The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-11-16

| ohc was iAoShihOche, Out uOuiaIu ldl
seen great many people. Come
come, my good woman said he
don't interfere with US; you shall
have your husband again.
But, far from making way for US
she clung still more convulsively tc
the door, swearing that her husband
was innocent; declaring that if be
were taken to prison she would follow
him, sometimes threatening US and
overwhelming US with curses, some
times pleading with us in the sweetest
tones.
Then, when she realized that nothing
would prevent us from doing our duty,
she moved away from the door, ard
throwing herself into her husband
arms: 'Oh! my dearest, she moaned,
is it possible that you can be accused
of crime, you-you! Tell these men
you are innocentn
We were all tonched, but he, more
celious than any of US, had the cruelty
TO push his poor wife away so brutally
that she fell like lump in corner
of the back shop.
Fortunately this was the end.
The wife had tainted, we took al.
vantage of the opportunity to pack
the husband into the .facre we had
brought.
Pack is the right word, for he had
become like a lifeless thing. he could
no longer stand, and rad to be carried.
And to forget nothing, must add that
his dog, sort Of black pug, actually
tried to jump into the carriage with
us, and we had the greatest difficulty
in getting rid of it.
On the way as was right, Goulard
tried to divert our prisoners thought:
and make him talk. But it was i'm
possible to get a word out of his mouth.
Not until we reached the prefecture,
did he seem to recover his senses
When he was safely and duly installed
in one of the close confinement cells,
he threw himself full length on the bed
repeating, What have done, oh God
what have l doner
At that moment Goulard approach
ed him for the second time-'So,' said
he you confess that you are guilty :
Yes, yes said Monistrol, and ther
added in hoarse voice, PRAY let mt
alonep
We did so, taking care, however, tt
station an attendant at the grating O
the cell, to watch lest the fellow
should attempt to commit suicide.
| Goulard and Poltin remained there
and i-came here"
"That repor. is exact" muttered th'
commissiary of police, lit could no
be more so."
y, This was also the opinion of th'
magistrate, for he murmnred,-
; How can there be doubt OF Mon
istrol's guilt after this!"
l was confounded, yet my convic
tions were immoveble. 1 even opened
my lips to hazard an objection, wheI
Monsieur Mechinet anticipated me.
"All this is very fine!" heexclaimed
"Onlv, if we admit that Monistrol j
the assassin, we are also forced to a1
NIT that he wrote his name there ol
the floor-and, zonnds, it's hard
"Stop," interrupted the commissiar,
of police, ''since the criminal confess
es, what is the use of troubling oul
selves about circumstance that vii
be explained"
But my neigebor's remark had ono
more aroused the magistrates doubts
So, without pronouncing any opinion
he said,-
81 am going to the prefecture.
want to question Monistrol this ver
evening"
And after having told the commi!
sary of police to carefully execute a
the formalities required by the la'
and wait for the physicians summone
to make postmortem examination {
the body, he went away, followed b
bis clerk. and the policeman who ha
come to tell us of the success of th
arrest.
eff these doctors only don't kee
us waiting too longl' grumbled th
commissiary, who was thinking of b
dinrer.
Neither Monsieur Mechinet nor
. answered him. We remained stanC
ing face to face. evidently haunted b
the same idea.
Perhaps the old man wrote it aft
ALL" murmured my neighbor.
" with his left handl Is that pos:
blel Without considering that IL
poor mans death must have been i
staptaneous.n
"Are you sure of thati"
=. From the nature of his wound
would take my oath upon it. Beside
some doctors are coming, who will t.
you whether l am right or wrong"
~ Monsieur Mechinet tormented /
nose in a perfect frenzy of excitemer
" perhaps therelis really some my
tery in it," said he.
=, s'Inquiries must be made agei
AZ Well, let's make them. And to begi
e let us question the concierge"
And running 20 the staircase,
leaned over the railing, calling
e, "Concterge! concierge! Come up he
~ for few minutes, if you please"
CHAPTER v. r
at While waiting for the concierge, Mo
u sieur Mechinet proceeded to make