, and
the girl had never returned. 1t was DIS
covered that this had taken place the
very night when M. Norette had disap-
peared from HaYre.
The old woman was shown the en-
balmed corpse Ot Norette, when she ex-
claimed:
"Tuat is hel That is the lover of
Janette MonnierW
| But where was that girl to be found /?
| Diligent inquiries failed to elicit any
cew as to her whereabouts. Finally the
| search Tor her was intrusted to
PARISIAN DETECTIVE,
who succeeded by very simple Strata
gem in bringing her to light. lie adv r.
| Used in the Moniteur that Monsieur
Norette, OF HaVre, had left will. in
| winch he had bequeathed ten thousand
francs to one JaneLte Monnier, of the
| same place; that, owing to her absence
from Hayre, the money had been claimed
by one Thore, who said he was her hus-
band; and that the money would be paid
to HIM unless she would apply for it in
person to the Commissioner for Hayre at
the office OF the May or Of Paris. Janette
| was the inmate OF house of ill-repute
| In Paris. She was told about the adyer-
tisement in the Moniteur, and the idea
| that Thore, her former lover, should OBJ
tain the money bequeathed TO her, made
her furious. So she hurried to the May
ors office, where, TO her great conster-
| nation, she was taken into custody by
the detective.
BY dint Of insidious questions he OBJ
tanned full confession from her.
She said that Granier Maurel had
bribed her and Thore to inyeigle al,
Norette on board OF Thore's ship. Thore
had received 5000 francs for taking the
old man to America, and there put him
! out of the way. AS soon as he had done
SO, Thore was to haye received 10000
| francs more. When she had coaxed
Norette on board of Thore's schooner,
| Thore had beaten the old man Sc seless,
and then poured a dark liquid down his