The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-08-28

minutes afterward thick volume of
smoke arose from one of the chimneys
Presently furniture-wagon drove up to
the door, and two men entered the house
and brought out an elegant couch. with
leg wanting and several other articles of
furniture. AS the van was driven away
man entered cab at the corner and fol-
lowed it. Passing it after few blocks,
the cab stopped and the man alighted.
He turned back, met the van, and said
few words to the driver. Then he sprang
up beside him, and the van was before
the door of the Chief of Police in ten
minutes. The couch was carried within.
and inside Of it was found snugly slowed
away
THE BLIND WOMAN
Of the Faubourg St. German. A little
later on the liveried servant was identi-
fed by the policeman Reborg as Father
Dupigny, and the man with the gold ring
in his left ear.
After this the house was searched and
the mystery was disclosed. The man
known as Father Dupigny was Hunga-
rian chief, the Count Palatowy by name.
Driven from his own country and Aus
tria for detestable crimes, he sought re-
pose in Egypt, and there acquired wealth
by bold and unf1inching career of rob-
berry. Driven thence, he fled to Mar
seilles, and there made the acquaintance
Of the Marquis LAngier, at that time in
almost abjcct poverty. Palatowy paid
court to the Marquis youngest daughter,
Corinne, but without success.
He cOnsoled himself, ho~ ever, with the
love and favors Of her two married sis
tcrs, and in return supplied the impover-
lshed family with means to set up an es-
tablishment in Paris and live in style. In
the me time he discovered that Co.
rlnne affections were centered in a
young physician named Benteau, and it
soon became evident that she was preg-
nant. She averred that she was married
to Benteau, but her friends refused to be-
Gcve 1t. Palatowy secretly vowed ven-
geance, and his paramours-Corinne
sisters-lent their aid to his schemes.
The girl was made to write letter i'm
ploring Doctor Benteau to come to her,
and this letter was intrusted to Palatowy,
who was stranger to Benteau The doc
tor
FELL INTO THE SNARE.
Once inside the dwelling, he was sub
eeted to the most humiliating maltreat-
mcnt. The outrage having been perpe-
trated, every and any means had to be
adopted to escape the consequences. The
cab in which the doctor and Palatoway
had come was few yards away, but
right in front of the dwelling stood Of
fcer Reborg. Time was precious and
he must be got out Of the way. One of
Palatowy's paramours was equal to the
emergency, and throwing On large cloak,
passed out unobservcd; after walking
few steps she returned and accosted the
officer as described at the outset. The as
sumption Of blindness was the inspira-
ton of the moment to get the officer
away from the dwelling; as soon as he
was gone, the carriage was summoned
close to the house, and the young phyEi-
clan, then under powerful opiatc, was
supported between the husbands of C
rlnne's sisters to the vehicle, which was
driven to their pcrfumery factory on the
opposite bank of the Seine. There the
doctor died few minutes after his ar
rival.
The body was immediately cut up, and,.
while one man undertook to dispose Of
the head, the other, assisted by the coach
man, conveyed the rest Of the remains to
the woods, where the glove was afterward
found. The rest the reader can easily
understand Anticipating any discovery
it was agreed that smoke
ISSUING FROM ONE OF THE CnIMNEYs
in a large volume should summon the
husbands Of Corinnc's sisters with the van
tor the removal of the "blind woman"
These men were named respectively
Grcmy and CaZamon, and carried on, as
before SAID. the manufacture of pcrfumery,
initiating and fraululcntly counterfeit
ing the articles and trademarks of we'll
known firms III the trade. The coach
man was discovered to he cousin of
Gremy and notorious swindler and
thief, if not something worse. 1t was at
his suggestion that the head of Bentcau
was disposed Of as it was, and the other
remains removed to the wood to Il spot
where he and his companions had prcvi-
ously hidden certain booty taken from
an employer.
When these facts were all reached
through various sources, and confirmed
by the confession of the ''blind woman"
the perpetrators of the decd we're tried
Palatowy was sentenced for life, Grcmy
and Cazanlon for ten years each, the
coachman for three years, and the "blind
woman Madame Gremy-for twelve
months. 1t was common report, howcv
cr, that Palatowy never underwent his
sentence, but paid Il large sum of money
instead, and that he LEFT his associates to
their fate