Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-10-03
TUESDAY

Hsw . Gresser cos Fooled By q
Phffaaelphsa Arab.
Many strangers ~ the Centennial are not
yetaware that they can't get out, even FOR
inomsnt, and get back, ON TIE same co.
SSanceNe lssw an old man. evidently a
the gatensn: al want 10 20 oot a minut.
you?" e ~oh'
Sateman-."fes IN know you by . nfty-
GIanse II Amt the money paid
Ga,ema n IN It's good for all day II
GranEer:-"But want a bite teet. tn
cost me nifty cents In here"
you'll have 10 stand it. Bat ri tell Won
what You can do. You can 60 down by
them paliDgs, and there's some boys outside
followed the old gentleman down the pal
ipgs TO witness his Investment. Sure
enough, he found an auourn-hairsd boy
with sandwiches, and, taking one through
Then he held his hand through for the
charge.
TINS is IS76, - says the brick top Arab.
GIanger-"Weh, / gIess knowed that
before. Gin my chsnge!"
Arao.-"rhIs Is Centennial year"
granger (snsI ping his fingers pervously
through the cIack.) Here bop don't want
10 fooling. GIN my change right away"
Arso.-"Dont you know this is Centennial
year,
Granger Yes, sholy do. dim my
char sc, you owdscious devil"
year"
Granser."You cussed, Internal. red head
Cd brat OF satan, IL you don't GIN me thirty
cents I'll come out there and get a nolice-
man hold OF you"
Arab.-Naw, mister. that wouldn't be
business. You don't want to come out here
and pay nfty cents to get back-Just for
thirty cents-and IL yer was 10 do IL for
spite, where'd be when you got out? You
see, this is Centennial year. Have TO make
our jack this year. Now you go along uiet
shd pice, And itll be all the same next
Finaie.~"Arab performs a short war
dance and yells: ''Run here, Jimmy! I've
dore IL TO another of EN-"
Granger walks OIL, rubbing his bothered
Dig blasted iniew gourdseed, II this AMI
the skippinist place ever struck"
THE MURDER IN The ALPs-Rer,t de
IO,nctUe and His English WYe-A Creer OF
Ci1ne.-On July Eth last the dead body OF q
young Englishwoman, the wife OF Hen ri de
bottom OF q ravipe near the Stelvio Pass OF
the Tyrolese Alps. The only person who
was With her at the time OF her death was
direct evidence against him, the circum-
stantlal evidence pointing TO him as
the murderer was very strong. Ii was
also clear that she could not have fallen
have thrown herself down IL with suicidal
purpose, as alleged by her husband, In snch
q way as TO have caused death, and that
death had been caused not by any fall put
by gaping wound or cut in the temple
Still the local magistrate allowed the pris.
oner's discharge. The cause of the crime, IL
was thought, was De Tourville's foudness
Tor French maid In his wifes service but
new evidence has been brought To light tend
Ing 10 show that bis motive was more sordid,
The tragedy having come TO the xuo ge
OF the London police detective was ordered
To look up the previous career OF De Tour
legation to the authorities at Innsbruck. II
was ascertained that he formerly passed
under the name OF Henry Perreau aud
that the victim OF the Stelvio Pass was
bis second wife. When his first wife
was very Ill, one day when no one else
was present, he took the opportunity 20 ex-
plain the mechanism OF his revolver 10
bis mother fn-law. By accident or de-
sign The weapon was discharged, and a
bullet passed through the old lady's brain.
His wife died soon after wards, and at her
death De Tourvflle came into possession OF
her real estate valued at f40 900, which had
III not been for the opportune death OF mis-
mother -tn-l8w would have passed to her
The police, although not having eviden &c
enough against him to cause bis arrest
thenceforth kept a sharp eye on his move.
ments. In November last he married his
second wife, Margaret, who was WORTH
10000. After the wedding he induced her
10 make will, making him her sole deyIsee
and legatee. They then left England for the
continent; and their tour, as we already
know, terminated In her tragic death in an
Alpine ravine.