The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-08-07

FRIDAY, AUG. 4, 1885.
The STORY OF A FRENCH DETECTIVE.

1
Nidocq, the great Partisan detec-
tive, was the prince of all modern
detectives. In boyhood n gamin of
the docks, he became a dialect per-
former in the concert halls of Paris,
and gained q livelihood in hundred
different grades of employment be-
| fore he turned his attention to the
detection of crime. At the time of
| his greatest fame as a detective, one
Moirellet, exercising the duplex
functions of sexton and chanter of
the fashionable church of Livry, in
| the suburbs of Paris, was shrewd
and, to all seeming, a very pious
| man. When those Northern pilla-
| gers, the Cossacks, were expected
in Paris, the people of the city and
the suburbs bethought themselves
to conceal their most valuable
effects. The curate of Livry was
anxious to remove the church plate
and his own to q place of safety,
and entrusted his valuables to Moi
! rellet to be secreted. M. Senart. q
friend Of the cure, and q jeweller of
Paris, becoming advised Of the
curate's action, also entrusted
twenty-five thousand pounds value
| of precious stones to Moircllct, that
they might be buried secretly and
securely in the Forest of Bondy. A
fortnight later Moirellct appeared
before the cure, pale and distracted,
to announce that the Cossacks had
certainly passed through the wood
and dug up the precious deposit.
So good was the mans reputation.
so sorrowful his protestations, and
so honest the method of his tale,
that the old cure believed it at once !;
but NJ. Senart called to his count
ing-room Vidocq. ''What kind of
a man is this Moirellet!" asked the
detective. "He enjoys a great re-
putation in all the neighborhood as
a man of great piety, sagacity,
and prudence" "Is he married."
eyes" "Wifc handsome-dressy?"
"She is very pretty and fond Of
dress" GA native of Paris?"
"She was born and dwelt in her
maidenhood in the suburb of An
drea." "Good. NIoirellet shall be
called aside from the church to-
morrow morning, and quietly con-
veyed to prison. | will at once set
forth to Andrea and learn what 1
can of his wife's family and her
early life" ''But there is abso-
lutely no proof warranting the ar
rest of Moirellet.' .'It is my bust
ness to find proof" That afternoon
Moirellet was stripped and put to
the pump" that a confession might
be eXtorted from him. The ''pump"
was a watcr-tight cell in the yard of
the prison, into which stream of
water constantly flowed, which could
only be discharged through the
pump. The only means by which
the unfortunate inmate could pre-
vent drowning was by working in
cessantly at the pump. For three
hours Moirellet endured the forced
labor, but when at length the water
was turned off, and he was removed
from his cell, he still declared his
entire innocence. That night q
coarsely-dressed German youth,
drunk, was thrust into the apart
ment in which Moirellet was con-
fined. The German dropped into
one corner of the cell, and slept
soundly all night, only at times
muttering, as if in his dreams, such
sentences as: "Vat care nohow )"
II got dot gold sure;" ''Vot could
dey proven" Schmidt, shake hands
init myself; you vas all right" In
the morning Moirellet gave the turn
key piece of silver, and requested
that he might be furnished with a
veal outlet for breakfast, "done
well brown" ''Und gif me also a
breakfast of veal cudlet dun veil
Schmidt" said the German, also
giving tho money. "What do you
mean by veal outlet done well
Schmidt" demanded the amused
turnkey. ''Vas dot not right? Dis
shentleman he asked for veal cud-
let veil done brown, and ask for
one veil done Schmidt" Moirellet
! and the turnkey laughed at the Ger
t mans stupidity. But while eating
their food the German said, "You
laugh at me. Don't dink l was q
fool because l vas Dutch. You was
Z II shentleman, and, vas tief.
robs Brussian officer of all his
money. 1 got it. l 60 dis very
night, get it, go quick away from
Vrance." And the German, with ;
sly wink, removed a neatly bidder
u slide in the sole of his heavy shoe
;. disclosing three skeleton keys and ,
small phial. "What do you mean
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