Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-05-05

~ honor.
"And has male no.ss % his discoveries
mi his doas IN roaaing tho eviienocr
"Y-, have no,oi down whatever O..
urrcd b. me-thAt is. whatever s'emei
sorih pre-rving-
If Mouseur WI raj bis n0,ss, thai,
ihlnk, would b. the quickest way - going %
work. With psrmlsion u Monsieur, VIII
light q ca gAr and listen =
| tnnk cut the notes had made AMI Rad
them; a. fr-t not without some trcpiiAtion
IN submitting my amateur work to such a
-riiic. hut the attention with which nj.
Berry listened rca~urcd me
The frst point taken up In my no,s- vas
thls-that Glrard ooui not b. supP-ei 10
have prcmeiliAiei the crime. Hal b. done
-, he would not, on the very night q the
mur,lcr, have appliei such language % his
uncle a. be had dune; he would not have
ussl and left behind him a weapon that must
.nfallihly connect him with the crime A
mailman might art In this manner; but
GirArd. when he left the Cafe de Ia source,
whcn h. parted from his te,rothci On that
fatal Christmas eve, bad been perfectly sane (;
q that there vas no doubt whatever
'Girard then, went on, did not prerned-
tate The erim@ II he murdered his uncle
,cifA0uf premeiitAtion, What u the mot
natural thing 10 upPosi Surely this-,hst
hs entered the rootn. sskei bis uncle Tor
money. was refused with tAunts and insults
hat lAshei him into fury, and finally, In .
pAroIysm of fury, sisw the old man with q
Jingle blow.
''Bu, against this oonjecturs there Is tho
me.iioai and police testimony a. b the position
m which the corJse was found All ths Wit
neu-s concur In stating that be Was found
wing betwccn his chair AMI the writing
table. a. II he had hccn struck suddenly and
silently from bsAiHd. Had the blow ben
urco~isd by an alteration. that would Ger
iAinly have tssn heard by tho oopyist fernst,
who.s room 4 diviiei from Meisners by q
thin t.rtltion. Had there bcen n bot dispute,
fnp. 10 face. bstwcsn uncle and nephew, tbs
blow would almost certainly have been struck
front, and not planted under the shoulder
blade
'Thsre being difhcalty in the way q both
u the-e oontecturcs, the judge q instruesion
adopt.d a third. lie supposed thas Girard
hal armed himself with dagger merely 10
frixh,en the oli man, and that be had bcen
lei 10 murder him In q moment u homicidal
mAnis--changing his purpo~s before WORD
had psz~si This con,ecture ons~ay Out
Of the difiicuity-"
Ingenious but unsAiifsctory,' Observed
NJ Blery.
II am charmsi 10 find that Monsieur Agrcs
with me. Now, - % tho question of une
"Ahi - 70 the QUESTION q timer said M.
Biery, relighting his cigar.
"As 90 that. there are thrce ~itne~-es OF
chief importAnoe-sophis Mouton, daughter
Of the )Anitor; the polios sergeAns oarnssr'
and Pernet the oopyist None Of thse vit
n~.-rs we're able 10 make definite siAtsmenti
Psrnet was 70 positive In hz uncertainty thai
Alseviisnos may bsse< ASIDE. onthe night Of
he murder Girard parted company from me
N you viii remember, st 10 o'clock PRECISELY
roing by tho Rue de- l'Odson, hs can scarcely
ave resched The Pazzags Dc MAzarin before
twenty minutes past ten. Sophie houton, q
little before OF . slittle sft>r tsn'-i quote heI
words exactly-sc> the figure Of man, nos
one q the tenants, pes her dor going towards
ths court II his vas . litils before Zen. III