Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-28
DAILY POSI- IEFELLlGEHCER.
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ruE MISSING PAPER.
Ona of the most singular cases which
ara 10 be found in the police records OF
hioodv deeds committed in Paris is that
"a Nine. Rouuelaire, who was murdered
IN her residence, II Rue Dantou, on the
nioht of the 18th Of June, 1873.
The Last that was seen OF her alive vas
at 8 O'Clock In the evening By enc OF Der
servants. 70 whom she gave an order
Concerning his se-vice on the following
morning. which indicated that she and
n. Jean Beauchamp, her lover, were
about retiring.
The servant, az be testified at the pre-,
liminarv examination, saw, as he STOOD
On the threshold of the door ieaclng
from the hall into the salon, Mime. no.
ouelaire In her drsssiug-gown and nef
foilet arranged for the night; ne also
sav n. Jean making a cigarette and re-
clinino. bis face toward the door. IN an
sasv char. Mopsieur was frowning aud
seemed angry, although he said nothing.
Fvidentiy be and Madame had been
Quarreling.
The last that was heard of her alive
was at IL o'clock. by her maid. VINO,
having the privilege of absence Tor the
evening. was passing through the ball
toward the staircase leading up to the
servants quarters.
Then abe was entreating Beauehamp
70 forgive her. He had evidently &C.
cusad her of some ofense-"perhaps,
said the maid of '.infidelity." The giri
v,auaed and listened for a moment.
Then she heard NJ. Beauchamp-and
"his anger was terrible; his words nerce
and threatening" and then she heard
madame sxclaim:
aafrike me, coward. have sacrifced
evervthinp-honor, position. friends
for Won. Strike me; kill me. You have
had everything else from me that
couid Give: nov take the last, and now
mon Dieu!-the most worthless OF my
posaeasious-my life. You seek the ex-
cuse 10 be rid OF me. Yea have found
A new love. / read it all. Every days
life for the past three months has been
"a me turning over new leaf In the
revelation of your nature. have moth
inc TO live for. Kill me, coward
The maid, trembling and frightened,
passed on. She also added in her state
ment: They have often, but not 50 NO
iently. uuarreled while she had been In
their service. Early the next morning
the servants. three in number, met as
nsnai in the Kitchen. The man-servant,
Who was also III. Beauchamp's valet,
named Francois, and the maid servant,
narrated 10 each other what they had
heard and seen on the previous evening.
Francois then at D o'clock went up stairs
and knocked al usual at the salon
door, to receive monsieurs o,ue,s.
There was no sound within. Oniy the
echoes of his tapping ON the door.
According to his testimony, maaaIne
usually slept late: monsieur was always
in dressing gown and slippers and IN
the salon reading the Hof'ifenr, wnich
was laid at his door, never later imam
eight. Sometimes he rang for the valet
before nine; sometimes awaited MS
coming.
An hour longer. and then finding no
signs Of life within, the valet ran out
and summoned sergeant-de-viiie, VINO
burst open the door.
An appalling spectacle fixed the gaze
of the little group gathered on the
threshold OF the chamber, ana neid
them motionless, rs II transformed into
stone images.
There, nearly in the center Of the
noor, in her night robes, lay Madame
Roquelaise's body, looking like mass
Of CONCEALED blood. The white linen
robe, with its lace-work and embroid-
cry, ressmblea . crimson shroud. The
face was mutilated and crushed almost
out Of human shape.
The terrified maid servant uttered a
shrek Of horror and fell to the hoor I'M
conscious.
For the moment even the sergeant-du.
vile, Injured a. he was to scenes OF muir
der, was awe stricken by the CHASTITY
sight. Then, recovering himself, he
started away, returning IN half an hour
with other officers, the commissaire and
Examination showed that the woman
had been literally pounded to death
with some blunt, heavy weapon, stamp
cd ON, and her body and limbs mashed
almost Into the semblance OF pulp.
Near this tremendous horror was q
blood stained scrap Of paper-a portion
Of sheet Of note paper. One look re-
vealed scrawled on II, as with blunt
pointed pencil, these words:
"Your life was mine. ! have taken
what 10 mine. Yen are now in the arms
Of death, a more steadfast lover than
you had living; ono you cannot betray.
JEAN"
Over this pencil scrawl we're two fin
ger-marks in blood In the form OF
Gross.
This was all. Nothing was disturbed.
Madanc's apparel was in its usual place;
her jewclry. watch and bijoutcrie where
she had placed them when undressing.
No weapon was found. There were CORY
finger marks on the door and it, casing.
But Nonsisur Beauchainp, what OF
him9
Search showed that a small travelling
vAlise was missing from his chamber;
thvt he had changed his clothes, taking
the discarded suit with him. On going
out he had evidently looked the door OF
tho salon and taken tho key with him.
Specimens Of his writing were found
and an expert declared that the pencil
scrawl upon the blood stained paper
very closely resemblcd his method OF
writing, changed, OF course, by the ac-
ton Of q terrible mental excitement
upon biz nerves.
There was no doubt In the minds Of
Tho officials that be, in q ht Of ungov-
ernhble rage, and possibly crazed BY
jealousy, had committed the fearful
crime, and then, recovering his reason.
had sought safety In flight. Two Of
the most expert detectives from the
prefect's ONCE were soon on his trail.
They traced him 70 Marseillcs, thence
70 bordeaux. where be took q sudden
change Of route and went TO London.
Here he Vas arrested and brought
back 10 Pasis.
when informed Of the crime Of which
he vas accused he fell into species Of
stupof, and for three days was appar-
emily unconscious.
Recovering he altsrnated from protes-
tations Of Innocence 10 bcwAiling the
death. - he asserted. OF the only woman
BE- ever loved, and calling upon Heaven
70 pursue with ita direst tornaents her
murderer.
Gradually he became calmer, and at
last was able 10 make an intslligible
statement. II was to this effect: He
had quarreled with Nine. Roquclairc on
the evening Of her asaassination. They
had often hAd similar lovers disagree
meuta. She had u terrible temper, bot
her anger seldom lasted beyond the
hour.
ION This night playfully accused
her Of liking some one else better than
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