The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-11-28
A FRENCH OFFICERS MURDER.


A FRENCH OFFlCER'S MURDER.
Horrib,v cru.l Observation-Disclosures.
Diseovery Of aHoteI Porter.
..you are INV rr;so,s-,-
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All ngnt.
Hold up your hands.
What for?"
.sTo be manacled We ALWAYS hand.
,g ,,d..-o,.s L., 49,. .,.,l, a..
,.I vou d9; en-
ri Les. Make haste.
ms ed'iy'ng conversation took place
ABOUT mile from 0aen, IN Normandy,
ABOUT MONDAY, on the 4th OF March, 1851,
~, HetWeen rench cons.apie' ana rough-
io9klng man Oh aoout Iofty.
Instead OF ooeyins the constable the
man 1eaii him powerful oiow In tne race
whiGn ieieu MN 70 tne GROUND. Inc con-
staole nau i1st consequences, ana ms as
h;s n;o,; dutbba 49, 90 IN ~. $50 a. I'LL
iooL;na nan Isat b;,a III -, t 81, ,uu ~
brsast and ahJoman rn.;I t us n"n o i
exn;raj 'A' '''A'''
i.Wa,b ~, tho ,,,rd.ror ,.,ohoJ s.o-
sr,l, ..Th.ra 10, ~ -. Wsn.; -,
ianai. oans,aIio gu "a Az NV" .,o;on. ~, IS
Casn Iacnues Rross;ar tba notnr;o "
tb;af ,nJ b;ah,rar 49, houa
d;sna,.,'aJ rni, 60 oIorar 80.
ner that ,ho All and st,n,J snr,.aona &c
C,an n,;I, naror "n aiJa ~ 81 80 III
von h ara hean t;I,aJ d., e am,t ou. h L,J
yea son 10 bsta r,nn !; wasJ " 80 t;,n mos
81 ns.o . soui :. ;. IN az
ioct.nn Won Ino. ' oI, . ahnnt , rae ,m.
won wiIi no, ~ .rd nIJS an aooo' me Now
tbn,rt. o 80 .'v tue nv an! niIle iou
tho nsn " az 'au ue,e' ~, y, liz
m;s,aLan III nn - ~. ~; ;p", 'oh
Lot ns 60. uhat " ra az h h i.'e, "a On U
no no. ~ 'eo "h"' YOU nave iei' III soui
p liz thoro,,,.,,,. a,,u,,oI .Lo o,o.ho. oe
,bn oor u s ..n.u ~ .nI - u.o'u 49, ~
un e ~. ps a., NV lou,J Il, 'ne a"s ins nI'I
ppooi.o . VI w. w, eons'aoe :est seait ~
P'11a 49,. .L men ne oPeneo ~ ne saw -
, alJ nla;nbo. 'n"' ~ uoI h WI o 800
I'll 81 - q ,I n'"'9 soi" '"'ii
anu ,n, ~ ui"i.ioha finss' ,.
Halo, SAID Brossler TO himself, This
Is small fortune! Wen, | Will go as
last as can 10 the south OF france-there
is money enough In this dogs purse to
take me there. In Marseilles there ere
always vessels ready TO san for foreign
ports, these papers you shall keep my
dear dog. Your pistol | will take with
me. ! see you wear new boots. Mine are
full OF holes. Let us swap"
lie pulled OH the dead constable boots
and put them on his own feet. Then.
with another scornful laugh ne gave his
Vic,ini coh'ehptuous KICK anu hurried
away
An nour id'er some peasants iouha Lee
ian TS corpse.
ihey uia not 9are 70 ,ouci H. put las
tened Win the dismal news 10 the once
0i the ponce preIect OF Oaen' VINO lmhe-
9laeeiy repaired 10 the scene OF the muir
ueI T., ,..
Inc cohaht,on OF the corpse was calcu-
iateg 10 puzzle the authorities. NO out
ward marks OF violence were lound upon
the remains,
Du! tha1 IT, Leiangie naa Deen roooed was
certain. Inc chlei OF ponce knew that
tne cons'aoir had always had loaded
pistol IN ms pocket; Ills purse was gone;
100 ana go were the soiI watches ana
the diamond rings which had oeen 1ound
on tne person OF notorious thlef then IN
carcerated IN the oaen jan, anu the own
ers OF wnicn tpe constable had been In
strncted 20 ascertain.
And, teen, the shocklngiy torn boots on
the 'set OF the murdered man dld not De-
long 10 MN.
Lelangle remains were taken to Caen,
Where tfe oinclai surgeons dlssected them
Inc result OF the dissection added TO the
mystery IN which the henous crime was
shrouded, tor the surgeons declared that
luey nlu oeen unaoie 10 ma IN ,he corpse
an. nie pD'n.iis u 'ioieh' cause Vi
he Ia dea'n.
ny niuruer S T P,oiou''' se"''
'io m, .hIoushou. Noi.neIn ! taice.
, me ans papers ue'o.eu gooo "eai Oh
EyarvioJv re;.c,ed ths tbaorr sc s." natnrai
death and tSe m;n;ster Of ;1st; :. ow;na
% H. rra a III , ns Ill. VI y"s