Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-15

An Extraordinary French Murder Case
From the London Telegraph
PARIS, Oct. 13-Paris is at present stirred to its
depths by the revelations made respecting the
career OF Pei the pois0ner Of Montreul Pei is
now at MaZas, on charge of having made
away with his servant, a women named Marie
Boehmer. He is also charged with having poi
soned his hrst wife. M. kuehn, the chief of the
investigation department, is busily engaged at
Montreuil in following up any clues which NAV
bring the murder OF the servant home to the
accused. Two boxes which belonged to the MISS
ing woman were found to contain napkin
which bore the imprint of q bood-stained knife
large dinner knife has come to light, supposed
to be the instrument with which Pei cut the
flesh OF the bones OF his victim before burning
1t by some of the chemical processes in which he
Is an adept. 1t is thought that the victims re-
mains were placed In the closet .as Pei had been
observed to make frequent visits there on three
successive days In July last. This is somewhat
borne out by the fact that when the cesspools
was drained to-day portions Of human intes-
tines were found.
Relis clockmaker by trade, and was married in
1850 to. young woman named Bufereau, en-
plOyed in shop near tho Champs Elysees.
Two months after the marriage Pel's wife died
IN intense agony. She was hastily buried in the
MOntmartre cemetery, but her remains are about
to be exhumed by order OF the procureur of the
republic.
year afterward Pei marrieda Mile. de Murat.
WIN Is stlll awe. rel OenleQ Cfat he had been
married to his first wife, but NJ. Kuehn confronted
him with his brother-in-law, and he then ad-
mittad the marriage.
M. Kuehn has made minute examination with
microscope of pels house at Montreuil and in
the interstices ofthe floor has found living organ
lsns such as exist only In putrefying blood
When Pei arrived in Montreuil from Nanterre
where he ran away from his second wife and mis-
creditors In July last, he was accompanied by the
servant, Marie Boehmer, who it is said, was for
merly lay sister IN a convent and afterward a
milkseller in the Rue st. Denis. She intrusted
large share OF her savings to the care of Pei.
ana ABOUT three months ago suddenly disap-
peared.
Pei. in answer to various inquiries, said he had
sent her to the hospital. The neighbOrs, how
ever, assert that one night, about the time of
boehmer's disappearance, great fire was visible
In Pefs house and that the air around was in
fected by an offensive odor. In an adjacent
sewer some human hair has lately been dis
covered, and it is in this direction as well as in
the closet. that N. Kuehn made his principal in
vestigatiOns to-day. Pei will probably be
brought face to face with his second wife to-mor-
row.
1t is not long since the mother of the alleged
poisoner was killed by an electric battery made
3y her son. Pei is in very respondent con-
altlon at Mazas. and has not partaken of much
1000 curing the past two days. n,outon or
associate, has been placed with him, as 1t was
feared that he was about to commit suicide and
possibly the accused clOckmaker may make
some statement to this person.