The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-05-29
THE MISSING PAPER.

which are to be found in the polio
record of bloody deeds committed il
Paris is that of Nine. Roquelaire, VIII,
vas murdered in her residence, Il
Rue Danton. on the night of the 18th
Of June, 1873.
The last that was seen of her alive
was at nine o'clock in the evening by
one of her servants. to whom she gave
an order concerning his service on the
following morning, which indicated
that she and her lover, NJ. Jean Beau
champ, were about retiring.
The servant. as he testified at the
preliminry examination, saw as he
stood on the threshold of the door
leading from the hall into the saloon.
Nine Roquelaire in her dressing-gown
and her toilet arranged for the night ;
be also saw NJ. Jean making a cigar
cite and reclining bis face toward the
door, in an easy chair Monsieur was
frowning and seemed angry. although
he said nothing. Evidently he and
madame had been quarreling.
The last that was heard of her alive
was at eleven o'clock, by her maid
who having the privilege of absence
for the evening, was passing through
the hail toward the staircase leading
up to the servants quarters.
Then she was entreatiDg Beau
champ to forgive her. He had evil
IDENTIFY accused her of some otfense-
"perhaps," said the maid, "of infdeli-
ty." The girl paused and listened
for a moment.
Then she heard Nj. Beauchamp-
and Ibis anger was terrible /; his words
fierce and threatening" and then she
heard madame exclaim
"Strike me, coward have sacri-
feed everything-honor, position,
friends-for you Strike me; kill
me! You have had everything else
from me that l could give; now take
the last, and now-mon dieu! the
most worthless of my possessions my
life /! You seek the excuse to be rid
Of me. You have found a new love.
/ read it all. Every day s life for the
past three months has been to me
turning over a new leaf in the revela-
ton of your nature. / have nothing
to live for. Kill me, coward !"
The maid, trembling and Fighter
ed, passed on. She also added in her
statement ''They have often, but
not 80 violently, quarreled while she
had been in their service" Early |
next morning the servants. three in
number. met as usual in the kitchen.
The man servant, who was also nj.
Beauchamp's valet, named Francois,
and the maid-servant narrated to
each other what they had seen and
heard on the previous evening.
Francois then at nine o'clock went
up stairs and knocked as usual, at the
salon door, to receive monsieur's or
ders. There was no sound within.
Only the echoes of his tapping on the
door.
According to his testimony, madame
usually slept late monsieur was al
ways in dressing-gown and slippers
and in the salon reading the Moniteur.
which was laid at his door, never
later than eight. Sometimes he rang
for the valet before nine; sometimes
awaited his ming.
An hour longer, and then finding
40 signs Of life within, the valet ran
,ut and summoned a sergeant-de-ville,
who burst in the door.
An appalling spectacle fixed the
,aze of the little group gathered on
he threshold of thai chamber, and i
,eld them motionless as if they had I
,een suddenly transformed into stone I
images.
There, nearly in the center of the {
loor in her night robes. lay Madame a
BODY, looking like a s
mass of CONCEALED blood. The white
inen robe with it's lace work and en- c
'roidery resembled crimson shroud. L
he face was mutilated, crushed al q
nost out of human shape, a
The terrified maid-servant uttered a e
hriek of horror and fell to the floor, n
Even for the moment the sergeant Il
e-viile, Injured as he was to the p
,enes of murder, was for an instant c.
we-stricken by the CHASTITY sight. q
hen, recovering himself, he started b
way, and in half an hi ur returned tt
18th other officers, the Commissaire c,
nd surgeon. q
Examination showed that the wo- t.
IAN had been literally pounded to u
cath with some blunt, heavy weapon, 81
amped on, and her body and limbs
ashed almost into the semblance of b
ulp. Near this tremendous horror lie
as blood>stained scrap of paper-a Il