The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-08
European Letter.
Regular Correspondence }


| Not long ago some workmen, digging grav.
ell beside the Seine, at Chalon, near Paris no.
ticed strange object drifting along the sandy
bottom OF the river, They tshed 1t out with
considerable difficulty, for the current runs
strong there, and the odd loking thing once
or twice had nearly rolled off into the deep
water, When brought to land it proved to be
very extraordinary and dreadful trouvallle
indeed, for it was the corpse OF a young man,
who had evidently met his death by the foul.
wounds and bruises was doubled over and
trussed round with some thirty feet of lead
piping; his lips had been pinned together by
a woman's black-headed shawlpln, and din.
ner napkin was drawn over his face and
knotted behind the neck There was no clue
to his identity Tor the clothes OF the victim
had all been stripped away, and the mark
picked out from the napkin. In Paris, how
ever, the police always command two great
means Of discovery-one the Morgue, and
the right of interrogating suspected people
Those who miss relations or friends know
where to go in the French capital. A young
chemist named Aubert had disappeared since
May 18th from his shop on the Boulevard
Malcsherbes, and on the next day Madame
Barley, his sister saw and recognized his re-
mains on slab of the Morgue. They were
the same as had been wished out of the Seine
at Chaon, and the sister, questioned eagerly
hy IA nl,l tn11 hot
Auhert had formed an Illicit intimacy with
one Madame Feneyron, wife Of retired
chemist, TO whom he had been formerly APP
prentceu. She believed that her brother had
an appointment with his mistress on the very
night when he disappeared, and this intell-
gence was emphasized by the receipt of an
anonymous letter, bidding the officers of JUS
tice apply to Madame Feneyron, Boulevard
GOWN, st. Cyr, If they wished to know who
were the perpetrators of the crime. The Chief
of Police, M. Malf, himself repaired to the
abode of this person, furnished with all such
intimate particulars as the French detective
system commands and before many minutes
had elapsed the surprised and atfrighted
woman had denounced her husband and his
brother to him as the murderers. These two
were promptly arrested, though kept apart
from the wife; and strictly Intercepted, they
denied their guilt. When, however they were
people there recognized them as having visited
a cottage near the bridge, and, upon the police
going thither, an old woman, the landlady,
avowed that the two men with woman had
been installed with her for a week. These
facts were commanding but simple, and
illustrated rather the intelligence than the So
gaclty of the Paris police; tor the scent was
breast high after the Identification of the
body Madame Feneyron urged by remorse
or despair, now completed her confession with
the following statement. The murdered man
had been her lover. and her husband had be.
come aware If her infdelity. The connection
was then interrupted, but, determined upon
cXactlng vcngence, her husband had threat.
ened to kill her unless she would place her
paramount in his power. HIS threats drove
her to consent to lay trap for the gallant.
The cottage at Chaton was taken, the husband
secured the help of his brother, and the wife
lured her lover to his doom. On the evening
of the 18th of May, M. Aubert arrived at the
cottage according to appointment, and found
Madame Feneyron there, but was immediately
struck down with blows from hammer and
a walklng.stick sword, his body being flung
into the Seine loaded with lead, as has been
described.