New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-17
4 cFLEBR4ThD CASE.

ord con peltzer are charged with numbering
GuiIlaume BeI1lnys, under circumstances as
intricate rs one of Balzac's plots. The motive
for the crime was jealousy, the malign centre
If attraction being Madame BernIys with
whom Armand Peltzer was paSslonately III
love. if that honest word can be used at all in
recital OF unutterable bdsenesS; ana the most
remorkable feature Of the case was the ascend
sncy of a strong mind over weak one py
which Leon Peltzer WAS prevailed upon 10
leave his business in New-l ork, masquerade
in 2 sp1ies of DISCUSSES il England and on the
Continent. fl up il secret chamber III Brussels az
n r,iuiatpre armorv. aud finally murder his
brotbcr's victim there, without having any per
sopal native for 50 hazardous and detestablc "a
crime This su lection OF the brother s viii 10
the SUPERIOR lntclle cncc OF Madame Bernayss
lover seems utterly UrlccOuutdble, When ne
additional facts are borne in mind that the
murderer after escaping from the chamber OF
horrors. was required 10 announce the crime to
the police. ana that his victim lad been ms
bcncfactur
NJ. Brrnavs was a successful lawyer, de-
voted to hls profession, acute and juiiclous III
settling DISPUTE, outside his own household,
1rIseyrriug aud EbJuous in hi, mcluDdJ
mcrceua.y IN hls disposition. lis wife Wa as
hi.hty aud sentimental rs he Was hard AMI
practical. lie might be "a good lawyer but IA
Inc estimation of his ii.gntg, cXrltabic ana
IMAGINATIVE wife, he was cold, stupid, down
uelt commonplace husband suc iancied TINT
ne did moi appreciate her social orIccs and in-
,electuai quaIit ANA he WAS at . loss to un-
der>ta1d way she was dissatisfied with him.
\ year after their marr gc. when, owing to
frequent Quarrcs, they had agreed To 1--we
apart although under the same roof and TO
remain OH only the most ccrcmoniOus terms,
Armand PctZer auiycd from BAcnos AyIcN
and engaged the lawyers services in behalf oil
his brothers, Leon and james, who were being
prosecuted for fraudulent bankruptcy. These
services were 30 effective Jhdt the brothers
were honorably acquitted and Leon PETER,
saved from disgrace, WAS enabled to seek his
fortunes in the New World. Meanwhile,
Armand Pcltzer had become "A constant guest
at tine Berndys mansion, having won lie
friendship Of the husband and tiIe love of thc
WIFE, aud having succeeded on several 90
casons III restoring peace Ia the household.
He WIS al engineer by pro ,csslon ard man OF
force OF character digIIlied presence and social
accomplishments. The p.OIdng, unsOcial,
pro,alc lawyer was toll to this elc-dul ana
Sympathetic carpet-kni-ht Immersed ~ buS-
ness cares. uu>GspcIous by nature and In
different to the whIms and ideals of his capri
cious WIFE, he did not break oil relations Ui,h
the nan, whom he loohel upon Us his best
friend, until the governcss Of lis child repeated
10 INN the gossip of the household. lie tnen
forbade Armand Peltzer to enter ms hoasc, re-
a ! d
heed 10 a challenge 10 a duel.
Leon pc.tzyr at this time was d clerk earning
a pittancc IN Il Newly ora house. one day he
received from his brother in Antwerp Iuys-
Ter Gus proposition winch be answered by send |
Ing a cable message containing tie words
" Robert Fulton" lie sailed for Europe and
after remaining in England France and Ec,- f.
gum under various NAMES ana in numerous /
hiIcd a suite OF rooms ~ Brussels :
Returning to London he wrote to u. beruays F.
over the signature OF Henry Vaughan, in T
closing a Ie,aine: OF 500 aud asking fora
confidential consultation In these CHAM Jcrs. /
Ine lawyer, easily cdtapgrd, WA SA0t with one I.
of a choice assortment of pistols purchased in 7.
London AID PANS, ard apparently tested by /
bOUi brothers with special view 10 u0aelos.- /
ness. The blinds mad been closed, the cur,ains /.
drawn and all other precautions taken to /
deadrn the sound Of the pistol SHOT, and the |
murder had teen committed without attracting |
any attention. Lem Pellzcr effected his escape |
from Belgium without exciting any suspicion
that the name he used was an assumed one. As .
for Armand Pcltzel, he bad taken pains to re-
main at Antwerp and to provide himself with
ample evidence of an a.ioi. Il revenge had been
his sole motive he would have cent his brother
back 10 Now FORK in one OF The many DISCUSSES
recently assumed and have allowed the police
to work mp at their Leisure the case of mys-
tcIi0us disappearance in brussels. But his Was
Il jealousy winch WAS eager TO obtain tic plizc
alter the hated rival lad been removed.
Madame Bernays must find out without delay
!hat she was ii widow ana iIee to bcstOw her
affections upon himself. Ihc death OF her hus-
band must he explained in such a way as TO
silence EUSslp-mnngors and to divert suspicion
from himself. Accordingly the accommodating
Leon WAS prevailed upon To write TO the
authorities under his assumed name and to
lcQualnt them with the melancholy accident"
which had occurred in his chambers. where
they could find The body OF NJ. Bcrnays. The
result was that Henry Vaughan's handwriting
Was IltutIltu DIS LcOu CltLtl ana the /
brothers 0ere brought face to face i'm prisnn
Their tra has not yet been concluded, but
their own mother has virtually convicted them
by the exclamation: 1.-Two sons, Two muir
lereIs. Armand has abused L6Cn's weakness.
and all for that woman"
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