Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-24

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tween them.
Inc woman was telling how she had
lost metal tankard overheard, as she was
washing the day before, and how, when
she was fishing for it that morning, she
brought up the valise The crowd stood
around and listened. The shoemaker
thrust his head as close as he could to the
bag. and saw that was sewed at the tor
with wax-end.
THE vALIsE AGAIN.
"Ah, mon Dicu!' he exclaimed, thrust
ing aside the crowd, ''let me see tina,
bag"
."What do you know about it," asked
the officer, sharply.
The shoemaker stopped down and ex
amined it.
"Itis the same," be said. II know il
we'll; these are my stitches"
The crowd stirred, and the officer look.
ed hard at the shoemaker, who grew cx.
cited, and began to tremble.
"Cut it open - he said ssThere is some.
thing in it which ought to be seen. Cut
it open!''
He fumbled for knife, but was SC
nervous when he got it out of his pocket
that he could not opon it.
"Glve it to me-" said the officer, con
temptuously, and opening the knife, he
cut the wax end. The mouth of the va
lise slowly opened, and human head
was disclosed to view. It had been wrap
ped in brown paper, but the water had
sottened the paper, and the head was
sticking out There was an exclamation
OF horror from all The officer looked
hard at the shoemaker, and said:
"Friend, you must come with me, and
explain what you know about this?''
why, certainly" Jacques replied. II
can easily do that
IDENTIFIED.
AS the reader has surmised, the head in
the valise was identified as that of Dr..
Benteau, the missing physician. Jacques
told the authorities his story very clearly,
and left no doubt on their minds as to
the truth of it.
But he did more than this. He related
to them the circumstances Of the finding
of the glove IN the woods near Pere Ia
Chaise, and his Identification of it as
that worn by the man who brought the
valise to be sewed When asked how
he so identified it, he replied that the
man wore a glove, and caught hold of
the wax end at each stitch and drew it
tight, and that he told him playfully he
had done half the work himself. It still
bore the marks of the wax-end, snd was
sticky and odorous.
Jean Laborde and his companion were
made to accompany the detectives to the
woods and point out the spot where the
glove was found. Then search was
made, which resulted in the finding OF
all the rest of the remains of the unfortu-
nate physician. They were concealed in
hole at the foot Of tree, over which a
pile of stones had been placed.
AS may we'll be imagined, the discov-
cry of the fate of DR.. Benteau created a
profound sensation All the skill of the
police was brought to bear on the case,
and an important fact soon came to light.
The policeman already referred to as on
duty on the Roubourg st. German on
the evening Of December Goth, Reborg
by name, suddenly remembered that he
had seen a carriage standing on his beat
that evening and that while he was
showing
BLIND WOMAN
the wine-shop of Mons. Pontille the car
rage disappeared. The policeman also
remembered that Immediately after his
return gentleman descended from a
certain dwelling and stood drawing on
his gloves, and that he had a gold ring in
the left ear.
The next thing was to find the charac-
ter OF the house referred to. It was in
habited by well-known Marquis of the
old regime and his family. He was alb
sent in the provinces, but his three daugh-
tiers were at home. Two of them were
married. and their husbands resided with
them. The youngest was III poor health,
and had long been confined to her room.
There was nothing to arouse suspicion
as to the inmates of the dwelling, never
theless the policeman, Reborg, already
spoken of, and two detectives dressed
as citizens-were detailed to watch it.
For this purpose several devices were re-
sorted to so as to avoid exciting suspicion.
There was no dwelling near in which
rooms could be secured overlooking the
place. When every other artifce had
been tried, the street was torn up right
in front and adjacent, and the detectives
were in charge Of the men at work on it.
A constant visitor at the house was a
priest, known as Father Duplgny. he
was a comely, clean-shaved man, with
dark, closely-cropped hair, and was, as he
said, in attendance at the slck-bed of the
Youngest of the daughters of the Marquis.
Once it rained very: heavily, and the police
man and detectives were bold enough to
seek shelter under the spacious portico
of the mansion. Unexpectedly the door
opened. The policeman turned and saw
strange sight.
The blind woman, whom he led to the
wine-shop Of Mons. Pontille on the even
ing of December goth, was at the door.
It was only for an instant, but long
enough for the policeman to be convinced
that she not only had the full use Of her
eyes, but had recognized him. Almost
at the same moment the priest ran up the
steps out of the rain. The door was in.
| stantly opened for him by an unseen per
son. As he passed in the policeman saw
another strange thing. The left ear of
the reverend father was pierced as for q
ring.
The policeman hastily informed his as
sociates of what he had discovered. The
rain had ceased, and the three went or
with the superintendent of the paving
But laborer was quietly dismissed t
police headquarters with message, and
in an hour every part of the exterior O
the mansion was under the surveillance o.
the authorities. IN.
A servant in livery came from the
house and was followed by detective
AS soon as he WAS oft of SIGHT Of thf