Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-20
VERY FRENCHY.


An Extraordinary Murder Case In Paris.
ILondon Telegraph
Paris is at present stirred to it's depths
by the revelations made respecting the
career Of Pei, the poisoner of Montreuil.
Pei is now at Mazas, on a charge of hav-
ing made away with his servant, a woman
named Marie Boehmer. He Is also charged
with having poisoned his frst wife. NJ.
kuehn, the chief Of the investigation de-
partment, is busily engaged At Montreuil
In following up any clues which may bring
the murder of the servant home to the ac-
cused. Two boxes which belonged to the
Missing woman were found to contai In
napkin, which bore the imprint of a blood
stained knife. A large dinner knife has
come to light, supposed to be the instru-
ment with which Pei cut the flesh of the
bones of his victim before the burning OF
it by some of the chemical processes In
which he is an adept. 1t is thought that
the victims remains were placed in the
closet, as Pei had been observed to make fire.
quent visits there ON three successivedays in
July last. This is somewhat borne out by
the fact that when the cesspools were
drained to-day portions Of human intes-
tines were found.
Pei is clockmaker by trade, and was
married in 1880 to young woman named
Buffereau, employed in q shop near the
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.
A year afterward Pei married Mile. de
Murat, who Is still alive. Pei denied that
he had been married to his first wife, but
M. Kuehn confronted him with his brother
in-law, and be then admitted the mar
riage.
M. Kuehn has made a minute examina-
tion with microscope of Pel's house al
Montreuil, and in the interstices of the
floor has found living organisms such as
exist only In putrefying blood. When Pei
arrived in Montreuil from Nanterre, where
he ran away from his second wife and his
creditors in July last, be was accompanied
by the servant Marie Boehmer. who, it is
said. was formerly lay sister in convent
and afterward milkseiler in the Rue St.
Denis. She intrusted large share of her
,eftaAA, W eac tt4t~ VI hnu anDUk b0Fef
months ago suddenly disappeared.
Pei, IN answer TO various inquiries, said
he had sent her to the hospital The neigh.
bors, however. assert that one night. about
the time of Boehmer's Disappearance, q
great fire was visible in Pel's house, aud
that the air sround was infected by an OF.
feusive odor. In an adjacent sewer some
human hair has lately been discovered, and
it i in this direction. as well a. in the
closet, that NJ. Kuehn made his principal
Investigations to-day. Pei win probably
be brought face to face with bis second
wife t0-norrow.
Il Is not long since the mother OF the a..
legged poisoner was killed BY an electric
battery made BY her soa. Pei is IN very
despondeat condition at Mazss, and has
not partaken Of much food during the past
two days. A raoatoa, or associate, has
been placed vita him, as il was feared that
he wss about - commit suicide. and pos
sibty TIE acrusea clock-msker may make
snsns stassnent 20 this person.