The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-03

pering: My own belief IS that NJ. Rob
lard Is mad, so that you will have %
keep your eyes about you"
Very good, sir, ansW cred Trouillot
laconicslly.
Robsrd and TrouillOt left the prelect~
ure together in cab; and the conmun-
list appeared to be in rather high spirits
during their drive to an hotel. a load
seemed to have lifted from his mind, and
he talked with excitement about the
changes he had noticed in Paris, saying
how glad he was to get back again. At
the hotel he bespoke two bedrooms,
4 next each other, and having door Of
communication then he ordered dinner
By this time his spirits had somewhat
iallen, and he watched his companion
through the corners OF his eyes as ii he
did not quite like the look of him.
Trouillot was one Of those men who
cannot talk, and whose faces do not say
much in their favor. He kept on saying
/" Yes, sir" stolidly and during dinner
ate and drank largely. 5000
Nothing of consequence happened
during the evening. Roblsrd was tired
with his journey from Geneva, and after
the pair had discussed cup OF coffee
and cigar in the smoking room he sug-
gested bed. Both men repaired to their
sleeping chambers, and .Roblard began
by requesting that TrouillOt would leave
the door of Communication between the
two apartments open. TrouillOt con-
sented, but he was rather dismayed when
he saw the communist prepare for his
nights rest by laying on his night table
six-chambered revolver and large
clasp knife. He vowed to himself that
he would sleep as gendarmes are said to
do-with one eye open; but this resOluN
ton was soon obliterated by drowsiness,
the effects Of the good dinner he had
eaten. Ten minutes after getting be-
tween sheets Trouillot was sound asleep,
and snoring like trombone.
He awoke in the middle of the night,
and recollected where he was but a
peculiar odor was filling his nostrils. He
sat up and rubbed his eyes. The room
was pitch dark. He struck match and
the first thing he saw after lighting his
candle was handkerchief lying on his
pillow which had evidently been stepped
in chloroform. The pungent smell OF
that poison still fingered about it.
This discovery at once drew Trouillot
out of bed; and he strobe trouserless
into the next room, holding his candle
at arms length. At first he could see
nothing unusual but suddenly his eyes
met sight which made MIN stand stock
still in the middle of the department.
Deep in the alcove, and half hidden by
its curtains, hung the lifeless body OF
Robiard, who was suspended by the neck
to the curtain rod by means of the bell
rope. He was quite dead and the sur
prising part of the matter was that the
passage stood sjar. .r. '''' 81
+. an t*IFH.u*HLt ...
A few hours later, when a summary
inquest had been held in the Procureur
de la Republiqut, that tunctionsry said
" 1t is obviously the suicide of cunning
madmsn.".
Il suppose 3d." concurred Monsieur
A, who had been called in. = Yet
those conspirators are queer fellows
they can not even die plainly ike other
men," ..r ta
% The same evening, Vuilleux, the jour
nalist, reading the Parsian kilograms in
q Geneva newspaper, remarked to a
circle OF sffrighted communists. Didn't
l tell you Richards days were num-
bered9 He was bound to end in that
fashion," ....