The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-29
Mysterious Grimes in Paris.

n great HuHlDCI VI Cdplldi CiiihCs
have recently been committed in and
around Paris without the police beng
able TO lay hands ON the authors, and it
appears that the old dictum of "Murder
will out' no longer holds good. A few
years ago five or six murders were
committed In rapid succession, and evi-
IDENTIFY by the same person or persons,
at Limoges, but the assassins still enjoy
immunity, in spite OF all the efforts of
the Paris detectives. Only to deal with
the crimes committed this year, we find
the police are unable to unravel the aft
air of the Ogress des Lilas, "a woman who
managed under various pretenses to get
hold of newborn children, who were
never more heard of. The Ogress is ir
prison, but the police have been unable
to discover who she is, OF what has be
come of the stolen children. The affair
is enveloped IN mystery, ,impenetl able to
the eyes of the Rue Jerusalem, which
is our Scotland Yard. At the st.
Maude, one of the most ill-famed quar-
ters of Paris, a grocer boy was recently
found In his cart with his throat cut,
but the murderer Is still at large; nor
have the police been able to obtain any
clew to the wOuld-be assassin of NJ.
SimmOnet, at MOntreuil, and Nine.
Ratillon, at Auberyillers. The perpe.
traitor of the crime at the Courcelles
Station has also to be discovered. This
station, be it remarked, is almost in the
centre of Paris. Between the st. Laz-
are terminus and that station young
man got into the same carriage with
Henriettie Plcot, and because she resen-
ted his familiarities he stabbed her, and
quietly got out Of the train at Courcel-
les, leaving his victim weltering in her
blood on the floor of the carriage,
where she was discoved on the train
reaching the Porte Maillot. The poor
girl is not dead, but the information
she has been able to give as to the ap-
pearance of the man has not led to
his arrest. A few days ago two young
men were found poisoned in the Rue
de la Petite Truanderie. How they
came be poisoned no one can say. A
learned professor declares they must
have Inhaled mephitic gas, but how
ard where is more than they can tell.
Nearly month ago Maria Fellerath, a
woman of bad character, was assasina-
ted, ard Pole was arrested on suspi-
cion of being the author of the crime;
but, although Jules B. is still in prison
the police have been unable to sub
stantiate the charge against him. The
Pole had been in Maria's company ear
ly in the evening, and had been playing
at cards with her mother, who, in addi-
tion to being concierge, acted as
char-woman to her daughter. Jules
B., who had long been an ardent all
mirer Of Maria Fellerath, declares that
after leaving the concierge he went to
the Passage Saulnier and knocked at
Maria's door, AS there was no an
swer, he went away. He returned a
couple of hours afterward and got into
the apartment by skylight, and found
his mistress lying dead on the floor.
He Immediately gave the alarm. Ma
ria appears to have been murdered with
a Japanese dagger; on the floor was a
sleeve button with the initial c.;
robbery had been committed. Neither
the dagger nor the button appears to
have belonged to the Pole, and, if he
plundered the victim, it was probably
only with the view of misleading the
police. Here the police are once more
at fault, and it must be said that the
evidence at present elected is very
nicely balanced. One-half is sufficient
to condemn, and the other halt to ex-
culpate the prisoner.