The Dillon tribune., 1881-12-31
BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
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Glue to q Harder.

M. le Com,nissaire, ma, speak with
youY
The man who uttered these words
looked frightened, abject and wretched.
He had the look Of ragman and was hol.
low.cheeked, with sunken eyes and un.
kempt hsir He wore an old blouse and
pants whi> h were threadbare and patched.
II was on the 3lst Of January, 1868, that
this man ran into the presence Of the Com.
,nissairc &c Police, Jules Minteaux, in Paris.
The officials on duty IN the office At sight
Of this object glanced from one to the other
and then at the Com,nissaire. Each
official mentally photographed him upon
hisn ory.'' f.''.@
May speak with you, monsieur'' re.
peated the man.
Who are your What do you want. said
the Commissaire, CURLY.
My wife-Mme. Purvois-has commit.
ted suicide. She is dead, Monster. live
in the Rue Feron, No. T."
'Suicide-wheni'
"Some ii Me during the night, monsieur.
Last night when came home from look.
ing for work she was alive and in her
usual spirits She always had a smile for
me, ~ as am, and even though we
diG:.'t have a sou In the house
| " ZIP broke in the Commissaire, at.
rur
awe were very hungry both Of us, but I
cheered her by the good news that had
obtained the promise Of work at my trade,
and we went to bed supperless, thinkin, OF
what good things we would have when
had earned my first francs. An hour ago
1 awoke. spoke to her, and-wos Disx!
She was dead. She was not lying beside
me on our pallet, but on the floor. In her
hand was razor, and she had cut her
throat from eur to ear. The blood was on
her face-the floor. Itsee,ned to be every.
where in tn. room. Oh, monsieur, It was
horrible sight!
"A woman does not usually commit
suicide with razor and people Of your ap.
: pearance do not usually possess such a
tool" said the Commissaire.
'Ah, but the raxor is not mine, for have
none; do not know where she got it,
She must have thought Of killing herself
before ."# t-
She may have been murderedl
That IL impossible, monster. The door
vas fastened ON the inside with wooden
bar, and had there been q struggle It would
have awakened me as we'll as our neigh
bors.'
Had she been drinhing?'
She! No, monster; she d,sliked liquor
'Umphv said the official, "she must have
., been a woman ot nerve to cut her throat
with razor, and you sound sleeper not
not to have been aroused by the fall"
, 4 was tired from walking the streets,
y monsieur, and slept heavier than usual.
Tie tired and hungry always sleep sound
They are like the dead, for they do no,
dream
4 will be at the Rue Feron, No. di.
rectly.'
), The man, who had given his name a,
Ambrose Purvois, put his ragged cap ovel
his tangled mass Of halo and went out
Following him, at u signal from the Com
n,issai.e, was nouchard IL plain clothes
do no, let him go beyond your reach
said the Comnissai-e.
THE MANGLED CREATURE.
Within the half.hour the Commissair
geon OF police, entered the dingy Ru
Fcron. 10 reach the abode Of Purvoi
they had to pass through q court, bin
passage, and up three flights Of Mario,
stairs. Entering the apartment, or rathe
narrow room they beheld tine victim lyin
in the middle ot the floor, stark and col.
the CLASSY eyes wide open and one Of ht
hands ciutcliiny the handle Of the bloc.
. smeared razor.
On the pallet sat the husband, with hi
hands over his face, meaning as ii Athlete
with the most inconsolable grief. IT
? officials babe him stand up. He did S
The &ommissa,rc questioned him sharp
while the surgeon made his customary e
animation OF the body.
where were you married to this won
)R. amp
In Marseilles, monsieur
% sHow long ukos
y In March next it will be three years.
was in better luck then. had money p
up, too
what was her maiden name:'
~ .Lizette Camareau. She was an ORPHAN
~ How long have you lived here!'
Only six months, monsier-we have c
iic. listed, not lived. To live is to enjoy ON
a., self and be happy. Poor, poor girl! 5
ccA was SO kind Of heart
~ "> There, that will do now said the oiiici
49, The surgeon had made the inspection
- the body; the other officials had examin
~; the room and had In their brief, quick a
yet thorough manner questioned t
-, neighbors in the group OF scared people
) narrow passage way anxious to get sis
ofthis new horror Of the Rue Feron.
an, 1t may be suicide said the Comm
IN. saire'
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