Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-12
A SLENDER CLEw.
Re. F. Spence in Belgravia.l

by the name of Layigne. was glad to thinl
Q that knew no one of the name, for being
y unknown ne might be client.
: A tall. well dressed man entered and asked
n whether he could have half an houSs tall
with me. consulted my watch and diary
with the true air of a busy man and thought
0 l could spare the time.
Would mind locking the doorl Hardly
Did l remember the Dumont murder
S Slightly Would / listen while he gave an
account of it,
: Ten years ago NJ. Dumont, wealthy
banker, married a young widow, with whom
two of his friends, Messrs. lie Theuf and
Goudin, were in love Nevertheless they re-
manned his friends. All three gambletl
heavily, and the barker, the rich man, won
while the others lost.
One night. the ID of February, Madame
Dumont went to masked ball, leaving her
) husband, who was suffering from rheuma-
tisrn, at home in bed On her return she
found him lying dead, with his throat cut
Goudin was arrested and tried.
A strong case Of circumstancial evidence
was brought against him, the principal wit
ness being NJ. LIE Theuf.
NJ G. set up an alibi; he proved that he
was at the dance, and asserted that during
the time when the deed must have been done
Ia v,as il, a, a,coy. t,,liro IN Mime D,,pont
This She corroherated
Tho ,o,rt r.,IuctortIv .couitted NJ Coud;,
h,,, .u pei, believed b;,,, ,,,;,t,- owl ,houobt
Nine Dnmont an accomnlice The widow
ro.;,.d % nor motber,s ond NJ Coud;n
| .bo,,b rs.,,y ;,noce,t unable 10 face the
n,bl;c s,,s,;c;or, went 70 Austral;, and there
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clio His face was one which NJ Jegros
would have delighted to paint. n broad low
forehead heavy tbicl, brows and dart e,,os
set worry far onart. n wide short fat nose.
a long unner lin with N large tbicL mou,b
fresh. drink-s,ppestinc lips md n Great
SQUARE iayy Not q heantv Won will saw. ,o
but bideously fascinating, / am not imnos,
ing. in BODY. at least: NV height is but five
feet three. and am not bruad 7 don't think
/ could lift 300 hounds even to he made
king or emperor of France, or president
of the republic. as the case might lie Nv
face however. is eminently aristocratic. so
INV friends say: high. narrow forehead. and
delicate, prominent nose. and l have been
called not bad looking. What a pretty con-
tlast there must have been for NJ Poncarl to
observe between the hunter and the hunted,
NJ. lie Theufr was very pleasant. and talked
instead of showing. like nm or
binary educated Frenchman. a surface knowl-
edge Of many things. or like an Enelisbman-
n solid acquaintance with n few no exb;bited
"A Frenchman's universally and an English
mans solidity of knowledge. SO that each sub
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