Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-18

earlier than / did, but cannot be exact
as to the time. Probably it was two or
half-past two O'clock. Loyse wore in
her breast bunch of violets that RaOul
had given her. They never quarreled in
my presence, but she has told me that
she Wished him to marry her, and he re-
fused to do SO on account ofhis parents
Mad. Pelegrin (portress) corroborated
the narratioa of NJ Dubois, aud went
further in saying that she had overheard
Raoul and Loyse quarrelling over his re-
| fusal to marry her, and had heard her
say to him, "a man who will betraY q
| girl because she loves him, and then re-
fuse to marry her because she has been
betrayed Is wretch, and
SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO LIVE.
They came home from the ball about
two o'clock, and both appeared to be in
sulky humor, she said. She knew that
| Loyse had then bunch of violets, for
the girl had taken two or three from it
and chewed them while Raoul stood and
read note left for him by comrade.
Then they went upstairs together.
Had she ever seen peculiar knife in
Mile Loyse's possession3" "Yes, she had
seen Mile Loyse cutting the bread for
her breakfast of bread and milk with a
big clasp-knife, one which had rough
handle and long, Misunderstanding
blade, and had said to her, why do you
use such savage weapon to cut your
bread9' To which the girl replied laugh
ingly, i found it and use it because it
| is
| SHARP AND CUTS EASILY"
| A big knife answering the description
by Mad Pelegrln was shown to her, and
she declared that she believed 1t to be
the same she had seen Mile Loyse using.
| it blade and handle we're covered with
blood.
NJ. Bloerme (police AGENT testified that
he picked up the bloody knife in the
gutter of the Rue Polichon, opposite No.
80 where it might easily have been
hurled from Raoul's window.
Mad Posinet (millineD: II employ
Loyse Manique. She is a steady, faith
full and honest girl, but something I'M
pleasant must have happened to her, for
frequently nave seen her weeping when
she thought herself unobserved, and have
noticed that she has become absent-mind-
ed. This has only been of late. She has
been cutting and sewing blue silk great
| deal lately, for that material is much in
demand just now in my line of business.
Of course, threads ravel from it and get
| stuck to the dresses of the girls, but that
does them no harm. Those threads
brush off lightly. A patch of blood
crushed clothing, with short thread
stuck to It by the ends and raised in a
loop midway between was shown her.
can not say that this thread is a rayellng
from the blue silk upon which Mile
Loyse had been sewing, but it looks like
it here in the middle. At the ends
All! IT is HORRIBLE"
NJ. Muzot (detective) after detaiIi ng
the finding OF the BODY, said: This
bloody patch with the blue thread stuck
to it cut from the night shirt of Raoul
Jaconneau. That withered violet picked
up from the floor of his room beside his
bed. These blue threads or shreds of
threads, 1 picked off the gray wooden
dress which Mile Loyse 6ore to ball
on the night of the murder. These vio-
| lets remaining from bunch were upon a
table in her room. l found no blood up
on her hands or clothing the morning of
the murder, but she may have avoided
| getting any blood upon her clothing
when striking the fatal blow and if any
spurted upon her hand, may have washed
| her hand and then drank the bloody wa.
ter so as to get rid of that damnlng proof.
She seemed greatly agltated when I ar
rested her.
Mile Loyse Manique--"I know nothing
Of the murder of my poor, dear Raoul
We were together at the students ball,
and returned home about two o'clock,
somewhat earlier than usual, because ]
had headache. remained in his apart
ments twenty minutes or half an hour
then went to my own room, leaving him
ALIVE AND WE'LL.
The next I heard was that he Was. the
victim Of an assassin. / do not know
who could have had any motive for TAX.
ing his life.
ut is true that wanted him to marry
me, and that he refused. was tired Of
my grisette life, and thought l could bf
happy if united to him. HIS refusal was
because of the objections of his parents
!: but on that last night of his life he hac
ips,ly promised to marry me, aud was
harpy when l went to my room. Hap
. py-oh, mon Dieu and to wake from
such happy dreams to such terrible mis-
cry.
: "Violets2 Yes, it is possible that Ma,
!. have dropped In his room one of thu
violets wore, the bunch he gave m,
that evening. And this thread no doub
| it fell FROM my dress upon him. He wa
in his night-shirt when left him. 4
key to his rooml Yes, have had one fo
a year. Here it is yet.
"Ihis knife2 Yes, it used to be mine
found 1t in the street one evening
> But at least fortnight ago, lost it, hov
+ | cannot tell. / do not know how j
came to be in its present condition, OF t.
be found in the Rue Polichon."
The poor girl sought to evade direc
, reply to question whether she had beel
faithful 10 Raoul Jaconneau, and it wa
not until her third examination that sh
I was brought to confess that before sh
!, knew Raoul she had been the
MISTRESS OF A BAD FELLOW
Famed Albert Falonde, and had upo
numerous occasions, since the establish
= ment Of her intimate relations with Rao
= I'll, submitted to Albert's embraces, nc
because she even loved or liked him, bu
from fear that if she did not he nigh
betray her to Raoul. who did not eve
8 know of his existence. But she had moi
: she averred, seen Albert within tw
weeks of the murder, and did not kno,
where he was.
:. The medical men declared that fror