The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-02-24

in telling the robber with whom he va
still engaged, Ind then. Getting ont Of
the door, ran, and. did not stop until he
reached tho Cafe de Europe. In re.
counting these adventure . second time,
he represented the robbers Is f1eeing be.
lore him, after clutching their booty, aud
he pursuing them to the street, where
one ran to tho right and the other to the
left, and no one noticed his cries Of Stop,
thief and assassin 3" *%'.':'s II
The little variation in his narratives
Was.attributed to his bcwilderment and
excitement in going through such peril
oas adventure, and the people Of the Cafe
de l'Europe layished attentions upon him.
One Of his shirt sleeves were partly torn
off. They tore away still more to bind
up IN ugly cut which his right hand had
received, and they dressed his other
wounds and rsmedied the disorder Of his
clothing. They then recommended him
to lodge = complaint with the police, and
he set forth to do SO. Before gong to
Commissioner of Police, he diverted his
steps to make call upon man named
Barthelemy, keeper Of little jewelry.
shop in the Palais Royal, who was one Of
his friends, and to him and his wife:'relat.
ed his adventure. While telling his story
he was overheard by two agents Of the
secret police, who listened closely to his
narration. Once before, on that same
evening, Captain St. Clair had visited the
Barthelemy family to tell them on that
succeeding day he was going to Lyons.
They sympathized with him, and told him
that two rascals had been arrested in the
Palais Royal that evening who might be
the same ones who had robbed him.
They went together to the guard.house
t. see the fellow. Only one ives there.
Tho other had been sent to his barracks,
being soldier. Captain St. Clair could
not identify the one who remained.
Then Bsrthelemy and his wife accom-.
panied the captain to the Office of the
Commissary Of Police. They didn't
find that functionary. He had gone to
No. II Rue Neuve des Petits Champs.
Thither they followed him, and the two
secret police agents closely logged their
footsteps. As they went along Captain
Saint Clair told his story over again. and
with . new variation. Now his terrific
combat with the robbers took place not
in the woman's room, but in the water.
closet on the seventh floor, whittier he
had assembled. The detectives made q
mental note Of the discrepancy.
Arriving at the scene of the tragedy.
the captain recognized the house Is the
one 10 which he had been enticed, and he
also recognized the corpse Of the beautiful
Holland girl who had lured him to this
den Of assassins. He denied ever having
seen her before that night, but his vari.
GUS stories had awakened suspicion, and,
upon his being arrested and searched, q
little memorandum book, in which with
rare frankness of detail, he noted down
his receipts and expenditures, was found
in his pocket, and, from the entries there.
in, it was learned that he had twice be-
fore visited the girl, and paid her small
sums of money on each occasion. Con.
victed thus Of one direct falsehood, his
whole story was deemed fantastic and
improbable invention, and he was believ.
ed to be guilty Of the girls assassination.
The bloody knife he identified as his, and
his affirmation that it had been forcibly
wrenched from him by the murders who
robbed him was not at all credited.
But what motive could he have fo1
such crime! He was young man OIL
good sense and excellent character, &C.
cording to public repute. 1t was i'm
possible that he could have had any emo
tions Of jealousy connected with this
woman of the town. He could not have
intended to rob her, for in her purse
loose pieces Of gold and silver and some
jewelry, were found lying about the room
when theI police took possession. Be-
sides he was brave soldier, one of thu
bravest Of the intrepid 23d Demi. brigade
and had won by gallantry. and good
conduct his rank in the 3lst Regiment Of
the Line, although he was but twenty
seven years old. Surely he could not
have stopped to be the assass sin and rob
Der of woman.
The little memorandum book seemed tC
suggest motive for the hideous crime
He was madly infatuated with gambling
In five months he had lost 5,430 francs
Altogether between the preceding June
and the date of the murder, he had lost
$500 francs, which were 5000 more than
his. pay amounted to. So great had been
his infatuation, and so bad had been his
luck, that few days before this tragic
event he had been compelled to pawn hi
watch.
In addition to his pay, the book showed
only that he had received two bills of ex
change, for one 1000 francs each. and ir
the unhappy light in which he now stood
it was promptly surmised by tho author
tiles that he had gained the rest Of thu
money by crime-perhaps by such horrid
means rs the murder Of the Holland girl
1t was furthermore represented that shs
had been economical, and was supposed
to have saved up considerable sum o.
money, which had mysteriously disap
peared since her death, however. TAX
ing everything into consideration. j,
seemed exceedingly probable that he hat
murdered the girl for her money, to max.
good lis losses at play.
Captain st. Clair was brought to tria
before court.martial, composed Of off
GERS Of the First Division, Adjt. Comm
Bigex presiding, and. in spite Of the adj.
endeavors Of his attorney, NJ. Bracelet
Ferriere, was found guilty Of premeditat
ed homicide. It is believed the court Va.
prejudiced very seriously by some mino,
facts, such IS the captains treatment o