The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-20
Liza WEEKLY BAZOO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1881

appearance Of the thumb nail and
that of the forefin.er tina; she Was ia
the habi, OF biting her nails a. SOME
people d" when in deep thought.
Now
A LEFT-HANDED PERSON
would instinciivcly put their left
hand 10 tie mouth tir>i : but here
vau see the nails OH her left hand
were smooth and perfectly pared.
Therefore. had she committed suicide
she would have drawn the razor
across her throat with her right hand.
evidently the weapon hal been put
in her hand after she had iallen, by
her assassin.
Il kept nv own COUNSEL. |
watched thi. Purvois, | inquired
into his habits and his WAYS Of life. |
discovered nothing of any Consequence
save that he AMI the woman appar-
emily lived happily together; and
from the p,sttuan | learned that in
The week Q: he murder &c had left a
letter bearing the postmark of Mar
settles AMI directed tn Li.ette Purvois.
Now had the contents of that letter
any thing to 10 with the murder.
Who received the letter? Not the
woman. her husband. was sent On
a mission t. Touipn. When [ re-
turned Ambrose PUrvoi- had dis
appeared. | vi not forget TIM case.
TOR il was then that | came first 10
you.
Then one Jay | saw this Count
Horace Croi-sart. Despite the change
in his appearance, L recognized IN
him nv missing Ambrose Purvois.
| followed him. became acquainted
after 3 month or two with his
valet-induced the valst To- leave
him for a better place which | Sc
cured him i'll the family OF the Baron
Montigrop. and by ruse and the
trick of false letters | obtained his
with the Count. | found that the
Countess, despite her ine airs. was
not of high birth-in fact. that she
was nothing but h;s mistress, and that
there was
A SECRET BETWEEN THEM.
"One day | happened to enter
room adjoining that in which they
were conversing. | heard loud
words. Slipping into a closet be-
r,yaa,, Tho -,v1 mann. .rr,,,.I, 81,
thin partition I heard her saw. Il
have been your TOD long enough. l
believe il was you wao killed nv
sister. Give ne what I want one
hait-and LET u separate. We can
N longer live tcgther.
Wen that Conversation eaied. |
knew that had the Count. alias Am
bro-e Purvo;>. The whole thing was
plain to ne. Til, woman, the Count
ess. ws> the sister @: Purvnis' wife.
Tia, sister. living III Narcotics. had
written to LiEette. telling her that bv
me death ofauunc'e he twp listers were
heiresses Of a fortuna Of 100000
francs tia: tn, wretch Purvois had
suddenly resolved ~ III himself of
the sister, who was MS wife, ami
thereby leap II once into her share
of the fortune ny claim as her hus-
baud. He murdered her, then made
his way to Marseilles. presented him.
elf to the sister. who was younger and
handsomer thai the dead one, and
finally won her affection. seduced her
and came 10 Paris. ass med the title
of Count Horace Crc;ssart, and wen,
in for enjoyment. Yor remember at
the inquest he said Il have existed,
not lived to live IS to enjoy one.
self
80 much have discovered. Mon !
sieur le Project. They are about to /
separate. Shall We end the play
RON
Your part /, endei. Nine now
begins, sad the project.
That evening Count Horace Crois-
sart, alias Ambrose Purvois. was ar
rested in his box at the Grand Opera,
and taken TO the Projects office.
The Countess was also arrested.
The Count, On oelng ilIorinej vi the
charge aga:us: him, LOST courage. and
with the Countess against him. and
tie story of the saarp detective ;asteu- |.
ms the crime upon hin. he became
frightened, and abiect coward that he |
vas. ae confessed IL: begged for
mercy. The detective Pierretis /
theory and facts were correct, and
pierret received ii. proilotion. The !
sister OF the murdered woman was re-
eased. and Ambrose Puryois was