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

were all taken away.
The fire hal gone ont, bat | did not think
of rekinilpg IL | did not want comforts
which RaOul could no: share. For long SAT
at the table, a pres 10 my wretched thoughts.
until the suddcS leapng up Of the expiring
candle warned me of the lapse Of time. Ny
snow-drenchei clothes made mo shIver IL
every limb; hastily undreSssd and threw
myself into bed There, from sheer fatigue
of mind and body, must have slept; since ]
-e;neml,er no ,nore until the servant awoks
NE next morning.
Pierre greeted me- as usual: the news Of
Rauul's arr i was, therefore, MT YET pub
tisLed. s,nt him, however, for a new saper,
that might learn tho latest development Of
the cas-.
The Figaro had a long paragraph, headed
~ usual The rhine of Christras-lay.' Ii
.tctei that no arrest had yet ben made, but
that the police were understood TO have found
a ciew and to he now on the track Of the
>aSsin. Ii commented on the mysterious
character Of the crime. ''Oue of the chief
difficulties of the case" said the writer, lis
he apparent want of motive IN the proceed
lnf,s of the unknown nmurderer. NodOubt the
ie. eas.i Joseph Meissner had dangerous
reputation for wealth; ps'~siily, from the ma
ture OF his business, he mey have had enc
mies But il plumber was the motive for the
eel why did the asStSsin, who seems To have
been quite unhuTTiei, leave behind him valu
ables like thuse mentioned i'll the police in
ventory-money, trinkets and jewels, which
could have been so easily carried away On
the other hand. if rev enge and not robbery
was the motive, why should the ass as II ran
SAX those lock-fast places, breaking into
some, npening others-overturnlng every
thing; and apparently taking nothingt A
theory to explain this Contradiction has yet
/ u be found
Here WAS a point l tried to think it out
calmly in ouunevtio with Raoul and his reJa-
tons, 81 far as | knew item, 10 the murdered
man. But all my poudering WAS in vain; l
could find no theory. Only the stern facts
/ confronted lie.
/ The parag in The Figaro next went on
to describe the articles exhibited at the
Morgue, which, it seemed, were still attract
ing public curiosity. These it said, are
the real cew Ia tn. discovery of the criminal
The police have to lay their hands upon the
individual who. on Monday night, dropped
from his wrist that ivory button in the room
of Joseph Messner. The. have to find, if
y-,>sibl,., the other ivory button that makes
the Iair In brief, they have to lind the
man 'i-, the owner If the dagger with
which the crime WIS committed.
/ My hand shuok at | read this terrible
! paragraph that | could scarcely hold the IA
per. II was who had been the Il tn find
/ that single ivory button at Ranul's Sleeve
and had left il thep.'-l his friend. | bad
had il in NV power tn destroy tn. evidence
against him. and instead | had preserved 1t.
I let him is guilty oI not, IL WAS not my part
to deliver him up To justice: Yet that was
I what had done l forced myself to read on.
B The dagger now ls.lng shown at the
Morgue," continued the writer, lis Of -
singular kind that no one who has once ssen
il could fail Ia identify il Ii il OF japanese
manufacture, the steel b'ins specially fine,
and the lacYuerinG Of the hilt h'ing very rich
and artistic. On one side "f the blade Is an
inscription in the japanese character; on the
, other side is the figure Of a flower with u
! single word beside ii. also in the Japanes..
+, character. This word is stated, by n we'll
known Orientalist who has seen the weapon,
to mean Illusion a-d tn have a religious sig
niticanc.. NJ. lie st. Florrnt. the well known
private collector writes Us tnat the Eyer Of
, the Passage de NaZarin l. not unique as has
been stated in several of the journals. NJ lie St
, Florent il sSs,s>.sS a weapon which Is an exact
| counterpart of the one found beside the corp Q
; of Joseph Me>Sner." The paragraph ended
with the statement that next dav the funeral
Of tho murdered man wss Ia lake place from
the Murgue Z
: l did not leave the house all that day; b
shrank from doing 50. Ii | went out, and il
the news of l.aOul's arrest We're now grner-
ally known, As WAS possible, | should be As
sailed with questions from the numerous
friends of both Of dispositions which to ME
would be torture. ! could do nothing, at
least, l thought and thought, | II the
newspaper reports over and over again and
could de' se no measure which would be OF
any advantage to my unhappy friend. In
Iced, the best service l could render him
y far As it seemed just then-was Ia keep out
OF the way. In irving 10 Imagine possible
examination. 1 became aware that my evi-
dence would not be in his favor.
This WAS by far the most wretched day
| ever spent in my life. This forcei inaction,
the cruel anxiety about my friend. tn. re-
morse of INV own cOnduct-which painted,
no doubt, in colors unduly dark-an these
contributed to my misery. l lunched on
what remained eatable of Magny's dinner
the dinner that had been ordered 10 celebrate
the accepting of the cnInedy-and drank a
dening tardiness; at length evening came,
By this time, surely, the news Of the arrest
must have been male public. A glance at
the iaper showed me thai it had
The paragraph was headed, Crime of
Christmas day: Arrest Of the Assassin, and
ran thus:
An arrest has now been made in the case
Of the Passage de Mazarin, aud all the cir
cuurstances point to the conclusion that the
police have laid their hands un the veritable
-; murderer. The individual arrested on sus-
! picion is a Young man named Ranui Girard,
, student of law. residing at No - Rue
Dauphine. nephw Cf q murdered man.
Further information Is at present withheld
by the police. 1t may lie stated, however,
, that the arrest was made at a late hour last
night, and that tn. Cr.,iit of it is entirely due
to the Agent of Police Py. There is reason t.
: believe that, but TOR the activity shown by
this sklllfui and energetic officer, Girard, who
, was in hiding, would ere this have succeeded
| in effecting his escape"
was reading this paragraph with feelings
that may he imagined, when was startled
10y knocking at the door. say startled,
because l WAS apprehensiHe at every
/, moment of q visit from the agents Of police.
, This time, however, it was only Pierre.
"A lady desires to see Monsieur he said,
and ushered III Madame Dumaine, the mother
of Gabrielle.
One glance at her face showed ME that she
| knew all
p! m. Marsal,r she said, 'come with xle at
oncel For PHYS sake don't refuse! ! said
that I would bring vou-that l would not
come hack without YOU. l h-g-I implore OF
\ you to GOMEZ"
| But wherer'-I had a confused notk II that
she ~ishei me To go with her to Ramnl-'to
the house of detentiun"
mo, no! 1t is Gabrielle who sent me to
bring YOU Go t. NJ. Marsal' She said, go,
dear mother, and say to him that Gabrielle
Dumaine is in distress. and must see him to
night" All, Monsieur. say that you will