The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-03

ing his hat, he said with seeming in
difference <.s t& ~. SssssaSss@s4
''Let us go to the mairie'' Sa. - 4
''Upon their arrival there, he was
ushered into dark room. Suddenly it
was lighted up, and he saw before him.
in an open coffin the life-like remains
Of hisSuncle. He could not repress a
cry Of horror. z.
'My uncle,'' he gasped. :. "
'Whom you murdered - said the
procureur, sternly. i.
Maurel protested his innocence.
What sort of theatrical nonsense is
this !''he then exclaimed with a we'll
feigned affectation of Indignation. eff
you think that I brought about the
death of my much-lamented uncle,
whose demise fills me with profound
grief, why don't you try me upon the
charge! Aye monsieur, l defy you to
do so !''
"Your request shall be complied
WITH said: the the procureur. ''Offi-
cer,' he added, put this man in soli-
tary cell.
No sooner had Maurel been taken to
his dungeon than Thore was sent for.
The sight of Norette's corpse over
whelmed him with terror. The procu-
reur tried hard to extort confession
from him, but to no purpose. @'->
Thus baffled, the procureur ordered
the public to be admitted to view the
remains of NJ. Norette. Two detec-
tives were stationed near the open cof-
fin to watch closely everybody that
looked at the corpse. Thousands
awaited themselves Of the privilege
during the following day.
Among them was a young woman,
Petrelle Wales. Upon looking at the
corpse she uttered a cry of surprise.
"Did you know this poor man, said
one of the detectives to her.
She blushed and answered in the af-
irmative.
"When and where did you get &C.
quainted with him ?''
''He came to see me-" she whisper
ed. "'
*'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. ''He gave
me plenty Of money; but then he de-
serted me for Janette Monnier.''
"When was that?''
"Why, in January of last year,
"Where is Janette Monnier now?''
"Oh 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 as
certain the whereabouts of Janette
Monnier. 1t was found that she had
lived with an old woman of bad re-
pute, Sarah Boniman. The latter stat
ed that Janette Monnier had been at
her house with an old gentleman, who
had seemed very fond of her. One
night the old lover and jeanette had
left her house together, and the girl
never returned. It was discovered
that this had taken place the very
night when M. Norette had disap-
peared from Havre.
The old woman was shown the en-
balmed corpse of Norette, when she
exclaimed
"That is he That is the lover of
Janette Monnier!' -
| But where was that girl to be found?
Diligent inquiries failed to elicit any
| YIN" ttO w uOI " AC1 CbOOuUSs ElllCllY
the search for her was intrusted to a
Partisan detective, who succeeded by
a very simple stratagem in bringing
her to light. He advertised in the
Moniteur that Monsieur Norette, of
Havre, had left a will, in which he
had bequeathed ten thousand francs to
one jeanette Monnier of the same
place; that, owing to her absence
from Havre, the money had been
claimed by one Thore, who said he
was her husband and that the money
would be paid to him unless she would
apply for it in person to the Commits
sioner for Havre at the Office of the
Mayor of Paris. Janette was the in
mate of house of ill-repute in Paris.
She was told of the advertisement in the
Moniteur, and the idea that Thore, her
| former lover, should obtain the money
bequeathed to her, made her furious.
So she hurried to the Mayors office,
where, to her great CONSERVATION, she
| was taken into custody by the detect
i've.
By dint of insidious questions he OBJ
tanned full confession from her.
! She said that Granier Maurel had
bribed her and Thore to enveigle NJ.
Norette on board There'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 have re-
ceived 10000. francs more. When she
had coaxed Norette on board of There's
schooner, Thore had beaten the old man
senseless, and then poured a dark liquid
down his throat. = This liquid, Thore
said, would make NOrette sleep for
several days. When she returned
from the shin Manrel had mot l,o,.