The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-09

place in the coach under the name Of
| MOreau. Barignan, the driver of the
| Orleans diligence, when confronted with
MOntely, a month afterward, identified
| him as the passenger MOreau. 81 par
| ticularly noticed him. said Barignan
q because 1 heard him telling a fellow
passenger that the night before, in the
| Rue du BOuloi, man had cut anOther's
| throat with razor. | never converse
with my passengers, but 1 could not
! help saying on this occasion that it was
impossible-th murderer would have
been interrupted. Whereupon Montely
said, I saw it myself. No such
crime had been committed, however. II
was judged that Montely was simply
! preoccupied with his intention to murder
Boissellier.
! Arrived at Orleans, Montely passed
the night at the Hotel de France. At
O'Clock on the following morning he
quilted the hotel, saying that he might
| possibly return at night, but he was not
sure. Taking with him his portmanteau
and hat-box, he presented himself at the
Hotel de l'EurOpe. 1t was observed af-
terward that the Hotel de France was
very full. At the Hotel de
l'Europe there were but three OF
four dodgers. Room Number was
given him. He sent Il message by one
Lanvray, lamp-lighter, to BOissellier,
expressing a wish to see him. Mean
time Montely waited at the corner of
the Rue Meslee. 1t was now half-paSt
Z. Lanvray witnessed the meeting of
Boissellier and Montely. Boissellier ex-
pressed surprise, saying, What, is it
you? You are still here, thenP''
Between Z and 8 o'clock BOissellier
and Montely entered a cafe kept by one
Cointepas. Montely ordered bottle OF
white wine. Boissellier said it was too
much, and they were served with a half
bottle only. Presently they left the
cafe. Boissellier was not afterward
seen alive.
Between and Q, NIontely, alone, en-
tered a cutters shop, and purchased a
dozen table-knives He then asked for
carving knife The cutler declined to
sell carving knife without carving
fork so Montely bought both knife and
fork, saying, ''Make haste, l am keep
ing a coach waiting'' The cutler was
certain that this was before o'clock /;
he had not yet breakfasted. He was
certain about the day: it was the day
before he heard of the murder of Bois-
SELLER. A woman present in the shop
when Montely made his purchase con-
firmed the cutters statement as to the
time. As she left the shop she saw the
worlCmen in the streets going to break
fast.
Joseph Dupont, driver of hired car
riage, had driven MOntely to the various
persons from whom he had received the
money for the bills Boisseliier should
have presented. Montely had mani
s. 4 Il I
that upon some of the bills there were
stains of blood. Montely explained that
he had accidentally cut his right thumb
With his left hand he took up the money
rendered him, and did not count it. He
afterward purchased a trunk, asking for
one of extra size-''large enough" as
he said, - to sleep in" At another shop
he bought some canvas or packing
cloth; and he conveyed his purchases to
his apartment at the Hotel de l'Europe.
Toward midday he obtained the assist
ance of the porter of the hotel to carry
the trunk down stairs again. The porter
was not required to enter the room 4;
the trunk stood close to the door. He
remarked upon the excessive weight of
the trunk. NJ. Bernard, proprietor of the
hotel, observed, jocosely, that the port
manteau of the morning had grown into
a trunk. Montely explained that he had
been buying calicoes. The trunk, by
his direction, was taken to the office of
the Messageries Generates for carriage to
Toulouse. He booked a place in the
name of Morel in the diligence starting
for Toulouse on the morrow.
At l O'Clock he breakfasted in the din
ing-roOm of the hotel. He seemed ag-
itated, and at his request his wounded
hand was bandaged by NJ. Bernard, but
without any exposure of the wound.
Soon afterward he disappeared from the
Hotel de pEurope. He carried away
with him the key of room Number 2,
leaving the door securely locked.
1t was nearly O'Clock before he left
Orleans for Artenay meanwhile, express
ing much impatience, he had remained
in a cafe near the Port Madeline, kept by
one Deshayes; he there threw away his
key. 1t was afterward discovered amid
some rubbish in the yard at the back of
the house. He was traced to Tours,
which town he quilted forthwith in a
pOst-chaise, arriving in Paris at O'Clock
in the morning of November p. At
haf-past he changed for gold certain
bills of the Bank of Orleans, at money
changers in the Place de Bourse.
About midday he reappeared in St.
Germain, and restored the portmanteau
he had borrowed. He redeemed GER
tain of the articles he had pawned in the
! previous month, and paid debt of some
! 800 francs. He went to n barber's and
had his upper lip closely shaven, pro-
| tossing that he had burned his mustache
in lighting his pipe. And he took to
| the cleaners a pair of trousers which
were afterward found to be stained with
! blood. At Z O'Clock in the morning OF
! November 23 Montely was arrested in
his bed, and charged with the murder
of the missing clerk, Boissellier, on the
! 21St.
The police had proceeded with great
energy. Little time had elapsed be,
tween the discovery of the crime and
| the capture of the criminal 1t was
| only on the morning of the 22d thai
suspicion was excited as to the commits
| sion of a murder in the Hotel de l'Eu
rope. Some spots of blood were per
! ceived in the corridor close to the dOol
with the KEY. Madame Bernard thrus
a long unlighted match underneath the
door; upon Withdrawing the match Sh,
was Mortified to find it soiled with blood
| A locksmith was sent for and the loci
picked, the Procureur du ROi being il
attendance. At the first glance tn,
room appeared to be in perfect order
but closer inspection revealed splashe
and stains of blood upon the white win
dow-curtains, the towels, the wallpaper
the floor. Effort had clearly been made
to wash away certain of these traces o
crime, and to give the room an orderl,
appearance. A portion of the floor haC
been recently secured, and the curtain
were so folded rs to conceal their soils
Other dreadful evidences were soon dis
covered. 4 sponge soaked with blooC
in a cupboard by the fireplace, a care