Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17
TWO BEAUTIFUL MURDEREssES
The Strange CIew 10 Mysterious
Assassination.


The Strange CIew 10 mysterious
AssassiMatiOn.
AT an early hour on the morning
Of the 18th OF May, 1917, the in
habitantS Of st. Denis, one of the
suburbs of Paris, were startled by
the discovery that the corpse of an
aged woman had been found in the
Rue Vaugirard, the only aristocratic
and the most quiet street of the
place, under circumstances which
left no doubt of the fact that she
had been murdered.
She was taken to the Town Hall,
and exhibited to public view Just
as she had been found.
The corpse was almost entirely
naked. Only part of fine cam
brio chemise covered the upper part
of the body. Her head was terri.
bly, bruised, apparently by the blows
inflicted by a blunt instrument.
From the shriyeled condition of
her skin, and from the fact that she
had but a few teeth left in her
mouth, it was evident that at the
time of her death she must have
been at least sixty years old. Who
was she? And
WHO HAD MURDERED HER?
at that time even Paris had but
few clever detectives, the best of
them having been dismissed on ac-
count of the services they had rem
dered to the Emperor Napoleon |.
Hence, it was not to be wondered
at that for two days no clew to the
perpetrators Of this crime was
found. @
The corpse of the murdered wo-
man was buried early on the third
day, and it was truly strange CO.
incidence that at the same hour
there was furnished to the authori-
ties of St Denis information which
enabled them in the course of few
hours to ferret out who had COM
mitted the atrocious crime.
1t was a letter addressed to the
commissary Of police that furnished
this important information. No
name was signed to the letter,
which read as follows:
eff you will go to the young la
dies boarding school at Beyernay,
you will find out who the murdered
woman is, and, if you are sagacious
enough, also her asSassins. They
are at the house"
THE C0MMISSARY OF POLICE
Immediately repaired to the place
indicated, where he was received by
Nine Chestnay, the principal of
the school, lie said to Nine Chest
nay:
ais there an aged woman miss.
ing from this house,"
z" An aged woman?" she cxclaim-
ed. "We had only one aged wo-
man here-my hoUsckeeper, Mile
Sustenno. She is now on a visit to
her sister in Normandy"
.'" When did she leave? ?"
"Three days ago."
" Can you tell me what kind OF q
chemise she wore at that time 2'
The lady looked at him in sur
prise. Then she said:
"M'lle Sustenne was always very
particular about her underclothes.
She never wore anything but very
fine cambria chemise8.
"How about her teeth ?"
"Monsieur?"
Excuse me ; l have an object
in asking this question"
Mile Sustenne had very few
and very bad teeth"
Did she have any enemies
here"
Enemies? Yes, monsieur. She,
was rather Grabbed and sour, and
hence all my young girls hated
her" n1,a
@Dld any Of the young girls hatO
her particularlyw
/" Let me see. Yes; Anais Lenor
and Sophie Breston had, the other
day, a bitter quarrel with her. But
toll me, Monsieur, why do you put
these questions to mes"
Because Mile Sustenno is un-
doubtedly the old woman who was
found murdered at st, Denis three
days ago"
"Mon Diou! Mon Dieul" cried
tho lady, wringing her hands,
! "Please send for the two girls
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