The Morning herald., 1877-09-04
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| 4of course not,r' ac~,,iescea Gevrol. 2 {
aNow, my impress On ID that he went q,
foot by the short cut tothe banks of tn,
Seine, and there-unless he has over
matched mo in cunning, and bafled me al
together-that be got rid of his suspicious
looking and troublesome bundle Eby throw
ing it into the river..
do ycu think 50, Daddy TabaretG" asked
Gevrcl, rshectively. EIs@
n Think sol III bet you anything you
like upon it; and the proof is, I have sem
three men under the direction Of gen.
darme, to drag the river at the spot I have
indicated. If they find the bundle they
shall be handsomely rewarded, can tell
you"
"You don'tmean to say you're going to
stand the damage on your own account2"
ayes, Monsieur Gevrol; shall pay the
reward from my own purse, and for my
own satisfaction said the old enthusiast,
grandly.
ut would indeed be a lucky chance if
they found the bundle," commenced the
magistrate; but before he had finished
what he was about to say, a gendarme en-
tered the room, and placed the very bundle
in question upon the table.
1t was dripping with water, and contain
ed plate, money, and some jewelry.
zone hundred francs was the reward
promised" said the gendarme, as, with q
military salute, he dropped the clinking
trophy on the table. RI
Daddy Tabaret, with an air sof intense
satisfaction, drew from his pocket bulky
and somewhat greasy pocket-book, from
which he extracted bank-note, and handed
it to the gendarme; then, after annihilating
Gevrol with look Of triumph impossible to
describe, he turned to Monsieur Daburon.
"Now, sir, will you, permit me to ask
your opinion2' a.
"Well, really" said the gentleman adj
dressed, with difficulty repressing smile
at the grand air Of the little old man, "your
powers Of penetration are so extraordinary
that" 'NFF s}N
But here again, before he could complete
his sentence, the doctor who had been sum-
moned to make the post mortem examina-
ton presented himself. ~
He simply confirmed the assertions and
the conjectures of Monsieur Tabaret. He
agreed with him in his opinion that there
had been struggle previous to the fact,
which accounted for the position in which
the body had been found; and as con-
frmation Of this, he pointed out blush
circle family visible round the throat of the
victim, as though produced by compress
sion; and lastly, he stated that the Widow
Lerouge had partaken of food about three
hours before her death.
There now remained only a few odds and
ends Of evidence to be collected, which
might be of use at q later period in con-
victing the murderer.
Old Corkscrew, with the most extreme
care. again examined the finger-nails of the
dead woman, and with the most infinite pa
tience succeeded in extracting from be-
meath them the few atoms of the kid glove
he had spoken Of. hfnitesimally small
as these atoms were, yet the color Of the
glove was still easily to be distinguished.
He also put aside the pieces of petticoat
upon which the assassin had wiped his dag
der. These, with the bundle which had
been found in the Seine, and the divers
footprints extracted by the old man, were,
the only traces left by the murderer. III
Slight material enough; but slight as it
may appear to us, in the eyes of Monsieur
Daburon it was of very great Importance,
and his spirits rose with his hopes,
The rock that the police in general split
upon in crimes Of complex and mysteri-
GUS nature is an error as to the motive of
the act Once they start on false scent,
they 60 further and further from the truth,
in proportion to the ardor with which they
pursue their investigations; but in the pre-
sent case, thanks to Daddy Tabaret, the
magistrate was nearly certain that he was
IN the right track.