The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-04-27
to the project to explain


in the custody of the police aud the
project was awaiting an answer from
the Minister Per-igny as to the truth
Of the jewelers. story. a nomlond.
bearing the secret service badge t--
meath his ves. entered the shop Of
Cassiere. iii. superintendent wss
there.
"Iomr desire :" said the superiu'en.
dent.
"You will read this note" said the
moucllsrd.
The superintendent ri the shop
read:
".JouRAN. - Send me- hy bearer. IT,
the office of NJ L. l're'-ci. ten lieu
sand francs, "r :is near fi,.ii -nm ~
there is in The usual place. The
bearer il an "fficiai close the store
il de- no, return. send all The work
men AWAY, and come 10 nv a, The
Preieci'>
TS;nr..il I.Uo CA>siEEF.
The superintendent MS little
suspicious until the mouchsri ex-
hiblted the metal device of his office.
Then the shorman found hut 5000
franc. in notes.
at is all there is now. | should
rejoice TO hear that you have captured
rbe scounarel who personated N.
Persipnv, or Ia hear that he was NJ.
Per-igny. aud that there is a mistake. i"
1T was a swindlers trick. said the
mouchard, "a he neared the door,
smiling, "and il was the work of the
same man who wrote the note Ia you
asking for ten thousand francs TO be
sent by me.
"You mean to saw that NJ. Cassiere.
nv master, Isl swindler y cried the
superintendent.
"Oh. no he is an honest man.
The man who Was Persigny. my
amiable friend, and who wrote that
! check, is the same one who is now
persona,ing mouchard 81 excellen'ly
and who now begs to bid you--Adieu.
III am Jean Francois Mobetie-
, Chevalier Brac -
! Before the astonished shopmau
could reach the door the ChevalieI
vas out of signt. Released by the
Prefect. the unfortunate jeweleI
, Cassiere survived his modification
and losses, which not only so seriousl,
, impaired his credit, but made him til,
, point of innumerable jokes, only fiv.
DAYS. He committed suicide. HI.
was found dead from sufiocation. il
5 the immense safe. in which he ha,,
e after closing honss. locked himself.
I Ga the morning of the 18th q
, August, 1873. Maiemoiselle Ninetl.
was found dead in her apartment vr
. the second aoor Of No. - Rue Daton
. by her dressing maid. Mile. Ninett,
: had -evera! male acquaintance
p many female friends, aud but tw,
e lovers. She had been a singer in
4 cafe chaniant, but striking the lucl
OF = new lover who had plenty q
: money, she gave up her chance upo.
D the stage. aud led a jolly. rockies
P life that sort If life that all womeu
lead who m their calendar have n,
4 tomorrow. no Yesterday. and nothin,
e but Ia iay. Pierre jaboiie. her f;rs
!. lover. wss an innocent---pOor an.
{ handsome.
E The other lover-Chevalier Brac-
4 at your service-who il was that ha,
induced her to retire from the stag
= of the cafe.
5 Tie poor girl when found bv he
horror-stricken maid. was lvin,
n partially disrobed upoE the bed &
e which she had evidently retired IN
r night previous. There had been D.
S struggle. nothing in the room ha,
:. been disarraDged. When the polio
j. officials entered and took possession
examination Of the dead girls bod
e revealed the cause of death. Th
f half Of a crimper or large hair nj
+, had been driven into her ear. pene
traiing the brain and causing instan
e death. But how could this have bee
e accomplished without arousing her
1 without causing her to resist. and 5
O Illustrate the murderous at,emp
n which had proved SO successful?
"She was asleep when this wa
O done" said the detective. a singh
q blow, not heavy one. either. is RI
e CURED TO drive the sharp point a
such a pin to the brain. She Wa
!, asleep her murderer has retired wit
S her. having previously druggcd he
z wine or coffee at supper. and =
s doubly secured her iusensibility I
any ordinary movement Of his. No,
v who were her lovers ?"
+ The maid stated accurately thei
S names--Pierre .Iabotte and Cheyalie
Rrac.
"Who was with her on the nigh
D she was last seen alive ,"
; pierre Jabotte."
e Then he must he found"
J, lie Was found. for, hearing of III
e murder, he gave himself up but th
d police were soon satisfied Of hi
I innocence. He proved that he hs,
n only remained with her until TEL
D O'Clock. and tha. he never saw he
e again.
;, In the Monday following a darin
robbery had been perpetrafed in III
e Rue labouyere, and on the sncceedin
n Wednesday the chevali-r was arreste,
], on suspicion Of being The perprtratur
e On searching him. the police f,un
i'm one Of his pockeis the. half Of
l crimper or hair pin.
e That bit of wire convicted th
chevalier of the murder of the girl
q his mistress. Examined by micr,
e scope. the jagged. broken ends of tn
q two pieces exactly fitted.
). The maid deposed that her mistres
? was that night expecting the chevalie,
but that up to twelve o'clock he hs