Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-11

tendcd--but having met an oil
friend from Brittany, a banker
passed the night with him a
his lodgings IN the Rue st. An
tome. NJ. Capin had disappear
ed.
He was well known as a Bour
sier, from which he had retired
a few months after his marriage
None of his friends had seen hin
on the night of the murder. On
ly the proprietor of cafe in the
Rue Neuve des Mathusias came
forward and stated to the Com.
missaire that at eleven O'Clock
M. Capin was in his place and
had taken a hasty cup of black
coffee and package of cigaret.
tes and left.
M. Granville, the friend and
as was subsequently discovered
the lover of Madame Capin, was
also missing from his favorite
haunts. He had not been at his
lodgings since the night of the
terrible tragedy. Three days
after, while the police were US
ing their utmost ingenuity to
solve the mystery, the body of
a man, found floating in the
Seine, under one of the arches
of the Pont Neuf by a boatman,
and conveyed to the Morgue,
was identified as that Of the
missing M. Granville. Exam
ination disclosed the fact that
he had been murdered by the
thrust of a knife or dagger in
in his heart.
Five days after this, M. Du-
pinac, the detective, to whom
was given charge of the case,
traced nj. Capin, the husband,
to Lyons, where he found him
concealed in :he house of a rel
ative. Brought to Paris, and
taken before the Prefect, he
seemed dumbfonnded. He was
locked up, charged with the
murder of his wife.
As he was being conducted
to prison, he said:
"Both are dead. Fools of
mouchards! to think I could
kill a man and woman, when
one would suffice"
Dupinac said to the Project ::
"In two days hence l will
point out the murderer of Mad
anne Capin."
"Do you suspoct?"
"Ycs; | suspect the husband,
the maid, the valet-every body.
AS yet l accuse no one. In
two days."
At the close Of the second
lay Dupinac, the detective, en-
tered the Prefect's private Office.
81 have it'll" he exclaimed.
sJean Brignon, the valet, is the
murderer of Madame. 1t only
remains to find the head. | will
ell you. On the morning when
he murder was discovered | ex-
lmined carefully the body of
he dead woman. On the night
of the murder Madame visited
he Theatre Franchise; she re-
turned at twelve o'clock accom-
panied by M. Theo. Granville,
ler friend. What time M.
Granville left her apartments
IAN only be solved by the assas-
SINS confession. The work of
leath was accomplished be-
tween the hours of IL, midnight,
md 8 a. m.
"The answer of the servant,
Madame's maid and of Jean,
he valet, convince me that rob-
oery, not revenge, was the mo-
i've of the crime; the severance
IF the head from the body is
,orroborative of this, The col
ar-band in Madame's grasp af-
,er death, upon minute examin-
ltion, / found to have been cut
IN one side, piece taken out
md then resewn again, thus
proving that the shirt was not
originally made for the last
vearer, but, being too large, had
,een altered by woman's hand.
"With a powerful lens l ex-
lmined, one by one the woman's
inger-nails. / found under one
If them bit of blue WOODEN
'urze, which, without the glass,
could not have been discovered.
The day before her death was
Ter birthday. A jeweler in the
Boulevard Hausman voluntari-
y came to me yesterday and
,tated that q customer of his
VI. Granville-had purchased
necklace valued at ten
housand francs, which he in-l
ended as a birthday present for
lady. On the locket he en-
sraved the initials, 81. c., from
II. A. g. The box-keeper of
he Theatre Franchise saw a
similar necklace on Madame as
he entered with M. Granville.
"Now then," concluded the