The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-09
Hsborough Highland County, Ohfo Thursday, May 9, Is

man, while his wife began to utter ter
.ribIe shrieks, protesting that she and
her husband were innocent. On being
arrested and taken to the police station
they were questioned by the examining
magistrate that very day. Their an
swars were precisely the same. they
acknowledged that they had had a visit
from their employer on Saturday even
ing. He had seemed so i'll that they
had offered him something to take,
which he refused. He had come, he
said. on account Of an important order
which he proposed that Tarot should
undertake, hiring his own wOTkmen.
Tarot ard his wife replied that they
could not do it for want Of means. Then
their employer said: Never mind, I'll
furnish the money" and instantly put
twelve hundred-franc notes on the
table.
At eleven o'clock Monsieur Jandidier
asked his workman to show him out of
the house; he was going to the Fau-
bourg Saint Antoine. And in fact Ia
rot accompanied him to the Place de la
BastiIe, crossing the Constantine bridge,
and walking along by the river.
The magistrate asked both husband
and wife the very natural question:
'sWhy did you hide the money2'
They made the same answer. Hear
ing on Monday morning Of Monsieur
Jandidier's disappearance, they were
seized with terror. Tarot had said to
his wife:
''If it is known that our employer
came here, that I crossed the bridge
and walked along by the river with him,
I shall be compromised. If this money
were ever found in our possession we
should be lost"
The wife then wanted to burn the
notes, but TarOt prevented it, intending
to return them to the family. This ex-
PLANTATION was reasonable and plausible,
if not probable. but it was only an ex-
planatiOn. Tarot and his wife were
still detained in custody.
".
A week after, the magistrate was in
the utmost perpleXity. Three new eX-
aminations had not enabled him to form
an opinion. Were TarOt and his wife
innocent? Or were they simply mar
7ellOusly clever in maintaining prOba-
BILE fable? The magistrate knew not
what to do, when one morning strange
rumOr reached his ears. The house Of
Jandidier had Just stopped payment.
A detective who was set to work,
brought back the most startling news.
Monsieur Jandidier, who had been
considered so wealthy, was ruined, ut
terly ruined, and for three years he had
sustained his credit only by means Of
various eXpedients. He had not
thousand francs, and notes falling due
at the end of the month amounted to
siXty-seven thousand five hundred
francs. The cautious merchant specu-
lated in stocks, the virtuOus husband
had mistress. The magistrate had
Just learned these particulars when
MaitTe MaglOiIe appeared, pale and
painting for breath.
you know, mousieur?" he cried,
from the threshold.
''AllI"
''TarOt is innocent"
4 believe so, and yet that visit-how
do you explain that visit?"
Magloire shook his head sorrOwfuIly.
I'm only fool, y said he, and Lecoq
has just PrOvedit. Monsieur JandidieT
spoke of life insurance at the Cafe
Ture. This was the key to the affair.
Jandidier was insured for two hundred
thousand francs, and French COmpa-
MES don't pay in case Of suicide. Do
you understand"
Y.
Thanks tC Monsieur GuJtave Schmidt.
who will marry Mademoiseue Therese
Jandidier next month, the house of
Jandidier has not gone into bankruptcy.
Tarot and his wife, restored to liberty,
have been established in business by
this same Monsieur Gustave, and no
longer go pIeasuring on Mondays. But
what became of Monsieur Jandidier?
A thousand francs reward to whoever
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