Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-11

of value found in the several lock-fast places
before sealing up these receptacles. This in
ventory comprised drafts to a large amount
on the Bank Of France and the Credit Lyon
nais; rentes, three and five per cents; the
titles of real estate in Paris, Amiens and Pro-
wins; railway and mining script; anumbero Of
gold watches, articles of jewelry, and precious
stones cut and uncut; and sums of money in
French and foreign gold, estimated at not
less than $1,000 francs. This inventory Su-
perintendent Ledru handed in to the judge Of
Instruction, together with q sealed parcel
containing the books and papers Of the muir
dcred man.
The officers Lambert and Regnaud corrob-
GRATED tho testimony Of their chief as to the
finding Of the body. Both agreed in the opin-
ion hat MeisSner had been stabbed whil0
sitting at his writing table, and had then
fallen from his chair to tho ground. LAM
bert stated further that, having been ordered
to examine the cabinet or small bed-closet off
the sitting-room, he had found the window
wide open; also that the marks Of muddy
boots could be traced on the floors Of both
rooms.
DR., Cosse stated that, at the request Of Super,
t2tcn3ert CT Police Ledru, he had visited THU
place last night, and made an examination Of
tho corpse Of Joseph MeisEner. Death mad
resulted from q stab under the right shoulder
blade, which had perforated The lang al
caused a copious hemorrhaye. The rush Of
blood to The mouth would doubtless choke
the unfortunate man, and prevent his utter
ing any Cry, Death, if rot instantaneous,
would Immediately follow the infection Of
the wound. Had been shown the foreign
looking dagger found beside tho corpse, and
had satisfied himself that with this weapon,
and no Other, The mortal blow must
have been struck. The blade Of the dagger
was three-odgel, exactly fitting the orifco in
the clothes and in the body of tho deceased.
Intercepted as to the hour when he had seen
the corpse, DR.. Cosso stated that he had ar
rived on the spot at about 8;15 o'clock.
Asked as to whether he could form an opinion
as to the time when the murder had been
committed, replied that, from the appear
ance Of the body, he should suppose life to
have been extinct for at least II hours. The
fact that the blood from the wound had COM
pletely soaked into the wood of the floor
made "a hours O still more likely period.
DR.. a. de Bourbon, surgeon at the Hotel
Dieu, concurred in the evidence of DR.. Cosse.
The fatal wound had certainly been dealt
with the dagger found beside the corpse. It
was a flesh wound, inflicted at q distance of
an inch and a half below tho right ~clavicle,
and avoiding all contact with the dorsal
vertebra. Death from such a wound, in the
case of an old man like the deceased, would
probably onsue in about five minutes time.
From tho appearance of the body and the
~coagulated blood, had little hesitation in say
ing that tho wound had been inflicted late on
Monday night or early On Tuesday morning.
Tho j%anitor, M0uton, recalled and re-
examined, answered as follows:
.. Aour room opens from the passage lead
ing iato tie courtyard OF this house?
A. Yes.
Q. Your room has glazed door!
4. Yes.
9. 50 that one can see, from the ianitor's
room, every person who enters the courtyard
from the Passage de Mazarin, OF vice versa?
A. Yes, if one is looking out.
@. Naturally. You have already stated
that Nsis5ner's habit was to return home
pInctually at ni1o o'clock. Did you observe
him pass your door at that hour Monday
night3
A. lie came into the room on Monday night
at that hour TO take his key and his candle
before going upstairs.
@. As all your tenants are in the habit Of
doing9
A. Certainly,
@. And this was the last occasion on which
you saw Joseph Meissner alive?
A. The last.
Q. Nov, can youtell me with any certainty
what persons passed your door going into the
court between nine and ten o'clock2
A. 1 am certain that no one passed between
nine and half-past nine excepting M. Stanis-
las.
Q. And whofs NJ. Stanislas?
A. One Of the tenants on the fourthfoor. He
came in about a quarter-past nine, took his
key, and wished me goodnight.
@. And you are certain nc one else passed,
up to half-past ninep
A. Perfectly certain.
Q. Why do you say half-past nineq
A. Becatso at that hour l went out.
@. Whereof
A. First to the shoemaker's, Rue de Biche.
to fetch q pair Of boots belonging to one of
the tenants. Then to the wine-shop at the
corner of the Rue ST. Andre, Kept by M.
Bastoul, where l met two of my friends, with
whom l. played several games of domi-
noes; returning home about ten minutes past
eleven.
Q, You then closed the outer door Of your
passage for the night2
A. Yes.
@, Your usual hour for doing so is ele7enl
A. Yes, but On Monday NIGHT I WIS n
quarter Of an hour later.
Sophie Mouton aged IS years, daughter
Of the janitor, stated that on the niTbt Of
Monday she was alone in the j~anitor's room
from the time when her father went out until
his return. I~nterrogated as to whether she
had seen any one go along the passage.
besides the tenants who came in for their
keys, replied that she had. CHANGING to arise
her eyes for an instant from her needleworL
and to look through the glazed door, she had
observed the figure Of a man glide swiftly
along the passage. 1t took but a second for
the figure to pass; but in that second she
remarked, or thought she remarked. that
the man was young, tallish, slenderlv
built, and light Of footstep. The man wore a
Io~w-crowned hat, and, she THOUGHT. was
wrapped in q cloak; but on this latter point
she could not speak with certainty. Inferno
gated as TO the time when this took place, she
could make no definite statement. Was it an
hour after her father went out9 1t might
have been an hour. Was it half an
hour after he went outa 1t might have
been that; she could not say. Had she heard
10 o'clock strike' Yes, she had heard it. Was
it before or after the hour struck that the
man TGnt along the passagel She could not