Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-10-16
and gazed toward her, she uttered 4
wild shriaE And fled @ H. S

and gazed towayd her, she uttered
wild shrek and fed.
Now is your time" said Nine. YOU
pres, with an energy beyond one in her
painful position, as she sprang up the
stairs followed by the detective. As
she gained the door Of Nine. Blondin's
dressing-room, some one inside was At
tempting to fasten it. rs7
"Quick, put yourself against i'll" Nine.
Vouprez exclaimed.
The officer placed his shoulder to the
door, gave one powerful thrust, and it
was burst open. As he entered the
apartment Madame Blondin sprang
through the window. The officer rush
ed forward, expecting to see her man.
gled form in the courtyard below. In
stead Of that, however, he beheld her
crOuched in corner of the balcony,
right over the mouth of the spout.
There" said Madame Vouprez, as
she came to the side Of the officer. she
is covering the very spot that contains
the explanation of mychild's disappear
ance and murder"
After a prolonged struggle with the
half frantic woman on the balcony, the
officer secured her, and from the scout
drew out the dress which Madame Vou-
PREF had identified as her child's.
1t may not be necessary to prolong
this remarkable narrative. Concealed
in the attic were found the shawl and
hat belonging to Marie, and on array
ing Madame Blondin in the entire suit,
there was no doubt in the mind
OF any of the parties vino had seen her,
that she was the party who personated
Marie Vouprez on the night of June
7th.
1t was in vain that Madame Blondin
was questioned, for she persistently re-
fused to say anything that would shed
any light on the mystery. In the mean
time, however. some of the facts had got
wind, and u Madame Rupert made m
important communication to the police.
She said that, suspecting her husband of
infidelity, she recently employed Detec-
tive Place to watch him, and he found
that Monsieur Rupert was accustomed
to visit at'the Blondins when the master
OF the house was absent. Afterward
Place reported that he was mistaken,
and she employed private detective,
vino found that both Rupert and officer
Place were on intimate terms with Ma
dame Blondin. Subsequently the pri-
vate detective obtained proof that Place
and the woman were criminally init
mate, though he could discover nothing
to justify beliefin Rupert's guilt.
This story opened the eyes of the
police, and Place was placed under
arrest. His house, which was on the
Rue Poissy, was searched, and in a
small garden a summer.house was in
in the course Of erection. The gate of
the garden was within twenty yards of
where the severed hand was found.
The summer-house was torn down and
the ground dug up. Right under the
building was discovered n rough deal
box in which the remains Of the miss
ing girl were found. The body had
been dissected, and the left hand was
missing.
When Place was aware of this dis
covery, he made confession. The &C
quaintance begun with Madame Blon-
din when employed by Madame Rupert
ripe,1ed into familiarity, and, on the
evening Of juno 2 Marie Vouprez
came upon the guilty pair in the midst
of their sinful dalliance. That same
evening, after Marie had retired and
was fast asleep, Madame Blondin
strangled her in her bed. Next morn
ing early Place and his paramour re-
moved the body to the cellar, having
got rid of all the domestics for three or
four hours. The body was dissected
and the pieces were removed by Place.
a few at time, and concealed in the
garden. How the hand had been
dropped he could not tell, but that
very night after the general order for
the search for Marie was issued, Place
removed the last parts of the body, and
with them the hand that was found
soon afterward Then he put up the
job with Madame Blondin to personate
Marie, and the escape and visit to the
Vouprez's was part OF the scheme.
On the trial Madame Blondin posi-
lively denied all knowledge of the
crime, but was unable to explain how
she came by the dress of Marie, which
she was found thrusting into the spout
at the time of the detectives visit.
Both man and woman were convicted,
the woman being sentenced for life and
the man for ten years.
Banged Hair.
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