Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-27

y You then cio.eu tue outer door OF your
passage for the night
A Yes.
= Your usual hour for dong ~ j. eleven
A. Yes. but on Moniav night ] was q
quarter of an hour later
Sophie Mouion. aged Is years, daughter
of the japitor, stated that on the night Of
Monday She was alone in the jaultors room
from the time " hen her father went out until
his return. lnterrOsated as To whether she
had sen any one so along the passage,
besides the tenants VINO came IN for their
KEYS, replied thai she hei. CHANGING Ia arise
her eyes for an instant from her ucrilrwurk,
and TO look through the EiaZsi dnor. she had
observed the figure OF IA man glide >w,isly
along the passage. 1t took uu, second for
the figure u PASS: hut in that Second she
remarked, or thought she remarked, that
the man Young. talll>h, sleuderly
built, and light Of fnotStcp The man wore
low crowned hat. and, she Thought. was
wrapped IN a clgik; but on this latter point
she could not speak with certainty. lnterro-
gated aS to the time when this took place. she
could make no d,fiu.te statement Was it an
hour after her fathrr went oUt' 1t might
have bS.n An hour Was 1t half an
hour after he went out. 1t might have
been thai: she could not Sav Had she heard
10 O'Clock strike; Yes, she hal heard IT, Was
It before or after the hour struck that the
man went along the psssagef She could nS
rrnemts,r; she had attached no Importance TO
he incident: had thought that the mao must
.e a fIlcni uf one Of tn" tenants. visiting him
" appointment. \ A-ain pressed Ia say
Hheth II lt was before or altrr lOtiat this
nan passed. h'.r irDr, tine ChIid Sophie Muuton
DurSt INTO tears, protesting that She could not
,,msml,r: asd - her examination clr,sL
jules P,.rne'. the tenant occupying thernorr
,djnining that Of Nc v->iitr, inteTINlG gated, gave
rviden,P: That on Monday night, while en-
.aged on hiS worA as a Copylst Of manuscript.
10 had heard dull sound. such as might te
ausd by falling lniy ot some weight, ap-
aar,,ntly coming from McisSu,rS rrpm. Had
,hought that his n"ighbIr must have let fali
N the floor large and heavy book, or
pverturni he article "f furniture.
Thereafter hal heard a noise OF foot
steps iii the room. and had reiiarktu
t as something unusual hi neigh
Der h'iug always very qCirt- Could not say
precisely at what time hr had heard the
sound of the falling h,IN, but thought II
must have been alrut tn The noise IN
MeiSsn,rs r,-,m hal attracted his notice t.'-
auss il was unusual, the tollInS Of the he'll,
At ten o'ci-k. though much louder, had i.en
Iuite unmarked by hm; be WAS accustomed
IA IT, and busy over his mechanical work H.
s,pyiSt. IslS no attention to il. Pr,rS-d IA
give a con JSfur;i ANSWER. refused, repeating
that lac Wa quite unable II >ay whether the
sHlni had hen heard by hlm before or after
the striking "t ten ".ci"Ck.
The laultur. Muut'n. allied and re-eNam-
med. stated that tn" KEYS of the tenants hung
m rack in his r,-,in, NTH the cand!, stick of
each above The candles were brought down
from the upper r,~lIi> "ach morning; thor"
oeing no light in the >laurUa>a, the tenants
werp accustomed {" light them III his room
t.afure going ul~,taI'- at night During win
ter one candle would serve MeiSner for two
nights; the one he tu"k upstairs with hun on
he night Of Monday hat lasted t!ICpss tie.
Moutnn, had remarked ON this IN handing
he candle Ia Meis>ner, making II Joke about
t. There was enough left OF the candle, lie
thought, 10 burn for p.IhaI~ an hour aIi a
lalf-not more. Had h--n shown the long
iagger found hode the corps; had never
s,rn anv such vcaI-ru in the possession OF the
ieea~-i
AugulSte ko-inski, restaurant keeper, Rue
ie Naugirard. STATED tlrst he was proprietor
f the restaurant a. win II the d. nsaSsi Jo-
-.ph Mei~sn..r r.gUIarly d-nei Hi, hour Of
arrival was at G:la, and h. inyarIahly left at
Is ou the evening Of Monday he had lett
he restaurant at his usual hour.
Samuel hush. N..-i;.r at the Cafe Nnifairs,
stated that the deceased J oS.T,h MeisSner came
To that cafe eyer, evening al about I'D and
Sat for above an hnur over cup II coffee,
reading the financial Journals. On the even
ing Of Monday M->srn,r Lad left the cafe at
about So his usual hour.
Note 10y the Judge Of instruction: The JAM
tor, Mouton NAV now h. released FROM sur
veillance. there being nothing t. connect him
IN any way with The crime.