The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-07-16

which reads: ION the wedding nlgh'
leave the candle burning, as the one who
puts it ont will die first"
A DEAD WOMAN'S ARMS.
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American Detectives.
Paris Correspondence N. Y. Tribune.
The police have for some time beer
busy penetrating "the mystery of Rue
Poliveau." In furnished lodging house
of Rue Poliveau the two arms of wo
man were found. The chamber in which
they were found had been occupied by
"a student" The only clue to theil
Identification was the peculiar cloth in
which they were wrapped, and which
had evidently formed part of shirt
1t is wonderfully easy to discover crime
and the criminals. A detective alludine
to this once said to me, "Depend upon
it, sir, all criminals are fools with a Cir.
cumbendibus, that is, with a sort OF
cunning which seems intricate, but is
only Recommendations" Certainly
here was crime which seemed likely to
battle the police; yet, note by what
rapid and Elementary analysis every step
of it was traced. There were some
chances that the arms belonged to a
medical student (the section of the
shoulder had evidently been made by Il
surgeon) who wished to play practical
joke. He could have gotten the "sub-
iect" only from some hospital. The his
tory of every body of the hospitals was
traced. 1t was demonstrated these arms
came from no "subject." While this
III tiaf s s5 a %
were made in another direction what
woman was missed by her neighbors?
There are daily ten or twelve mysterious
disappearance in Paris. The police are
extremely skeptical in considering any
of them mysterious" If women dis
appear It's to 60 with men; debtors dis
appear to avoid creditors; others disap-
pear from pure love Of adventure; Others
to silence scandal-crime has rarely any
share in the events. Every missing
woman was traced-one only except
ed, Nine. Gillet. Who was her asso-
ciates? She was intimate with shoe
maker. He was arrested The evidence
was strong against him; clothing ex-
actly like that in which the body was
wrapped was found in his possession.
What was the motive which led him to
assassinate her? Money? Where was
her money? The person to whom she
confded her business transactions was
appealed to for information. He was a
general agent for and collector. The
practical eye of the police at once dis
covered something suspicious in the
manner in which he gave information.
He was arrested. Has lodgings were
searched. The other part of the shirt
from which was torn the portion which
was found with the arms, lay in his
wardrobe. The clearinghouse keeper of
Rue Poliveau recognized him as the
"student" who had occupied chamber
at her house. In face of the evidence
what could he do but make a full con-
fessien? lie said the remainder of the
body was in a trunk at Anglers. There
it was found. He, with the cowardice
of criminals, revealed the name of his
accomplice-a medical student, whose
acquaintance he had made at college,
and with whom he had long been init
mate. The medical student had the
nerve to deliver a public lecture in
Paris three weeks after the crime, and
while the newspapers were filled with
the action of the police? The
general agent and collector said he
wanted some money to make sure
stroke on the stock exchange. He had
asked Nine. Gillet to lend him the ST..
500 which she possessed-her whole for
tune. She refused. He resolved to muir
der her and get the money. He invited
her to his room on business. AS she
came in he feiled her with crowbar
The medical student plunged his bis,
touri into her heart and spine. She died
without a struggle, without conscious
ness of her fate. The general agent and
medical student were both Of good fami
lies. The former is son of a well-to-dC
timber agent near Anglers. The latter
is the only child of an excellent painter,
who was long professor Of drawing in
the Anglers college. His mother is a
daughter or sister or sister in-law to
some of the most eminent physi-
clans of Anglers and its neighborhood
The way the medical students parents
heard of his guilt is heart rending. They
live in small but charming cottage
a mile from Anglers. While wedding his
flower garden the father saw the letter
carrier and went to meet him. The let
ter carrier said, II have to-day nothing
for you but your newspaper" The
mother joined the father. She said
"No letterw They had been expecting
one from their son. They walked to-
Is ward u s.le lose The husband
read his newspaper, Read me every.
thing about crime" said she. Like most
women she takes the deepest interest in
crime and in criminal cases; they are
stories which have the spice Of truth
The husband exclaimed, "Ah, here is a
crime which promises to be deeply inter.
esting, the THE Mystery of Rue Poll.
veau.' 1t is not yet known whether OF
no it is au assassination. Then he read
all the particulars of the crime which
the newspaper gave. Day after day they
eagerly read the newspaper. They took
the deepest interest in the crime. One
morning the wife came down stairs later
than usual. She saw her husband out
stretched in his arm chair, motioniess,
pale as death. The newspaper was at
feet, open, crumpled. She ran, put her
arms around him. Good heavens!''
she exclaimed; "what is the matter?"
He trembled convulsively, spread his
hands before him as if to repel some
horrid phantom, and gasped, Don't!
don't read the newspaper! / beg it Of
you'll" She did read the newspaper, and
having read it, she fell on her knees, and
eonvulsively clasping her brow, which
seemed as if it would split, she screamed,
ooh God. oh God. we have lived too