The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-10-05

The Very SINGULAR Revelations Of
O Gas Tube.
a Wronged Womsn's Vengeance
A Leap into the Seine-A
SoduCor Stabbed BY
HE Lovely
Victim.

Victim
Nea York B>psrcs.
This is the story related by Andre
GelOn, to the Perfect of the Seine, in
Paris. on the morning IF September,
4, 1871.
Andre was pale, trembIed nervOusly.
and his whole demesnor while he ad-
dressed the official Was that OF man
who was either guilty of some great
crime or had just escaped from terri.
bic deadly peril. He could scarcely
speak.
You can sit there ordered the pre-
feet. when YOU are capable ofspeak-
ing plainly I will hear you
Andre Gelon obeyed the project.
For fifteen minutes he sat facing the
official, never uttering word. Then,
at signal from the project, he be-
gan.
Monsieur lie project. said Andre, i
live at No. Is Rue Bertholet, opposite
the Val de Grace gardens. II is q
house 10 which apartments are let out
to dodgers, married or single. My
apartment is Oh the second floor, a sit
ting room and a bed chamber. d.
rectlv above me, on the third floor, is
the apartment of NJ. Jules Pedrix aud
madame his wife. They are both
young. Monsieur.
A MURDER
VAS committed in their bed room
which is over mine. early this morn
ing"
a murder. This IL singular.
Why did you not at once sppraise the
the commissaire of your District in
stead of coming to me-
The commissaire asd | are not
friends. He once did me a great in.
Justice. l.
Proceed with your story said the
project, sharply. and beginning To
think the man might be ,lemented.
At 1 o'clock, monsieur this morning
I WAS awakened by u noise in the street.
1t was the singing of party If revel-
ers wild with wine on their way home.
no doubt, from an all night delauch.
As | lay there upon my bed. on the
side near the wall, | heard the sound
of steps ascending the stairs leading to
NJ. Pedrix's rooms. The steps were
those Of a woman. light and quick.
Madame. rs knew. had been away
a few days on visit to relative at
Chalons. She often has been awav IN
this n,anner-always after she and her
husband quarreled. They were ou
had terms. She has frightfully vic
ious temper. Once | had to interfere.
else perhaps one would have killed the
other. She is Corsicsn, and COrsi-
cans. monsieur, kill when they disa-
gree.
1T is madame come home sgain.
said, by an early train / heard the
door open and close. Presently
heard voices plainly aud distinctly. II
was NJ. Pedrix and msdame.
You could not hear voices plainly
"u" "''''"~s', '.' y~.' 49,. :
within q room ON floor above YOU. II
is impossible
Not at all impossible. monsieur.
said Andre. In the wall is the end
of
GAs-PIPE,
open. aud from which the fixture has
long since been removed. The pine
enters the wall and passes up to the
apartment, the bed chamber Of the
Pedrixes. 1t Protrudes from the wall
there as it does from mine. Gas has
long been disused in the house
The project said to himself: Ger
tainly this man is crazed. | will de-
tain him in custody
81 placed nv ear to this pipe as
lay in my bed. heard the woman
cry, You wretch. you have ruined my
life. You have deceived me these two
wears. Now | know all. You mar
RED me, a poor girl, while in your
black heart you knew you had wife
that you were then living with. From
her arms you came to mine. l have
Just returned from Chalons. There |
discovered your infamy the confirm
alton Of suspicious /; the depth of my
misery. You deserve death: such
wretchcs as you are only fit TO feed the
grave worm
Then | heard low cry af terror,
and a hurried, indistinct word of EN-
treaty, then groSn then the woman :
voice, God help me, | am lost" 1
heard ber pace the room hastily once
,r twice, then she opened he door.
:losed it, AMI descended the stairs Ia
he street. | heard no more sounds ,
rom their room. waited an hour. I /
heard no footsteps AZ usual when Mr.. /
Pedrix was aroused. for he always
teIs heavily on the floor. Being Ia
niIiar with him, | dressed and went
'p to his door. Knocked. once. iwire
md again. There was no answer. r
'eered through the keyhole. bu, saw
lOthing. NJ. Pedrlx WAS an eariv ri
err: why should he sleep now. esr.-
tally after such an alteration. h-
anne frightened. | called m him.
| ct all was silent as the grave. O..ly
he officials Of the law have the right.
to break into ones room. -
have come to you for feel that !
ONETHIN(; HAS HAPPENED To N Pr.
DIRK.
The project called two of his sub
ffcials. !,
Accompany this man, Andre Ge-
~, to house No. ID Rue Bertholet,
nd If ron cannot gain access IN tho