Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-02-23
CIRCUMSTANTIAI EYIDENI III.
4 Glow the Lady Hfazel was Murdered One
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In the year 1859 there lived ia Paris q
Woman OF fashion called Lady Mazel Her
slorse WAS four stories high; on the ground
iaoor WAS a large servants hall, in which
was q grand staircase and d cupboard, where
The plate was locked up, OF which ona Oh
Inc chamberlnaids kept the key. In small
room partitioned of from the har. sss,at the
valet de chamber, whose name was lie Brun.
~ the floor up one pair Of stairs was the
lady S own chamber, which was in the front
sof the house, and was the innermosS of
three rooms from the grand staircase. The
key Of this chamber was usually taken out
5cf the door and laid On q chair BY the ser
want who was last with her lady, and whn,
pulling the door after her, shut lit with II
spring, SO that if could not be opened from
without. In this chamber were two doors,
one eommun icating with q back staircase.
the other witha wardrobe, which opened
to the back stairs also. Ssi S 5 NJ "a 8S3
The fourth story consisted Of lofts and
glanaries, whose doors we're always open
The cock and other servants slept below in,
the stable. 3 n Ell $S F#'S2s 3Sa Is
On Sunday afternoon, the ~ of Noyern
Der, lie Brun, The valet, accompanied his
mistress TO church, he himself going to an
other, Lady Mazel supped with the Able
Poulard, who lived in the house, as usual,
and about eleven clock went to her cham
Der, where she was attended by her maids
Before they left her lie Brun came to the
door to receive his orders for the next day,
after which one of the maids laid the key Of
the chamber door on the chair next to it;
they went OUT and lie Brun, following them, d
shut the door after hIla, and talked with
= The maids q few minutes, and then they
parted, he seeming still very cheerful.
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was jocular and pleasant with everybody his
met, SIS was his usual manner. He Their
returned home and transacted his usual
business. at eight O'clock he expressed
surprise that his lady did not got up, as she
usually arose att; he went to his wifs's
lodging, which was in the neighborhood,
and told her that he was uneasy that his
ladys bell had notrung, and gave her sew
en- LOUIS d'ors and some crowns IN gold
which he disired her to lock up, and then
went home again and found the servants in
great CONSERVATION hearing nothing OF
their lady, when one observed that he
feared she had been seized with apoplaxy
Or bleeding Of the nose, to which she
was subject. lie Brun said: b lit must be
something worse; my mind misgiyes me,
for I found the street door open last n ght
after all toe family were in bed but myself. 4
then sent for the lady's son, M. de Sayon-
iere, who hinted to lie Burn his fear Of AZ
apoplexy. lie Brun said: '5'It is certainly
worse, my mind has been uneasy ever since
found the street door open last night after
the family we're IN bed." A smith being
now brought the door was broken open,
ana lie Brun entered first, ran to the bed,
and after calling several times, drew back
the curtains and said: "Oh, my lady is
nlurdered!" He then ran to the wardrobe
and took up the strong box, which being
heavy, he said. She has not been rob
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surgeon then examined the body, which
. Was covered with no less than fifty wolnIs
they found in the bed, which was full o.
blood, q scrap of 81 craYat OF coarse lace and
q napkin made lntoa nightcap which was
bloody, and had the family mark on it :apd
from the wounds in the lady's hands it ap-
peared she had struggled hard with the
murderer, which obliged him to cut the
muscles before he could disengage himself
The bell strings we're twisted around the
frame of the tester, so that they We're out Of
reach, and could not ring. a claspknife
was found in the ashes almost consumed
by the fire which had burned off oil marks
OF blood that might have been upon it; the
key Of the chamber was gone from the sea
by the door, but no marks OF violence had
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