Louisiana capitolian., 1880-06-12

leave me now must think 10 0vel
, But let mo epjoip secrecy on you, nm
| depend on me-
Early tho next morning Bernard wa
, again sent for to the Projects house.
! have carefully gone over the Who'll
evidence since saw you,' he said, an,
1t certainly seems that there Is yer,
, strong suspicion against the Baron.
have caused inquiries to be made, an,
, have aseertaned that the Barou wa
| u confirmed gambler. and that his iour.
ney to st. Petersburg was probabl,
, only rngo to avoid arrest. II Ia ter
rible case, and we must proceed yer,
cautiously. The Baron stands very bigi
in the public esteem, and 10 aeems in.
credible that he could have committed
this horrible crime. Still that hat and
tho bill OF tho landlord made ont IN hs
haluo prove nj least thnt he ,nnst have
returned to Paris, Why should he re.
turn What was bis motive How.
ever ] have despatched M agent of the
secret police to strasbourg, to track bis
steps from that place. When ! hear
anything, ] will send for you
On arriving at Strasbourg, tho police
agent at once repaired to the Maison
Rouge. The landlord perfectly remem
bered tho Baron's having stayed Mt his
hotel for week, and having then gone,
whittier he could not say, The porter.
howeverrenembered where his luggage
was taken. II waa to u house outsids
tho city, on tho road to save,ne, where
hired carriage was ia readiness. Ile
got into tho carriage aud drove off.
But as the driver was m acquaintance
OF tho porters, ii was no difficult matter
to find him. IIe remembered tho lob
perfectly, but ayerred that tho gentle.
mans name was Thionville. lIe should
not, perhaps, have paid much attention
to this fact, had he not n sister living
at Savernc M chamber,nad in tho same
hotel TO which ho drove his fare. On
inqniring at Saverne, the agent found
that Monsieur Thionville had arrived
at the hotel rs stated, and that he had
remained there four days, during the
greater part Of which he had kept in.
doors, from indisposition.
The description the landlord gave of
bis person and luggage left no doubt in
tho agents mind that no was on the
right track. But nothing further could |
be learned Still, one important cir.
cnmstance had been proved namely,
that, instead OF proceeding on his Jour |
ney to Russia, he had turned back on |
tho road to Paris under an assumed |
name.
J The only thing that now remained to
bo done was to put m advertisement in
tho French and German papers, inviting
the husband Of tho murdered lady TO re.
pair to Paris, IN orccr to claim the
property OF his deceased wife. For, it
was argued, If he had murdered her for
the sake OF getting possession of her
it was very probable that he
would take the bait now held out.
Neither did this snsmise prove incor.
rect
Two months, or thercabouts had
elapsed, and the police were beginning
to despair OF getting further tidings of
the Baron, when n gentleman, attircd
IN deep mourning, and apparently bow
ed down with grief, presented himself
Mt the bureau Of the police. lie had
he said, by chance scen tho fearful It'd
lnas Of biz wife's murder in paper at
St. Petersburg, and had FASTENED back
to Paris rs quickly rs he could. The
shock, however, il had caused him had
brought on n severe attack Of illness,
from which he had only just recovered,
otherwise he should have returned to
Paris some weeks sooner |,
Acting in obedience to tho orders Of
ais chief, the agent referred the Baron
70 u compton, where he would be fur. {
,shed with the register Of the death
md burial of his wife. ,
On entering the room, tho Baron was
politely invited TO take u seat while |
he necessary papers were being found.
After tho lapse Of II quarter of m {
iour, an official entered the room, and |
eqnested tho Baron TO accompany him G
o another compton, where, to his dis.
nay, he found himself submitted to a /
iGorous examination. b
But Monsieur 10 Baron, when you
eft home, on March 25, whittier did You
ravel " asked the chief officer. "
4 Travelled through Germany. en- -
outc for st. Petersburg :,